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Re: Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs

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dsr_ wrote: post #270
kubectl_h wrote: post #197

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Yeah what a weird comment from GP. The refrain that no one needs a full-size truck, that they're mall crawlers or compensation for undersized you-know-what is common on this site but I've never seen it taken to the level that "trades workers largely don't drive full sized trucks, actually".

Oh. Actually, let me tell you: Most trades workers don't need full-sized pickup trucks. They do need an 8 foot bed. An amazing number of full-sized pickups come with 6.5 foot beds by default, and cost extra for the 8 foot. They won't put 2 tons of gravel in there; they will put plywood sheets and lumber and power tools; boxes of nails and air compressors; the toolbox that they always want, the toolbox for this job, a…

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Re: Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs

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Post by XorNot »

LTL_FTC wrote: post #315
barbazoo wrote: post #258

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We have a pipeline being built through our city right now. It's absolutely hilarious for me to see the temporary company parking lot for about 100 vehicles full of mostly pick up trucks because they're actually being shuttled between the construction site and the parking lot in ... buses. This is what I think of when people talk about how they need trucks :)

It's all ego. They need the large trucks to impress their coworkers who also have the large trucks.

Well this is sticking your head in the sand about it.

People own trucks because while trucks might not be particularly good at some things, they're also not particularly bad at them. If you need to move large or heavy items occasionally, it's really handy having a truck...and the thing is, it won't be bad at doing car things either.

To the specific example here, you also have the obvious missing part: people are having to drive from home to the parking lot, to catch the bus to the site. The failure is pretty obvious.

Pile onto that that most construction workers generally have to assume that they might need to use the truck for work sometime, and it's an obvious purchase: you can't afford two cars, but you can afford one slightly more expensive one that will be as good at everything you need as a smaller one.

People complain about trucks without even trying to understand where the motivation to own them comes from.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs

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Post by buildbot »

maximus-decimus wrote: post #368
threeseed wrote: post #322

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So you think it's weird that other people believe that their opinions are right and everyone else is wrong. Have you been on a desert island or something ?

I've come to accept it for political stuff (abortion and gun rights), but I guess it didn't sink in for stuff that's clearly subjective like your favorite color or pizza topping.

Ask people about their thoughts on Hawaiian Pizza

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Post by foobarian »

LTL_FTC wrote: post #315
barbazoo wrote: post #258

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We have a pipeline being built through our city right now. It's absolutely hilarious for me to see the temporary company parking lot for about 100 vehicles full of mostly pick up trucks because they're actually being shuttled between the construction site and the parking lot in ... buses. This is what I think of when people talk about how they need trucks :)

It's all ego. They need the large trucks to impress their coworkers who also have the large trucks.

I feel like it has become a kind of a rallying flag/dog whistle for a certain segment of the population.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs

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Post by Krasnol »

slantedview wrote: post #376
jasongill wrote: post #201

Funny that the cheaper model's 0-60 time is listed as "4.1 SEC. 0-60 MPH", but the more expensive model is listed as "2.6 SEC. 0-60 MPH With rollout subtracted." The whole rollout for 0-60 thing is a big fuss in the car magazine subculture - instead of counting zero to 60 from a standstill, they now count zero to 60 in a drag race style, where you have to trip the starting light by going forward a foot or two. What t…

There's a video of Cybertruck struggling to go up a dirt hill, with tires losing traction: https://www.threads.net/@ben_woodward/post/Czeo1X-BLAd

I doubt any potential customer of this monstrosity will ever go up or down a dirt hill.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs

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Post by oconnore »

rich_sasha wrote: post #133

Steer by wire sounds like a disastrous idea to me, especially in a car made with attention to detail of Tesla. I'm not even sure where to start. It's less reliable, surely it must be (at least without significant investment into QA and redundancy). A physical wheel physically connected to bits turning the wheels, well, the power steering can do, but you can still turn the thing. Then, it's all software driven. And it…

Usually the critical features are somewhat "air-gapped". For example, I can restart my Model X computer, the screen will turn black 100%, and many key functions still work.

None of the computers that are required to drive the car actually turn off when you reboot the computer that drives the dash/console display.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs

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Post by myvoiceismypass »

chomp wrote: post #76
doitLP wrote: post #57

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For the people that can afford one? Sure. AMEX has no limit and plenty of other cards for high net worth individuals are similar. Plus weirdly, people like that usually really like to collect the credit card points.

I’ve tried multiple times to pay the full balance with credit, the most I’ve seen dealerships be okay with is 3k or 4k of the balance.

My most recent new car purchase (2024 Mini), the dealership allowed me to charge $10k to my card for the points. The rest was debit from my checking + tradein.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs

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Post by ponector »

m463 wrote: post #224
mvdtnz wrote: post #120

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I am a car enthusiast (although not one who could afford either a 911 nor a Cybertruck) but respectfully, who cares about quarter mile times? Most car people I know want a car with some poke, but care much more about how it handles twisties (and how much fun it is doing so). And I'd bet my bottom dollar the 911 would beat the refrigerator-looking truck all day long.

Most people don't need 16gb of ram, or a pickup bed, or more than one bathroom, or...

16 GB of ram is barely enough to use modern Chrome.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs

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Post by dreamcompiler »

jasongill wrote: post #201

Funny that the cheaper model's 0-60 time is listed as "4.1 SEC. 0-60 MPH", but the more expensive model is listed as "2.6 SEC. 0-60 MPH With rollout subtracted." The whole rollout for 0-60 thing is a big fuss in the car magazine subculture - instead of counting zero to 60 from a standstill, they now count zero to 60 in a drag race style, where you have to trip the starting light by going forward a foot or two. What t…

With software-controlled motors there should be no slippage whatsoever. I think Tesla is only doing this to make the numbers look slightly better.
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