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Florida Man Tries Offsetting Tesla’s Depreciation By Painting it in $100k Worth of Gold
“If I Could Go Back in Time and Smack Myself, I Wouldn’t Hesitate”
Two years ago, Florida resident Jason Milford purchased a brand-new $120,000 Tesla Model S Plaid. A highly-coveted car at the time, Milford assumed it would hold onto its value how Tom Cruise would hold onto a helicopter he’s dangling out of.
Unfortunately, he found that the car instead let go of its value faster than Jack let go of the Titanic’s door.
“Everything was gangsta until Mr. Musk woke up one day and decided to end my bank account’s whole career!” commented Milford.
First, he decided to move the Plaid’s starting price from $115,000 to $110,000. I didn’t pay much attention to it ‘cuz I knew Musk does random stuff like this all the time just for media attention.
But then, just one month later, I see it’s fallen another $5,000. At this point, Carvana valued my car at only $95,000 nine months after I bought it!
At this point, I’m trying to ignore the fact that I only had the income to comfortably afford a Honda Civic, and that selling this car for 90% of its original value was part of my game plan.
