Thank goodness they put the sticker on the window. It would have damaged the door.
... Wouldn't that be especially bad on a normal painted door's clear coat?
Paint on that door looks like itβs already fucked.
It's not paint it's bare stainless steel. Those are fingerprints that you're seeing.
Do you open up the door by clawing at the outside with no handle?
Yes, if you're following the manufacturer's recommendation.
lol paint
I saw one of these for the first time the other day and was kind of awestruck at how dumb it looked in real life. I mean, I was never a big fan of the design but it really looked so much worse in person
Yeah, I know we're all shitting on Elon by proxy, but the multipla, Aztec, pt cruiser, Chevy SSR and plenty others are uglier.
I would take a PT cruiser over the cyber truck any day.
I would probably take a pt cruiser just because of the reputational risk of driving a cyber truck - that people will think you're an Elon stan. But purely from a looks perspective I think the cyber truck looks way better.
from a looks perspective I think the cyber truck looks way better.
Bruh. Nobody can judge you for having bad taste if you don't point it out.
Rude
Facts don't care about your feelings, and the Incel Camino is objectively terrible looking. It's worse than what you'd get if you tasked a toddler with designing a truck and only gave them a short straight edge to draw with.
I can see the Multipla being uglier than the Cybertruck because it looks like two differently-sized cars spliced together. However, there is no way I agree the PT Cruiser, Chevy SSR, and Aztec are uglier than the Cybertruck. Look at the Cybertruck again. It looks like a 10 year-old drew a truck on MS Paint using a mouse.
Taste is subjective so if someone doesn't like it that's valid.
For me, designs are successful based on the impression and experience they give people. The cyber truck to me gives off a futuristic vibe, it's intentional, it's a design that knows what it wants. Minimal polygons, minimal rounded edges. Uncommon material/finish. Visually striking, unique, memorable.
I think the Aztec isn't a good design because it wants to be futuristic but doesn't go far enough. Because it's trying to retain some traditional elements it looks like design by committee.
My impression is the pt cruiser and SSR were intended to be modern takes on retro/classy designs from say, the 50s. In the sense that they're curved they succeed, but the curves are in the wrong places and the curve radiuses are wrong. They look bubbly. They look like toys. The effect is amplified because they don't have a lot of the fine detail that was present on old cars.
a design that throws any modern safety feature in designing overboard is a bad design. It's ugly, and it will age even uglier. It's an incredibly dangerous design for anyone not inside it, it should be banned.
To clarify I'm talking about aesthetics. I'm not defending anything safety wise. But that's an unrelated argument from "it's ugly".
It's clearly an emotionally charged object, which is why in one of my other comments here I said I'd probably accept a pt cruiser instead, just because people make the instant connection between the truck and elon musk.
It stands out, it's recognizable. I guess that works for some people, I personally think it's ugly. I stylewise somewhat get that the low-poly idea has an appeal to people, but then the no rounded corners and the choice of material totally kills it for me.
Aww. I kinda loved the SSR. It feels like a modern take on a vintage style.
Yeah I know some people like it. Only reason it was on my mind was my mom was talking about wanting one the other day and I had to look it up.
Mmm, I dunno. I kinda like this one, actually. It's silly.
The Fiat Multipla is pretty bad, though. Who thought a double-chin as a car was a good idea.
I never expected something to take that from the Pontiac Aztek
I've said something similar in other threads - after seeing other people say it's worse in person, I was still surprised at how cartoonishly awful it looked when I first saw one. They look terrible in pictures, but so much worse in person. I saw one that was painted bright green and it was so bad that I burst out laughing.
Was driving in a Houston suburb and had one overtake me on the right. Just gave it a super wide berth. I know my 24 year old Civic would shred like paper if that thing hit me.
Is it already rusting? lol
It's stainless steel so it's just surface level, but yes lmao it wasn't treated for outdoor use
Maybe it encountered some extreme conditions, like a car wash.
Or maybe the extreme condition known as out of doors
So what! I love scraping rust off my vehicle every week
-cyber truck owners, presumably
They don't do that, but they are supposed to clean it right away whenever they park. Really.
Still love the truck!
I'm a St. Louis boy so I grew up with the Gateway Arch. It looks better after 55 years of exposure to the elements than Cybertrucks do after 5 weeks.
DeLorean also managed to get it right, despite distractions like building the things in Belfast during the Troubles and getting entrapped into cocaine smuggling.
Yeah the bodywork isn't what's wrong with the DeLorean.
Even the tires are ugly. That's... kind of impressive. I never once considered tires could be uglier than other tires. But here we are.
Yeah itβs meant to have uglier wheels that fit with those ugly tires, possibly only with the ugly tires.
