If you can’t safely take the Cybertruck to a car wash, I wonder how it will fare as a boat?
Shitty Shitty Bang Bang
I didn’t know the cybertruck was a Tesla/Oceangate collab.
Lol strong “I don’t want buyer’s regret” energy from this guy. Or maybe “I am way out of my league when evaluating how good something is” with perhaps a dash of “boots are delicious”.
Like he literally mentions that he can hear water sloshing around in the frame somewhere but then immediately concludes that it’ll probably go away on its own sometime in the future. I had a period in my life when I was like that. I consider it my “I had no fucking idea how naive I was or how things worked or how to take care of them” phase, and I was the last person anyone should have taken advice about anything from.
Finally, the one thing missing from our modern day sci-fi Star Trek future was a Self Destruct built in to all our vehicles!
💥😎💥
It is a metal coffin, and i don’t know how mass media managed to ignore this for so long. The part on the electronics fried, the water inside the vehicle’s parts and the bolts losening and unscrewing completely.
So, uh, the standard Toyota takoma did good in the water and in the snow immediately afterwards, uh.
I wouldn’t trust any vehicle to be safe for wading unless it was explicitly designed from the outset for that purpose. There are offroad vehicles with snorkels, and double seals around everything like doors, electronics & batteries which are designed to go through deep water.
The cyberturd… not so much regardless of the lies Elon used to sell it. I would not be surprised if there is small print in the warranty which basically tells people to take a hike if they attempt to use it in the ways Elon has described.
The only vehicle I would even chance driving after being fully submerged would be a 90s Hylux. Beyond that, nah, water damage is usually a death sentence for anything without protected electronics like an actual boat.
Okay so if you’re going to buy a stupid ass truck that’s for show, not for actually using for truck things…
Why not buy a Range Rover?
- Similarly expensive
- Last 2 generations (you know, the ones known for being luxury and looks above utility) have 90 CM wading depth.
- Actually luxurious
- Not any less reliable than a CyberDumpster (don’t compare it to a Toyota though)
- Actually capable of off-roading, not that anyone’s going to take one off road considering the sticker price.
I’m not going to include “does not support a nazi” here, that must be a con for cybertruck buyers.
Hey now, I know people that buy those types of vehicles and do take them off roading. Not like for sport, but take them up logging roads to hike and camp. Some people have money and like what they like, but aren’t concerned with the squeaky clean image and don’t mind it looking like it gets used.
Oh they definitely exist.
I have actually been considering the older L322 for myself. Light off roading like you describe, and towing, occasionally pulling people out of snow drifts.
I wouldn’t do it with a new one though. To be fair, I also just wouldn’t buy a new one, even if I could afford to. Too expensive for my taste and I don’t like the looks or engine options anymore. I like 'em depreciated and do my own repairs to keep the costs reasonable.
This is the right call. New ain’t worth the sticker price when it devalues the moment you drive it off the lot. This goes for all vehicles. Quality used is the way to go. Extra points for doing the work yourself. Always good to at least understand the machine you are using.
Oh it’s been like that always for me. Newest car I ever got was 3 years old. Half the price depreciated away already, but minus some rock chips on the hood, it was completely mint. Would still be driving it if my ex hadn’t gotten me into debt that made me get rid of it. But that was not in the Range Rover price range. Those I’d be looking at 14-15 years old, to get the last years of the L322 body type. Rustier than the L405 due to the steel body, but so god damn great looking.
I’ve done almost everything myself, including one engine replacement (admittedly with a bunch of help from my grandfather for that one, but I think the next one I could manage without him, since he’s no longer available). More recently, I took apart the bottom end of my 6HP transmission that was no longer going into gear, dropped the mechatronic unit, replaced the sleeve seals, new filter and fluid, and it’s started shifting better than when I got the car a bit less than a year ago. 200€ and a few days (I first opened it up without ordering the fluid or parts as I wanted to make sure there was no metal debris in the pan), versus several thousand for a professional transmission diagnosis and repair, on a car not worth several thousand.
I actually make an hourly rate that, if I worked full time (and there is plenty of work available if I wanted to), I could lease myself a brand new whatever as a company car, and at times it’s tempting, but I do still enjoy getting my knuckles bloody and my clothes oily. No feeling quite like having a depreciated luxury car develop what would be a ridiculously expensive fault to repair at a dealer, getting it done for a tenth of the cost if not less, and going on that first test drive where everything works perfectly again. The freedom of not having a monthly payment to worry about and knowing that I can get by on 40-50 hours of billed work if I need to, is liberating after slaving away so my ex-wife could piss it all away as soon as I earned it.
