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I can't believe they are still selling that abomination. The styling is not the same as their rest of the lineup, which was a major mistake. I personally woul

by hsnewman 11mo ago

I can't believe they are still selling that abomination. The styling is not the same as their rest of the lineup, which was a major mistake. I personally wouldn't want a car that relies on glue that much.

bdangubic 11mo ago
I like the glue, you can fix all these issues yourself by raiding your kids desk for some school glue :)
qwerpy 11mo ago
One man’s abomination is another man’s ideal family car :) There is no other consumer car that can self-drive from start to finish for an entire trip. That alone will keep me on Tesla until the others catch up. Crash tests have shown that it’s excellent at protecting its occupants, which matters to me as a father of two. The cyberpunk aesthetic, whole home battery backup, and large secured truck bed are just icing on the cake. I had the trim glue issue fixed proactively (it’s now secured mechanically) and I don’t have a light bar so the new issue doesn’t affect me. Granted, it’s not great that they opted for glue for that use case.
- GuinansEyebrows 11mo ago
  > The cyberpunk aesthetic the dystopian, authoritarian, hypercapitalist hellscape aesthetic is icing on the cake for a family vehicle?
  - qwerpy 11mo ago
    That's a lot of your own judgment you've layered on top of it. For a more joyful interpretation of cybertruck aesthetics, do a image search for "cybertruck trick or treat". I volunteered to provide my truck for my kid's school Halloween party and decorated it to look like the chomp chomp monster from Mario. Kids loved it. (sure it's not cyberpunk but it's an example of how the look can be used for family friendly innocent fun)
    - hn_acc1 11mo ago
      Did you have to put protective tape over the edges? How did you avoid kids getting cut?
      - qwerpy 11mo ago
        The frunk area where kids reached into to grab candy has no sharp edges. There are sharper obtuse angled corners at the front corners of the truck that are exposed when the frunk is open. If a kid were to run into it at speed, it would cause the same injuries as if they ran into a standard door strike plate (metal, immovable, very similar sharpness and thickness) of which my house has ~20 of them at head height for a preschooler. If I were driving at road speeds with the frunk open and hit someone, yeah that would be a pretty serious injury. I didn't put protective tape and no kids were injured :)
    - GuinansEyebrows 11mo ago
      i dunno. i don't think the aesthetic exists in a vacuum and i certainly am not the first person to use those words to describe it (as a fan of the genre).
    - platevoltage 11mo ago
      Aren't Chomp Chomps round? Wouldn't a less jagged vehicle be better for this?
      - qwerpy 11mo ago
        Let's just say it's the N64 version where there were some polygons: https://mario64hacks.fandom.com/wiki/Chain_Chomp https://mario64hacks.fandom.com/wiki/Chain_Chomp Here's what another cybertruck did: https://www.cybertruckownersclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1726762648110-rm.jpg https://www.cybertruckownersclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2024...
  - hn_acc1 11mo ago
    As is the "likely to hit others while self-driving"..
aweiland 11mo ago
They've refreshed the 3 or Y (I'm not sure which) to look more like the Cybertruck. They look awful.
IshKebab 11mo ago
Cars use glue more than you'd think. They just don't usually suck at it quite so much.

bdangubic 11mo ago

I like the glue, you can fix all these issues yourself by raiding your kids desk for some school glue :)

qwerpy 11mo ago

One man’s abomination is another man’s ideal family car :) There is no other consumer car that can self-drive from start to finish for an entire trip. That alone will keep me on Tesla until the others catch up. Crash tests have shown that it’s excellent at protecting its occupants, which matters to me as a father of two. The cyberpunk aesthetic, whole home battery backup, and large secured truck bed are just icing on the cake. I had the trim glue issue fixed proactively (it’s now secured mechanically) and I don’t have a light bar so the new issue doesn’t affect me. Granted, it’s not great that they opted for glue for that use case.

GuinansEyebrows 11mo ago
> The cyberpunk aesthetic the dystopian, authoritarian, hypercapitalist hellscape aesthetic is icing on the cake for a family vehicle?
- qwerpy 11mo ago
  That's a lot of your own judgment you've layered on top of it. For a more joyful interpretation of cybertruck aesthetics, do a image search for "cybertruck trick or treat". I volunteered to provide my truck for my kid's school Halloween party and decorated it to look like the chomp chomp monster from Mario. Kids loved it. (sure it's not cyberpunk but it's an example of how the look can be used for family friendly innocent fun)
  - hn_acc1 11mo ago
    Did you have to put protective tape over the edges? How did you avoid kids getting cut?
    - qwerpy 11mo ago
      The frunk area where kids reached into to grab candy has no sharp edges. There are sharper obtuse angled corners at the front corners of the truck that are exposed when the frunk is open. If a kid were to run into it at speed, it would cause the same injuries as if they ran into a standard door strike plate (metal, immovable, very similar sharpness and thickness) of which my house has ~20 of them at head height for a preschooler. If I were driving at road speeds with the frunk open and hit someone, yeah that would be a pretty serious injury. I didn't put protective tape and no kids were injured :)
  - GuinansEyebrows 11mo ago
    i dunno. i don't think the aesthetic exists in a vacuum and i certainly am not the first person to use those words to describe it (as a fan of the genre).
  - platevoltage 11mo ago
    Aren't Chomp Chomps round? Wouldn't a less jagged vehicle be better for this?
    - qwerpy 11mo ago
      Let's just say it's the N64 version where there were some polygons: https://mario64hacks.fandom.com/wiki/Chain_Chomp https://mario64hacks.fandom.com/wiki/Chain_Chomp Here's what another cybertruck did: https://www.cybertruckownersclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1726762648110-rm.jpg https://www.cybertruckownersclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2024...
- hn_acc1 11mo ago
  As is the "likely to hit others while self-driving"..

aweiland 11mo ago

They've refreshed the 3 or Y (I'm not sure which) to look more like the Cybertruck. They look awful.

IshKebab 11mo ago

Cars use glue more than you'd think. They just don't usually suck at it quite so much.