Cybertruck hysteria

[JBee]

7.Console toilet.

new meaning to crappy interior? what did I miss here?

A place to put bad FSD software code?

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[Dids]

7.Console toilet.

new meaning to crappy interior? what did I miss here?

Those are random things people mentioned. Blame @charliemagpie for the console toilet.

 

[SolarWizard]

Ive owned a lot of what some people (namely myself) view as bad ass vehicles, usually rarer ones.
I’m still super excited to get a CT but a lot of that is because my plan, at least, is for “The Fridge” to be the last one I buy. Awkwardly timeless and durable, which would have been a better description than i got in my HS yearbook.

As far as the “hysteria” it will pass for all of us and indeed the general public once there are a bunch on the road but I believe this is a vehicle that will be sold a long time and always have a core following not dissimilar from truck brand loyalists now.

I am still quite concerned about the ability to mount a winch and 3/4 blind spots. I look forward to videos of people jumping, wrecking and terrible humans trying to break into them.

 

[CyberGus]

Those are random things people mentioned. Blame @charliemagpie for the console toilet.

If I need a toilet while traveling, I'll just take a dump in the nearest F-150

 

[jerhenderson]

Im bored with the wait and annoyed with elons unwillingness to share more info so late in the game but i also feel tesla is the only ev im willing to purchase at the moment so i don't have much choice.

Ogre replied to you exactly what I'm sure many people here think. delayed gratification buddy.

 

[HaulingAss]

I ordered the truck because I need the truck.

I’m as excited as the next guy, but fundamentally, its a truck. After you’ve taken it a few places, drag raced a few Corvettes, taken it off road a few times, utilized the back seat and the various other locations… It’s just going to be a truck.

I love my Model Y. Still enjoy driving it every time. The Cybertruck will be no different. But in the end, it’s a truck…. Not going to change your life when you get it. You will definitely have the satisfaction of knowing you have the most bad-ass truck on the road for quite some time to come.

But when you are going to the hardware store to load up on bricks or whatever, it’s not going to be that different from any other truck.

I want to whole-heartedly agree with this and strongly disagree at the same time.

I think excitement is over-rated, joy is not. My wife and I took delivery of our first Tesla, a Model 3 LR RWD in May 2018. We both loved it so much I had to get my own Performance Model 3 in September of the same year. It's been almost 5 years and I still love driving them. It matters very little to me which one I'm driving, they both give me the same feeling of joy. I've owned a number of nice new cars and all of them have that new car honeymoon. But the Tesla honeymoon just keeps going, I still feel masive contentment, and joy everytime I get to go somewhere in one of them and almost everytime I walk away from them in a parking lot, or apprach them, I think, "damn, that's still a damn fine looking car!".

Here's the kicker: My Performance Model 3 was backed into recently by my neighbor and is in the shop getting some rear quarterpanel damage repaired. I couldn't stomach the idea of driving a rental ICE car and I tried to find a Tesla rental in the area but there were none to be found. Even though the rental would have been paid for my neighbors insurance company, I looked for used Tesla for sale, figuring they had come down in price quite a bit with the recent new car price cuts and I should be able to sell it at breakeven when I got my Performance Model 3 back.

I found a 2018 Pearl White Multi-coat LR RWD for sale in the small town I live in. It has over double the miles of my car and is an earlier build by a couple of months than my wifes LR RWD Model 3. It's in overall very good condition except for three or four very small dents/door dings/scrapes scattered in various places around the car. The inside looks and feels great too even though it's 5 years old and has over 70K miles on it. I fell in love with it immediately and picked it up for only $28K.

Now we have three Pearl White Multi-coat 2018 Model 3's, all with Aero wheels, all identical in appearance except for the rear badge of my Performance Model (it's a Stealth P3D which means it doesn't have the rear spoiler and brakes so common on Performance Models). They all drive great and put a smile on my face five years later.

But the point of this is I even get the same warm fuzzy feeling everytime I get to drive my temporary replacement. I even put my almost new winter tires on it. They all drive so similarly it's uncanny.

Excitement is temporary and over-rated, but if you've ever had a vehicle that you just plain like, like a lot, it will give you that feeling of pleased satisfaction, even when just loading it up with some bricks at the local masonry supply yard. As excited as I am to take delivery of a Cybertruck, there is no way it's going to diminish that warm fuzzy feeling I get when I use my Model 3 for it's intended purposes. Those who tire of their Cybertruck will probably find they bought the vehicle for the wrong reasons, that they really don't need the functionality of a Cybertruck in their day-to-day lives.

Kind of like people who buy a Harley-Davidson because they think it will make them "belong". Those who buy them for the right reasons will love them for years to come.

 

[HaulingAss]

7.Console toilet.

new meaning to crappy interior? what did I miss here?

It looks like you have missed the main point of a truck in general (and a Cybertruck in particular). I think you understand very little about the Cybertruck. It's not how it can surround you in complexity and a facade of luxury and manliness, it's the unique capaibilities and practicalities a truck like the Cybertruck brings to the market. Along with a satisfying driving experience that no other truck can match.

The true nature of the interior has not been fully revealed but I, for one, am glad it looks like Tesla is putting the money into the actual truck itself and not wasting it on a bunch of buttons, knobs and materials to make the owner feel more important than they are.

 

[HAL GALLUS]

Actually Elon said it will be an insane technology band wagon and that there are several features that haven't been disclosed/ seen.
1. Frunk tailgate.
2. Zero point energy.
3. Diamond steering/ steer by wire
4. Boat mode.
5. Mid gate.
6. Brembo sensify brakes.
7.Console toilet.
8. Nacs 1000v charging.
9. Laser wipers.
10. Sail pillar storage.
11. HW4.
12. Condensation drinkable water
14. Solar tonneau.

