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1 posted on 01/30/2018 1:28:05 PM PST by nickcarraway
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Hey Woz, Tesla died in 43. And the cars don’t talk.


2 posted on 01/30/2018 1:32:01 PM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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I don’t trust anything either of them say.

I don’t have a personal problem with either, but even Woz’s job is now to make money for larger entities. To get him to work for you is millions and he has to show that kind of improvement to your company to justify the costs.

This means he will (and should) say and do anything to raise your company to new heights. And frankly, he can’t enough ideas and command ability to do so at his cost.

Elon Musk, we all know, is fundamentally a hype guy. He does it different than other hype guys but it’s still his job. His cars are neat, but they operate at a net loss and are cheaply built (outside of the motor and batteries). He’s done a fine job of getting to line up to pay $130k for $8000 worth of laptop batteries, $10-20k worth of motors and $14,000 worth of leftover Mercedes bits.

Elon has always said that people are paying too much for his cars because they are funding his R&D. Woz tells people they are paying a ton of money .. just because they get shiny things in return.

The proof is in the pudding.


3 posted on 01/30/2018 1:35:32 PM PST by Celerity
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Hey you just ease up there Mr. Wozniak. Just imagine if you spent $50 billion on assembly plants and a gigafactory that you can’t get to function. You just might be selling hats and flamethrowers too. And its not true that Elon Musk and Jim Jones were cousins. So watch what you say or you will make some people very, very angry. You might just get yourself exiled from California.


4 posted on 01/30/2018 1:37:07 PM PST by allendale (.)
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Wiz was a tag along in the creation of Apple. Calling him cofounder though is technically correct.


5 posted on 01/30/2018 1:40:38 PM PST by Fhios (1987 - Where's Waldo. 2017 - Where's Jeff Sessions?)
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Elon Musk is like the Wizard of Oz.

There is nothing behind the curtain


6 posted on 01/30/2018 1:42:22 PM PST by WashingtonFire (President Trump - it's like having your dad as President)
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“...Wozniak recounted one incident at Lake Tahoe, where his Tesla skidded off an icy road and fell into a snow bank...”

I live in snow country - it’s snowing right now outside my office window - and the MAJORITY of folks who live here do not have snow tires!

WOZ likely did not have appropriate ‘shoes’ on his rig.

I don’t give a crap about the car or Musk, et. al. - if you want to drive in snow and ice BUY FREAKIN’ SNOW TIRES!


7 posted on 01/30/2018 1:45:04 PM PST by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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Tesla makes an absolutely fantastic vehicle. This vehicle should not exist in a truly free market. It exists only because of government subsidizes. If it can succeed without a subsidies, this is good. If it fails without a subsidy this is also good.


10 posted on 01/30/2018 1:52:12 PM PST by cpdiii (DECKHAND, ROUGHNECK, GEOLOGIST, PILOT, PHARMACIST, LIBERTARIAN The Constitution is worth dying for.)
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Tesla makes an absolutely fantastic vehicle. This vehicle should not exist in a truly free market. It exists only because of government subsidizes. If it can succeed without a subsidies, this is good. If it fails without a subsidy this is also good.


11 posted on 01/30/2018 1:55:29 PM PST by cpdiii (DECKHAND, ROUGHNECK, GEOLOGIST, PILOT, PHARMACIST, LIBERTARIAN The Constitution is worth dying for.)
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I don’t believe a word published in the Murkey Nooz nor the Yeast Bay Slimes.
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12 posted on 01/30/2018 1:57:55 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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Wozniak recounted one incident at Lake Tahoe, where his Tesla skidded off an icy road and fell into a snow bank

... all by it's own self. Woz dindu nuffin.

13 posted on 01/30/2018 1:58:22 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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Saw my first Tesla Model 3 yesterday. FWIW.


16 posted on 01/30/2018 2:04:17 PM PST by Dagnabitt (Which A in MAGA stood for Amnesty?)
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Steve,

Stay in your Lane.


24 posted on 01/30/2018 2:19:25 PM PST by skinndogNN
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Well he did work for Jobs, so he knows a BS’er when he sees one.


27 posted on 01/30/2018 2:28:20 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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When is Musk going to start paying back all that subsidized money? Billions given to him to make a handful of cars and play rocket boy!


31 posted on 01/30/2018 2:42:50 PM PST by Busko (The only thing that is certain is that nothing is certain.)
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"It’s no shocker that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is wary of Elon Musk and Tesla — he once said there is “way too much hype” around the company. "

Too much hype, ditto.

35 posted on 01/30/2018 4:22:22 PM PST by blam
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