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Robdel12 an hour ago

Cheap ass studs, not surprised. Don’t tow with a cybertruck either, you can literally total it by ripping the frame out with the hitch.

It’s the most poorly engineered “truck” there is. Can’t tow. Can’t haul (stupid bed design). It’s just a glorified pavement machine.

mingus88 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

It is a vanity project helmed by a terminally online manchild who wanted cyberpunk blade runner vibes.

Go look back at the original concept art. The actual delivered vehicle dimensions are totally different, so he didn’t even succeed at that part. They couldn’t build what he wanted. It’s way more boxy and looks like shit on the road.

And lol at 173 total affected vehicles. What a failure.

washingupliquid 40 minutes ago | parent [-]

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washingupliquid an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Can’t tow. Can’t haul

No one is hauling anything in these anyway. The Cybertruck is a midlife crisis car for white-collar Indian dudes with money. I'm sorry, it's true.

Construction workers are not trading in their F150s and beat-to-death Silverados for this I assure you.

alooPotato 37 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Dang you nailed my profile perfect.

I bought one and its the best car I've ever had. Event though I was never a "truck" buyer it checked off all my needs: - space for wife, car seats + another adult when needed - haul around my kids, 4 bikes, skis, camping gear, etc. - drives itself - we do a ton of road trips - luxury - electric, tired of going to gas stations

Wasn't another car on the market that checked those boxes.

Have you ever driven one? They are amazing to drive.

malfist 13 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

And the fact that your purchase is supporting a guy that literally threw two nazi salutes at an inauguration? Is that facsist alignment a feature or a bug for your "best car you've ever had"?

Robdel12 19 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Literally everything you listed can be done with any SUV.

BobaFloutist 5 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Or, better yet, a minivan.

People think they want a pickup truck, or an SUV, or a Cybertruck, but what they really want is a hybrid Toyota Sienna.

cucumber3732842 5 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

You "can" put three kids in the back of a Honda Civic. You "can" tow 10k with a Ford Ranger. They're both kind of a sucky experience for all parties involved and it makes perfect sense why people who can afford a vehicle with way more capacity go that route. It makes things that take care and precision and thought as mindless as throwing a light switch. They're not paying for capability, they're paying to make it easy.

I own a station wagon, a minivan, a pickup truck and a hatch (and my spouse drives a boring crossover). I completely understand why "buy a crew cab truck" has become the norm for people who want to just write one check a month to cover every use case.

Additionally, frequent "truck" usage is an absolute menace on wagon/minivan interiors.

10xDev 33 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

>Wasn't another car on the market that checked those boxes.

Outside of "drives itself", I fail to see how much of what you described is unique. Seems very ordinary.

DetroitThrow 19 minutes ago | parent [-]

Nothing fits in this category, it's revolutionary (if you ignore every electric SUV on the market) !!

Buyers who got an expensive and gaudy pile of shit will never want to admit their pile of shit doesn't smell to themselves.

selectodude 22 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

F150 Lightning checked all those boxes and also isn’t a complete piece of shit that sheds parts on the road.

malfist 11 minutes ago | parent [-]

As an owner of the f150 lightning, I get a chuckle whenever SpaceX uses them to do something a cybertruck can't.

lawn 21 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This surely must be sarcasm.

Right...?

erulabs 30 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

no no no you have to ignore that people like the product, its more important to mock production manufacturing from the armchair.

I personally don't like the cybertruck and wish they made something much closer to Rivian, but getting upset about a product you don't like is a small man ting

throwawaytea 38 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It was never meant for construction workers. It was meant for the owners of small construction companies. I used to work for a swimming pool contractor. He didn't own a shovel. He made $600k a year. So did his plumber best friend. And his buddy that did concrete work. I actually also worked on their small time NASCAR team, since they had so much money to burn. The cyber truck is perfect for them.

Robdel12 18 minutes ago | parent [-]

I race cars, I have never seen one at the track, they’re a toy.

But you’re exactly right. They’re for the polished shoes folks, not the steel toes

hvs 35 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

In Minnesota they tend to be (or were) owned by companies in the construction / maintenance industry and plastered with full body advertisements for said services (not actually used by construction workers).

Rebelgecko a minute ago | parent [-]

The Cybertruck is over 3 tons, so it's eligible for some specific tax rules that let businesses take the full depreciation immediately instead of over time. Same reason a lot of businesses used to buy Hummers and slap a decal on the side. Idk why we're incentivizing big ass vehicles that put more wear & tear on roads, but it is what it is.

cucumber3732842 39 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Eh. It's "fine" when you realize that it's not really an F150 competitor. It's the top end of the Ford Maverick, Honda Ridgeline, etc, market segment. But they have to market it like the former because that's what consumers want to hear.

mrcwinn an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Wow, that would be wild to see. Where can I see a Cybertruck owner "literally ripping the frame out with the hitch?"

FuriouslyAdrift an hour ago | parent | next [-]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubUXNSWGth0

magiclaw 24 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Jerry has one of the worst cases of TDS (Tesla Derangement Syndrome). In his video he applies 10,000 lbs of downward force directly on the hitch point before it breaks, and then says that it "is far too close to the 11,000 pound towing capacity. Yikes." He's a smart guy, he knows downward pressure at the hitch point (tongue weight) is a much different rating than towing capacity. Tongue weight is usually estimated at 10-15% of towing capacity, so 1100-1650 lbs. The cybertruck clearly exceeded expectations here.

Robdel12 17 minutes ago | parent [-]

That’s a lot of text for you to not realize these are the exact lateral forces a hitch faces when towing. One pothole and your payload is causing a pileup

mrcwinn 35 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Thanks, that is absolutely crazy!

loandbehold an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Watch WhistlinDiesel cybertruck video.

Robdel12 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

And if you hate WD, here’s another with them bouncing the skid steer on the actual trucks hitch haha before the cybertruck fails 2k before its advertise rating https://youtube.com/shorts/9yLzs5SzaxQ?si=nXElRpuLY_l-DbB4

jm4 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Oh, man. I remember that one. He absolutely destroyed that truck. What’s notable about that video is that the other trucks handled the abuse dramatically better than the cybertruck. He was determined to break every single vehicle in ways they would never actually be used, but it was laughable how bad the cybertruck was. If I remember correctly, he made the wheels fall off and had to get it repaired in the middle of the “test”. I think the Ford was still running at the end.

dlev_pika 26 minutes ago | parent [-]

The F150 was actually pretty impressive, for all the shit Ford gets