I think itβs as close low polygon wheels they could get before they become hexagonal.
"I want the wheels to look like Lara Croft"
Wait, yeah... Why do they look like that? I've literally never seen ugly tires in my entire life before. This is the first time.
They're supposed to have covers but IIRC they cost extra
Those covers had to be redesigned because the originals (which may be the ones in the pic) would gouge the rubber of the tires
Drive it anyway. The Cybertruck can handle it. The Cybertruck can handle anything! I heard it's made out of 1978 Hot Wheels parts and 1982 Megaforce machismo.
Best part is the fingerprints that act as a door handle
Ew I missed that. Someone is not following the factory recommend hourly full chassis wipedowns.
What's on the top of the picture? I can't figure it out.
It's like a tarp or something? I've been trying to figure it out too.
I think they're in some sort of lot, under a tent. The Lego truck isn't on asphalt. You can see how the road runs past it in the upper left.
Looks like the picture was taken from the passenger seat of a car with the ceiling coming unglued from the roof
Nvm, that is the top of a car, not the windshield wipers. Looks like some sort of awning.
Looks like picture was taken from a jeep or some other sort of vehicle with a soft top, and we're seeing that top hanging down into the shot
The orange tag says βFUCK YOUβ with no further elaboration.
You joke, but when my parents bought an electric car, the cops in their small town started harassing them. My mom drives like a saint but they keep pulling her over and giving her tickets that aren't valid. She said she's caught them waiting for her to leave the grocery store so they can follow her out of the parking lot and try to catch her doing something wrong. But she doesn't, so they just pull her over anyway. This isn't even in a rural town where people are rolling coal. It's just a small suburb. Why do they care?
Electric = Liberuls
yea that didn't happen
Thank you, oh arbiter of truth on the internet.
The best part is, the sort of person that drives a Cybertruck is absolutely not the sort of truck ("truck") owner that keeps an inverter and power tools in the bed, because anyone with an angle grinder would have a hearty chuckle at that before driving home.
And whoever put the lock on would have an even bigger laugh when they bill you for the damages.
Unless they can't prove you were the one who damaged it, or even that there was damage. "Well, shucks, officer, I just tried to drive away with it on and it just sort of fell off. Dunno what happened to it after that, not my problem. You should invest in better boots, or maybe train the guy who put it on better." (Bonus points if he's the one who put it on.) Meanwhile, you take the pieces with you, grind off any serial numbers, and drop them in the nearest large body of water whenever is convenient. Bob's your auntie.
edit: rofl @ all the people below trying to white knight for fucking meter maids.
"leave the poor step-up-from-mall-cop-on-a-segway alone!"
This is why they also put the giant notice on the driver's window.
"I did not see it, for I am blind"
"Sorry - your registration renewal is denied for outstanding tickets."
"Exhibit A: I looked at the truck and decided I wanted to buy it"
"your property was no longer in my possession, and my car was no longer in your way. If you're saying I can bolt shit to your car if you park on my property and then sue you for damage when it flies off your car, I will keep this in mind when you come to serve me the summons."
you'll find that many people will decide you are not worth the effort to deal with.
I too wished we lived in a fantasy world.
if you say so, sport
Lmao Ok champ!
I think you'll find the state doesn't give a shit about your "logic" and can simply refuse to renew your license. The police who arrest you for driving without that license will be equally uninterested.
I've seen enough YouTube to know someone's gonna find it with a magnet on a fishing pole.
hence why we grind off serial numbers. If you really wanted to be thorough, you'd cut it up into unrecognizable chunks.
This all sounds much easier than paying a ticket
That's simply not a priority when you're an Internet though guy!
yes, getting the angle grinder out of the back of your vehicle is easier than calling and waiting for parking enforcement to unboot you, I'm glad you agree!
doesn't it have an inverter built in? with sockets in the tray bed area?
Depends on how new and fancy your truck is and whether you find yourself needing one. I know if you go back far enough they don't have them, so I imagine at some point they became an option and perhaps more recently they became standard. I've never needed a truck myself (having a buddy with a truck is often enough for the odd job) so I'm not sure.
Does the cybertruck specifically have a 110V inverter?
Yes, you can get the "Powershare" option which will include 2 110V outlets in the cabin, 2 in the bed and 1 additional 240V outlet in the bed.
They have enough power to run an angle grinder, but that's also about the only positive thing I can say about that car.
I can't believe how run down it looks in OP's picture, given how recently it was made available.
I mean, my angle grinder runs on drill batteries? I'm pretty heavily invested in a cordless battery system for power tools and lawn equipment.
And that's kind of the problem with stainless steel. My dishwasher has a stainless steel front and it looks like the inside of a shower drain 6 minutes after I wash it.