Why not buy a Range Rover…because they never get stuck sitting in the service bay of the dealership 80% of the time you own them.
Why buy a shit burrito when you can buy a shit sandwich?
How many have you owned? Lol
If anyone still believes in this “truck” they are already lost.
Iranian D-Day is going to be…interesting.
Fucking “boat mode”? 😂
… Elon said he was gonna put monopropellant / cold gas thrusters from the Dragon capsule into the Roadster, at one point.
Musk said the production version will be revealed later this year ahead of the start of production in 2025 and that it will have the previously announced SpaceX package, which will use cold gas thrusters to help the car accelerate and also “fly”— or hover for short distances.
“I think it has a shot at being the most mind-blowing product demo of all time,” Musk said.
Its almost like this guy just fucking says shit, snd idiots believe him, for some reason, even though he’s got a well established track record of lying about things that make basically no sense to lie about…
“I’m a world class Diablo player.”
… as well as an entire solid decade of making grandiose business / product promises, and then delivering basically 1% of what he promised.
AutoPilot/Full Self Drive is totally real guys, it’ll be perfect in a year or two… for a fucking decade.
Dude’s blown up or otherwise destroyed about half as many heavy lift launch vehicles as the entire Apollo program, and so far hasn’t even achieved orbit, much less with a payload, muchless tested the orbital refueling that his entire Starship system totally fails without.
Remember how we were gonna have rockets replace private jets?
Remember how the Boring company was gonna pay for itself by selling the dirt it dug up as bricks?
How’s Hyperloop doing these days?
The rockets exploding is differen than the rest. It’s literally rocket science and blowing up a bunch of test vehicles is kinda par for the course, and SpaceX has actually been pretty sucessful overall.
But that has zero to do with Musk.
But that has zero to do with Musk.
Exactly. SpaceX has been successful despite Musk
Aside from every other stupid aspect of such a stupid idea, I’m curious where he thought people were going to be able to get hydrazine to refuel the thruster.
From your friendly neighbourhood hydrazine dealer of course. What, you don’t have a hydrazine station next door? Are you some kind of a Poor or something?
Oh god that hadn’t even occured to me.
Yeah… yeah.
I dunno, send it back to the dealer, have them do it lol?
I’m sure car mechanics will just be a-ok with handling hydrazine, rofl!
I can’t even find barely any independent mechanic that’ll touch a gas-electric hybrid, they’re too ‘complicated’, apparently.
Shudup mah Tesla is self driving me to mars. I mean the mun…
Embrace extend extinguish. Hyperloop is doing fine, success achieved.
Wheres’s that China vs US/California mass transit system map, change over last last two decades, map/meme thingy mabob when you need it…
The only “question” is why would you believe what Elon “promised” at any point?
Because way too many people think he’s a genius because he is filthy rich.
Teslas can jump or maybe “fly” a short distance by 2016 according to Elon Musk. And no one is like: that boy might me lying
The best part of winter in Canada is seeing all these dumpster cars disappear when the real snow falls. Though I did spot one not that long ago:
That’s an upgraded cybertruck.
The ‘CyberPod’.
There’s something tragic about Cybertruck owners, and it’s nothing to do with Elon.
They seem to be wildly impressed by their vehicle doing the most mediocre things that any AWD vehicle can do.
I think that’s the thing with cyber truck owners. They have the worst car imaginable, but it goes fast when they hit the accelerator and the sound system is excellent. Therefore it’s the best car ever.
A cyber truck does not actually qualify as a truck. Their owners do, on the other hand, qualify as complete douche canoes.
Most pickup trucks in the US aren’t used as trucks, nor used off road. They are status symbols. The Cybertruck fits right into this category. It’s shiny and stands out of the crowd.
it’s shiny
I mean, not really
I must be at another level of cynicism than you, because I want to replace ‘tragic’ with ‘uproariously hilarious’.
They absolutely can’t do the things other AWD vehicles can do, though. They get shown up regularly by cars that cost under 20k.
I mean, the limiting factor of the off road performance of most vehicles is how much the driver cares about the vehicle.
It’s amazing what a shitbox can do.
As a former Ford Focus owner, this is absolutely true.
They’re just coping with the fact they spent 6 figures on this giant piece of shit so they convince themselves their investment was worth it because truck go brrr
Yeah, at this point they know they got conned, and they either have to admit that or double down and act wildly impressed at its ability to, like, drive on an unpaved road.
I read a while back that many of them were shocked the cyber truck didn’t fit in regular parking spaces. In other words, these are people that, for the most part, have never owned a large pickup before. The obvious conclusion is that they bought it for cred or because they think it looks cool, not because they actually need a vehicle that size.
