• @cuchilloc@lemmy.world
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      31 year ago

      This guy needs snow tires. You should also put snow tires for this condition even if it’s AWD, right ? Maybe even chains for an off-road slope?

      • @KevonLooney@lemm.ee
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        21 year ago

        Yes, if you’re going off-road like that. Apparently these “trucks” also don’t have assist points to pull them from. Notice the straps are hooked to the front suspension or something.

        • @macrocephalic@lemmy.world
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          01 year ago

          They must have time down points otherwise you couldn’t tow them - and I believe they need to be towed for pretty much any repairs.

    • @RunningInRVA@lemmy.world
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      I’m pretty sure that’s a RWD CyberTruck, which would explain a lot. That said, I fucking hate this car and Elon can suck it.

      Edit:

      Maybe it is AWD. Seems like the power is applied with more to rear than front.

    • PatFusty
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      -301 year ago

      Imagine getting a RWD and treating it like an AWD because you are a dumbass

      • @puppy@lemmy.world
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        If you watch the video you’ll see both the front and rear wheels are spinning.

      • @WaxedWookie@lemmy.world
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        171 year ago

        Imagine getting a RWD anything that has anything to do with Phoney Stark and treating it like an AWD because you are a dumbass

  • @Sanctus@lemmy.world
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    141 year ago

    Just throw this shit up on Rocket League and end the line already. I think I already have those wheels.

  • @tyrant@lemmy.world
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    691 year ago

    Why doesn’t a Tesla smell like a new car? Because it has an Elon musk. (From dad joke lemmy a couple days ago)

    • Konala Koala
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      11 year ago

      And you can also smell that musky smell on Twitter and decide to go to a Federated network instead like Mastodon.

  • Dr. Dabbles
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    311 year ago

    Anybody buying one of these clown cars deserves all the bad that comes with it.

  • @Facebones@reddthat.com
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    21 year ago

    He backed off exactly enough for a couple consumers to notice he backed off and talk about it to a few people.

    Then went right back to it and nobody cared, because that’s the social media news cycle.

  • 👍Maximum Derek👍
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    after submitting a $122,135 order

    The buyer told us that he paid a $250 order fee on Friday and previously paid a $100 reservation fee.

    Tesla doesn’t have to refund those types of fees if a buyer cancels

    You have to pay $350 to get the privilege to fork over a hundred and twenty grand? My jaw literally dropped.

    • Poggervania
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      You forget we live in a society where we have bought tickets and raffles for the chance of being able to buy Air Jordans or Yeezys or w/e fuck shoe that did that.

      • 👍Maximum Derek👍
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        231 year ago

        Actually, I missed that. And I’d rather go back to unknowing it. Shoe shopping is a chore, not a prize.

        • @macrocephalic@lemmy.world
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          21 year ago

          I’ve been wearing the same two pairs of shoes for about 4 years now. I thought one pair was failing earlier in the year, but the glue repair held and I’ve continued to wear them.

      • Ook the Librarian
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        This feels a little more, I don’t know, direct than car culture mentality. Buying a Telsa, at least in past few years, feels like direct support to one person. I don’t see people with expensive sportscars and assume they think the CEO of the manufacturer is a hero. Telsa buyers probably don’t feel that way, but stuff like this leads me to believe they do.

        • @Azal@pawb.social
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          Honestly Tesla culture reminds me of any brand of car fanboyism. The ones I got most familiar with was the supposed “hot rodders” that viewed a junked out piece of rust that’s sat in a field 20 years worth thousands of dollars to spend thousands of dollars to not drive it. Got sick of it as someone who’s first car was a 70s one and attempting to find parts and pieces was people telling a high schooler to just take it to a shop and spend more than I’ve spent on my current modern car+motorcycle because none of them actually bothered working on their shit before.

          Now I said that, there’s also the motorcycle culture, and we’re weird as fuck.

  • AutoTL;DRB
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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    Tesla has revived a contract clause that says the electric carmaker could sue Cybertruck buyers for $50,000 or more if they resell during their first year of ownership.

    As we reported a month ago, the Cybertruck-only clause was added to the public version of Tesla’s Motor Vehicle Order Agreement Terms & Conditions and then deleted after the lawsuit threat attracted some attention.

    The clause says Cybertruck buyers must offer the car back to Tesla at a reduced price before any attempt to resell the vehicle within one year of delivery.

    "You agree that in the event you breach this provision, or Tesla has reasonable belief that you are about to breach this provision, Tesla may seek injunctive relief to prevent the transfer of title of the Vehicle or demand liquidated damages from you in the amount of $50,000 or the value received as consideration for the sale or transfer, whichever is greater.

    People who made early Cybertruck reservations received their invitations to order the limited-availability Foundation Series edition on Friday.

    As an Electrek article notes, it’s unclear whether the clause applies only to the Foundation Series version of the Cybertruck.


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    • @GbyBE@discuss.tchncs.de
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      11 year ago

      So, offer the car back to Tesla at 1 cent under purchase price, then sell to whoever you like if they refuse to buy it…

  • @mowli@lemm.ee
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    61 year ago

    I really do not care - Musk and Cybertruck are way overrepresented here

  • The Pantser
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    261 year ago

    The whole Tesla truck thing really reminds me of the DMC DeLorean fiasco. Is musk imitating John DeLorean? He’s falling about as fast. Both are silver and look weird.