As you know, I go to a ton of #carmeets. Well, #Cybertrucks have started showing up to a couple of morning meets the past two weekends.
And I noticed something interesting: car people ignored them. Nobody stopped their conversation to look. Nobody got on their knees to take photos. Nobody got their phones out to make reels. They just glanced at the truck, and went right back to talking with their pals. Absolutely zero interest.
It’s fascinating because the weirdest-looking, ostensibly most technologically interesting vehicle to have come out in decades shows up, and car enthusiasts treat it like it were a Kia Sedona. Every reviewer of the Cybertruck says they constantly get stopped by people wherever they go—well, apparently, this does not happen at car gatherings.
And it’s not about EVs, either. Bring a Rimac Nevera, and I guarantee you’ll get a crowd forming around your car. It’s the Cybertruck in particular.
I'm a car geek and have been to my share of car meets and what I think is going on is not a lack of interest but an intentional shunning of the CyberTruck owners because, if you showed any interest in one, your car geek friends would say: "WTF's the matter with you!!! 🤦♂️
Outside of the meet, I'd like to take a look at one, just to check it out, but at a meet, no way I'm going to show any interest in one. 🤷♂️
I go to a lot of car meets and car shows in the #sfba; that’s one of the main ways I relax and socialize on weekends.
Last week, a regular and very active member of the local car community died in a solo crash on a local highway when his car caught on fire; the cause of the fire and crash is still a mystery. He was a very popular character in the local car scene, and was friendly and generous to everyone.
Today I attended a pretty big memorial meet where we all did a “moment of noise” where everyone revved their engine and generally made noise (while remaining stationary) for a minute to pay tribute to his love of cars and driving.
I gotta say, his death and the outpouring of sympathy from the community really got to me. I can’t believe he’s gone.
I love this photo of a Lotus Exige. I was kneeling across the street with an 85 mm prime waiting to get a good shot through the pedestrian and road traffic, and this lady just came ambling by, and just stopped in front of the car. At first I was annoyed at having to wait even longer, but I decided to include her in the picture and I think the result is pretty awesome. #cars#carMeets#carPhotography#photography#rareCars#weirdCarMastodon#streetPhotography#candidPhotography