{"id":18359,"date":"2025-04-03T13:37:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T11:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/03\/trapped-with-a-tesla-my-dream-car-has-become-a-living-nightmare-the-secret-tesla-driver\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T13:37:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T11:37:16","slug":"trapped-with-a-tesla-my-dream-car-has-become-a-living-nightmare-the-secret-tesla-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/03\/trapped-with-a-tesla-my-dream-car-has-become-a-living-nightmare-the-secret-tesla-driver\/","title":{"rendered":"Trapped with a Tesla: my dream car has become a living nightmare | The secret Tesla driver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I bought it to be part of a greener future, but that was before Musk proved so awful. I\u2019d sell it now, but prices have dropped<\/p>\n<p>After our children left home, my wife and I decided to treat ourselves and buy a new car for a driving holiday in Europe. We\u2019d been driving a family estate car for years, loading it up with kids and making trips to and from universities, but we wanted something for ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>As a surprise, she booked a test drive for the Tesla Model S for my birthday. It was unlike any car I\u2019d been in before. I thought \u201cWow, this is amazing.\u201d It felt like the future: a computer on wheels that was constantly updating with new features. I can\u2019t say I feel that way now \u2013 and many people seem to share that view. Tesla sales figures <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/apr\/02\/tesla-sales-down-elon-musk\">declined by 13% in the first few months of this year<\/a>. Others feel even more uneasy: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/mar\/29\/tesla-protests-elon-musk-doge\">more than 200 demonstrations happened last weekend<\/a> outside company facilities around the world to protest against Elon Musk and the wrecking ball he has taken to the federal government.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/apr\/03\/tesla-dream-car-elon-musk-price-drop\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/02c64f6e590ba76d15d5331737c6ae687968eb5a\/0_356_5500_3301\/master\/5500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=4514e290ece73a5b5bf061a848850f21\" title=\"Trapped with a Tesla: my dream car has become a living nightmare | The secret Tesla driver\" \/>I bought it to be part of a greener future, but that was before Musk proved so awful. I\u2019d sell it now, but prices have dropped<br \/>\nAfter our children left home, my wife and I decided to treat ourselves and buy a new car for a driving holiday in Europe. We\u2019d been driving a family estate car for years, loading it up with kids and making trips to and from universities, but we wanted something for ourselves.<br \/>\nAs a surprise, she booked a test drive for the Tesla Model S for my birthday. It was unlike any car I\u2019d been in before. I thought \u201cWow, this is amazing.\u201d It felt like the future: a computer on wheels that was constantly updating with new features. I can\u2019t say I feel that way now \u2013 and many people seem to share that view. Tesla sales figures declined by 13% in the first few months of this year. Others feel even more uneasy: more than 200 demonstrations happened last weekend outside company facilities around the world to protest against Elon Musk and the wrecking ball he has taken to the federal government. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I bought it to be part of a greener future, but that was before Musk proved so awful. I\u2019d sell it now, but prices have dropped After our children left home, my wife and I decided to treat ourselves and buy a new car for a driving holiday in Europe. We\u2019d been driving a family &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/03\/trapped-with-a-tesla-my-dream-car-has-become-a-living-nightmare-the-secret-tesla-driver\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Trapped with a Tesla: my dream car has become a living nightmare | The secret Tesla driver<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":18360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18359"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}