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Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by skykooler »

rhinoceraptor wrote: post #697
sytelus wrote: post #484

Stupid question: what’s up with trucks in urban areas? I understand the utility of a truck in rural/farm setting but never figured why folks want to lug around that pointless empty half while living in cities. Two of the folks I know who owns trucks have used empty halfs probably twice in a year when bringing home some furniture but that too could have delivered free by the store. Again, as I said, stupid question.

There are two types of people: those who have trucks, and those who get their friends with trucks to help them move.

And those who don't have friends with trucks, so have to rent one instead.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by WhompingWindows »

bchociej wrote: post #709

Better utility than a truck? Excuse me? 6.5' bed and you can't even reach over the sides to get stuff. No stake pockets or any apparent affordance for installation of racks in the bed either. However, I am a fan of a factory tonneau cover and what looks like a built-in ramp in the tailgate. But there's no avoiding that the thing is just ugly as can be. Frankly I'm just waiting for an all-electric replacement for the…

It's more powerful than a truck, better for the environment, has the capability of running tools without a generator, and is actually appealing to non-truck people -- you're right, it barely qualifies as a truck. And that's a good thing -- we need FAR less trucks in the world.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by spectrum1234 »

King-Aaron wrote: post #478
waiseristy wrote: post #306

I feel like I am taking crazy pills with the amount of good sentiment to this design. This thing is absolutely fugly. The guys over at Rivian must be having a party right now.

Ten bucks says this thing has never seen a wind tunnel, which is strange for something that's meant to be energy efficient

It obviously is. The front is all the same angle.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by jacurtis »

winternett wrote: post #761
Pxtl wrote: post #639

I'm a child of the 80s. I remember StarFox and the F-117 stealth plane being the neatest stuff ever. The old lambo countache with the faceted shape that was almost starwars-y and was the coolest thing on wheels. I'm nostalgic about those things. So this polygonal look is targeting my demo. ... That is the goddamned ugliest vehicle I've ever seen.

It looks like you can drive it into a lake and then it turns into a submarine. I bet he's gonna unlock that feature a few months after people bought it, and why the windows are "unbreakable"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeBqf6bYZak

Even better. Elon says[1] that a pressurized version will be available for deployment on Mars (not joking).

[1] https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1197627433970589696

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by rpmisms »

IAmGraydon wrote: post #458
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.

> This is the suburban status item of 2022. Yeah I don’t think so. Trucks are not suburban status items. This is more like the El Camino of 2022.

> suburban status items

I have found the single stupidest thing in this thread.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by drcode »

sytelus wrote: post #484

Stupid question: what’s up with trucks in urban areas? I understand the utility of a truck in rural/farm setting but never figured why folks want to lug around that pointless empty half while living in cities. Two of the folks I know who owns trucks have used empty halfs probably twice in a year when bringing home some furniture but that too could have delivered free by the store. Again, as I said, stupid question.

People assume trucks are safer in accidents, even though that is by most measures a wrong assumption- Humans are irrational in that way.

(the other big reasons for their popularity is status signalling, and perverse incentives created by regulation of "passenger cars" as a category that have negatively impacted the quality of "regular cars" in the US.)

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by jacurtis »

sytelus wrote: post #484

Stupid question: what’s up with trucks in urban areas? I understand the utility of a truck in rural/farm setting but never figured why folks want to lug around that pointless empty half while living in cities. Two of the folks I know who owns trucks have used empty halfs probably twice in a year when bringing home some furniture but that too could have delivered free by the store. Again, as I said, stupid question.

We have a term for this:

"Cuz 'Merica"

Yep, Americans love to overcompensate. It is in our DNA.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by 663e1b »

ubermonkey wrote: post #729
sytelus wrote: post #484

Stupid question: what’s up with trucks in urban areas? I understand the utility of a truck in rural/farm setting but never figured why folks want to lug around that pointless empty half while living in cities. Two of the folks I know who owns trucks have used empty halfs probably twice in a year when bringing home some furniture but that too could have delivered free by the store. Again, as I said, stupid question.

I live in Houston, where there are LOTS of very very clean very very expensive pickups. Most are status symbols that rarely see any true use. However, in my immediate social group, there are LOTS of smaller trucks or smaller SUVs, mostly because of the practicality for bicycling trips. Sure, you can do a roof rack or a hitch rack, but if you want to go out to the hill country with you and your wife and both MTB and r…

What about quick release wheels? You can easily fit a bike in a compact car or two if it's something like a Mazda 3 / Prius
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