Sure, there are cordless power tools. I am not sure what you're saying.
As for your dishwasher: I'm sure it has received surface treatment as the people designing it made the connection dishwasher ββ> water in their heads, so you end up with a surface that, while proudly displaying every fingerprint, at least doesn't immediately pick up surface rust. Or it features one of the 20 types of alloy that are more resistant to rust. That apparently didn't happen for the Cybertruck.
In any case, what I was saying: maybe plain stainless wasn't such a great choice for the body of a car. Maybe if you really lean into it and intentionally add to the rust / accentuate the shoddy exterior, the overall design could work as DIY'ed, end-of-the-world, Armageddon - style Mad Max vehicle. I could see that.
I guess what I was saying was it should be a moot point if there's 110VAC available, your truck grinder should have its own power.
they can't prove that it didn't just fall off when you tried driving away if they never find the pieces. You have to prove criminal liability in court, you aren't responsible if the city uses "shitty parking boots" or "poorly trained officers", and they can't prove that isn't what happened if they don't find the cut up pieces lying by the side of the road.
in other words, the age old rule applies: only stupid criminals get caught.
Yeah Iβm sure nobody would notice you angle grinding the boot off your truck and definitely not post it in this same community for the same amount of laughs
You must not be familiar with how fast a good angle grinder would make quick work of that thing. Just looking at it, I would guess 10 seconds if I was being extra generous. If I really wanted to get away with it, I'd toss on a fresh disc and ruin it as fast as I could by getting it off in record timing.
Wait tgis is a real car? Wow I thought it was an art project or AI meme
Oh to be ignorant of the cyber truck. There are so many complaints about this piece of crap daily online. They lock out their owners, have body panels fall off, have very few protections against auto closing doors cutting off fingers, the accelerator pedals can get stuck at full speed while moving, they are uncoated stainless steel which corrodes, and replacement parts are insanely expensive.
I saw a YouTube short of someone claiming Tesla fixed the trunk door cutting people's fingers off. He demonstrated with a banana at first. It detected the banana and immediately opened the door again. It barely made a dent into the banana. So he's like imma try my finger now lol. So he tries his finger and of course that fucker clamps down hard on this mf's finger, which gets stuck for a short while before the Tesla gives up and opens the door again. But his finger had a huge and deep dent in it, bro. You could tell he was in big pain. His hand was shaking minutes after the event.
I don't know what's worse, the door, or this idiot thinking a banana is an accurate prop to use in place of a finger. I would've used something smaller than my finger. If it detected that, you would think a finger would be safe...
One other thing here is that the sensitivity of the detection is actually decreased with repeat attempts. This is pretty standard.
The reasoning here is that people will check after the first failure. And if they then send the close request again, the car will try a bit harder. Maybe it's just some bit of oversized luggage that can be pushed down.
Oh boy. If he only knew this...
What an ugly, dirty truck.
Stupid Ugly Vehicle
I was traveling for work recently and saw one of these every morning, and God damn did it fire me up to rage against the machine.
Did the Metallica finish divert your attention given youβre usually such a Radio head when driving, that you wanted to rather eat a bag of nine inch nails than having to look at this thing?
I saw once in the wild last week and it was wrapped in silver vinyl. That seems like a necessity for these trucks.
It is, and itβs like $2000 extra
Small price to pay when you're always pissed out $80k
How long does it take to tame a Cybertruck?.. π€
2 weeks with an angle grinder ought to do it.
They're weak to water.
Are we taming, maiming or killing though?
I fine with all three if itβs a dumb truck.
Make sure to wash it with gasoline to remove the rust π
Diesel fuel would probably work ok, gasoline will evaporate and make it rust quicker.
The way Elonβs politics have gone it wouldnβt surprise me if he started promoting fossil fuel use.
Sorry to say, you're basically wrong on all ends.
Diesel exhaust is one of the quickest things known to cause cancer. And gasoline is like the quickest (not safest) to clean metal.
Diesel/kerosene doesnβt evaporate like gasoline though, lots of mechanics use it to soak Rusty stuff and get parts unseized.
Modern has also attacks rubber with its high ethanol content, but its a slower process.
Gasoline works great for cleaning, but you have to immediately coat it in something or you get flash rust again. Diesel is slower, but less volatile, and better near rubber and plastics.
Btw, I restore old cars and have used both to clean things, though the cancerous benzine fumes from gasoline arenβt worth it compared to other solvents for me. Denatured alcohol
What's going on with the top quarter of this pic?
I think someone is standing under the rear hatch of their car. You can see the bottom of the hatch and the rear window.
This could be it. Still breaks my brain though.
I know right? I am actually stumped by how I cannot place wtf that is.
