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Can’t be worse than DC.

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Basically nothing

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funny. when I think tesla, atlanta is not the first place to come to mind. I would think like portland or seattle.

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I wouldn’t either. I guess now that Elon is full on MAGA, they like him?

I sure didn’t see many electric cars made by anyone else. No Bolts or Leafs or Ioniqs in sight. I think I saw a couple of Rivians.

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There are a lot of politically left people in Atlanta, they keep the statewide races competitive. And Atlanta drivers are a special breed.

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was it like mostly like cybertrucks? saw one for the first time the other day. I have to say in real life it did not seem quite as ridiculously stupid. Not quite.

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No, I only saw one. But clearly newer models of other Teslas. I disagree about the Cybertruck not looking ridiculously stupid in real life. It looked just as ridiculously stupid to me. As have the handful of other ones I’ve seen.

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Tesla advertises their cars a lot based on the self driving part, so I can imagine a sizeable number of Tesla owners know they suck at driving, and is why they bought into the idea of a car that drives itself.

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Yep. There’s a maneuver I call “the Atlanta special” which is where you signal in one direction, and slow down a little, and then you floor the accelerator and speed off in the opposite direction to the one you’re indicating.

Bonus points if it’s to get a single car length ahead in slow traffic approaching an already red light.

I see it at least once a week.

Couple of weeks ago I saw it three different times in a single rush hour commute.

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