If you can’t safely take the Cybertruck to a car wash, I wonder how it will fare as a boat?

  • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    There’s something tragic about Cybertruck owners, and it’s nothing to do with Elon.

    They seem to be wildly impressed by their vehicle doing the most mediocre things that any AWD vehicle can do.

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      They’re just coping with the fact they spent 6 figures on this giant piece of shit so they convince themselves their investment was worth it because truck go brrr

      • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works
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        5 months ago

        Yeah, at this point they know they got conned, and they either have to admit that or double down and act wildly impressed at its ability to, like, drive on an unpaved road.

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          I read a while back that many of them were shocked the cyber truck didn’t fit in regular parking spaces. In other words, these are people that, for the most part, have never owned a large pickup before. The obvious conclusion is that they bought it for cred or because they think it looks cool, not because they actually need a vehicle that size.

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            5 months ago

            That’s a common theme, yes. They’ve clearly never owned a pickup truck, and don’t realise what they have is actually pretty bad by pickup truck standards.

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            5 months ago

            I mean, I don’t think a lot of pickup drivers are aware of the fact that their giant ass truck doesn’t fit in a regular parking space

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              5 months ago

              They’re aware, I’m sure, but there isn’t much they can do about it if they need to park there. Even Home Depot and Lowe’s have this issue.

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          5 months ago

          Saw a YouTube video of a guy thoroughly impressed with the glue they use to put cyber trucks together. Glue

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      things that any AWD vehicle can do.

      Not any AWD; you probably want high ground clearance too.

      I wouldn’t go fording streams in a Subaru Impreza, for instance.

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          Nah. The Impreza doesn’t even have a weird roller top for its cargo bed, let alone a fragile and poorly-designed one. No way it could break as stupidly as the Cybertruck managed.

    • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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      They absolutely can’t do the things other AWD vehicles can do, though. They get shown up regularly by cars that cost under 20k.

      • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works
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        I mean, the limiting factor of the off road performance of most vehicles is how much the driver cares about the vehicle.

        It’s amazing what a shitbox can do.

    • Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca
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      5 months ago

      A cyber truck does not actually qualify as a truck. Their owners do, on the other hand, qualify as complete douche canoes.

      • Samskara@sh.itjust.works
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        5 months ago

        Most pickup trucks in the US aren’t used as trucks, nor used off road. They are status symbols. The Cybertruck fits right into this category. It’s shiny and stands out of the crowd.

    • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 months ago

      I must be at another level of cynicism than you, because I want to replace ‘tragic’ with ‘uproariously hilarious’.