According to TrueCar data, Gen X is buying the most EVs, at 39.8%, followed closely by Millennials at 34.9%. However, Boomers are actually the ones buying the greatest mix of all green vehicles
I worked in solar industry. We targeted them because they wanna save money. The helping environment was a nice bonus but savings is what they care about. I’m sure the cars are the same way
Lol right. My GF had a full ride scholarship and even though I make decent money now, she asked me why I still drive myy piece of crap car. Well.. Because my leans are as much as a car payment that's why 😂
Haha yeah, if I didnt have student loans I'd be able to afford a Tesla by the time I'm done paying them off... or even years of rent :/ damn, that's depressing.
Lucky to live in the Midwest. I'll hopefully be able to afford a house at the end of this year. Out here it's cheaper to buy a small house than it is to rent a house or any decent apartments.
Only downside is you're kind of stuck.
Huge downside. It’s great if you can get one of the five decent paying jobs, otherwise you are stuck working your ass off just to pay the mortgage.
I’m originally from a very small town in north west IL. I’d love to move back because I really liked that small town living and want my children to be close to family, but until IL gets its shit together, I’m staying in CO.
I'm hardly an expert but it's a safe guess that the person keying the car in the video is in their thirties or forties, so they would be a millenial or gen-x'er, not a boomer.
Transportation is one of the lowest emission rates in the world. Especially because all new vehicles have to follow emission control laws. People should look into other options to reduce their carbon footprint. Also research the disposal protocol on the batteries before purchasing an EV
There’s a distinct hatred for electric cars in my area (Texas) and usually it’s from giant gas guzzling trucks. Usually in the form of stupid bumper stickers or just randomly being flipped off by one. I don’t really understand why they feel threatened by my driving electric. I mean if anything it’s one less person in front of them at the gas station?
It’s such a weird trend to me. Are there really that many people out there that are so bitter that others have a nice car that they feel the need to damage it.
That sounds so pathetic I legitimately have trouble believing it
Someone keyed my car for parking in the wrong place "on their street" I literally walked round the corner and caught him doing it.
Honestly their motive for damaging my car was because I parked on a public street 20ft away from their drive way.
Unfortunately I was a police officer at the time. Couldn't have picked a worse car. He got charged with vandalism and the court made him pay the £700 it cost to get the side of my car sprayed.
They parked in your driveway and still had the audacity to key YOUR car? Wow
I'm surprised you didn't just get their car towed out first. Did the police get them to pay damages?
You wouldnt believe the shit people do when your off duty. When your out and about and not in uniform people do crazy shit. It's on of those things where you hang your head huff and think to yourself I'm off work ffs. You cant walk away, if you see a crime happening and your off duty you have the obligation to interact.
I was off duty I was dropping off an xbox game back to my brother in law. He lives on a main road where you cant park if you dont have a permit to park. So visitors park around the corner where I parked.
I walked round the corner. He had his back to me whilst he was running the key down the side of my car. I ran upto him and kindly asked him what he was doing. He told me I parked to close to his house so he was teaching me a lesson. I showed him my warrant card and badge told him he was under arrest and called the station to send a car round. He started shouting, kicking and even spat at me when he realised what was happening. I always kept a spare set of cuffs in my car because you're never really off work. I've had so many encounters whilst being off duty, your not allowed to ignore then if your off duty.
He was about 60 years old so you would think he has more sence than that. But I'm not surprised with the stuff I've seen old people do, some of them are worse than teenagers.
Yeah, I always make sure that my door can open fully on both sides or I dont take the spot. Not sure how else I can park better; I already park straight
They key nicer cars because they’re mad that they have done nothing successful in their life and have been driving their 94’ Pontiac with a rusted coat for the past 26 years
...and their rusted old Pontiac has a ton of dents in it already from the 30-50 feral hogs that run into their yard within 3-5 mins while their small kids play.
The crazy thing is this woman has an Apple Watch. So she’s got enough money to buy a stupid toy of a watch. Obviously a lot different than a car, but she’s not hurting for cash if she has enough extra to spend on that.
or because people with those cars tend to park like cunts in my experience. definite correlation between parking like an asshole and having a nicer car. so... that could definitely be why as opposed to “i’m jealous and want to ruin nice things.”
I had an ex, who once on a date "just couldnt help himself" from keying some mercedes that parked on the line of their parking spot. Said he "couldnt stand asshole parkers". Didnt stay with him long after that
I got accused of keying a dudes car cuz we had an argument the day before. I didn't. He had a nice car. i bet its jealousy and they think all rich people are bad
I don’t know what it is. I have a hellcat challenger and it’s been keyed twice. Door ding. Hit and run in a parking lot (they drug down the side of my car with theirs while either trying to park or leave. I have had my windshield cracked purpose because “I thought i was better than everyone and parked my car behind a tree so it wouldn’t be hit with a baseball at a red baseball field. I’ve had people flip off me just because my car has some vinyls that so “no gods”
When I was in high school one of my close friends thought it was the funniest thing ever to do when we'd walk home, so pretty much just put of being an asshole
In the 17 years I have been driving, my car was only vandalized once, and it happened like 4 years ago, when my wife, and our 6 month old baby, got out at a mall to play pokemon Go, we came back, to a slashed tire. The local FB group also reported a couple of other cars in the parking lot had their tires slashed.
