That is okay. Tesla needs to get some real designers to pen the cars and not something out of Musk childhood fantasy he ripped off from some old Citroen design then paid someone to pen his fantasy into something real, it didn't work out.
Tesla Introduces a Base CyberTruck for $59,999
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Purely flat panels don't work on vehicles. They need a minor bend for strength. IDK if the CT lacks these bends because Musk thinks it's dumb or if it actually has them.
If we filmed another "Back to the Future" these would be the perfect orphaned vehicle to turn into a time machine. Delorean didn't make it because it was cool; it did because it was a quirky footnote mostly known for its alleged cocaine smuggling namesake.
If we filmed another "Back to the Future" these would be the perfect orphaned vehicle to turn into a time machine. Delorean didn't make it because it was cool; it did because it was a quirky footnote mostly known for its alleged cocaine smuggling namesake.
The problem is the material used and how thick the panels are. Complex curves just aren't going to be possible with stainless this thick. Yes, I think it looks dumb too, but if you see it in person there is some curve to it, but other than some hard creases it's hard to do much more than the slight curve that follows down the side of the vehicle.
Yes.
I’m very jealous of Cybertruck owners……
What would you call it when someone takes it upon themselves to be critical of what others choose to drive, by calling them "egomaniacs" for driving their vehicle of choice?
Irony? Jealousy? Hypocrisy?
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Supplementally, without a doubt in five years the cybertruck will have service and parts support, it reasonable to assume that will not be the case for vehicles like the Ford Lightning.
Amazing a vehicle designed in the US, manufactured in the US, takes such projected hate from a tiny but very vocal/ media savvy group.
Guess some prefer their trucks made in Mexico:
Chevrolet Silverado/GMC Sierra (Silao), Ram 1500 Classic and Heavy Duty (Saltillo), Toyota Tacoma (Tijuana/Baja California), and Ford Maverick (Hermosillo)
Of note- I am unquestionably thrilled and highly supportive of any company that designs and manufactures products in the USA, that pays Americans to assemble that product. Very happy to embrace a company that pays Texans assembling vehicles at $24-39 per hour, then buying automotive products built in Mexico paying those workers between $2.70 and $8 per hour.
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That wouldn’t be possible because the base model is a 2 Wheel drive
Current inventory is four-wheel-drive
I’ve come to like the looks of the vehicle and I suspect I would love sitting in the cabin even more and driving it.
Anything is controversial that changes a whole paradigm almost are gonna have haters.
I get the hate, but it’s just kind of strange that people are so vocal about somebody else’s vehicle purchase.
Me it looks like a “Mad Max” vehicle
(most in here are probably too young to know what Mad Max is)
I am, probably, one of the few BITOGers that has sat in and ridden in a CT. The 4 wheel steering and drive-by-wire make it highly maneuverable, and of course it's a Tesla so it is faaaaast.
If Tesla had not made it so freakin' weird, it could have appealed to more buyers.
Do I want one, even for free? No. My old Tundra fits my use case perfectly. CT got a lotta interest at Santana Row when it first came out...
If Tesla had not made it so freakin' weird, it could have appealed to more buyers.
Do I want one, even for free? No. My old Tundra fits my use case perfectly. CT got a lotta interest at Santana Row when it first came out...
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Send it my way.
I posted about my experience driving one of the first ones delivered, almost two years ago.
If it fit my needs in a truck, and I didn't already have a truck, I'd be fine with owning one.
I do have a late model RAM Dually that towed a heavy 5th wheel. I sold the 5th wheel, and now just use the Dually for our truck needs.
Fixed that for you.
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The mid to late 90s f-bodies were very well built. I had a 95 Formula, 95 Trans Am and a 98 Formula and the 98 was especially very reliable for me (not a single problem with it) The TA had a few issues in the first 18 months but after that it was reliable and I talked to the next owner a few years after I traded it in and it was reliable for him.
I was just about to post the exact same thing. I lusted after 80's Trans Am's but my dad warned me within inches of my life if I brought one home (and I came close several times). My friend worked on the F-body line back in the 80's for a while and I remember him saying back then "I wouldnt buy one of these if they were $1, and I'm one of the people building the bleep-bleep things". I still think they are cool looking cars though, but too many of them escaped the supposed-assembly line less than half baked.
The Cybermess isnt my cup of tea, but I would not turn down any offer to let me drive one, I have yet to drive a Tesla that didnt impress me. Never understood the hatred toward them either, but whatever. I've looked at a lot of the cars in people's signatures here and wonder why the hell someone would want any of them too. No offense to anyone here, I really dont care what other people drive and I'm not going to disparage them or call them names for it.
Awww, what a cute response that has nothing to do with modern vehicles and especially Teslas terrible quality control and other issues. Even then, I've seen Teslas with worse build quality than my 89 Camaro had.
And if you want to pretend 90s Fbodies had bad build quality, you really need to get a reality check. The 80s definitely had plenty of issues but so did plenty of 80s cars from numerous auto makers.
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