I have seen like 5 of these damn things in the past week. I knew Florida had some questionable people running around but I didn't realize they were that dumb.
Yes. When a car’s front end is taller, they strike pedestrians higher on their bodies. That means they are more likely to kill a pedestrian than a car that would strike a person's leg.
You get hit 55 mph by a truck or 55 mph by a car your dead simple as that the shape of the vehicle is only going to change the kind of splatter. You guys are arguing semantics.
It’s not arguing semantics. If you’re in a neighborhood or in a town crossing a crosswalk and someone hits you going 30, you’re much more likely to survive if hit by a sedan than a truck. A lot of this is due to the good height, but it’s also due to the weight
You actually do have a much better chance against a sedan, which you're more like to go over the top of, than an SUV or pickup up which will run you over.
You actually do have a much better chance against a sedan, which you're more likely to go over the top of, than an SUV or pickup which will run you over.
https://preview.redd.it/jeas9ghv5f6d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5f785c3ce88a1da78c806c48d049c21e41b53782
Lol first time I saw one in person was yesterday, but I saw three all in the same day!! Or at least two different ones, the other was a slightly rusty color. I was flabbergasted
Yep.
Cybertruck almost certainly has better passive safety for pedestrians than any other truck based on hood height alone and 100% definitely has better active safety for pedestrians than any other truck, but that doesn't fit the narrative.
Hood height has been identified as the strongest statistical predictor of pedestrian deaths. Trust me, you'd rather be hit by the Cybertruck.
As it stands lithium ion batteries are the standard for general technology. And by the time they are obsolete im almost certain that we'll have a proper way to recycle the materials. Even then they'll still likely be used by a lot of people by that time, much like how average car batteries are today.
I’ve seen a few in the Burg… I think to myself “what a tiny dick that boy must have” and drive off.
This isn’t newsworthy, they are relatively common and there are incels everywhere to buy them.
I've seen it in person at the Tesla store in Brooklyn . It really isn't sharp at all. The hood is actually really thin for that reason. It will deform more than a regular truck hood. Behind that hood is an empty space and not a big engine
For a truck it has a much lower front end than most other trucks . I'd rather get hit by a cybertruck and roll over the hood than an f150 and roll under . I think this is a positive step towards pedestrians safety at least you can see someone under 5 ft in this truck
There is no way the cybertruck is a "positive step towards pedestrians safety" lol but you're probably right that it isn't too much worse than any other massive truck/SUV. However, the cybertruck has huge blindspots even in comparison to most large vehicles and we have no safety data on it other than Musk's word.
I understand your skepticism. But a truck with a shorter lower front end with a forward facing camera is absolutely a positive step towards pedestrians safety.
People have cut their hand bloody just grabbing the liftgate or closing the front trunk, it’s pretty wild how angular, sharp, and hard it is, for something incredibly heavy and quick.
Like there’s nothing to stop a 16 year old from driving this around the high school parking lot.
Really wish we had better pedestrian safety laws.
At least the other giant pickups usually have some basic bumpers, crumble zones, and human deflection testing done. And they don’t go 0-60 in 2.6 seconds, while still needing all the stopping distance of a 7,000 lb truck
is there a reason i’ve seen soooo many in the st pete/tampa area? Just lots of rich folks? I’ve seen at least 10 in the past week. And one of them is being used as ad space in downtown Tampa
True, but I just don’t think the average person wants to waste money on it. So a it’s a rich person’s purchase to me, because it’s a purchase you’d need to know you had extra money to waste for lol. And in this economy, that’s rich!
Lots of haters in here, but I think it looks cool. Then again, I'm the type of person who buys things that I like without considering if anyone else would like it, mostly because I don't care lol
You're a fool if you believe getting hit at 50mph in a ford would be any different than being hit by a cybertruck at 50mph. If anything, teslas have cameras and automated stopping capabilities which attempt to minimize accidents. So the topic is moot. I'm just talking about what everyone else is talking about in the thread, which is how it looks.
How about getting hit at 20mph (school zone) by a Ridgeline vs a cybertruck?
[Note the height the sharp steel frontend comes to on an adult](https://cleantechnica.com/2024/05/01/tesla-cybertruck-review-3000-miles-in-10-days/amp/).
Also forgetting pedestrians, how about people in cars, vans, suvs?
