Port Coquitlam, BC grand opening

That tent for the cybertruck is bad ass!

Why???

Remember when they kicked Tesla out of the Vancouver auto show a few months back? Crazy to see how things have changed

Some people like Tesla

Sure. But that’s a crazy line to see cars that are a dime a dozen these days.

Great to see people still supporting Tesla. 🤘🏼👍🏼🫡

What are they lining up for

You should see lines people form for iPhones and game consoles!

Exactly my question. Why would existing owners show up? Was there a bbq or giveaways / promos?

But people lined up for those to buy them.

Still shocked thats the tent setup.

/s

They can’t buy or pre order online ?

Yes there was

Games and iphones? This is mostly a thing of the past. Midnight launches + in store lineups were mostly a pre-2015 thing. Maybe even pre-2010, the last time I lined up for something was Halo 3 in 2007. Online shopping wasn't all that prevalent back then

People line up to pick up their iPhones ordered online. Saw this happen last yr. People just love to line up

Switch 2 is a very recent example where basically every store that did a midnight launch had people wrapped around entire buildings. 100-200 lined up people per store was not uncommon.

oh wow, TIL!

It is??

Were there any freebies that people were lining up for?

Why, were they giving away Teslas?

Why?

Well they had a DJ, I’m sure there was a little event there for locals to take part of (games, snacks, etc)

That's for trying your luck for swags - water bottles, hats, bags, etc.

Because it looks awful and isnt easy to setup and take down and it cost $3k. You're saying the picture with the tent op posted looks good and worth 3k?

This isn't Vancouver.

I didn’t know it was $3000. That is a lot.

Tesla has been sending out emails for events for any new store or service center openings based on your account location. These events include food, music and Tesla swag as a grand opening party.

True 31 km away but r u saying a different mindset out of the city?

Yes, we need to go electric and Musk is clearly not going anywhere.

Such a joke.

>> Yes, we need to go electric and Musk is clearly not going anywhere. You got that right. The company lacks direction and surely doesn’t seem to be going anywhere at all! 🤷🏻‍♀️

Free snacks 🤣

Who the heck is lining up? Keep fascists out of b.c.

Seriously if they had just pressed it to remove the wrinkles it’d look 100x better

Price is right

Yep. For money

Tesla owner here.  A decent fun car, but my last. After Elon’s actions the last couple of years, if I lived in Canada I’d be down at the BYD party instead. For me since I’m in California, BMW neue klasse is on deck.

Thanks ! I don't understand why people are still attending and supporting this brand after what he did.

I'm sure you got downvoted for it...

I’m sure people would miss you. Go support CCP, no one cares.

I wasn't aware Elon still had supporters

Why would anyone queue up at a place that sells cars? The whole point with Tesla is you buy though the app and show up only to pick up. Avoiding sales people altogether.

Because his companies make the best cars, obviously? And I like the bulk of his policy stances too, if that even mattered.

I think most Tesla supporters support tesla and not a ceo.

Port Coquitlam is an entirely different city. What do you not understand. It’s a much less metropolitan region with different politics etc. Do you understand how cities can be in the same state or province and not have the same perceptions and politics? This is also many months later

It’s for opening day food and festivities, I don’t understand why that needed explaining.

You would rather buy a car produced and manufactured in china, a communist country, than a car made in America because you don’t like the ceo. That’s a mighty fine high horse champ, keep your balance.

It’s more than just the CEO, worldwide people are viewing the US less favourably so it shouldn’t be surprising that non Americans might not want to buy American cars.

1) he said he’s American 2) even with everything going on, USA is more ethical to buy from than China and that will never not be the case. I don’t agree with current tariffs and US politics but I’ll never prefer china more If you guys want to morally grandstand, do a better job

A CEO is the head of a company. You can't support the company without directly supporting him.

Thanks that’s why I asked if being a totally different place meant politics and views.

Idk why you were downvoted lmao

1) That’s not Vancouver, that’s Port Coquitlam, an entirely different city 2) they didn’t get kicked out of the auto show, they were asked to skip to avoid protestors damaging their cars and endangering attendees

Reddit being reddit lol Probably just as bunch of Tesla shills that aren't from Metro Vancouver 😂

Pretty much. Think Austin, TX and the surrounding areas.

That Cybertent looks awful. Once again another failed promise of what the prototype looked like.

Yes? Just look at how urban vs. Suburban populations vote. As a quick example, Trump did 28% better in suburbs than urban areas in 2024.

wouldn't want any swag, and I am a Y owner...

yes

Tech bros will think it's great for the photo ops 20 meters from the highway.

I'm pretty sure the Canadian Teslas are chinese cars.

You haven't traveled BC much have you ? I've worked BC jobs where they had an "N word count" during the tailgate meeting. And I don't mean laborers, I mean actual black people. Most of BC is farming, forestry and oil/gas, and all of those are predominantly anti-woke types.

No, we have a massive import tariff on Chinese made cars so all the ones in Canada are from California or Texas.

*STFU!* money over morals ^^tm

I see, it wasn't like that a year ago when I was looking to buy. The common discussion was the canadian/chinese cars were of better quality than the american ones. Which makes sense.