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 I’m still amazed at how exceptionally gay the Tesla cyber “truck” is every single time I see one irl. And they’re not even trucks lmao 
 They look fucking shit! 
 It’s mind blowing how bad the design is. I actually like most of the other Tesla’s too. The cyber truck will forever be on top 10 lists of ugliest vehicles ever manufactured. Legit retarded. 
 Pavement princesses 
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Looks like something I drew as a kid and made of weak aluminum. 
 Second grade teacher in 1982: “draw how a truck would look in the future kids”

Second graders would draw what ended up being the cyber truck. 
 If they drew the cybertruck they would get moved to the “other class” with the “catch up kids.”
Yeah, that bad. 
 😂😂 yeah you’re right 
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 Exactly. It’s not really a truck. It’s a cross dressing car that functions passably as a suburban dad truck. And it functions passably as a sports car. And a taxi. But all the whiz bang wow features can’t make up for the fact that aluminum fails by shearing rather than bending…steel is for trucks. 

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a cybertruck hater. I’m a realist. The weird looks were only cool when they were going to do that whole thick steel exoskeleton thing…but as they went with decorative thin steel panels placed over aluminum unibodies, it doesn’t have to look like a freaky triangle for strength purposes. The looks are more or less for show, and that really bothers me when I think about what it looks like when I get out of my cyberbeast. But it’s fun to drive. 
 The aluminum should be fine as long as you’re not towing and it should be able to do anything the competition does outside that. Honestly though, Tesla should probably reduce the tow rating. As has been demonstrated as possible, someone’s going to have a heavy trailer rip the back of the frame off and cause a serious accident. As the trucks age and get stress fractures it will be more likely to happen. Then Tesla will be forced to reduce the toe rating on top of paying massive fines. Just lower it to 2000lb now. 
 Exactly. Most people don’t appreciate how powerful and durable a real truck actually is. Yeah, a Tesla motor can make towing 14,000 lbs seem effortless, for like 80 miles, but the frame just ain’t gonna cut that mustard. 
 https://i.nostr.build/hba12BAHhzjaUhWq.gif  
 This gif never gets old 😂 
 I'm laughing out loud at this note and your back and forth with sats 😂 
 That brings me great joy 😂 
 I had said in a note that I liked the way it looked. But this is hilarious. We’re going with ugly truck now 😂😂🤌🏾 
 To each their own but it’s actually jarring to me when I look at one irl😂😂😂 
 Doesn’t look like anything else out there that’s for sure 😂😂😂 
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 My 4yo still yells out "THATS NOT EVEN A TRUCK!" Every time he sees one when were driving around. 

Makes me so proud  
 Dude that kid is going places 😂😂