After months, I finally started seeing Cybertrucks in real life. I have to hand it to Elon and Tesla: there is some impressive design and engineering here. Specifically, they have created a vehicle that is impossible to photograph, because none of the pictures of this thing convey just how butt-ugly it is in real life.
The first time I saw one, earlier this month, was head-on, parked facing out in a parking structure, and my brain had a hard time resolving it as an object.
The second Cybertruck I saw was also head-on, but in motion, as its driver was turning way too fast into a supermarket parking lot, entering through the one-way exit lane I was trying to use to leave the lot.
Which, to be fair, is 100% on-brand for anyone who would consider owning a Cybertruck.
I have a feeling that if this continues that ugly piece of shit could get even uglier. Or, if nobody has the vigilante spirit, perhaps with proper information the local constabulary could decorate it with a daily note under the wiper. 3d one comes with a trip to the pound to spring it for a couple of Benjamins
"CyberVessel is constructed from double-walled stainless steel with a vacuum-seal lid and articulating handle. Offered in stainless steel and powder-coated matte"
Well y'all, this past week I have seen my first #cybertruck in the wild. And this morning I saw my second cybertruck in the wild.
Swell.
They look just as boxy, ugly, out-of-place, and pretentious in person as they do in pictures.
First in #OklahomaCity, second in #EdmondOK, which is separated from #OKC by one street. So there is the chance it was the same vehicle. I sincerely hope so. It just pains me to think that there might be two such complete, unadulterated fools in this area.
Matt Farrah of The Smoking Tire gave an honest and (therefore) devastatingly negative review of the #Cybertruck. Good on him. Every point he makes is spot-on (except maybe the chuckle-inducing post-Apocalypse truck argument).
My first impulse was to raise my middle finger but I paused, worried suddenly about the perils of painting with a broad brush; this driver, while obviously possessing a different ethical and aesthetic set than my own, surely didn't deserve my instinctive disdain.
Then it pulled across two lanes and cut me off to make a turn into a parking lot.
Tesla was selling $700 sledgehammers that can't actually be used for its intended purposes to break stuff. You can display it or use it in the gym. 🙄 I say it was because it's currently sold out. I bought my sledgehammer from Ace Hardware for about $660 less than the Cyberhammer, and it can actually break concrete, be displayed, and used in the gym. 😉
👍 Head of Cybertruck Manufacturing Mysteriously Leaves Tesla
— @futurism
"Last month, every single Cybertruck that had been sold in the US was even recalled over a serious design flaw that can cause the massive pickup's accelerator pedal to get stuck."
🌊 Coolant Starts Pouring Out of Brand New Cybertruck After Driving 35 Miles
— @futurism
"While supercharging, coolant started pouring out of the rear of the truck. Called Tesla service. First they told me they don’t cover coolant leaks under warranty. After a few choice words they said they would send a tow truck"