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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI saw my first Tesla Cyber Truck yesterday. They're even uglier in real life.
Driving along, there it was, making a right turn onto the main drag. It looked clumsy and idiotic. It looked like a geometric tin can collage. I guess owning one makes some kind of vague "political" statement.
riversedge
(79,492 posts)PatSeg
(52,216 posts)would actually buy one of those.
Haggard Celine
(17,685 posts)We were trying to figure out how the driver was able to sed behind him. I guess they use cameras, because it didn't look like there was any visibility. It's a repulsive vehicle.
niyad
(129,609 posts)paleotn
(21,579 posts)That's probably not too far off for its origin.
LR3
(126 posts)development ended at age 12
Ocelot II
(129,135 posts)Maybe the reason I haven't seen any lately is because they can't handle snow. Or maybe their owners have finally become embarrassed.
allegorical oracle
(6,194 posts)why I've heard that our area raccoons like them so much.
yorkster
(3,687 posts)mind when I first saw one. That and plug ugly.
It also brought to mind the Zumwalt class destroyer and its strange look. They stopped at three, I believe...
waterwatcher123
(464 posts)Tesla has to sell these monstrosities to themselves (Space X) to prop up their dismal sales.
Diamond_Dog
(39,784 posts)Theyre sort of startling, like a weird spaceship. Just saw one the day before yesterday.
Went to a restaurant over the Christmas holiday and saw one decorated with strings of Christmas tree lights.
Conjuay
(2,903 posts)But to my mind they appear to be bloated- especially when viewed from the front.
But there are few things to laugh at in todays world, so I never miss an opportunity to point at them and laugh
sop
(17,471 posts)Apart from the many reported design, mechanical, quality control, usability, insurance and reliability issues, the things are just butt ugly. The stainless steel body panels appear wavy and uneven, the finish always looks like it needs a good scrubbing. It's totally useless as a truck; the bed is tiny and I've never seen anyone actually hauling or towing anything with them. And Youtube is full of videos showing CTs getting stuck in off-road situations a Subaru could handle with no problem. Can't understand why anyone would pay $100K for one.
Diamond_Dog
(39,784 posts)Surely not me!
The Madcap
(1,758 posts)Build quality looks very poor.
Looks like a great graffiti target, though.
niyad
(129,609 posts)Norrrm
(4,032 posts)Insuring your Cybertruck/Tesla...
Is that quote for six months or a year?...
No. That's per month...
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Start about six minutes on the timeline...
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niyad
(129,609 posts)multigraincracker
(37,017 posts)Be like seeing an Edsel on the street now. Not ugly, not pretty, just rare.
C_U_L8R
(48,892 posts)Derpy derp derp.
mcar
(45,690 posts)niyad
(129,609 posts)mcar
(45,690 posts)they do seem dangerous (along with the random explosions).
niyad
(129,609 posts)I am very friendly, and wave to them as they go by, single digit.
Tribetime
(7,063 posts)Ping Tung
(4,143 posts)Remarkably ugly.
NJCher
(42,510 posts)An adult who is trying to be seen as a creative visionary and who .isnt.
niyad
(129,609 posts)waiting for the light to change... A young man (about late 20's) was standing next to me. As the car hauler went past, with three of those things, the young man exclaimed, "My god, those things are ugly!"
Jedi Guy
(3,424 posts)Having ridden in one, their only saving grace is the neat bells and whistles, which other Tesla vehicles probably have. The full 360° 3D image of the vehicle's surroundings is particularly cool, in my opinion.
Even so, I'd never drop the kind of money it takes to buy one, especially since up here in Canada there have been reports of the body panels falling off because the adhesive can't stand up to the cold in winter.
Ah well, we can always reminisce about how Musk bragged about the "reinforced" windows during the reveal and then broke one with a thrown rock.
Dave Bowman
(6,685 posts)
JHB
(37,958 posts)...did not "get" the aesthetic at all, and made a clumsy, childish attempt at copying.


It's the car design equivalent of an art restoration disaster.
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allegorical oracle
(6,194 posts)said that all the publicity (and laughs) made it one of the largest tourist attractions.
Polly Hennessey
(8,579 posts)The trash bin comparison is perfect.
Attilatheblond
(8,317 posts)One is bare metal silver like they forgot to paint it.The other was completely painted with a local company logo & listing all the products they offer. Sure, that will get people's attention on the road, but seems a bad idea to advertise just how stupid you are if you wanna stay in business. It's not like work equipment could be packed in or on that insane excuse for a pick-up truck.
Have seen both of those abominations several times now; can't decide which one is uglier. The way people drive around here, blowing thru red lighs at 20-30 MPH over the speed limit, and how many big dips we have in roads (to channel monsoon downpurs off roads) I can't see those two pretend trucks lasting long here.
flvegan
(65,792 posts)3catwoman3
(28,608 posts)Totally FUGLY.
murielm99
(32,703 posts)the courthouse where we have our No Kings demonstrations. The booing was loud.
MineralMan
(150,650 posts)at a supermarket parking lot. It was parked straddling a line and extended across the dividing line for four spaces in a drive-through area.
A quadruple ugliness of a vehicle.
Paladin
(32,303 posts)...that causes the public to point fingers at the drivers and openly sneer.
And don't tell me it doesn't happen, because I've seen it occur, several times. I've even had the pleasure of doing some of the sneering, myself. Hey, you take your retribution when and where it's available, without apologies...
Melon
(1,103 posts)RoseTrellis
(113 posts)Cybertruck is shaping up to be one of the biggest automotive flops in recent memory.
Retail sales are an absolute bloodbath: Tesla managed only about 45,000 deliveries in all of 2025 a pathetic fraction of the 250,000-per-year target Musk was bragging about just two years ago. Production has been quietly throttled; the Austin lines that were supposed to crank out thousands a week are now barely spitting out 2,000 a month. Dealership lots (and Teslas own inventory pages) are overflowing with unsold units, forcing discounts of $1015k off sticker on brand-new trucks just to move them.