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There are plenty of parts of California that are cold in the winter, and use a lot of road salt.

Perhaps you're confusing California with Florida?

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> There are plenty of parts of California that are cold in the winter, and use a lot of road salt.

Let’s be real. Those parts of California are hardly a blip on the state census (ie actual, full-time residents).

I'm claiming that many people in California visit those places, and it's during ski season.

Are you claiming that only full-time residents of those areas can understand winter weather? I'm not sure you meant that, but I'd recommend against thinking that.

I’m saying you can take any car for a day trip in snowy climate a few days a year and it will be fine (tires matter more than car in that case). Driving through salted roads every day to work for 3-6 months of the year is a different story.

Here in the Midwest, used cars coming from fair-weather states command a premium over the local options for those reasons.

Like many people who currently live in the warm parts of California, I moved here from the Northeast. You might want to broaden your definition of people who might possibly get the point you're making.

By the way, people who visit Tahoe in the winter, even for a few days, are critically aware of the tire issue, thanks to the frequent "winter tire or chains" requirements.

Literally, people who only occasionally visit Tahoe during the winter own "Tahoe cars" that don't have to use chains, thanks to a combination of all-wheel-drive and winter tires.

lol, it's just a meme, we can skip the lesson on California climate :)

Ah. So what you're asking is if Teslas are designed to hold up to the conditions in Tahoe, where all of the engineers at Tesla vacation during the winter?

Memes are great. In this case, great at misinformation.

You can't compare the effects of the occasional weekend in Tahoe to that of a decade of winters in Toronto.

I'm not. I'm saying that California has cold parts, like the north of the state, and that many Californians visit the cold parts.

Nobody said otherwise. Why so defensive?

I'm not being defensive. Also, if you want to have a productive discussion, please don't say things like this.

We passed productive conversation 5 comments ago. The context of this subthread is the longevity of Tesla vehicles in a prolonged winter environment, such as northern europe or Toronto. You, yourself, agreed you can't compare the occasional weekend in Tahoe to those environments.

I agree that we passed productive conversation a while ago. And no, I don't agree about the context; that's the whole point. If you want to have a productive discussion, you'd stop acting like this.

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