Looks like maybe a "soft top" style roof? Convertibles and some jeep style vehicles have them.
Or maybe another damaged car, not sure.
I can't get this pic to settle in my brain.
Amazing how bad those panels look after what, a few months?
I recently saw one in Tennessee too, and I was pretty lucky I was wearing sunglasses driving by it! It was early afternoon, with clear skies all around lol
For the record, the one I saw didn't have a boot on it, yet
Lol what a douchebag. I love to see it.
The douchiest people drive these things, I swear.
The Tesla Rusty Triangle, the vehicle for your high-iron, low-poly lifestyle.
Looks like you got some ransomware.
You cater exclusively to the easily grifted, surprising to find out that many of them will be deadbeats trying to scam you back.
Are the tires really that thin or it just looks like that in the image?
Looks like a standard tire to me
They are wider than most car tires, but they are also very tall. Their website says the tires are 285/65R20. Very high profile, even with 20β wheels.
I actually thought they looked too thin too, but in the sense that it might help it look more like a hot wheels car (and a little better to look at)
Now I'm just thinking it was supposed to have wider tires and they changed that too
I love how every time I see this pos it gets worse π
Probably a sovcit.
The cyberpinto got booted
First thing I immediately noticed was the rust
Musky Bois be like "that's not rust, it's patina".
I don't see any rust? That's just the fingerprints that you can't not get all over it.
Those are fingerprints? Fuck is this thing made out ofππ
Bare stainless steel, lol
What rust? The dirt around the door jams?
What's stops someone from simply changing the tire? This seems like a bad design for a boot.
You could. But they still know who owns the car. They also charge you for the cost of the boot.
Bring the tire with you when you pay the fine so they can take the boot off. All this does is create an inconvenience instead of immobilizing the vehicle.
"oh no, they're paying their fines which is what we wanted them to do"
Most cars don't come with a spare these days. That's all
Isn't changing a tire on any of the Teslas a bit of a challenge because of the weight? Do they come with heavy duty jacks? I wonder if the Cybertruck even comes with a spare at all.
It does not, however you can apparently buy a kit for $1250
We're they parked over a cross walk while picking up their kids from a very expensive private school!!!???
This is my favorite thing I've seen today.
now you have to pay a monthly fee to be able to drive with a boot on your wheel
I've never seen a car locked like this before.
This is art. Lmao
I swear Lemmy acts like anything shitty happening to a Cybertruck is like it's Elon's personal car getting fucked up. You're being trendy. I fucking hate that guy too but is this really funny or meaningful?
Why don't you just nuke every city in America because we all use Amazon and Bezos is a megalomaniac, evil bastard? Post it on Lemmy and laugh because we all deserved it for supporting him.
I like grilled cheese sammich as well.
Look, Elon Musk is the most popular celebrity in the world, probably tied with Donald Trump. Of course we constantly shit talk about him, it's what we humans do. Just roll with it, or continue to have a bad time, it doesn't matter either way.
I think I'll continue to have a bad time on Lemmy, for $500.
Yes, Elon Musk is. Not some random car owner. This all feels like bullying to me.
Of course we constantly shit talk about him, it's what we humans do.
I pretty sure that's almost verbatim what one of my bullies said about me, who also isn't Elon Musk incidentally.
Just rip on Musk, not his customers.
It's not really bullying because they're generally wealthier than us and bought these trucks as a status symbol. Society is rejecting that bid at higher status.
Yeah that logic checks out. Nevermind, sorry for bothering you.
Me being upvoted a few times makes me suspect people don't realize I'm being facetious.
Re: edit: stop bullying me.
Is it because YOU own a cybertruck? Lol
Uh, no. I own a-- Actually fuck off.
That's unfortunate, I'm sorry you've been the target of bullying. I'm just saying we as humans gossip about one another all the time. If it's directed with the intent to harm a real peer I'm not okay with that. Although we do indeed require a way to vent and gripe when stressed about certain situations or persons and that's okay.
Yeah it just seems like an easy scapegoat to join in on and feel cool (not saying I like elon) but it just seems like low hanging fruit.
There is a point that you all will make Lemmy look like dick headed bullies to most people. Is that something your all gunning for?
Somehow, I doubt THIS is what would drive anyone away.
Thank goodness they put the sticker on the window. It would have damaged the door.
... Wouldn't that be especially bad on a normal painted door's clear coat?
Paint on that door looks like itβs already fucked.
It's not paint it's bare stainless steel. Those are fingerprints that you're seeing.
Do you open up the door by clawing at the outside with no handle?
Yes, if you're following the manufacturer's recommendation.
lol paint
I saw one of these for the first time the other day and was kind of awestruck at how dumb it looked in real life. I mean, I was never a big fan of the design but it really looked so much worse in person
Wait, you've never wanted to drive a doorstop?