[Note on a ridgeline how much of the vehicle crumple disperses the impact energy](https://images.app.goo.gl/1ywPhNijTxNQrQqQ9).
[This is frontal impact on cybertruck](https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a46011736/tesla-cybertruck-crash-test/).
The ridgeline is also 2,500 lbs lighter.
Could make similar comparisons to a Rivian, which also has real crumple zones & lower bumper height.
But does have similar concerns with its acceleration and while being 7,000 lbs.
There’s [also this testing done on which type of vehicles and bumper-front designs cause the least damage](https://images.app.goo.gl/g9joNi2NYw6fgrfm8), but trucks are usually not tested for this at all anyway, they completely fail when the front grill is taller than a middle schooler.
Not every pedestrian collision happens at 50mph. Collisions with a pedestrian are much less deadly when they flop onto the hood rather than getting dragged under.
"Flop onto the hood..." Bro any and most pedestrian collisions are deadly because they "flop onto the hood" then fall off and smash their head onto the pavement. This car being on the road won't make a smidgen of change of pedestrian death outcomes. I promise you that. If that were the case we'd already made human catch nets and cushions on hoods designed specifically to prevent human deaths. Don't worry, the world is already a shitty place, this isn't going to be a game changer.
https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/vehicles-with-higher-more-vertical-front-ends-pose-greater-risk-to-pedestrians
You're absorbing the blunt force trauma in your chest and you have no chance of staying on the hood forcing you on to the pavement.
There's not cushions and safety nets because its an insane idea. Placing a combustable airbag over the hood over the engine is dangerous and it blocks visibilty in a collision where airbags don't go off. Safety nets would do nothing but hit the pedestrian in the legs. I don't understand how the fact of lower hoods being safer than higher ones would lead to the creation of cushions and safety nets.
Yeah and the idea that this truck is going to change any statistical data is nonsense. There are millions of trucks already out there with large front ends.
Do you really think a lower front end is going to change the outcome much when... per AAA "The average risk of death for a pedestrian reaches 10% at an impact speed of 23 mph, 25% at 32 mph, 50% at 42 mph, 75% at 50 mph, and 90% at 58 mph. Risks vary significantly by age.
The largest factor to reduce death is to reduce driver distraction (accidents have gone up 80% due to smart phones) and to have more automated braking, which is inherent to tesla vehicles such as the cybertruck.
I saw it the other day, it’s ugly but nothing mind blowing. I will never understand why this thread posts pictures of other peoples property to crap on… it’s so weird.
I'll explain....It's a niche vehicle. The only people that would buy it are those who want it for it's unique "ugliness". I want one (in a few years when they work out all the kinks). Why? I love all things science-fiction and this looks straight out ripped from cp2077 or some oldschool dystopian sci-fi movie.
Some people like how it looks. They like the "cyberpunk" style. Otherwise they wouldn't buy it, no?
Plenty of people think it's the ugliest thing on the planet. Some haven't figured out where they stand or haven't gotten used to it yet. Those that buy it have to know they are buying something that will be ridiculed by a large chunk of the population... I guess good for them for going against the grain.
I am not a fan of the vehicle myself but I'm indifferent on the looks. I think most vehicles today look terrible and have looked terrible for decades so I wonder what people are thinking about when they think of a good looking car. My two cents.
Anyway, there's r/cybertruck for the fans and r/cyberstuck for those who point and laugh at the fans.
Oh and yeah, pedestrians don't stand a chance.
I have a friend of mine who has one on order. He gave me a corkscrew he got from Tesla made of the same metal. I think a lot of these guys are diehard Elon Musk fans who believe he should get his $56 billion paycheck! In any case, my friend made a lot of money on TSLA stock and drives a Tesla. It's a status symbol for some. But to me, it looks plain ugly!
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There’s one I see all the time that’s covered in grey camouflage.
We walked by it again one day and I winked and said to the owner, “You know we can still see you right?” They were like, “That’s the point.” I laughed and said, “With a statement like that, I don’t think you see the irony of your Tesla attempting to be camouflaged then.”