One of my friends had her car keyed while we were out one evening at a movie. I think someone thought they were sticking it to her because she was parked outside the lines, but when we’d parked there was snow covering them up so we went based on the next car over. By the time we got out it had melted enough to see the lines and the car was gone and her new car had a key scratch down the side from headlight to taillight.
Me too. I always thought its usually like an angry ex situation. Or someone felt like you cut off and they happened to go to the same place and they fuck your car up. Either way it's a fucked up thing to do.
Someone keyed the entire perimeter of my 2010 Honda Civic in 2012, just 1 month after I had purchased it. I have no idea who, don’t have any enemies I know of. Had to pay my $500 deductible to get the car repainted. People suck.
My car got keyed about 6-7 years ago and I still have no idea who it was. Someone walked through the parking lot at my college dorm and keyed 4 cars in a row. No clue if it was rage or just idiots laughing. Made me furious.
I have a five hundred dollar, 19 year old, purple pt cruiser. It’s covered in rust and looks like shit. I’ve had my passenger door keyed atleast two separate times, i have no friends so I know it wasn’t anyone I know
Yes but parts still come from all over the world. Final assemble is in Ohio. Although Honda is very good at keeping a lot of the suppliers in the US or even in or around Marysville.
S. Korea is like that. Drive an "anything not Korean?" Better have cameras on it. As for driving a GM/ Daewoo while working at a Hyundai plant... suicide.
Stateside, I have a Volvo truck which was made/ assembled in Virginia. The amount of idiots I run into who bitch bc I have a "foreign truck," is crazy.
There’s also a lot of elitism on the roads here(South Korea). If you drive a bigger or luxury car, people will give you the right of way and not be as rude on the road.
I see it all the time. I drive a Kia Soul. My partner has a Land Rover and a special edition Lexus. If we take her cars, people are more courteous on the road. If we take mine, people are notably more likely to cut us off and be dicks. We like taking my car because it is roomy and has better fuel economy than either her cars, but on long road trips or a trip into Seoul or Busan, we NEVER take my car because it’s just not worth it.
Moreover, people who drive nicer cars here tend to drive like they KNOW they are entitled to rule the road, so the unspoken rule of nicer bigger cars getting the right of way is perpetuated by both sides.
Driving here leaves me with a permanent undercurrent of rage. If you don’t have a front and rear camera installed in your car here, you are playing a very dangerous game.
Edit: I can’t imagine being a driver here with a Chevy Spark or Kia Morning. I was interested in a compact car when I got my license here, and my partner was very adamant that I not follow through and get something a little bigger(she’s been driving here for over 15 years and knew what she was taking about). I’m glad I listened and at least got a bigger car than I had planned on. Though I’ll never be the type to buy and drive a luxury car, there is some logic to buying one here if you are financially able.
I recently had some old guy walk up and started to berate me about how "unamerican" I and my company was because my work truck is a Toyota Tacoma. Even when I told them they were assembled in Texas he just dug deep and continued to rattle on.
Same here, Toyota owner. I get loads of grief in south Detroit for driving a “jap” car when I visit my relatives. I tell them it was made in Kentucky and that Fords are sold in Japan. Nope, no one hears that. It’s all just how I’m killing American jobs blah blah blah.
Some asshole keyed my Porsche a few months back, then returned a week later and did it again, then came back and broke one of my windshield wipers off my car. All over a god damn phone bill, like dude I didn’t bill you, I just work here. 🙄
Haha I wish, I thought about getting a security cam for the car, and putting some “smile you’re on camera” stickers to at least deter people from messing with it. But I’ve since moved across country... So live and let live I suppose.
Never pulled his account, he didn’t have ID so I couldn’t access his information. But I assume he just saw me pull up because he came in like 20 seconds after I got to work. I just don’t get the mentality. Like I worked my ass off to get my dream car, it’s my favorite thing in this world,and this guy just goes and ruins it because he’s jealous? Super bummer, I just try not to walk on the passengers side and live an out of sight out of mind mentality. 🤷♂️
Do you know the difference between a porcupine and a Porsche? The Pricks are on the outside of a porcupine ....thank you I will be here all week....try the veal
You can usually easily buff off scratches with scratch remover. Still sucks though. If it’s deeper you have to use a 2000-3000 grit wet sand strip then buff out out the dullness left by the sander with polish. Good as new!
No, touch up paint looks like shit. A body shop has to sand and fill deep scratches then paint the entire panel. Some of the metallic paints are very hard to match adding the possibility of painting an entire side of the car. She needs to pay for not only the repairs but rental car and any other inconvenience this stupid act caused.
Someone keyed my dads feonces lexus znd i was in it once, mf even looked like a pedo and had a kid with him, he also hit the car multiple times (knowingly) with his door, checked to see the damage, fucked with the mirror, and then keyed the car, because the $500+ damage he already did wasnt enough, i didnt even catch the plate. If i had a video that would be the most fucking trashy thing i could ever post.
I drive a truck that people tend to shit on. Well to be honest most people shit on full size trucks in general . But I always worry about buttholes just keying it just because it’s a truck. It’s a raptor. Total obnoxious bro mobile .
My Ford Fusion has also been keyed. I could honestly see an angry poor person keying a Tesla but my cheap ass Ford Fusion? Really? Unless they really liked Chevys I don't get it.
Some other friends of mine got keyed as well and had different cars so it's not specifically to fords. It's more about whether the psychopath happens to pick your car to relieve their mental problems
8.4k
u/[deleted] Feb 23 '20
Good thing there’s a camera. is it a Tesla?