It's been a lifelong dream of mine.
hah menus looked cooler than the game itself
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SAME! I was surprised both at how big it was, and how much I didn't like it.
Just saw one for the first time today. Man its honestly much worse in person.
it might be the ugliest car ever made honestly, i urge people to find an uglier mass-produced car.
It is very close in ugliness to the Fiat Multipla https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Multipla
Yeah, I know we're all shitting on Elon by proxy, but the multipla, Aztec, pt cruiser, Chevy SSR and plenty others are uglier.
I would take a PT cruiser over the cyber truck any day.
I would probably take a pt cruiser just because of the reputational risk of driving a cyber truck - that people will think you're an Elon stan. But purely from a looks perspective I think the cyber truck looks way better.
Bruh. Nobody can judge you for having bad taste if you don't point it out.
Rude
Facts don't care about your feelings, and the Incel Camino is objectively terrible looking. It's worse than what you'd get if you tasked a toddler with designing a truck and only gave them a short straight edge to draw with.
I can see the Multipla being uglier than the Cybertruck because it looks like two differently-sized cars spliced together. However, there is no way I agree the PT Cruiser, Chevy SSR, and Aztec are uglier than the Cybertruck. Look at the Cybertruck again. It looks like a 10 year-old drew a truck on MS Paint using a mouse.
Taste is subjective so if someone doesn't like it that's valid.
For me, designs are successful based on the impression and experience they give people. The cyber truck to me gives off a futuristic vibe, it's intentional, it's a design that knows what it wants. Minimal polygons, minimal rounded edges. Uncommon material/finish. Visually striking, unique, memorable.
I think the Aztec isn't a good design because it wants to be futuristic but doesn't go far enough. Because it's trying to retain some traditional elements it looks like design by committee.
My impression is the pt cruiser and SSR were intended to be modern takes on retro/classy designs from say, the 50s. In the sense that they're curved they succeed, but the curves are in the wrong places and the curve radiuses are wrong. They look bubbly. They look like toys. The effect is amplified because they don't have a lot of the fine detail that was present on old cars.
a design that throws any modern safety feature in designing overboard is a bad design. It's ugly, and it will age even uglier. It's an incredibly dangerous design for anyone not inside it, it should be banned.
To clarify I'm talking about aesthetics. I'm not defending anything safety wise. But that's an unrelated argument from "it's ugly".
It's clearly an emotionally charged object, which is why in one of my other comments here I said I'd probably accept a pt cruiser instead, just because people make the instant connection between the truck and elon musk.
It stands out, it's recognizable. I guess that works for some people, I personally think it's ugly. I stylewise somewhat get that the low-poly idea has an appeal to people, but then the no rounded corners and the choice of material totally kills it for me.
Aww. I kinda loved the SSR. It feels like a modern take on a vintage style.
Yeah I know some people like it. Only reason it was on my mind was my mom was talking about wanting one the other day and I had to look it up.
Mmm, I dunno. I kinda like this one, actually. It's silly.
The Fiat Multipla is pretty bad, though. Who thought a double-chin as a car was a good idea.
I never expected something to take that from the Pontiac Aztek
I've said something similar in other threads - after seeing other people say it's worse in person, I was still surprised at how cartoonishly awful it looked when I first saw one. They look terrible in pictures, but so much worse in person. I saw one that was painted bright green and it was so bad that I burst out laughing.
Was driving in a Houston suburb and had one overtake me on the right. Just gave it a super wide berth. I know my 24 year old Civic would shred like paper if that thing hit me.
Is it already rusting? lol
It's stainless steel so it's just surface level, but yes lmao it wasn't treated for outdoor use
Maybe it encountered some extreme conditions, like a car wash.
Or maybe the extreme condition known as out of doors
So what! I love scraping rust off my vehicle every week
-cyber truck owners, presumably
They don't do that, but they are supposed to clean it right away whenever they park. Really.
Still love the truck!
I'm a St. Louis boy so I grew up with the Gateway Arch. It looks better after 55 years of exposure to the elements than Cybertrucks do after 5 weeks.
DeLorean also managed to get it right, despite distractions like building the things in Belfast during the Troubles and getting entrapped into cocaine smuggling.
Yeah the bodywork isn't what's wrong with the DeLorean.
Even the tires are ugly. That's... kind of impressive. I never once considered tires could be uglier than other tires. But here we are.
Yeah itβs meant to have uglier wheels that fit with those ugly tires, possibly only with the ugly tires.
I think itβs as close low polygon wheels they could get before they become hexagonal.
