I do appreciate the fact that the Cybertruck was so clearly designed by someone who had no idea how to design a car, and that it’s Musk’s pet project. It really drives another nail in the coffin of the idea that he deserves all the credit for the work his companies do.
Then again, his most die-hard supporters draw no distinction between ownership and labor. They’re also somehow able to look at a Cybertruck and think “Wow!” rather than “Wow, is this some kind of a joke?”
I used to kinda like it because it was wrong and dumb, but I’d only ever get a horribly ugly statement car if it combined terrible aesthetics with good performance and build quality.
It has to be a sand race because the Cybertruck gets completely disabled from moisture.
Finally we’ve found the perfect car for Ben Shapiro’s wife
Ben Shapiro’s Doctor wife
FTFY
I’m out of the loop on this one…?
A cyber truck had a major malfunction and stopped working because it went into a car wash without being in “car wash” mode. The joke is that Cybertrucks cannot get wet.
Which is doubly funny when you remember Elon claimed at one point the Cybertruck could be used as a boat.
They also rust, like, instantly.
And will get stained by tree sap. You should avoid the extreme use-case of parking near trees.
It’s also why I love the fact that it has a tent accessory, despite being a car that can’t handle being outside.
Except it doesn’t. It’s not the body panels that are rusting. It’s the airborne iron particles (mostly) from brake rotors that land on the stainless steel and react with it causing rust but it’s actually just surface contamination and cleans up rather easily. This is in no way issue exclusive to the Cybertruck. It just doesn’t react like that on a painted surface. Fallout remover is a commonly used product among car detailers.
Because the stainless steel is not stainless and a protective coating is optional, not standard like… you know, on every other car.
Stainless steel that gets coated is no longer stainless steel. Stainless steel requires exposure to sufficient oxygen in order to maintain the protective oxide layer.
These are rudder bolts from the same gudgeon on my sailboat. The black stuff is anoxic corrosion.
Ah… If I remember correctly; not being in a carwash mode caused the screen to freeze and because of a bug the hard reset took hours instead of minutes. The car was back up and running the next day and I believe the bug has been patched as well
EDIT: Imagine the bubble you’re in when downvoting factual information is the norm.
My “car wash mode” is rolling up the windows, haven’t ever had the car I own brick itself on me.
Personally I would enjoy spending $100k+ to get to be the beta tester for a half-baked product
That’s not something that should happen to a car that is on the road.
Technically a car wash is not the road. Checkmate, atheists.
Waiting for the day we see the advisement to put the Tesla into carwash mode during heavy rainfalls.
But the Cybertruck is advertised as an off-road vehicle. Elonvangelists in shambles.
It did not. The vehicle was in the owner’s garage. I believe it was water in the charging port that caused the front screen to freeze up. Everything else was working normally.
That doesn’t improve things.
And by production car on the road I mean “by a car that is in production and allowed to drive on the road” though I admit it was vague and easy to take literally in that regard.
Model Ys don’t handle the rain: https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/scottish-couple-facing-33k-repair-bill-after-driving-tesla-in-heavy-rain
complaining about downvotes usually gets you more downvotes more often than not
It’s not the downvotes that’s the issue. It’s the insanity of being blinded by hatred to the point of not being able to think straight anymore.
you might disagree with me here, but IMO hating Musk (or any billionaire) is morally right though
Hate is a toxic emotion. It poisons your own mind but leaves the target of it unaffected.
Also as I don’t believe in free will, hate is an uncompatible concept with my world view anyway. It assumes the person I’m directing my anger towards is personally responsible for who they are. In my view they could not be otherwise. I wouldn’t hate a bear for being violent so I also don’t hate Musk for being an asshole.
I hate the Cybertruck as much as the next guy, but this could really boil down to just tire choice and nothing more.
Good point. As I understand it, the Cybertruck’s stock tires are not, in fact, a good tire choice.
https://jalopnik.com/cybertrucks-keep-getting-stuck-in-snow-1851148697
Cyber truck stock anything isn’t a good choice.
I mean I’m more of a car guy so trucks and off roading aren’t my specialty but a vehicle built by a company that’s done it for a century vs a pissboy.
Shocker…
That explains why Elon suddenly came out against drag 😉
Nonsense design vanity project made for toddler CEO underperforms in comparison to actual pickup designed and built by manufacturer of the top selling pickup… who would have guessed.
I bet Musk thought he was a genius that could revolutionize trucks, just like Apple revolutionized smartphones.
I admit I still think the model S was pretty cool originally, but now there are better offers IMO, BMW and Audi have some very nice upper middle class cars, that I doubt very much Tesla can match the quality of. If money is not a problem, I’d go with a Mercedes. For a cheaper practical everyday car, I’d go with VW or Hyundai.But goddam I just tried my neighbors BMW I4- eDrive 40, that’s an amazing car with great range IMO. I’ve never been in a car that was that silent smooth and comfortable, and yet had stellar grip and handling. Even when you fired it up with everything it has, it was still quiet, you just felt the pressure of acceleration in the back. 😋
Well that BMW i4 is almost as smooth as this Marlboro cigarette that I’m enjoying right now.
