It’s just the latest reason to be skeptical of the car’s safety record.

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    you think it’s likely that as more units are sold, the rate won’t stay that high

    That would be a prediction of the future that I’m not prepared to make, but I do suspect that will end up being the case. Assuming they ever even sell a million of them before ending production. All I will comment on is today, and the idea that the first 34k Pintos probably had a much higher fatality rate than the last 3,139,491.

    Are you a fan of Tesla?

    I’m a fan of rational thought processes and statistics. Something I think very few people are capable of when it comes to anything having to do with Musk. The fact that Elon’s name is even in the headline leads me to believe that’s the case here as well. When was the last time you heard about “Farley’s Ford” or “Rawlinson’s Lucid”? If you’re a “journalist”, you just can’t go wrong with anything to do with Elon.

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      Assuming they ever even sell a million of them before ending production.

      You don’t think there’s anything magical about the number “a million”, though, correct? Just “enough to form a sufficiently good sample size” (whatever your threshold might be.)

      Are you a fan of Tesla?

      I’m a fan of rational thought processes and statistics…

      I can’t help but notice you dodged my question.

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        You don’t think there’s anything magical about the number “a million”, though, correct?

        Sure.

        I can’t help but notice you dodged my question.

        I didn’t dodge it, I chose not to engage because you’re looking to attack my character and derail the conversation rather than discussing the merit of my statements.