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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I do appreciate the fact that the Cybertruck was so clearly designed by someone who had no idea how to design a car, and that it's Musk's pet project. It really drives another nail in the coffin of the idea that he deserves all the credit for the work his companies do.

Then again, his most die-hard supporters draw no distinction between ownership and labor. They're also somehow able to look at a Cybertruck and think "Wow!" rather than "Wow, is this some kind of a joke?"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

I used to kinda like it because it was wrong and dumb, but I'd only ever get a horribly ugly statement car if it combined terrible aesthetics with good performance and build quality.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (29 children)

It has to be a sand race because the Cybertruck gets completely disabled from moisture.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Finally we've found the perfect car for Ben Shapiro's wife

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Ben Shapiro's Doctor wife

FTFY

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I hate the Cybertruck as much as the next guy, but this could really boil down to just tire choice and nothing more.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Good point. As I understand it, the Cybertruck's stock tires are not, in fact, a good tire choice.

https://jalopnik.com/cybertrucks-keep-getting-stuck-in-snow-1851148697

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Cyber truck stock anything isn't a good choice.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

I mean I'm more of a car guy so trucks and off roading aren't my specialty but a vehicle built by a company that's done it for a century vs a pissboy.

Shocker...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

That explains why Elon suddenly came out against drag 😉

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Nonsense design vanity project made for toddler CEO underperforms in comparison to actual pickup designed and built by manufacturer of the top selling pickup.. who would have guessed.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

no idea what models of truck these were if the drivers were good at drag racing

What? This is extremely poor phrasing if you ask me.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

To be fair to the Cybertruck, we’ve got no idea what models of truck these were, if the drivers were good at drag racing and driving on sand, or even how long the race was.

Honestly, the sentence just needs some punctuation and it's fine.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Who else watched this and thought of the jailbreak scene at the beginning of The Goonies?

https://youtu.be/Fh2AvpJTIrA?si=98vVWYEbQjx9gqzl&t=227

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No shit, the Cybertruck can't offroad.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Cybertruck cant really truck. Turns out its just hot wheels for man-children.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Turns out its just hot wheels for man-children.

Like 90% of the point of hot wheels was looking cool, so I have to respectfully disagree

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My six year old thinks it looks cool. If you adjust for hot wheels demographics I think they're golden

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I have decades more experience in being a child and I think it looks stupid.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Wait the cybertruck doesn't even have all wheel drive?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Of course it has all wheel drive, the RWD version isn't in production for quite some time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

You are right thanks for the correction. I misinterpreted this line

However, I’ve got to think here the big differentiator here was the Lightning’s all-wheel-drive system, which is almost certainly better at tacking loose surfaces than the Cybertruck’s.

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