OT: seen a cybertruck on the road?

[tomato coupe]

Originally Posted by jimcav

saw one yesterday roll slowly on my street (obviously wanting to be seen, going well below the 25mph limit).

If your goal is to be seen, you drive faster, so that you encounter more people.

[jimcav]

Originally Posted by tomato coupe

If your goal is to be seen, you drive faster, so that you encounter more people.

that wouldn't make sense on our street--very small residential area, going fast in an EV just means fewer will hear you or chance to and look up from whatever they are doing, higher chance they will see you if you roll at 15mph.

Case in point, I was in the garage, and had just turned toward the street. I immediately stepped out on the driveway to watch him go up the street. If he'd gone by at 40mph, I'd have not even seen him.

[klasse]

It looks worse IRL than it does in pics........and I actually put a deposit down. Why not I said. Not sure I could drive one of these.

[binxnyrwarrsoul]

Originally Posted by jkbrwn

lol

Is that not almost the company mission statement, over sell and under deliver? Saw one roll by me in Brooklyn, it was....different. Seemed cheap and very "look at me, dammit."

[54ny77]

saw one today for the first time while on a ride, man it is uglier in person than the videos show.

besides that, i do get a chuckle watching youtube videos that show it just walking from big buck supercars. very, very impressive launch and all the way thru the quarter mile.

saw a video on youtube about how it is manufactured, and that in & of itself is fascinating. serious engineering and design as well as manufacturing process. pretty darned amazing, and all made stateside.

[p nut]

This guy tested just how bulletproof his new cybertruck was:

https://youtu.be/VLV-4HMrAz0?si=WiGyz2xevSHEV8OU

[bironi]

Originally Posted by p nut

This guy tested just how bulletproof his new cybertruck was:

https://youtu.be/VLV-4HMrAz0?si=WiGyz2xevSHEV8OU

Does Elon offer a "Target Practice Paint or Power Coat" finish option?

[Louis]

Originally Posted by p nut

This guy tested just how bulletproof his new cybertruck was:

https://youtu.be/VLV-4HMrAz0?si=WiGyz2xevSHEV8OU

Looks to me more like an infomercial for a wallet that wouldn't last more than 2 seconds in my pocket.

[merckxman]

Facing $50,000 fine for wanting to sell Cybertruck within first year of ownership, https://autos.yahoo.com/tesla-threat...124500041.html

[IJWS]

I have seen so many lately and they are just terrible. It is as if Elon Musk designed a truck. Imagine how bad that would be...

[Louis]

Originally Posted by IJWS

I have seen so many lately and they are just terrible. It is as if Elon Musk designed a truck. Imagine how bad that would be...

It could be worse...

[dddd]

Looks like the Gen2, smoother-looking, painted "Cybertruck" I predicted is already making appearances...

...only it's from Dongfeng instead of Tesla.

Gotta say I think that Tesla did the hard work of "breaking the ice", for future acceptance of Prius-looking trucks.
Sadly though, Dongfeng has somewhat reverted to a more truck-like, taller front end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIoMZhL1CJk

[bikinchris]

I actually like EVs. But if I wanted a badass pickup, I would get a 1980 F350 4x4 and put a supercharged big block in it. For the money of a Cyber Truck, I could get a John Kaase Boss 429 punched out to 534.

[Hank Scorpio]

A parent of a classmate of my daughter has one. I was hoping when we both chaperoned a field trip last week she would offer me a ride in it but no dice. It does look pretty boss to me.

I am not sure if it was mentioned in this thread but there is also a kids version for $1500 on teslas site. Sold out but plenty on FBM. I am considering it for my daughter’s b day.


https://shop.tesla.com/product/cybertruck-for-kids

[p nut]

I’ve seen so many around recently. I’d literally rather drive one of these around and pocket the $98k.