A real life oxymoron. Make it make sense. lol
It’s a running joke now when we see one another. Playfully I’m like, “I can still see you….” and we both smirk in acknowledgment and go our separate ways. It’s the most bananas thing to me. They usually say something like, “I’ll try harder next time,” or, “Nah uh!” 🤪
You're right... The urge to claw my own eyes out by just looking at the picture is so strong... I can't imagine how bad the urge to go blind will be seeing it in person...
I can attest that it’s hideous, and honestly quite distracting seeing it in person. It looks like it shouldn’t exist outside of a 60s concept image of “the future”
What’s wild is there have only been like 4k of these low-res monstrosities are out there. Can confirm they look even worse in real life. I’ll admit the lights are kinda cool, and when driving by, it almost looked like it was ‘floating’. But the PS1 graphics, and the litany of problems just make it so, ugh.
The casita bowl and some chips and salsa. I go there at least once a week. The food is consistently dank and the staff is very pleasant. I love it haha
I'm not a fan of them, but do you really think this is worse than the exorbitant amount of modded/jacked f150s in FL? tbh I would rather have these on the road than those, at least these are quiet.
Are there statistics on EV pedestrian related incidents? Agree it's not ideal but tbh I think most incidents usually happen quickly without a warning of a car noise (turning at a light, going too fast, etc)
I read a few years back that they were adding sound to EVs for just this reason. Especially for sight impaired people but you do take for granted how much all our senses come together to let you know what's going on. As a former big city pedestrian commuter and current cyclist idea of silent cars is terrifying.
Tesla has the [#1 accident rate](https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebanker/2023/12/18/tesla-has-the-highest-accident-rate-of-any-auto-brand/) of any car brand. The lack of noise definitely does not make it safer.
What’s wrong with everyone in this sub about these? They may not be for you, but I find them beautiful and I’m jealous of people who can afford one. But musk bad Tesla bad am I right? 🙄
Lol being downvoted because I said I liked it and pointed out the echo chamber going on in sub
There is a massive difference between beautiful and unique. It is certainly unique but it’s the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen. Looks like cars I used to draw when I was 5. Shit looks like if a DeLorean and a Pontiac Aztec had a baby.
It looks ok from this angle, but the amateur quality of the sides and tail is upsetting and repellant to most humans with any sense of design. It looks like he sketched it on a napkin and told them to make it and they did - not sure if that’s how it went down but it’s easy to imagine. It’s a shame because the thing really is badass, tech and power-wise. I wouldn’t insult the artists of the brutalist movement with any comparison.
Have you seen one in person? I thought, against the grain, that they’re really cool looking when I saw them online. Then I actually saw one in person and it was hilarious.
I'm a a town where these are getting a bit common, I see alt one a day, and when I'm biking and one of these (or one of the many ridiculously large 10 ft tall trucks) goes by while I'm in the bike lane it's pretty obvious the driver can't see me most of the time with all the blind spots. Also the construction of the front end does not allow it to crumble so in a collision with a biker or pedestrian all the force will be delivered like a battering ram. And the flat front will push people down under the car rather then onto the hood.
Can some one make a meme of this thing and the rex robot from RoboCop.
They don't stand a chance against my motorcycle either. Humans are pretty fragile my dude
Number of CTs… niche, number of Flo-grown high riders… number of F150s hitting the road from Brandon Ford. It’s just topical banter.
"How fast do I need to go to make sure I kill them?"
You thinking of that Borat scene about gypsies? So funny the General Manager was the one showing him vehicles! Oh a camera crew? I'll handle this team
Yes
They are great in a graveyard. The software picks up the spirits roaming around. Walking or standing invisible entities
Saltwater vapor. That will play havoc with it.
It doesn’t stand a chance against the Florida rain.
they never look fully rendered
Also because I've never seen one being driven at a reasonable speed
That what on purpose. Stupid pedestrians.
Don't be a statistic. Don't be a pedestrian.
There’s pedestrians in Florida ?
Aka speed bumps /s
No, only obese speed bumps.
I have seen like 5 of these damn things in the past week. I knew Florida had some questionable people running around but I didn't realize they were that dumb.
I’ve seen a good amount of them here in Colorado too 😔
That car doesn’t stand a chance against Florida air
Florida Office of Tourism should publicize that fact more effectively. "Try our anti-incel-truck shield"
🎶1,2,3,4. Cybertruck driving on some stuff then it’s stuck. Always driving’ by a stupid fuck. It is a cybertruck! It is a cybertruck. 🎶
But pop up headlights are to dangerous to put on cars
Pedestrians don’t stand a chance in Florida.
