epicthundercatI saw a turd on my way home from work!
dis_da_mordamn should really be disposed of
bcgm3
UnderpantsWeevilYou know, I really don’t hate the idea of buying a car without a finish and then getting a custom job after the fact. If there’s a silver lining on the Cybertruck debacle, its the steel frame that you can do up however you like.
But holy fuck is that thing not the most “My 4-year-old’s favorite Hotwheels” ass chassis design. An absolute embarrassment of automotive engineering.
You could do that with any car. Like, one that actually works.
I mean, I’d like to see you put a mirror finish on an off-the-lot Honda Civic.
But yes, the truck part of the truck is garbage.
SteveYou should look into the Slate electric trucks.
Small electric trucks/SUVs that are intended to be very cheap and barebones stock, but also very modular and very upgradeable, so you add the features you want. Including it being pretty much a given that you’re going to wrap it in the colors of your choice.
They’re not on the market yet, but I have high hopes.
From what I’ve heard, Amazon is a major investor, but not the majority owner.
I may not have heard the full story, though.
No, that’s accurate.
Just jumping from one fascist company to another.
There is no ethical consumption under capitalism.
If you want to drive a car at all, you’re going to end up supporting some huge corporation. And pretty much all huge corporations are at least somewhat friendly towards fascism.
I really, really, don’t like Bezo’s involvement in the company, but if it actually comes to market, isn’t a POS, and ends up as the only EV that isn’t spyware on wheels it’ll have my attention for sure.
The big thing is the (supposed) mid-$20k base price. Exact pricing hasn’t been announced yet (and seems likely to increase, what with tariffs and unpredictable AI-based electronic component shortages). But if they actually do manage to bring a small, practical electric truck to market for, say, $27,000 and they can actually produce them at scale so there isn’t a years-long waiting list to get one…
Well, that will be a big deal, I think.
And, yeah. Doesn’t seem like it will be spyware on wheels, since it doesn’t even come with an infotainment system. You’re meant to mount your own phone or tablet to the dash instead. Those, of course, have their own spyware issues. But you could always just not do that if you’re worried about your privacy – you’d have no nav and no music, but also no spyware. Or just use an old tablet that doesn’t have an internet connection or something.
I have legit thought about just bringing an old school “boombox” style stereo into the car. I got one a couple of years ago for like $60 and aside from the cassette and radio, it can be connected to with aux and bluetooth, so that would be a slightly hilarious way to play music in the car.
That’s not really far off from what Slate themselves are offering.
One of the sound system options is literally just a bluetooth speaker box that you attach to the bottom of the dashboard.
lime!you sorta have to do them up, or they start coming apart at the seams
Tesla recalls more than 46,000 Cybertrucks because trim panel can fall off
Loose stainless-steel trim panel can detach from Tesla's Cybertruck and drop onto the roadway, posing potential road hazard.
real_squidsNot to be a nerd but the frame is cast aluminum, they just glue bits on top
Gotta make my aluminium look rusty.
Tariffs! Jimmy O. Yang new standup bit!
Man Unreal’s texture pop in keeps getting worse.
potoooooooo ✅️Now even Real is getting it.
It is interesting to see the different paint jobs these people come up with.
I saw one on the freeway a few months ago that was literally a mirror. An iridescent rainbow mirror. It was so distracting I think it should have been illegal, hubble-telescope-caliber spotless immaculate reflections of all the cars & lights & road & sky. It was quite distracting and was holding up traffic until each car driver eventually snapped out of their hypnotic awe and passed the bugger.
And that’s why we have car insurance - you could have put everyone out of their misery by crashing into it
Oof I’d leave that martyr shenanigan to someone else. My vehicle is everything to me and I would never intentionally damage it.
Yeah, I know there’s a lot of flimsy assumptions behind the sentiment…
Curious question, though: is your vehicke important because of what it enables (maybe lifestyle or just a car-oriented city) or is it a status symbol or some core part of why you are (are you a driver or something?)
Its odd to me one would be so important but I’ve always ridden bikes as well as seeing them as a tool and been fortunate to live in a small city with token public transport, so I’m just on a different part of the spectrum, really…
I live in a 10 ft tall Mercedes Sprinter RV conversion. It is my entire life and my home. I live at the beach, I can wake up every morning at whatever appointment or job I have on any given day, I love this lifestyle and if anything ever happens to this van then I will buy another one and continue living like this by choice because this is my favorite lifestyle I’ve ever had in my entire life.
Oh wow - Now that’s interesting! It’s a home, not just a vehicle
I love it!!
Did you say…
Copper?
sometimes when I cross a tesla while on foot I do a quick ”roman” salute, with 2 fingers on the philtrum for the stache
I just want everyone to feel welcome
That stache addon is gold. “When you care enough to send the very best.”
Someone needs a lot more fiber.
Tempus FugitThey truly are fuck ugly. Even if Musk wasn’t a POS, I’d never even consider one.
Well, truck owners are not exactly famous for taste or open mindedness. It’s not a bad design from the interior perspective and the rear cover actually makes this practical. It doesnt have 16ft front blind spots like typical Brodozers. Italian designer Guigaro praised the design. He invented the angular design movement in the 80s.
The problems are poor build design and quality, and poor safety considerations and poor performance off road, but let’s be serious, 99% of urban pickup owners will never go off road.
RaoulDuke"Everybody loves my cybertruck, they’re always taking pictures of it.
Isn’t posting literal shit against the community rules?
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mojofrododojothat color choice has to be deliberate.
“It’s sunburst orange!” -Clarkson
“Meconium orange”
hungryphrogUgh I hate it when dog owners don’t pick up their dog’s poop 🙄
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StiffyI actually think it’s the least ugly Cybertruck I’ve seen.