If you go into a dealership to have your Tesla repaired, they give you a 3D-printed poop emoji to inform you that the parts are not available.
Can be turned into value, owning a Tesla is a symbol of status.
A symbol of being aggressively middle class?
About half the ubers I take are Teslas. So, for me it largely signals "ride share" these days.
A symbol of being a white nationalist racist?
That escalated quickly. No I meant that owning a Tesla, like Apple or Prada is a status symbol. Income status. So if maintainance costs a lot it will reinforce that.
by no mean calling this out is advocating for status signaling , I myself would never buy a Tesla for this very reason.