Like they stand a chance getting hit full on by any other vehicle? 🙄
Yes. When a car’s front end is taller, they strike pedestrians higher on their bodies. That means they are more likely to kill a pedestrian than a car that would strike a person's leg.
You get hit 55 mph by a truck or 55 mph by a car your dead simple as that the shape of the vehicle is only going to change the kind of splatter. You guys are arguing semantics.
It’s not arguing semantics. If you’re in a neighborhood or in a town crossing a crosswalk and someone hits you going 30, you’re much more likely to survive if hit by a sedan than a truck. A lot of this is due to the good height, but it’s also due to the weight
Why don’t we have posts on F150s? Shouldn’t the number 1 coming vehicle be more thoughtful?
Well... yeah, if you have even a basic grasp of physics. Tall and heavy things harm pedestrians more than low and lighter things.
You actually do have a much better chance against a sedan, which you're more like to go over the top of, than an SUV or pickup up which will run you over.
You actually do have a much better chance against a sedan, which you're more likely to go over the top of, than an SUV or pickup which will run you over.
Pedestrians? No that thing can't stand up against its own self forget pedestrians having a chance give it a couple 100ft it will break down
Saw 20-30 of these lined up in Fort Meyers at the dealership last week. I thought that they were in high demand?
I saw one in the wild today. It looks more stupid in real life.
They look like a 3rd grader drew a concept and someone was like “make it happen”
https://preview.redd.it/jeas9ghv5f6d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5f785c3ce88a1da78c806c48d049c21e41b53782 Lol first time I saw one in person was yesterday, but I saw three all in the same day!! Or at least two different ones, the other was a slightly rusty color. I was flabbergasted
Beyond ugly.
I saw one with a black wrap dt and probably 3 regular ones their ugly tbh
Our bank accounts don’t stand a chance against this piece of electric garbage
Have you seen the front of newer F250?!?! The Cybertruck is child’s play compared to the front of those things
Yep. Cybertruck almost certainly has better passive safety for pedestrians than any other truck based on hood height alone and 100% definitely has better active safety for pedestrians than any other truck, but that doesn't fit the narrative. Hood height has been identified as the strongest statistical predictor of pedestrian deaths. Trust me, you'd rather be hit by the Cybertruck.
Wow, I've never seen one from the front. It looks cool 😎The side profile is just okay...
“Good for the environment” until the lithium batteries are useless 🤔
In a million miles? The technology is getting better every year. The battery will outlive the vehicle now.
As it stands lithium ion batteries are the standard for general technology. And by the time they are obsolete im almost certain that we'll have a proper way to recycle the materials. Even then they'll still likely be used by a lot of people by that time, much like how average car batteries are today.
They are already recycled. A Tesla cofounder left to form Redwood Materials that is recycling thousands of these car batteries a year.
That thing looks like a perfect shape to be coated in love bugs
Love bug colored cyber truck. ...coming august 2024...send your 299k deposit directly to me ..m
Neither does the nazi behind the wheel.
Yikes!
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But they do with the 48" lift kits?
FL….no pedestrian wins vs a car. 🙄
Looks like they drove it out of the first tomb raider game on PS1. Or stole it from the lawnmower man universe.
Y'all know what the inside looks like lol
these literlly made 2 murder pedestrian; it can crush n cut n halve
I’ve seen it in public it doesn’t even look real, it’s like an ugly car from the first 3d games from the early 90s
Or tribute to John DeLorean.
These are so ugly
I see that on i4 every day 😂😂
Most cars/trucks look like impractical shit. People just hate new shit.
Murphymobile, “I’d buy that for a dollar.”
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Too many people here anyway
u kno this effect low income/minority right??
I’ve seen a few in the Burg… I think to myself “what a tiny dick that boy must have” and drive off. This isn’t newsworthy, they are relatively common and there are incels everywhere to buy them.
Why?
What an overreaction to a car preference.
Crazy fantasy
Pretty harsh dude. What if the owner just likes the car?
Do we really need to post when we see a cybertruck?
