--- title: "NYC Weed Shop Owner Says She May Park Her Tesla Outside and Give Out Sledgehammers to Destroy It" description: "An investor-turned-dispensary-owner is considering letting customers smash her spare Tesla on 4/20 with sledgehammers." date: "2025-03-12" modified: "2025-03-12" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/nyc-weed-shop-owner-tesla-sledgehammers" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Tesla" tags: - "cannabis" - "elon musk" - "investors" - "tesla" --- # NYC Weed Shop Owner Says She May Park Her Tesla Outside and Give Out Sledgehammers to Destroy It ![An investor-turned-dispensary-owner is considering letting customers smash her spare Tesla on 4/20 with sledgehammers.]() *\Image: Getty / Tesla / Futurism\* An angel investor-turned-dispensary owner has sold one of her family's two Teslas amid dissatisfaction with the company's boisterous CEO — and is considering a more dramatic fate for the other one. In a post on her personal blog, [investor Joanne Wilson]() wrote that her partner suggested they let customers at Gotham, the luxury dispensary she owns in downtown Manhattan, use their spare Tesla to take out their frustration on 4/20. "We could give out sledgehammers, let people smash the car, and film it for Instagram," Wilson wrote. "It may go viral." That suggestion — which may or may not be legitimate, and we've contacted Wilson to get to the bottom of the proposal — was made after the dispensary owner admitted in the same post that she only got $2,000 in trade-in credit for her other Tesla, which she sold amid mounting disgust with Elon Musk's politics. "We are not the only Tesla owners who want to get rid of their cars," the investor and weed shop owner wrote. "Was it Elon’s complete disregard for human beings as he attempts to completely disrupt the federal government like a classic tech dude without a proper understanding of how government works, or was it that awful new cyber truck that looks like something out of Mad Max and looks angry? It is a toss-up." Wilson joked in an [interview with *Business Insider*]() about the fate of her family's Teslas that if she and her partner, [early Twitter investor]() Fred Wilson, decided to monetize such an event, they'd probably end up making more than the two grand they got at the Volvo dealership. While Wilson muses about letting strangers destroy her car, other Tesla haters are expressing their distaste for Musk in similar fashions across the world — though generally, it's not so sanctioned. From vandalizing Cybertrucks with [dick graffiti]() and [eggs]() ([in this economy]()!) to [removing the wheels]() from parked Teslas and committing [arson at dealerships]() and [charging stations](), public ire against Musk is clearly turning violent. As such, there's no reason for the Wilsons *not* to make a buck off his back — especially considering how much money the unelected billionaire [makes from the American people](). **More on Tesla hate:** [*Elon Musk Searching for Mysterious Billionaire Who’s Making Everyone Hate Tesla*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()