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    Legalizing Electric-Car Kingpin's 'Founder' Fetish

    Tesla's Precarious Reprieve

    This Man Founded Everything (And So Did You)

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    Tesla Executives Squabbled Over Their Cars Like Customers

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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    09/21/09

    In reply to Legalizing Electric-Car Kingpin's 'Founder' Fetish
    I guess he’s like the stepfather that has been around since infancy? Brought home the bacon? "I’m more of a father than your goddamn father, dammit!"
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    09/21/09

    In reply to Legalizing Electric-Car Kingpin's 'Founder' Fetish
    Creeped out, and I'm on safe legal ground here.
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    08/19/09

    In reply to Tesla's Precarious Reprieve

    "There will be Tesla Roadsters on the road"

    ??! You've been snowed by Gawker's Tesla hostility. Tesla put 109 Roadsters in customers' hands in July alone, ...

    For comparison, DeLorean Motor Company made approximately 9,000 DMC-12s in two years.

    The Roadster is a done, working, deal: a moderately successful breakthrough performance car from a brand-new American car company. The Model S is a far bigger bet, but the prototype (above) is the one of the most handsome recent USA car designs.
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    08/19/09

    In reply to Tesla's Precarious Reprieve
    You forgot to mention that they actually turned a profit last quarter too. It's not much, but I would think between being a profitable independent car company while almost every other major car company is losing money, and the fact that they've got nearly half a billion in loans, people would stop the knee-jerk bashing.
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    08/19/09

    In reply to Tesla's Precarious Reprieve
    Fuck Tesla. Did you see those Fiskers? Now those are some sexy cars.
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    Image of Amalgamated Stainless Headers, est.1978 Amalgamated Stainless Headers, est.1978
    08/19/09

    In reply to Tesla's Precarious Reprieve
    not far from Facebook's new headquarters

    Not a bad idea if you consider future recruiting needs for people with lots of big talk and very little substance.
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    Image of Unsolicited Advice Unsolicited Advice
    08/19/09

    In reply to Tesla's Precarious Reprieve
    Tesla's resilience in spite of these many setbacks has convinced me that they're for real. There will be Tesla Roadsters on the road and this is the formation of a car company, with all the attendant dirty/sexy realities. This is what founding a company is like - tumult, doubt, legal trouble, late nights, hand-wringing, and delays. They've actually managed to survive so much that I can't conceive of them failing now.
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    Image of FormerEnglishMajor FormerEnglishMajor
    08/19/09

    @Unsolicited Advice: Might I suggest reading up on DeLorean Motor Cars (1975-1982, RIP)? They had waitlists for cars and the Britsh government giving them funding.
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    Image of Unsolicited Advice Unsolicited Advice
    08/19/09

    @FormerEnglishMajor:

    DeLorean had product/quality issues. That's next. I wouldn't invest until I drove one that rolled off a factory line on a Friday, but their momentum is positive.
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    Image of resipsaloquacious resipsaloquacious
    08/19/09

    @Unsolicited Advice: Agreed. I heard that coke of his was nose garbage. Unfit for even the unwashed travellers hiking through Bolivia.
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    Image of FormerEnglishMajor FormerEnglishMajor
    08/19/09

    @Unsolicited Advice: These guys have a lot of problems (have been studying one of their battery suppliers). My bet is they sell out to someone or go bust - not many people looking to buy $50K sedans, green or not. They are a niche at best.
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    Image of TabithaIapetus TabithaIapetus
    07/29/09

    In reply to This Man Founded Everything (And So Did You)
    Elon Musk sounds like some sort of cheap 70's cologne.
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    07/29/09

    In reply to This Man Founded Everything (And So Did You)
    Ryan Tate: at what point will you drop this (now-bordering on the bizarre) obsession with the character assassination of Elon Musk? It's just corny -- whatever the guy's personal shortcomings, he's deeply involved in bankrolling clean energy, space science (and exploration), and internet innovation. Which is much more than I can say for you.
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    Image of thatgirlinnewyork thatgirlinnewyork
    07/29/09

    @nonpareil: all's fair for a journalist to report on someone who over-promotes himself. ryan's not the first--he just makes it more fun.
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    Image of Iwillnotauditionforastar Iwillnotauditionforastar
    07/29/09

    @thatgirlinnewyork: I did a story about just that very idea, back when I co-founded The New York Post.
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    07/29/09

    @nonpareil: You know who else was a vegetarian? Hitler.
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    Image of Fry_Bread_Power Fry_Bread_Power
    07/29/09

    In reply to This Man Founded Everything (And So Did You)
    Things Musk has also 'founded':

    1. Harvard University
    2. Doughnuts
    3. A constitutional monarchy
    4. Stuffed animals
    5. Pizza Hut
    6. The Indigenous peoples of North America
    7. The subway sandwich
    8. The ampersand
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    Image of Hey_mikey Hey_mikey
    06/22/09

    In reply to Tesla CEO: Daimler Won't Let You Fire Me
    Yeah. Their full name is Daimler Benz Over. (Lame, I know, but I write my own material. And by no means do I mean to cast aspersions on those who like to bend over for any reason.)
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    06/22/09

    @Hey_mikey: Call me when they put out an 8-cylinder hybrid power bottom.
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    Image of kathotdog kathotdog
    06/22/09

    In reply to Tesla CEO: Daimler Won't Let You Fire Me
    Elon Musk - why doesn't he put out fragrance? It can be the sexier, pricier version of Jovan Musk for Men.
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    06/22/09

    @kathotdog: When I was, like, twelve, Jovan Musk deodorant was my favorite. I thought I was so grown up and manly smelling. Why can’t I find that shit anymore?
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    Image of kathotdog kathotdog
    06/22/09

    @iplaudius:
    Try drugstore.com
    [www.amazon.com]


    Now kids have Axe Body Spray to distort their view of adulthood.

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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    06/22/09

    @kathotdog: Damn it. Nothing at drugstore.com, and Amazon is out of the deodorant. There’s got to be something better out there. A good manly musk: recommendations? Anyone?
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    Image of Ted Dziuba Ted Dziuba
    06/12/09

    In reply to Tesla Executives Squabbled Over Their Cars Like Customers
    A couple of times I've lane split past a Tesla in my $1,000 motorcycle. $200,000 may buy you a liberal baller car, but it doesn't get you through traffic.


    Chumps.

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