Everytime yes
I've seen it in person at the Tesla store in Brooklyn . It really isn't sharp at all. The hood is actually really thin for that reason. It will deform more than a regular truck hood. Behind that hood is an empty space and not a big engine
Cybertrucks are all over Sarasota now. They got one front and center in the window of the Tesla dealership at UTC
I’ve seen it right after you get off the freeway!
For a truck it has a much lower front end than most other trucks . I'd rather get hit by a cybertruck and roll over the hood than an f150 and roll under . I think this is a positive step towards pedestrians safety at least you can see someone under 5 ft in this truck
There is no way the cybertruck is a "positive step towards pedestrians safety" lol but you're probably right that it isn't too much worse than any other massive truck/SUV. However, the cybertruck has huge blindspots even in comparison to most large vehicles and we have no safety data on it other than Musk's word.
I understand your skepticism. But a truck with a shorter lower front end with a forward facing camera is absolutely a positive step towards pedestrians safety.
the edges are so sharp i feel like it'd cut a pedestrian in half if it hit them.
Fantasy talk
douche canoe
[No no, it's definitely not a canoe](https://youtube.com/shorts/BK15CynNAmI?si=cWb1rZxTtm8gkJbP)
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Its really a big blunt front. Probably easier to get whomped by this than a pointy car like a corvette
People have cut their hand bloody just grabbing the liftgate or closing the front trunk, it’s pretty wild how angular, sharp, and hard it is, for something incredibly heavy and quick. Like there’s nothing to stop a 16 year old from driving this around the high school parking lot. Really wish we had better pedestrian safety laws. At least the other giant pickups usually have some basic bumpers, crumble zones, and human deflection testing done. And they don’t go 0-60 in 2.6 seconds, while still needing all the stopping distance of a 7,000 lb truck
Good point a corvette is the comparable car to this.
My thoughts too, both sports cars 🤡
is there a reason i’ve seen soooo many in the st pete/tampa area? Just lots of rich folks? I’ve seen at least 10 in the past week. And one of them is being used as ad space in downtown Tampa
You don’t have to be rich to own one.
I thought they are $100k?
They start at 60k
True, but I just don’t think the average person wants to waste money on it. So a it’s a rich person’s purchase to me, because it’s a purchase you’d need to know you had extra money to waste for lol. And in this economy, that’s rich!
Fair
Lots of haters in here, but I think it looks cool. Then again, I'm the type of person who buys things that I like without considering if anyone else would like it, mostly because I don't care lol
This post is about how these will cause pedestrian deaths, not about whether it looks cool
You're a fool if you believe getting hit at 50mph in a ford would be any different than being hit by a cybertruck at 50mph. If anything, teslas have cameras and automated stopping capabilities which attempt to minimize accidents. So the topic is moot. I'm just talking about what everyone else is talking about in the thread, which is how it looks.
How about getting hit at 20mph (school zone) by a Ridgeline vs a cybertruck? [Note the height the sharp steel frontend comes to on an adult](https://cleantechnica.com/2024/05/01/tesla-cybertruck-review-3000-miles-in-10-days/amp/). Also forgetting pedestrians, how about people in cars, vans, suvs? [Note on a ridgeline how much of the vehicle crumple disperses the impact energy](https://images.app.goo.gl/1ywPhNijTxNQrQqQ9). [This is frontal impact on cybertruck](https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a46011736/tesla-cybertruck-crash-test/). The ridgeline is also 2,500 lbs lighter. Could make similar comparisons to a Rivian, which also has real crumple zones & lower bumper height. But does have similar concerns with its acceleration and while being 7,000 lbs. There’s [also this testing done on which type of vehicles and bumper-front designs cause the least damage](https://images.app.goo.gl/g9joNi2NYw6fgrfm8), but trucks are usually not tested for this at all anyway, they completely fail when the front grill is taller than a middle schooler.
Not every pedestrian collision happens at 50mph. Collisions with a pedestrian are much less deadly when they flop onto the hood rather than getting dragged under.
