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I saw one of these the other day driving around Santa Cruz. The guy I was with and I both said out loud how crappy it looked, build quality etc. Also the size

I saw one of these the other day driving around Santa Cruz. The guy I was with and I both said out loud how crappy it looked, build quality etc. Also the size is weird.

infotainment 3y ago
Agreed on the size aspect. IMO, the Cybertruck would look much cooler if it was like 80% of the size, and marketed as something more compact. It looks cool in renderings with nothing near it for scale, but IRL the Cybertruck seems almost comically large.
- 0xAFFFF 3y ago
  Comically large yet you can't fit a mountain bike in the trunk.
  - fastball 3y ago
    Eh? The truck bed is 2m long, what mountain bike is 2m long?
    - 4ggr0 3y ago
      https://twitter.com/DriveTeslaca/status/1724304381938679915?s=20 https://twitter.com/DriveTeslaca/status/1724304381938679915?...
      - fastball 3y ago
        https://twitter.com/thisistechtoday/status/1724892797428453523 https://twitter.com/thisistechtoday/status/17248927974284535...
        jauntywundrkind 3y ago
        Big difference though is that when a pickup truck does that, there's still a bunch of space in the bed. Here, the bike barely fits, even with the bike's front hanging out the back.
        fastball 3y ago
        Pretty sure that's an optical illusion. All reports indicate the bed is 2m long, which means something is up.
    - idlewords 3y ago
      The cyberbike!
  - Balgair 3y ago
    At least in the US, the 'real' test for a truck is if you can fit a 4x8 piece of plywood in the back. Has anyone seen any pic/vids of this thing with a 4x8 plywood board in the back? (Yes, I know, many 'trucks' on the road today cannot do this as is. But that's not my question.)
jjallen 3y ago
It seems weird to me to evaluate the build quality when they're not being mass produced yet? Also "weird" and "crappy" could be more specific/informational. Do you mean you didn't like the appearance?
- i80and 3y ago
  I've seen a pre-launch test mule EV in the wild from a "legacy" automaker. Aside from the weird paint job they always have, it looked absolutely fine. This close to launch, we should not be seeing the kind of build issues we're seeing with the Cybertruck.
- llm_nerd 3y ago
  Deliveries are slated to happen in less than two days. These are "production" units. Worse still, they're the cherry picked, extra attention, showcase examples to be paraded around. And they're terrible. There are numerous comments that seem to believe this is some sort of example moonshot that demonstrates Tesla greatness. Yet the core, foundational issue with this vehicle is that they decided to make it with stainless steel for zero rational reason beyond apparently that Elon was infatuated with the Delorean that was a cool car in his youth. The benefits of stainless steel are very limited, and the detriments are enormous. For instance the horrendous angular design is courtesy of the horrible fabrication qualities of that material. This carries over into fit and finish problems that are going to curse this vehicle until it is axed in the near future. The gigantic wiper. The abhorrent visibility out of the front of the vehicle. The pedestrian killing facade. The complete and utter impracticality that makes it useless as a "truck", and deficient as a car. If Tesla had any sort of functioning management this abomination would never have continued so long.
  - jjallen 3y ago
    > Yet the core, foundational issue with this vehicle is that they decided to make it with stainless steel for zero rational reason beyond apparently that Elon was infatuated with the Delorean that was a cool car in his youth. Online opinions don't matter though. The only "issue" that matters is how many Tesla sells and what is the satisfaction of the owners over the long-term. For some reason it seems that the negativity surrounding this vehicle is especially ignorant and critical to something that hasn't even been released yet. The number of super negative words you use like "horrendous", "foundational" "zero rational", "cherry picked", "terrible", "moonshot", "detriments", "fit and finish problems", "curse", "axed", "abhorrent", "pedestrian killing", "complete and utter impracticality" is... how should I put this: literally unbelievable. The vehicle has not even begun to be sold and people are saying things like this. This is not a believable, rational comment. The more people are negative about it leads me to believe that it will be a huge success. I hope commenters like you aren't the legacy automakers trying to slow down the competition for their most profitable segment. > These are "production" units. Really? They are driving around "production" units before they have begun to be delivered? How do you know if "these" are "production" or not?