"I want the wheels to look like Lara Croft"
Wait, yeah... Why do they look like that? I've literally never seen ugly tires in my entire life before. This is the first time.
They're supposed to have covers
but IIRC they cost extra
Those covers had to be redesigned because the originals (which may be the ones in the pic) would gouge the rubber of the tires
Drive it anyway. The Cybertruck can handle it. The Cybertruck can handle anything! I heard it's made out of 1978 Hot Wheels parts and 1982 Megaforce machismo.
Best part is the fingerprints that act as a door handle
Ew I missed that. Someone is not following the factory recommend hourly full chassis wipedowns.
What's on the top of the picture? I can't figure it out.
It's like a tarp or something? I've been trying to figure it out too.
I think they're in some sort of lot, under a tent. The Lego truck isn't on asphalt. You can see how the road runs past it in the upper left.
Looks like the picture was taken from the passenger seat of a car with the ceiling coming unglued from the roofNvm, that is the top of a car, not the windshield wipers. Looks like some sort of awning.
Looks like picture was taken from a jeep or some other sort of vehicle with a soft top, and we're seeing that top hanging down into the shot
The orange tag says βFUCK YOUβ with no further elaboration.
You joke, but when my parents bought an electric car, the cops in their small town started harassing them. My mom drives like a saint but they keep pulling her over and giving her tickets that aren't valid. She said she's caught them waiting for her to leave the grocery store so they can follow her out of the parking lot and try to catch her doing something wrong. But she doesn't, so they just pull her over anyway. This isn't even in a rural town where people are rolling coal. It's just a small suburb. Why do they care?
Electric = Liberuls
yea that didn't happen
Thank you, oh arbiter of truth on the internet.
The best part is, the sort of person that drives a Cybertruck is absolutely not the sort of truck ("truck") owner that keeps an inverter and power tools in the bed, because anyone with an angle grinder would have a hearty chuckle at that before driving home.
And whoever put the lock on would have an even bigger laugh when they bill you for the damages.
Unless they can't prove you were the one who damaged it, or even that there was damage. "Well, shucks, officer, I just tried to drive away with it on and it just sort of fell off. Dunno what happened to it after that, not my problem. You should invest in better boots, or maybe train the guy who put it on better." (Bonus points if he's the one who put it on.) Meanwhile, you take the pieces with you, grind off any serial numbers, and drop them in the nearest large body of water whenever is convenient. Bob's your auntie.
edit: rofl @ all the people below trying to white knight for fucking meter maids.
"leave the poor step-up-from-mall-cop-on-a-segway alone!"
This is why they also put the giant notice on the driver's window.
"I did not see it, for I am blind"
"Sorry - your registration renewal is denied for outstanding tickets."
"Exhibit A: I looked at the truck and decided I wanted to buy it"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignorantia_juris_non_excusat
"your property was no longer in my possession, and my car was no longer in your way. If you're saying I can bolt shit to your car if you park on my property and then sue you for damage when it flies off your car, I will keep this in mind when you come to serve me the summons."
you'll find that many people will decide you are not worth the effort to deal with.
I too wished we lived in a fantasy world.
if you say so, sport
Lmao Ok champ!
I think you'll find the state doesn't give a shit about your "logic" and can simply refuse to renew your license. The police who arrest you for driving without that license will be equally uninterested.
I've seen enough YouTube to know someone's gonna find it with a magnet on a fishing pole.
hence why we grind off serial numbers. If you really wanted to be thorough, you'd cut it up into unrecognizable chunks.
This all sounds much easier than paying a ticket
That's simply not a priority when you're an Internet though guy!
yes, getting the angle grinder out of the back of your vehicle is easier than calling and waiting for parking enforcement to unboot you, I'm glad you agree!
FWIW I did this more than a statute of limitations ago, and seem to have gotten away with it.
doesn't it have an inverter built in? with sockets in the tray bed area?
Depends on how new and fancy your truck is and whether you find yourself needing one. I know if you go back far enough they don't have them, so I imagine at some point they became an option and perhaps more recently they became standard. I've never needed a truck myself (having a buddy with a truck is often enough for the odd job) so I'm not sure.
Does the cybertruck specifically have a 110V inverter?
Yes, you can get the "Powershare" option which will include 2 110V outlets in the cabin, 2 in the bed and 1 additional 240V outlet in the bed.
They have enough power to run an angle grinder, but that's also about the only positive thing I can say about that car.
I can't believe how run down it looks in OP's picture, given how recently it was made available.
I mean, my angle grinder runs on drill batteries? I'm pretty heavily invested in a cordless battery system for power tools and lawn equipment.
And that's kind of the problem with stainless steel. My dishwasher has a stainless steel front and it looks like the inside of a shower drain 6 minutes after I wash it.
