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Cybertruck's Many Recalls

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Re: Cybertruck's Many Recalls

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Post by mst »

LeoPanthera wrote: post #4

The article notes that the most recent recall was a physical one, not a software update, and implies that that was unusual. I wonder if you exclude "recalls" resolved by software updates, for all cars, where it would rank then?

That would make a significant difference for other Teslas but apparently not for the cybertruck: https://www.cars.com/research/tesla-cybertruck/recalls/

Not sure where it would rank at '5 recalls' instead of '6 recalls' but suboptimal nevertheless.

(I think the article noted that because the immediately previous one *was* a software update ... but it appears that's the only one that was)

Re: Cybertruck's Many Recalls

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Post by mst »

wtcactus wrote: post #75
sitkack wrote: post #3

The article has about equal time about what Cybertruck owners dont care about, safety, reliability, etc. > Similar to other critics (earlier this year, a CNN reviewer called the pickup a “disturbing level of individual arrogance in hard, unforgiving steel”)—Drury believes Cybertruck buyers are people “who think ‘I don’t care if I kill people when I drive this thing down the street,’” he says. “There aren’t many of th…

The article is a smear piece. As it was expected coming from Wired.

5/6 recalls so far have been for physical problems, not software ones.

It's not a particularly positive article but (unusually for articles about Tesla, admittedly) calling it a smear piece is counterfactual.

Re: Cybertruck's Many Recalls

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Post by mst »

nahwut wrote: post #30
sitkack wrote: post #3

The article has about equal time about what Cybertruck owners dont care about, safety, reliability, etc. > Similar to other critics (earlier this year, a CNN reviewer called the pickup a “disturbing level of individual arrogance in hard, unforgiving steel”)—Drury believes Cybertruck buyers are people “who think ‘I don’t care if I kill people when I drive this thing down the street,’” he says. “There aren’t many of th…

What's the term right wing folks use? Virtue Signaling? The cyber truck is that. People buy them because they are politically charged, and you can be seen as a tribe member. But I kinda think it's sad, because I think most tribes make fun of the cyber truck buyer, so they've bought a very expensive, very shoddy ticket into an in group, only to mark themselves as an outsider who bought their way in.

There *are* a bunch of people who've bought them because they genuinely think they look cool.

I ... do not agree with that opinion ... but people are allowed to have different taste than I do, even if I think theirs is terribad.

Re: Cybertruck's Many Recalls

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Post by bryanlarsen »

ikari_pl wrote: post #227
bryanlarsen wrote: post #225

Would you expect anything different from a brand new product? It's like version 1.0 of any software. Wait until at least 1.1 and let someone else shake it down. It reminds me of the Chevy Bolt. Fabulous car, after all the recalls.

it's not their first car

So? The bZ4x wasn't Toyota's first car, nobody has a better reputation than Toyota and yet they screwed that up.

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Post by MaxHoppersGhost »

austin-cheney wrote: post #218

Why are people spending so much money for something so hideous and so defective? Is this a weird fashion thing? My old 2017 Kia Soul costs about 5x less and has had 0 defects.

If you drive a Kia soul I’m not sure your opinion on if a car is hideous is valid.

Re: Cybertruck's Many Recalls

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Post by MaxHoppersGhost »

bamboozled wrote: post #256
austin-cheney wrote: post #218

Why are people spending so much money for something so hideous and so defective? Is this a weird fashion thing? My old 2017 Kia Soul costs about 5x less and has had 0 defects.

Tribalism. They are political statements now, before the were saving the environment vehicles.

Being anti cyber truck is also a political statement. It’s just a truck but for some reason it tends to trigger so many people because it’s “ugly” even though there are plenty of ugly cars (G wagons, Kia Souls, new Broncos, etc) that don’t elicit such a strong response.

Re: Cybertruck's Many Recalls

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Post by MaxHoppersGhost »

aprilthird2021 wrote: post #340
austin-cheney wrote: post #218

Why are people spending so much money for something so hideous and so defective? Is this a weird fashion thing? My old 2017 Kia Soul costs about 5x less and has had 0 defects.

Not only do they pay, they come here and rabidly defend all its flaws in the face of so much evidence to the contrary! "Oh the recalls are just software updates, so it's fine there were so many safety issues with my car, they fix them quickly and I don't even buy half the regulations are important anyways" "Oh it's fine if the trunk cuts your finger off, who puts their finger in a trunk anyways?" And on and on

And the other side comes in and rabidly tries to bring down the cyber truck. You’re somewhat blind if you can’t see how ironic your statement is.

Re: Cybertruck's Many Recalls

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Post by Reubachi »

filmor wrote: post #168
lukah wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Car panels are convex on nearly all other cars for very good reason. Flat panels are structurally susceptible to damages which wouldn’t mark a standard panel. Adding a highly reflective surface was another great move.

There is a whole section in James May's review where he is confirming with a steel ruler that the surfaces are slightly convex :-) https://youtu.be/CQzYhMDNLPA?t=216

This has been normal/understood since pre-demo phases. The "car youtuber" culture around shitting on this car is almost as laughable as the car itself.

Re: Cybertruck's Many Recalls

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Post by qwerpy »

coldpie wrote: post #343
qwerpy wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think that story turned out to be media sensationalism. I’ve owned one for over half a year, in the distinctly not dry PNW. No rust at all.

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It has been terrible! I’ve been asked to transport large items for friends, and had to deal with excited children wanting to take pictures with it. When there was an extended power outage recently I didn’t get the chance to have the “real” outage experience because my truck powered my house. If only I had listened to HN and Reddit.

Re: Cybertruck's Many Recalls

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Post by qwerpy »

acomjean wrote: post #326
lotsofpulp wrote: post #281

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The PNW is distinctly dry during the summer, which would compose at least half of the months you have owned it. Also, in my experience, it’s road salt/ice melt chemicals that really exacerbate rust rather than just rain. I assume that is why I see a lot more old cars everyday in PNW compared to the northeast.

Salt was bad for cars. (Having had a 80s car that was rusting badly). There was a hole in one of my rear wheel wells. Salt/ sand got into the hollow steel and rusted from the inside out at the base of the passenger door. It was was bad all over however. Cars are galvanized now so they don’t rust. Is that truck running bare stainless with no finish? Are you going to stick to it during the winter?

Yeah my truck has been running bare this whole time and I don’t plan to change that. I’ve parked it near a house by the ocean for days on end so it probably got some salty condensation on it.
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