You love to see it.
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I said it elsewhere, but my only comment is: It’s just so bad.
Have you seen its amazing off road capabilities 
okay, I am slightly biased, I work for land Rover, but, the videos circulating on twitter are hilariously bad.
Sorry, I like what Elon is doing, but cyber truck seems to be a step too far.
I get the feeling that he refuses to listen to advice, he is the Homer Simpson of car design
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I saw someone say that a Bronco Sport could have made it up that hill easier than the CT…
And I don’t like anything of what Elon is doing in any of his companies at all. The Cybertruck is clearly just a hubris project for an audience of 1. Have you seen the purchase terms? If you buy one (and actually get it delivered to you…) you’re not allowed to sell it for 1 year! And you can guarantee you’ll be sued if you try to do it.
Not even the rockets landing vertically?
(that’s the only thing I like)
Thought process like “I’m the richest guy around, thus everything I do will be awesome, and if I lose $20B at least I got to troll people ha ha ha”. Still waiting on his “10 micron accuracy” and if that helps the thing have aligned body panels (let alone get up a hill).
Yes, same. The initial Space X stuff is really cool and impressive, but other than saying “hey we should try to do this”, he didn’t really do any of the work. Now he’s off destroying entire towns in Texas and blowing up his own launchpads because he’s an idiot.
And yeah, 10 microns… looks like they nailed it.
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hold that thought
looks like the second star ship launch will be this friday!!!
This has been floating around all day. For reference, that bike wheelbase is about 50” max. That puts rear tire to under head tube at about the same dimension. And this box is shorter than that.
'Muricans love huge cars with tiny trunks. Elon nailed it!!!
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I hate everything about this photo.
$10,000 bike and you can’t afford a shuttle pad for the pointy steel edge of the tailgate. This rider/driver deserves what’s coming.
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Goosebumps.
Saw that. Predictable I suppose. Was more interesting thumbing thru the comments - hey Hartmut don’t you recognize the need for breaking new ground, being controversial, advancing a new language?
Or is it more “back in my day we’d never do this, darn kids” etc.
I do agree that the back end is almost as pleasant to follow as a dump truck filled with leaking gravel.
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Pretty much every SUV and truck are urge from the back view. If you own one, you aren’t looking at the rear, you are inside
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Isn’t brutalism the point?
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If you crash into it, I don’t think the corners are doing the damage.
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I’m going out on a limb here, but perhaps this is a case of good design, bad execution/engineering? (panel gaps, etc.)…I’m working on a follow-up article to my article about the design before it came out (below from OP)
I still stand by most of what I wrote in terms of design intent and value, and while I agree the final product is lacking I also see how much it has influenced the market (all those hard edge KIAs, product design, etc.).
As it stands, the production version is quite like the concept which is rare for something so out there like this. It does suffer however from the general contempt for Elon with his peronality and general shitty-ness warping the conversation.
Still, more people are STILL talking about this than all those other boring EV trucks (Rivian, Lordstown, Ford, etc.).
FWIW, it’s interesting to go back and re-read this entire thread from the start.
that’s like saying its more about what jeans or shoes feel like, and not identifying with how they look or the brand cache.
I pretty much don’t care anymore about having a coherent reaction to this thing (although my wife apparently wants one now)… aside from thinking its a joke, or an ego project, or an attention-getter. The F-150 Lightning costs half as much, looks and behaves like a truck, and goes about getting its tasks done. Rivian is old tech and I’ve seen panel gaps rivaling first-year Model X on the tailgates. Too expensive to move the needle anyway.
My comment was meant to be sarcastic (about the rear look).
It’s like all the ugly McMansions that ruin the look of a neighborhood but the owner couldn’t care less as they are inside surrounded by a million pot lights and LED “accent” likes on top of the shiplap and marble surround thinking they are fancy.
I don’t think this was ever supposed to be a functional truck.
People don’t drive trucks where I am but I wouldn’t be surprised if I see one of these sometime soon parked alongside a BMW XM or Lambo SUV.
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I wonder what Le Corbusier would make of it thou? https://automedia.revsinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Voiture-Minimum-designed-by-Le-Corbusier-2048x775.jpg
I haven’t really followed the CT release closely with all the memes, Elon-bashing and whatnot, but this Top Gear review summed it all up nicely for me: https://youtu.be/uefydJUbRhc
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