Elon’s Edsel? The Tesla Cybertruck went on sale today

What an ugly vehicle. It looks like a real life low-poly car from a 90s game…

Reminds me of Minecraft

The only thing this will be good for is when they do a Back to The Future reboot in 10 years time…

I would still prefer a Delorean.

In the reboot or in real life?

'Cause they were shit in real life. I don’t think the asthmatic v6 they came with could even make it to 88mph

but it could be tweaked back into life and had some actually interesting features. its a shit vehicle, but it could have been more.

the cybertruck is just landfill material.

Really? That’s disappointing.

Yes. At least a DeLorean is a Lotus underneath, and the weak engine can be/has been solved.

I can confirm this. My friends neighbor had a DeLorean and it sat in the driveway covered in a tarp waiting for “parts” 98% of the time. I can count the times I saw him drive it on one hand.

i fucking hope not. there’s a few films and series that should never be remade or ‘rebooted’, and bttf is one of them.

I agree completely but we both know that is not going to stop them doing it.

They did it to Ghostbusters.

yes. yes they did. i still haven’t been able to get all the way through the ‘reboot’.

I think it’ll be better suited to a Mad Max reboot.

Then this one will be the ancient historical coach and people would ask where the horses are :-)

You built a time machine out of a cybertruck ?!

i dont see it. the delorean was actually a neat vehicle with a few drawbacks. the cybertruck is 100% hot garbage.

Just say the stainless steel body helps the flux capacitor work and you are good to go.

Most reboots are about call backs that are not as good as the original.

Musk claimed the Cybertruck is better than any other truck but also more of a sports car than any other sports car, made of a “special Tesla designed steel alloy” that he claimed will never rust and which cannot be stamped but which can also be produced in volume.

The skepticism is coming through very heavy and I’m all for it.

Musk implied that in a crash with another vehicle, the Cybertruck—which weighs 6,603–6,843 lbs (2,995–3,104 kg)—will destroy the other vehicle.

It’s a car, not a battlebot. Nobody should want to destroy the other vehicle in the event of a crash.

Nobody should want to destroy the other vehicle in the event of a crash.

For normal people like you and me, no, but rich narcissistic assholes will definitely want that. Since nothing is ever their fault, the other person must have caused the crash, so they deserve to pay the price.

Frankly, I think that kind of hateful, aggressive, “fuck you I got mine” marketing is the best way to sell this monstrosity.

It’s a car, not a battlebot. Nobody should want to destroy the other vehicle in the event of a crash.

Have you ever met an American?

Six thousand lbs. Holy fuck.

I’m pretty sure that like 1500lbs more than any mid-size pickup (Toyota Tacoma, Honda Ridgeline), and as much as a full-size pickup.

My Ram 3500 is 7500 lbs.

And that’s a 3500.

Any idea what the 1500 weighs? Gotta be notably less.

IIRC, the last generation Tundra came in at 6000lbs, in 2wd form. Think 6500 for 4wd.

My diesel Navara (Frontier in the US) is 4500lbs but then again any electric vehicle is going to be heavier than ICE cars. Rivian R1T weights 8500lbs

That’s impressive for a diesel. Diesel usually adds a lot of weight, and that’s spot-on a mid-size truck weight.

Good luck getting this thing homologated in Europe. Or any country outside the US, really. I mean, I guess the Russians will take it. Then at least we’ll see how bullet proof it really is.

Modern SUVs will already crush the smaller cars, don’t have to get a special car for that

Yes, but this will crush a modern SUV. US car manufacturing is entering arms race stage. Soon the only save way to travel will be in a tank.

Drive Offensively! Time to mount a surplus .50-caliber machine gun on my Chevy.

Yeah, but the Ford Lightining already exists & I feel dirty saying this, but Ford makes better vehicles.

Yeah, Ford deserves some credit for their electric program. Theyve done a good job with quality, reliability, and pricepoint.

“yeah but don’t you know what ford stands for? Fix it again, tony”

"yeah but don’t you know what ford stands for?

Depends on who you are:

First on race day

Found on rubbish dumps

Ford can make good vehicles. They turned the corner with the Taurus.

And I really dislike American car companies. I still won’t own one, but have to admit they’ve gotten tremendously better. (Have owned them, have them in my family. Hate working on them.)

The lightning is ugly AF too.

To be fair, Tesla makes better vehicles than Playskool.

Not by a large margin, though.

Wait, they actually made that thing? I assumed the project would be canceled after everyone laughed at the reveal.

If you have ever worked for a large corp, you would understand.

“This is the bosses pet project. It doesn’t matter how stupid it is, he wants it made and yes it will still be our fault when it is a total fucking disaster!”

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