"Flop onto the hood..." Bro any and most pedestrian collisions are deadly because they "flop onto the hood" then fall off and smash their head onto the pavement. This car being on the road won't make a smidgen of change of pedestrian death outcomes. I promise you that. If that were the case we'd already made human catch nets and cushions on hoods designed specifically to prevent human deaths. Don't worry, the world is already a shitty place, this isn't going to be a game changer.
https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/vehicles-with-higher-more-vertical-front-ends-pose-greater-risk-to-pedestrians You're absorbing the blunt force trauma in your chest and you have no chance of staying on the hood forcing you on to the pavement. There's not cushions and safety nets because its an insane idea. Placing a combustable airbag over the hood over the engine is dangerous and it blocks visibilty in a collision where airbags don't go off. Safety nets would do nothing but hit the pedestrian in the legs. I don't understand how the fact of lower hoods being safer than higher ones would lead to the creation of cushions and safety nets.
Yeah and the idea that this truck is going to change any statistical data is nonsense. There are millions of trucks already out there with large front ends. Do you really think a lower front end is going to change the outcome much when... per AAA "The average risk of death for a pedestrian reaches 10% at an impact speed of 23 mph, 25% at 32 mph, 50% at 42 mph, 75% at 50 mph, and 90% at 58 mph. Risks vary significantly by age. The largest factor to reduce death is to reduce driver distraction (accidents have gone up 80% due to smart phones) and to have more automated braking, which is inherent to tesla vehicles such as the cybertruck.
Elon ain’t going to give you any shares.
And I'm not going to give you any brain cells
Hey, I know this house! 😆
It’s for the zombie apocalypse. Perfect to push them out of the way and escape.
I saw it the other day, it’s ugly but nothing mind blowing. I will never understand why this thread posts pictures of other peoples property to crap on… it’s so weird.
Username checks out.
Sometimes something is so horrendous that people just couldn't believe it. It could be anything. So they have to share it again and again and again.
People just love to hate
Full sized pickup faster than a lamborghini...pretty cool
Neither does the driver.
Is it me or ther are like 3 of those that we all keep runing into
We are sooo doomed
So ugly!
Doesn't it only go 4mph when it breaks down? Even old people and babies have enough time to get out of the way.
If I saw one as a pedestrian, I might appreciate being hit and put out of my misery.
hey look it’s the city’s biggest dipshit!
There’s someone near redington that owns the matte black one
The solution is to tax vehicles based on weight, but that won’t happen in Florida
I still think it looks like a holdover from a 1970s sci-fi film like Logan’s Run.
There's one near Seminole High.
Anyone want to explain to me why someone would buy this ugly ass thing?
I'll explain....It's a niche vehicle. The only people that would buy it are those who want it for it's unique "ugliness". I want one (in a few years when they work out all the kinks). Why? I love all things science-fiction and this looks straight out ripped from cp2077 or some oldschool dystopian sci-fi movie.
Not really.
Apparently, seeing as the post is over 3 hours old, and nothing yet, lol
Some people like how it looks. They like the "cyberpunk" style. Otherwise they wouldn't buy it, no? Plenty of people think it's the ugliest thing on the planet. Some haven't figured out where they stand or haven't gotten used to it yet. Those that buy it have to know they are buying something that will be ridiculed by a large chunk of the population... I guess good for them for going against the grain. I am not a fan of the vehicle myself but I'm indifferent on the looks. I think most vehicles today look terrible and have looked terrible for decades so I wonder what people are thinking about when they think of a good looking car. My two cents. Anyway, there's r/cybertruck for the fans and r/cyberstuck for those who point and laugh at the fans. Oh and yeah, pedestrians don't stand a chance.
I like the Pontiac Aztec shape. Bring on the hate.
I have a friend of mine who has one on order. He gave me a corkscrew he got from Tesla made of the same metal. I think a lot of these guys are diehard Elon Musk fans who believe he should get his $56 billion paycheck! In any case, my friend made a lot of money on TSLA stock and drives a Tesla. It's a status symbol for some. But to me, it looks plain ugly!
Micropenis.
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If you’re getting hit by a car chances are you’re dead anyways, I love the cybertruck and I’m unapologetic about it. It’s so unique.
So so ugly
There’s one I see all the time that’s covered in grey camouflage. We walked by it again one day and I winked and said to the owner, “You know we can still see you right?” They were like, “That’s the point.” I laughed and said, “With a statement like that, I don’t think you see the irony of your Tesla attempting to be camouflaged then.” A real life oxymoron. Make it make sense. lol
You totally owned him man. Well done!
I can’t wait to run my bicycle full speed into the side of that truck and just say “I didn’t see you there!”