I saw one of these the other day driving around Santa Cruz. The guy I was with and I both said out loud how crappy it looked, build quality etc. Also the size is weird.

infotainment 3y ago

Agreed on the size aspect. IMO, the Cybertruck would look much cooler if it was like 80% of the size, and marketed as something more compact. It looks cool in renderings with nothing near it for scale, but IRL the Cybertruck seems almost comically large.

0xAFFFF 3y ago
Comically large yet you can't fit a mountain bike in the trunk.
- fastball 3y ago
  Eh? The truck bed is 2m long, what mountain bike is 2m long?
  - 4ggr0 3y ago
    https://twitter.com/DriveTeslaca/status/1724304381938679915?s=20 https://twitter.com/DriveTeslaca/status/1724304381938679915?...
    - fastball 3y ago
      https://twitter.com/thisistechtoday/status/1724892797428453523 https://twitter.com/thisistechtoday/status/17248927974284535...
      - jauntywundrkind 3y ago
        Big difference though is that when a pickup truck does that, there's still a bunch of space in the bed. Here, the bike barely fits, even with the bike's front hanging out the back.
        fastball 3y ago
        Pretty sure that's an optical illusion. All reports indicate the bed is 2m long, which means something is up.
  - idlewords 3y ago
    The cyberbike!
- Balgair 3y ago
  At least in the US, the 'real' test for a truck is if you can fit a 4x8 piece of plywood in the back. Has anyone seen any pic/vids of this thing with a 4x8 plywood board in the back? (Yes, I know, many 'trucks' on the road today cannot do this as is. But that's not my question.)

jjallen 3y ago

It seems weird to me to evaluate the build quality when they're not being mass produced yet? Also "weird" and "crappy" could be more specific/informational. Do you mean you didn't like the appearance?

i80and 3y ago
I've seen a pre-launch test mule EV in the wild from a "legacy" automaker. Aside from the weird paint job they always have, it looked absolutely fine. This close to launch, we should not be seeing the kind of build issues we're seeing with the Cybertruck.
llm_nerd 3y ago
Deliveries are slated to happen in less than two days. These are "production" units. Worse still, they're the cherry picked, extra attention, showcase examples to be paraded around. And they're terrible. There are numerous comments that seem to believe this is some sort of example moonshot that demonstrates Tesla greatness. Yet the core, foundational issue with this vehicle is that they decided to make it with stainless steel for zero rational reason beyond apparently that Elon was infatuated with the Delorean that was a cool car in his youth. The benefits of stainless steel are very limited, and the detriments are enormous. For instance the horrendous angular design is courtesy of the horrible fabrication qualities of that material. This carries over into fit and finish problems that are going to curse this vehicle until it is axed in the near future. The gigantic wiper. The abhorrent visibility out of the front of the vehicle. The pedestrian killing facade. The complete and utter impracticality that makes it useless as a "truck", and deficient as a car. If Tesla had any sort of functioning management this abomination would never have continued so long.
- jjallen 3y ago
  > Yet the core, foundational issue with this vehicle is that they decided to make it with stainless steel for zero rational reason beyond apparently that Elon was infatuated with the Delorean that was a cool car in his youth. Online opinions don't matter though. The only "issue" that matters is how many Tesla sells and what is the satisfaction of the owners over the long-term. For some reason it seems that the negativity surrounding this vehicle is especially ignorant and critical to something that hasn't even been released yet. The number of super negative words you use like "horrendous", "foundational" "zero rational", "cherry picked", "terrible", "moonshot", "detriments", "fit and finish problems", "curse", "axed", "abhorrent", "pedestrian killing", "complete and utter impracticality" is... how should I put this: literally unbelievable. The vehicle has not even begun to be sold and people are saying things like this. This is not a believable, rational comment. The more people are negative about it leads me to believe that it will be a huge success. I hope commenters like you aren't the legacy automakers trying to slow down the competition for their most profitable segment. > These are "production" units. Really? They are driving around "production" units before they have begun to be delivered? How do you know if "these" are "production" or not?