I tell you, nothing helps relax you more than unwinding with a Marlboro cigarette. The rich full flavour and slow toasted leaves with the extra fine filter ensures I get the best experience. Every time.
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Smoking is dumb as shit dude
I think they’re suggesting the BMW comment reads like an ad by responding like an ad.
Ahhh I’m dumb as shit dude
no idea what models of truck these were if the drivers were good at drag racing
What? This is extremely poor phrasing if you ask me.
To be fair to the Cybertruck, we’ve got no idea what models of truck these were, if the drivers were good at drag racing and driving on sand, or even how long the race was.
Honestly, the sentence just needs some punctuation and it’s fine.
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Is this podracing?
They filled the truck beds with a bunch of fish. It’s actually cod racing.
Actually they filled the truck beds with grass-covered surface soil. It’s actually sod racing.
The bed of each truck is filled with a family of dolphins. This is pod racing.
No shit, the Cybertruck can’t offroad.
Cybertruck cant really truck. Turns out its just hot wheels for man-children.
Turns out its just hot wheels for man-children.
Like 90% of the point of hot wheels was looking cool, so I have to respectfully disagree
My six year old thinks it looks cool. If you adjust for hot wheels demographics I think they’re golden
I have decades more experience in being a child and I think it looks stupid.
That’s what the majority of (sedans masquerading as) trucks are used for anyway.
Wait the cybertruck doesn’t even have all wheel drive?
Of course it has all wheel drive, the RWD version isn’t in production for quite some time.
You are right thanks for the correction. I misinterpreted this line
However, I’ve got to think here the big differentiator here was the Lightning’s all-wheel-drive system, which is almost certainly better at tacking loose surfaces than the Cybertruck’s.
Suburban moms: i cant get an EV, what if i need to do sand drag racing
Sand drag racing at the end of a long road trip. It’s just not practical!
in sand, weighing 2000 pounds more matters. so does grappler tires.
Yes, this race was already lost on paper. The execution frankly was likely just an excuse for some folks to dust off their Maga hats and crack open some beers.
So the Cybertruck is not that fast and the CEO of the company that makes it is a jamoke, big deal. At least it looks stupid.
Not a Tesla fan but this is a stupid article. Driving on sand is 100% driver skills and tires. You could have a McLaren and a smart car with sand tires and the smart would win all day.
Tesla has branded it as a truck. As a layman who isn’t a Tesla simp or a motorhead, I would expect a comparison with other popular trucks if I were interested in learning more about it.
It is a truck. Not all trucks can drive in sand. It all comes down to driver skills and whatever tire is used on it. Who knows what tires the Ford is running.
Shit, I have seen two identical cars with identical tires and except one had lower tire pressure. The lower tire pressure won every time.
This is a stupid article designed for you guys to circlejerk on a brand. I mean enjoy the jerk. Elon deserves it. But don’t make it seem like it’s scientific. It’s just a circlejerk.
Not a very “apocalypse proof” vehicle, as Musk called it, if it can’t drive in sand…
a couple of owners decided to race their trucks
in this rather unscientific race
Did you even read the article? The author was very upfront about the context.
You’re the type of person that wants everyone to min/max everything and say “yeah but if this had happened” or “if they had done this differently”
Get down off your soapbox and appreciate this for what it was: two owners having a fun race for bragging rights. And if Ford comes out in a better light from it than Tesla, that’s not circle jerking over a brand, it’s just another anecdote to pile on top of all of the other stories about how piss poor the Cybertruck is at being an actual truck.
That’s just not true. Sand is a power hog. Sucks up horsepower like nobody’s business. You gotta have some juice to move with wheels effectively.
It’s absolutely true. I used to drive my 6,000 lb squarebody all over the Oregon sand dunes in 2wd because it had big, wide tires that I’d drop down to 10 PSI. This had a stock small block V8 that probably put out a whopping 150HP.
Just tire pressure alone can make or break even the most capable vehicle. You need to float on the surface, not dig in. Street tire pressure will make your vehicle dig in and get stuck immediately regardless of weight or horsepower.
I’d be surprised if the Tesla would even let you run on 10 psi. I bet it’d throw an error message and brick the accelerator.
At what PSI are you almost just driving on the rims? I get that on sand that wouldn’t be an issue, but 10psi sounds like rims on a road to me?
I don’t have an exact number but it was fine with my tires. Newer, low profile tires can’t do it because the sidewalls are so short but the tires on the CT look meaty enough to handle these low pressures.
The issue is more about popping the bead off the wheel than your wheel touching the ground.