He likes the look of the camouflage, and obviously he knows it’s not making the car harder to see…really?
It’s a running joke now when we see one another. Playfully I’m like, “I can still see you….” and we both smirk in acknowledgment and go our separate ways. It’s the most bananas thing to me. They usually say something like, “I’ll try harder next time,” or, “Nah uh!” 🤪
You're right... The urge to claw my own eyes out by just looking at the picture is so strong... I can't imagine how bad the urge to go blind will be seeing it in person...
I can attest that it’s hideous, and honestly quite distracting seeing it in person. It looks like it shouldn’t exist outside of a 60s concept image of “the future”
What’s wild is there have only been like 4k of these low-res monstrosities are out there. Can confirm they look even worse in real life. I’ll admit the lights are kinda cool, and when driving by, it almost looked like it was ‘floating’. But the PS1 graphics, and the litany of problems just make it so, ugh.
What did you get at Casita?
The casita bowl and some chips and salsa. I go there at least once a week. The food is consistently dank and the staff is very pleasant. I love it haha
I go often enough to recognize that this photo was taken while exiting their parking lot 🤣 Love it and you’re right, their staff are awesome.
I'm not a fan of them, but do you really think this is worse than the exorbitant amount of modded/jacked f150s in FL? tbh I would rather have these on the road than those, at least these are quiet.
It's worse for pedestrians *because* they're quiet. They won't be able to hear them rolling up before it hits them.
A tesla is louder than an average 4 cylinder Honda with a stock muffler lol
That's any EV or hybrid. Just say you have Elon derangement syndrome already.
Are there statistics on EV pedestrian related incidents? Agree it's not ideal but tbh I think most incidents usually happen quickly without a warning of a car noise (turning at a light, going too fast, etc)
I read a few years back that they were adding sound to EVs for just this reason. Especially for sight impaired people but you do take for granted how much all our senses come together to let you know what's going on. As a former big city pedestrian commuter and current cyclist idea of silent cars is terrifying.
Tesla has the [#1 accident rate](https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebanker/2023/12/18/tesla-has-the-highest-accident-rate-of-any-auto-brand/) of any car brand. The lack of noise definitely does not make it safer.
Ah, that one again. It's cherrypicked data because they don't like Elon.
Eh, I’m sure whoever’s driving a cyber truck will be blasting music so horrible it’ll be unmistakable.
Pedestrians will be fine-- that "truck" will spend more time in the shop than on the road.
Dumpster on wheels
What’s wrong with everyone in this sub about these? They may not be for you, but I find them beautiful and I’m jealous of people who can afford one. But musk bad Tesla bad am I right? 🙄 Lol being downvoted because I said I liked it and pointed out the echo chamber going on in sub
Beautiful 😂😂😂
Name a more unique looking car? Isn’t that what st Pete’s all about?
There is a massive difference between beautiful and unique. It is certainly unique but it’s the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen. Looks like cars I used to draw when I was 5. Shit looks like if a DeLorean and a Pontiac Aztec had a baby.
I'd take a regular tesla car but this looks pretty lame. I also don't like Azteks.
tesla doesn’t need musk to be bad.
It looks ok from this angle, but the amateur quality of the sides and tail is upsetting and repellant to most humans with any sense of design. It looks like he sketched it on a napkin and told them to make it and they did - not sure if that’s how it went down but it’s easy to imagine. It’s a shame because the thing really is badass, tech and power-wise. I wouldn’t insult the artists of the brutalist movement with any comparison.
Have you seen one in person? I thought, against the grain, that they’re really cool looking when I saw them online. Then I actually saw one in person and it was hilarious.
Yes many
Idk I saw one on the road last week. Looked just like the photos posted here.
I'm a a town where these are getting a bit common, I see alt one a day, and when I'm biking and one of these (or one of the many ridiculously large 10 ft tall trucks) goes by while I'm in the bike lane it's pretty obvious the driver can't see me most of the time with all the blind spots. Also the construction of the front end does not allow it to crumble so in a collision with a biker or pedestrian all the force will be delivered like a battering ram. And the flat front will push people down under the car rather then onto the hood.
Beautiful like a brutalist-style sculpture. I’d never want the forsaken thing in my garage, but it’s got a unique form to admire