Sure, there are cordless power tools. I am not sure what you're saying.
As for your dishwasher: I'm sure it has received surface treatment as the people designing it made the connection dishwasher ββ> water in their heads, so you end up with a surface that, while proudly displaying every fingerprint, at least doesn't immediately pick up surface rust. Or it features one of the 20 types of alloy that are more resistant to rust. That apparently didn't happen for the Cybertruck.
In any case, what I was saying: maybe plain stainless wasn't such a great choice for the body of a car. Maybe if you really lean into it and intentionally add to the rust / accentuate the shoddy exterior, the overall design could work as DIY'ed, end-of-the-world, Armageddon - style Mad Max vehicle. I could see that.
I guess what I was saying was it should be a moot point if there's 110VAC available, your truck grinder should have its own power.
inverter: exactly. my question was intended to be rhetorical, since, well, as you pointed out.
to be fair, archonet is slightly right - a cybertruck owner wouldn't need an (extra) inverter, since they likely already have one built-in.
If it's the city that put that on, they might get you for vandalism or destruction of property, something like that. Those parking boots aren't cheap.
https://lemy.lol/comment/10352027
they can't prove that it didn't just fall off when you tried driving away if they never find the pieces. You have to prove criminal liability in court, you aren't responsible if the city uses "shitty parking boots" or "poorly trained officers", and they can't prove that isn't what happened if they don't find the cut up pieces lying by the side of the road.
in other words, the age old rule applies: only stupid criminals get caught.
Yeah Iβm sure nobody would notice you angle grinding the boot off your truck and definitely not post it in this same community for the same amount of laughs
You must not be familiar with how fast a good angle grinder would make quick work of that thing. Just looking at it, I would guess 10 seconds if I was being extra generous. If I really wanted to get away with it, I'd toss on a fresh disc and ruin it as fast as I could by getting it off in record timing.
But I like yer moxie, super chief. πππ
Wait tgis is a real car? Wow I thought it was an art project or AI meme
Oh to be ignorant of the cyber truck. There are so many complaints about this piece of crap daily online. They lock out their owners, have body panels fall off, have very few protections against auto closing doors cutting off fingers, the accelerator pedals can get stuck at full speed while moving, they are uncoated stainless steel which corrodes, and replacement parts are insanely expensive.
I saw a YouTube short of someone claiming Tesla fixed the trunk door cutting people's fingers off. He demonstrated with a banana at first. It detected the banana and immediately opened the door again. It barely made a dent into the banana. So he's like imma try my finger now lol. So he tries his finger and of course that fucker clamps down hard on this mf's finger, which gets stuck for a short while before the Tesla gives up and opens the door again. But his finger had a huge and deep dent in it, bro. You could tell he was in big pain. His hand was shaking minutes after the event.
I don't know what's worse, the door, or this idiot thinking a banana is an accurate prop to use in place of a finger. I would've used something smaller than my finger. If it detected that, you would think a finger would be safe...
One other thing here is that the sensitivity of the detection is actually decreased with repeat attempts. This is pretty standard.
The reasoning here is that people will check after the first failure. And if they then send the close request again, the car will try a bit harder. Maybe it's just some bit of oversized luggage that can be pushed down.
Oh boy. If he only knew this...
What an ugly, dirty truck.
Stupid Ugly Vehicle
I was traveling for work recently and saw one of these every morning, and God damn did it fire me up to rage against the machine.
Did the Metallica finish divert your attention given youβre usually such a Radio head when driving, that you wanted to rather eat a bag of nine inch nails than having to look at this thing?
I saw once in the wild last week and it was wrapped in silver vinyl. That seems like a necessity for these trucks.
It is, and itβs like $2000 extra
Small price to pay when you're always pissed out $80k
How long does it take to tame a Cybertruck?.. π€
2 weeks with an angle grinder ought to do it.
They're weak to water.
Are we taming, maiming or killing though?
I fine with all three if itβs a dumb truck.
Make sure to wash it with gasoline to remove the rust π
Diesel fuel would probably work ok, gasoline will evaporate and make it rust quicker.
The way Elonβs politics have gone it wouldnβt surprise me if he started promoting fossil fuel use.
Sorry to say, you're basically wrong on all ends.
Diesel exhaust is one of the quickest things known to cause cancer. And gasoline is like the quickest (not safest) to clean metal.
Diesel/kerosene doesnβt evaporate like gasoline though, lots of mechanics use it to soak Rusty stuff and get parts unseized.
Modern has also attacks rubber with its high ethanol content, but its a slower process.
Gasoline works great for cleaning, but you have to immediately coat it in something or you get flash rust again. Diesel is slower, but less volatile, and better near rubber and plastics.