I mean, I don’t think a lot of pickup drivers are aware of the fact that their giant ass truck doesn’t fit in a regular parking space
They’re aware, I’m sure, but there isn’t much they can do about it if they need to park there. Even Home Depot and Lowe’s have this issue.
That’s a common theme, yes. They’ve clearly never owned a pickup truck, and don’t realise what they have is actually pretty bad by pickup truck standards.
That also might explain why they think it’s so awesome. They’ve nothing to compare it to.
What about the other people who drive a pickup truck? Do they actually haul cargo or tow a boat?
majority of them dont haul construciton/cargo equipment of any kind, a small dick compensator. i only ever seen the smaller trucks do that, the biggers likely dont have the space for it. i have nearby neighbor who has a big almost lifted green truck, yea you arnt hauling any materials that i ever seen you do, plus your “wife” is a soccer mom karen who bought a tesla.
Yes, yes we do. I own a 24,000lbs tandem trailer that I haul large stuff heavy stuff with at times. Sometimes 300 miles one way. I have a good reason to own a pickup truck that says Hemi on the side…
Those swave and deboner urbane urbanites seldom have an actual use for a pickup truck. But there are places where the trucks wear the scratches and dents of their hard use proudly.
I do, but I know you’re just trying to gatekeep.
Well, not a boat, a 30’ Airstream. And I haul a ton of pellets several times each year. I also find myself moving heavy or large items throughout the year with it. No, you can’t really rent one to do those things like everyone claims - or the rentals would cost as much as owning the pickup would.
I’m not in the US, but everyone I know who has that type of vehicle is an outdoorsy type, who wants a vehicle with lots of cargo space, high ground clearance, and often towing capacity. Having the cargo area separate from the passenger cabin is also useful for carrying wet, smelly or dirty stuff.
They usually have a canopy on the vehicle as well.
In the US, actually using them for cargo or towing would put you in a small minority. The last research I saw said towing is only done by 10% of owners a year.
I haven’t seen the stats on cargo in the bed, but I imagine it’s MUCH lower since most of these trucks are expensive and shiny. The last time I tossed a bunch of furniture in the bed the person I was buying it from was worried I’d scratch the paint in the bed.
Truck fans in the US are weird and so common now that they look at you strange if you want to use it for actual truck stuff.
ive seen the smallers one haul construction materials never the bloated giant ones that conservatives love to lift the trucks.
😃 Worried about scratching the print job? Tell that to the shovels, hammers, cables and other random work stuff I threw in there. Oh wait, some people don’t use a truck like a tool.
I wonder if it would be cool to own an excavator and never dig anything with it. At least the bucket would stay yellow.
Same here. Those cars are so expensive to own, that you don’t ever even think of getting one unless you really really need it for a specific purpose. However, I’ve heard that Americans don’t think that way.
Saw a YouTube video of a guy thoroughly impressed with the glue they use to put cyber trucks together. Glue
Industrial glue is on another level. The Cybertruck is a piece of trash, but modern epoxies are wild.
its sharp enough to cut carrots and deer in half.
truck no go brrrr. truck go …
(because it broke haha)
I’ve probably done more work, driven more off road, been through more serious terain using a 2 door fwd hatchback and a trailer made with a 70s civic axle than the entirety of cybertruck owners combined.
That said I wonder what percentage of cucktruck owners could put tire chains on in less than a hour without the help of AI. I’m guessing <1%.
They think every electric vehicle up to now was a G-wiz or golf cart. Slow, and beta. Finally, theres an electric truck for ALPHAS like me
Nah, a lot of them are previous Tesla owners.
things that any AWD vehicle can do.
Not any AWD; you probably want high ground clearance too.
I wouldn’t go fording streams in a Subaru Impreza, for instance.
I don’t know about an Impreza, but I know my '07 Audi A6 Allroad could easily take on this level of water. I’m fairly sure that a Subaru Outback could as well, they tend to be about the same height (US spec ones are even higher I believe - I owned one, it was about 2 cm taller than any EUDM ones of the same generation I’ve seen)
What I had in my head was something like this, a street-tuner Impreza that’s been lowered:
The point was that just because something’s AWD doesn’t inherently mean by itself that it’s a good idea to take it off-road.
A Subaru Impreza definitely could have done what the Cybertruck did in that video though.
Nah. The Impreza doesn’t even have a weird roller top for its cargo bed, let alone a fragile and poorly-designed one. No way it could break as stupidly as the Cybertruck managed.
uh … let that sink in?
ok
