DrGene
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That’s a damn good looking truck... under all that butt ugly stainless steel
What if you polish it so its a mirror finish?
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That’s a damn good looking truck... under all that butt ugly stainless steel
What if you polish it so its a mirror finish?
Truck:
For the a good number of truck posers in my area (including the H2 crowd) I can definitely see this eventually appealing to them. The look is definitely polarizing, but it grew on me quick. What kept me from plunking down my $100 is that I'm not sure I have space for a vehicle of this size, lol and I haven't seen any dimension specs.
What does concern me though, is the visibility from the driving position. I feel Tesla has been optimizing for camera and sensor aided driving visibility, versus line of sight and mirror visibility from the beginning. Case in point, the relatively useless afterthought mirrors in my 3. It's a small leap to totally trust the tech (cameras, sensors) though, but still, something so big, you want good lines of sight, and that thing looks impossible to see out the back.
Presentation:
That window fail is probably top 3 cringeworthy moments in reality TV history though. Elon isn't the most eloquent guy, so, something so terribly off script had me wanting to hide my face. That was horrifying, lol.
I appreciate EM, but I'm definitely in the camp wondering if there are better options to do the presentation during these events though. At a minimum, EM needs a hype man to keep things moving smoothly, prompting him when he loses is spot in the notes, or at least control the damn preso clicker so the presentation deadspace isn't so awkward. The entire spoken/demo production needed polish and more polish
So how many HUNDREDS of reservations has Tesla taken for this monstrosity so far? Every other EV maker is breathing a huge sigh of relief, they just got 2 more years to work on their own things, and learned what not to do.
According to this article, more than 200000: 200,000 Tesla Model 3 Reservations In Less Than 24 Hours
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Changes I would make in priority order.
1. Do away with the raked front pillars and make the front windshield wraparound. Vision out the front should be a high priority.
2. Make the side panels on the bed retractable making it easy to reach over the side of the bed when needed..
3. Make the stainless steel black stainless steel and as smudge proof as possible.
Also, one key advantage of the rear design is it allows the moveable truck bed cover to be built in.
Yep, I like the design for some reason. Don’t find it ugly at all, but extremely edgy, no pun in tended.I ordered one. It's a man truck, not some pretty boy toy. I just love it.
And I can't afford the star-ship yet, so I'll get the truck.
still trying to figure out what I am looking at. I like the idea of the onboard, air and onboard power, but I can't picture hauling my toyhauler out to the dunes in this thing.
Then again, how will electric trucks be able to charge while pulling a toyhauler or a 5th wheel?
So I can see myself? Then it's damn good looking inside AND out.What if you polish it so its a mirror finish?
So how many HUNDREDS of reservations has Tesla taken for this monstrosity so far? Every other EV maker is breathing a huge sigh of relief, they just got 2 more years to work on their own things, and learned what not to do.
I think you will be surprised at the number of reservations especially when its only $100 and fully refundable. To put that in perspective the Model 3 was $1,000 and the Model Y is $2,500.So how many HUNDREDS of reservations has Tesla taken for this monstrosity so far? Every other EV maker is breathing a huge sigh of relief, they just got 2 more years to work on their own things, and learned what not to do.
Got me thinking... Dear gawd, the sun glare this thing is going to cause with those flat angles.
I'd expect Bruce Wayne to pop out any moment now...