I did. I was coming from a Toyota Corolla and wanted an electric car. Never considered a BMW or Audi, which didn't have electric options available at the time. Tesla won on range and comfort--I'm a big guy and the Leaf and Bolt were both a bit cramped.
Tesla has actually released stats on what cars their buyers trade in [1]. Most of them are not premium brands. Toyota is the largest single brand.
The anecdote about the people you know who are buying Teslas may be more reflective of who you know than who is buying Teslas.
That article is misleading because it doesn't break down the Tesla purchases by model or even price range. Obviously most of them are model 3s. The model 3 is not a luxury car by any stretch and many model S and X owners will say the same about those models. Still, the people coming from the common luxury brands are not typically buying the "cheap" model 3.
I was responding to a claim about people buying Teslas in general. I responded with statistics about people buying Teslas in general. It is absurd for you to come in saying the data is misleading because it's not broken out in a way that nobody else was talking about until you just brought it up.
Tesla has actually released stats on what cars their buyers trade in [1]. Most of them are not premium brands. Toyota is the largest single brand.
The anecdote about the people you know who are buying Teslas may be more reflective of who you know than who is buying Teslas.
[1] https://insideevs.com/news/504078/what-cars-tesla-buyers-tra...