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Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by lallysingh »

z3rgl1ng wrote: post #236
chrissnell wrote: post #42

As a truck guy who has owned a lot of trucks and currently owns a 2017 Ram 2500 CTD 4x4 and a Land Rover Defender 110, I'm telling you right now: this is going to kill it. This is the suburban status item of 2022. I want to buy this right now. This has nearly the towing capacity of my Ram and will smoke my wife's Audi on the track.

Will they be able to survive until then with this though? Because I seriously doubt it.

$100 initial deposit is to show wall St demand. That will keep borrowing costs down.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by nimbius »

Great truck. Very exotic design, excellent price point, However, there was one statement that stood out as a MASSIVE mistake:

>The glass is stronger than standard car glass

Please stop doing this. Audi and Mercedes pulled this gimmicky crap about 8 years ago until they realized samaritans, Firefighters and EMT's need to be able to breech safety-glass windows in the event you become entrapped in the vehicle (possibly burning) during a major accident. You may also need to shatter a window in order to exit your vehicle if it becomes submerged in a body of water.

Teslas are already unique enough to require their own first responder procedure to perform an advanced extraction. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4peF1EYke8

Please, the vehicle already looks like the M577 Armored Personnel Carrier from Aliens. it outruns a porsche, it out pulls an f150. Youve ticked all the masculine boxes truck owners want for this thing. Dont turn it into a rolling coffin.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by whysohardtoc »

newnewpdro wrote: post #102
eo3x0 wrote: post #81

I know a lot of folks are walking away from the puzzling aesthetic but I think that’s the point. Existing Tesla owners with a taste for existing design cues won’t push Tesla sales any further. They’ve got to expand the demographic and this design has a chance to do this. Think of all the wrangler, hummer, truck buyers who want a militaristic, rough, unpolished steel look and this is that flavor taken to an extreme. O…

Yeah, because that's what all the F150 buyers of the world really wanted, an angular flat-paneled ridiculous movie prop. This thing alienates far more than it attracts in the pickup truck market.

Flat panel is what trucks have needed to go back to. Get a bad dent or the garbage is rusting out? Cut it out and weld some sheet on top. No need buy an entire door or go to a body shop.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by bonestamp2 »

Aesthetically speaking, it's a truck version of a DeLorean... which is growing on me the more I look at it.

Also, I don't know how they think they're going to get away with that tailgate design in the US. I love it, but the government doesn't allow brakelights to be on a moveable piece of bodywork (even though they have redundant lights under it). It's the same reason the back of the Ferrari California was so ugly... Ferrari learned this fact too late in the development process:

https://www.autotrader.com/car-news/heres-hilarious-story-fe...

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by taurath »

z3rgl1ng wrote: post #237

This is what happens when an Aztec mates with a Delorean. This is the biggest boondoggle, maybe ever. The Reliant Robin has more charisma than this thing.

The reliant robin is an extremely charismatic, nay nearly iconic car, especially for watchers of Top Gear

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by asteli »

trimbo wrote: post #15

I can't be the only one who sees the design similarities to the Delorean, right? And to top it off it's stainless steel...

The unpainted steel of the DeLorean made it a pain in the ass to repair. You can't pull dents, apply body filler and repaint, you basically need a whole new panel if you want to restore damage.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by m0zg »

Throw in Delorean-style gullwing doors for good measure. It's already stainless steel. And vertical takeoff and landing. SpaceX can do that too.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by kyle_v »

atonse wrote: post #64

You couldn't invent a more polar opposite of Steve Jobs than Elon Musk. VERY disorganized presenting. Badly rehearsed. Awkward speech. Speech is almost never in sync with slides. Demos failed spectacularly. The rest of the event was him with a backdrop of two broken windows. They didn't show the interior, and barely talked about the bed. Is this even good as a pickup truck? Is there enough storage? This all seemed ha…

I think there's a bit of an endearing "Oh elon" quality to his demeanor that seems more authentic than a polished CEO.
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