Btw, I restore old cars and have used both to clean things, though the cancerous benzine fumes from gasoline arenβt worth it compared to other solvents for me. Denatured alcohol
What's going on with the top quarter of this pic?
I think someone is standing under the rear hatch of their car. You can see the bottom of the hatch and the rear window.
This could be it. Still breaks my brain though.
I know right? I am actually stumped by how I cannot place wtf that is.
Looks like maybe a "soft top" style roof? Convertibles and some jeep style vehicles have them.
Or maybe another damaged car, not sure.
I can't get this pic to settle in my brain.
Amazing how bad those panels look after what, a few months?
I recently saw one in Tennessee too, and I was pretty lucky I was wearing sunglasses driving by it! It was early afternoon, with clear skies all around lol
For the record, the one I saw didn't have a boot on it, yet
Lol what a douchebag. I love to see it.
The douchiest people drive these things, I swear.
The Tesla Rusty Triangle, the vehicle for your high-iron, low-poly lifestyle.
Looks like you got some ransomware.
You cater exclusively to the easily grifted, surprising to find out that many of them will be deadbeats trying to scam you back.
Are the tires really that thin or it just looks like that in the image?
Looks like a standard tire to me
They are wider than most car tires, but they are also very tall. Their website says the tires are 285/65R20. Very high profile, even with 20β wheels.
I actually thought they looked too thin too, but in the sense that it might help it look more like a hot wheels car (and a little better to look at)
Now I'm just thinking it was supposed to have wider tires and they changed that too
I love how every time I see this pos it gets worse π
Probably a sovcit.
The cyberpinto got booted
First thing I immediately noticed was the rust
Musky Bois be like "that's not rust, it's patina".
I don't see any rust? That's just the fingerprints that you can't not get all over it.
Those are fingerprints? Fuck is this thing made out ofππ
Bare stainless steel, lol
What rust? The dirt around the door jams?
What's stops someone from simply changing the tire? This seems like a bad design for a boot.
You could. But they still know who owns the car. They also charge you for the cost of the boot.
Bring the tire with you when you pay the fine so they can take the boot off. All this does is create an inconvenience instead of immobilizing the vehicle.
"oh no, they're paying their fines which is what we wanted them to do"
Most cars don't come with a spare these days. That's all
Isn't changing a tire on any of the Teslas a bit of a challenge because of the weight? Do they come with heavy duty jacks? I wonder if the Cybertruck even comes with a spare at all.
It does not, however you can apparently buy a kit for $1250
https://insideevs.com/features/699202/tesla-cybertruck-accessories-guide/
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We're they parked over a cross walk while picking up their kids from a very expensive private school!!!???
This is my favorite thing I've seen today.
now you have to pay a monthly fee to be able to drive with a boot on your wheel
I've never seen a car locked like this before.
This is art. Lmao
I swear Lemmy acts like anything shitty happening to a Cybertruck is like it's Elon's personal car getting fucked up. You're being trendy. I fucking hate that guy too but is this really funny or meaningful?
Why don't you just nuke every city in America because we all use Amazon and Bezos is a megalomaniac, evil bastard? Post it on Lemmy and laugh because we all deserved it for supporting him.
I like grilled cheese sammich as well.
Look, Elon Musk is the most popular celebrity in the world, probably tied with Donald Trump. Of course we constantly shit talk about him, it's what we humans do. Just roll with it, or continue to have a bad time, it doesn't matter either way.
I think I'll continue to have a bad time on Lemmy, for $500.
Yes, Elon Musk is. Not some random car owner. This all feels like bullying to me.
I pretty sure that's almost verbatim what one of my bullies said about me, who also isn't Elon Musk incidentally.
Just rip on Musk, not his customers.
It's not really bullying because they're generally wealthier than us and bought these trucks as a status symbol. Society is rejecting that bid at higher status.
Yeah that logic checks out. Nevermind, sorry for bothering you.
Me being upvoted a few times makes me suspect people don't realize I'm being facetious.
Re: edit: stop bullying me.
Is it because YOU own a cybertruck? Lol
Uh, no. I own a-- Actually fuck off.
That's unfortunate, I'm sorry you've been the target of bullying. I'm just saying we as humans gossip about one another all the time. If it's directed with the intent to harm a real peer I'm not okay with that. Although we do indeed require a way to vent and gripe when stressed about certain situations or persons and that's okay.
Yeah it just seems like an easy scapegoat to join in on and feel cool (not saying I like elon) but it just seems like low hanging fruit.
There is a point that you all will make Lemmy look like dick headed bullies to most people. Is that something your all gunning for?
Somehow, I doubt THIS is what would drive anyone away.
I mean, it's got a boot.