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This truck design had better be a joke....
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Ostrichsak
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My wallet & retirement savings thanks you Elon!
Butter face.
Butter face.
Hmmm.....
F150 sales numbers a year.
Let's set a lower standard first. How about beating Aztec sales figures first?
F150 sales numbers a year.
Let's set a lower standard first. How about beating Aztec sales figures first?
WilliamG
Hinge Fanatic
Let me shorten your complaint:
It doesn’t look like a traditional truck should look. Therefore it’s a fail.
Personally, the more I look at it the more I’m fascinated.
BlueOvalFan
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astrowunder
Member
Specs are great. Design is like a squared off Delorean. Horrible.
Ostrichsak
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I was ready to buy this truck with those specs. Now THAT would disrupt the full size truck market. This thing? Ford is safe.
ambudriver03
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mbdionio
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The Rivian is looking more and more sensible to me.
AMPd
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Remember when the model s was first released, Franz was talking about developing a beautiful car that people will find attractive regardless of powertrain. Because of how ugly all the EVs were at the time, tesla wanted to build a good looking car.
Guess that thought process went out the window with this.
Guess that thought process went out the window with this.
astrowunder
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I literally liked every single mock-up design more than the real one and that was a low bar.
WilliamG
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eCharcoal
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The only curved lines I could find on the truck are on the wheel and the headrest. The price and spec are extremely attractive and I was hoping to replace my minivan with the Cybertuuck in 3 years... but the look is impossible to swallow. I guess I’ll focus on the Rivian or the Byton.
I’m a huge Tesla fanboy. I sold my MS P90D for this? Omg. Nonononono!
Chevy, Ford, and Dodge executives are thanking their lucky stars tonight. Tesla’s EV truck advantage just evaporated. It’ll probably take them three years to wake up from this mistake.
They could have taken over the truck market easily. So much talent! Great price and specs! The stock will tank 20% or more tomorrow.
Yes, too many hits on the bong Elon. The yes men around him must be also be taking hits too and passing it around. Dear God man, what are you thinking. And Franz, what happened? You are the chief designer, who created the model s, roadster, and semi. What happened?
I’m very disappointed
Chevy, Ford, and Dodge executives are thanking their lucky stars tonight. Tesla’s EV truck advantage just evaporated. It’ll probably take them three years to wake up from this mistake.
They could have taken over the truck market easily. So much talent! Great price and specs! The stock will tank 20% or more tomorrow.
Yes, too many hits on the bong Elon. The yes men around him must be also be taking hits too and passing it around. Dear God man, what are you thinking. And Franz, what happened? You are the chief designer, who created the model s, roadster, and semi. What happened?
I’m very disappointed
Look the thing is not bulletproof. He showed a 9mm bullet. We don't even know what kind of jacket it has. That's the lowest level of armoring. Any guy with a .40 cal or 10mm is going t penetrate that "armor" like it was nothing. And the glass isn't bulletproof anyway so what does it matter?
As for towing, the key number is 26k lbs combined gross vehicular weight. If you go over that number, you need a commercial driver's license. If your trailer is between 11-15k GVW like mine is, you need a trailer endorsement on your DL. But again, if your truck is 14k GVW and your trailer is more than 11,999 lbs GVW, then you'll be over the 26k CGVW limit. CDL time.
As someone who tows with an F450, I can tell you that this thing is all hat, not cattle for towing. Look at the bed rails. They slope upward. You're never going be able to use a 5th wheel with this thing. The 5th wheel pin box (the part that connects to the hitch), will crush the upward sloping bed rails. Furthermore, unless the truck is built with reinforcement members in the frame to support a fifth wheel hitch in the bed, again that's not going to work. And there's apparently no gooseneck provision in the bed for a ball. A gooseneck pin box would be even more problematic with those bed rails.
This thing is meant only to tow travel trailers.
And one has to wonder what the range will be when you're towing a 10k lb travel trailer up and down steep hills in the summer when it's hot (which is when most people vacation).
All along when I was watching the presentation, I thought "this has to be a joke - the real cybertruck will appear at the very end". Well this is the real deal apparently.
Based on what I've seen tonight, it's a resounding no for me. Too fugly. Not practical for real towing. Too fugly.
The Pontiac Aztec has lost it's position as the ugliest vehicle of all time. All hail the new champion - the cybertruck!
As for towing, the key number is 26k lbs combined gross vehicular weight. If you go over that number, you need a commercial driver's license. If your trailer is between 11-15k GVW like mine is, you need a trailer endorsement on your DL. But again, if your truck is 14k GVW and your trailer is more than 11,999 lbs GVW, then you'll be over the 26k CGVW limit. CDL time.
As someone who tows with an F450, I can tell you that this thing is all hat, not cattle for towing. Look at the bed rails. They slope upward. You're never going be able to use a 5th wheel with this thing. The 5th wheel pin box (the part that connects to the hitch), will crush the upward sloping bed rails. Furthermore, unless the truck is built with reinforcement members in the frame to support a fifth wheel hitch in the bed, again that's not going to work. And there's apparently no gooseneck provision in the bed for a ball. A gooseneck pin box would be even more problematic with those bed rails.
This thing is meant only to tow travel trailers.
And one has to wonder what the range will be when you're towing a 10k lb travel trailer up and down steep hills in the summer when it's hot (which is when most people vacation).
All along when I was watching the presentation, I thought "this has to be a joke - the real cybertruck will appear at the very end". Well this is the real deal apparently.
Based on what I've seen tonight, it's a resounding no for me. Too fugly. Not practical for real towing. Too fugly.
The Pontiac Aztec has lost it's position as the ugliest vehicle of all time. All hail the new champion - the cybertruck!
Did you hear, Franz has been smoking with Elon every day and this is the result.
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