Yes I skipped 13, it's bad luck

12: I think would be cool on longer trips

 

[Ogre]

12. Condensation drinkable water

I love your list… spot on.

Just wanted to comment on this idea right here.

Our house is very prone to humidity and I accidentally left the dehumidifier off for a week so humidity was in the 80s inside before I realized it (yuck). I fired up the dehumidifier and it’s been running non stop for 2 days, a constant drip of water out the spout. I’ve dumped at least 5 gallons of water out that it’s collected out of the air.

The other day I was thinking about how nice and pure that water looked. Then I took a second to think about how that moisture gets into the air:

• Showering
• Cooking
• Dishwasher
• Clothes Washer (and air dried clothes)
• Human (and cat) breath
• Evaporated Sweat
• Fart Juice.

I’ll pass on that condensation “Drinkable” water myself.

 

[Ogre]

I think you are right. I do look forward to the range plus numbers. I feel like the potential is there for mind blowing range but I think Tesla will intentionally hold back some to keep cost closer to reveal price. Price will ultimately sell more truck since original range is already miles ahead (Ha, u c what I Dids there) of the competition.

I don’t think the range will be that different from launch day.

There might be a “Tweener” model with ~400 miles range, but I doubt we’ll see 600 miles or something crazy like that. At least not in the first few years.

Bigger pack in each truck means fewer trucks get out the door.

 

[John K]

I’ll pass on that condensation “Drinkable” water myself.

I hate to break the news, you may have already consumed water that has cycled through me a few times. ?

 

[Dids]

I love your list… spot on.

Just wanted to comment on this idea right here.

Our house is very prone to humidity and I accidentally left the dehumidifier off for a week so humidity was in the 80s inside before I realized it (yuck). I fired up the dehumidifier and it’s been running non stop for 2 days, a constant drip of water out the spout. I’ve dumped at least 5 gallons of water out that it’s collected out of the air.

The other day I was thinking about how nice and pure that water looked. Then I took a second to think about how that moisture gets into the air:

• Showering
• Cooking
• Dishwasher
• Clothes Washer (and air dried clothes)
• Human (and cat) breath
• Evaporated Sweat
• Fart Juice.

I’ll pass on that condensation “Drinkable” water myself.

Dude, you are drinking my dad's pee.

 

[Ogre]

I want to whole-heartedly agree with this and strongly disagree at the same time.

I think excitement is over-rated, joy is not. My wife and I took delivery of our first Tesla, a Model 3 LR RWD in May 2018. We both loved it so much I had to get my own Performance Model 3 in September of the same year. It's been almost 5 years and I still love driving them. It matters very little to me which one I'm driving, they both give me the same feeling of joy. I've owned a number of nice new cars and all of them have that new car honeymoon. But the Tesla honeymoon just keeps going, I still feel masive contentment, and joy everytime I get to go somewhere in one of them and almost everytime I walk away from them in a parking lot, or apprach them, I think, "damn, that's still a damn fine looking car!".

Here's the kicker: My Performance Model 3 was backed into recently by my neighbor and is in the shop getting some rear quarterpanel damage repaired. I couldn't stomach the idea of driving a rental ICE car and I tried to find a Tesla rental in the area but there were none to be found. Even though the rental would have been paid for my neighbors insurance company, I looked for used Tesla for sale, figuring they had come down in price quite a bit with the recent new car price cuts and I should be able to sell it at breakeven when I got my Performance Model 3 back.

I found a 2018 Pearl White Multi-coat LR RWD for sale in the small town I live in. It has over double the miles of my car and is an earlier build by a couple of months than my wifes LR RWD Model 3. It's in overall very good condition except for three or four very small dents/door dings/scrapes scattered in various places around the car. The inside looks and feels great too even though it's 5 years old and has over 70K miles on it. I fell in love with it immediately and picked it up for only $28K.

Now we have three Pearl White Multi-coat 2018 Model 3's, all with Aero wheels, all identical in appearance except for the rear badge of my Performance Model (it's a Stealth P3D which means it doesn't have the rear spoiler and brakes so common on Performance Models). They all drive great and put a smile on my face five years later.

But the point of this is I even get the same warm fuzzy feeling everytime I get to drive my temporary replacement. I even put my almost new winter tires on it. They all drive so similarly it's uncanny.

Excitement is temporary and over-rated, but if you've ever had a vehicle that you just plain like, like a lot, it will give you that feeling of pleased satisfaction, even when just loading it up with some bricks at the local masonry supply yard. As excited as I am to take delivery of a Cybertruck, there is no way it's going to diminish that warm fuzzy feeling I get when I use my Model 3 for it's intended purposes. Those who tire of their Cybertruck will probably find they bought the vehicle for the wrong reasons, that they really don't need the functionality of a Cybertruck in their day-to-day lives.

Kind of like people who buy a Harley-Davidson because they think it will make them "belong". Those who buy them for the right reasons will love them for years to come.

Can’t argue with that. I do love my Model Y. Almost every time I get in, it is easy to summon that joy. I suspect the Cybertruck will be similar.

In a way, I think in a way it’s a reset of baseline. In 5 years or so, it’s going to be very difficult to find a car for sale that doesn’t deliver that sort of experience. I suspect Tesla’s “Budget Model” is going to deliver a similar experience even though it’ll be half the cost of my Model Y.

I do think the Cybertruck will be a big step up in everyone’s expectations for a truck. Lots of joy.

 

[Ogre]

I hate to break the news, you may have already consumed water that has cycled through me a few times. ?

Well yes.

But not YESTERDAY.

If you drink water from the humidifier, you are drinking yesterday’s farts.

 

[John K]

@Ogre

Fresh squeezed water is the best

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