Writer seeking input from Cybertruck owners

[thetuxcat]

I’m in Glassboro, NJ. Sure, anytime. @yahoo

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[Baldyloxx]

"...the cultural impact of the vehicle..."

Oh good grief.

How about write about the technical impact of the vehicle. You know, things like steer-by-wire, 48v architecture, doing away with traditional wiring architecture,...

I see nothing wrong with his comment.. it is neutral.. CyberTruck has indeed had an impact on Car Culture in many many ways…

 

[FlyShacker]

I'm happy to help. First article for me. I hope I won't be sorry.

 

[REM]

Hello again, Bob (@ag1aia),

Maybe I missed your reply, but I was wondering still if you can let us know which publisher you are working for and what your prior work is.

Or are you working on a top secret assignment that requires journalist secrecy?

I see you are replying to others. But maybe you missed the questions the first couple of times.

Hark, good sirrah, Bob! (@ag1aia),

It's thine fellow, REM, again. For many a turn of the sun have I endeavoured to gain speech with thee, concerning the extended ward and surety for thine Cybertruck.

Methinks thou dost actively elude those persons who seek but a little more knowledge of thine own scribal history and the fellowship thou dost represent for hire, ere they be willing to unburden their hearts and speak freely upon this present concern.

Wilt thou now deign to send forth a reply unto us, or shall we find naught but silence? Speak, whether it be yea or nay! Verily, if this now be the fourth occasion upon which thou hasn't engaged with mine scribblings.

 

[dalton108]

Hark, good sirrah, Bob! (@ag1aia),

It's thine fellow, REM, again. For many a turn of the sun have I endeavoured to gain speech with thee, concerning the extended ward and surety for thine Cybertruck.

Methinks thou dost actively elude those persons who seek but a little more knowledge of thine own scribal history and the fellowship thou dost represent for hire, ere they be willing to unburden their hearts and speak freely upon this present concern.

Wilt thou now deign to send forth a reply unto us, or shall we find naught but silence? Speak, whether it be yea or nay! Verily, if this now be the fourth occasion upon which thou hasn't engaged with mine scribblings.

Maybe a haiku?

 

[SlegMD]

People blame journalists for the “death of journalism”, I blame the consumer that just wants their thoughts validated, like many on this forum. Lmao.

 

[dalton108]

People blame journalists for the “death of journalism”, I blame the consumer that just wants their thoughts validated, like many on this forum. Lmao.

There’s that, but for a root cause analysis, I blame Ronald Wilson Reagan for getting rid of the Fairness Doctrine and commencing this decline; effectively creating Rupert Murdoch and other Machiavellians while simultaneously increasing our supply of morons. Citizens United pretty much took care of the rest.

This little experiment of ours only works when we have a well-informed citizenry making sober decisions about the future of this republic. That requires a functioning fourth estate doing its job.

We’ve turned it into an idiotic team sport and we’re all gonna lose. Alas, we have the government we deserve. As do all people.

 

[CybertruckPilot]

"Bob" ... ZERO credibility.

 

[carsly]

Thanks again for sharing references to your writing and disclosing your publisher. Oh right, you continue to ignore a reasonable request and standard journalistic practice to establish trust.

Sounds like “Bob” might be Fred Lambert with a new account.

 

[espresso-drumbeat]

The anonymous "journalist" tale is the same as many before on this forum and TMC

The number of gullible useful idiots, who probably still get their news from fake news sources and TV, volunteering is saddening

 

[TexsyBeast]

Hi everyone, any current or former Cybertruck owners out there willing to talk to me, a writer working on an article about the cultural impact of the vehicle? On background or anonymous is fine, if you prefer. Please let me know, and thank you!

Whats your angle and the narrative your going to outline?

 

[TexsyBeast]

We’ve been burned by people like you who come in asking to chat then publish outright lies.

Please go away.

Write about all the ignorant spineless middle-finger waving trolls who have no original thought in their hollow skull who enjoy throwing around the middle fingers to all of us who drive these trucks for many different reasons. They have back-assword reasoning and apparently are proponents of waste, fraud and absolute abuse of the American tax payer’s dollars!

 

[Cybertruck2024]

I actually did do a test drive! Twice. It was a very odd experience. Again, I'm not a car expert by any stretch of the imagination, so all the technical stuff is beyond me. It just seems like a super controversial car to own, especially right now, so I'm super curious about what makes people buy and keep them. Thank you all so much for your responses, this is a really interesting discussion.

No one has commented on this post, but you say something that shows significant bias before your article has been written. "What makes people buy AND KEEP THEM?" How many articles are being written asking why are people keeping their less than 18 month old vehicle? Average length of vehicle ownership is over 8 years, but there's some surprise people are keeping their cybertrucks which they would have owned for at most 20% of the average length of vehicle ownership?

Perhaps a related article should be written about the financial impact of buying a vehicle and selling in 18 months or less. Would your typical Mercedes, Lucid, BMW, or similarly cost vehicle buyer normally move on from their purchased vehicle in less than 18 months? What are the financial ramifications to make such a move? What would cause a Rivian owner to walk away from a purchased vehicle in less than 18 months? You could not lease a cybertruck for almost a year after it was released, is there an expectation from your side that people should not be keeping them? If there is no bias, why is such an unusual question without precedent in the automotive market being asked?

As someone who went to school for journalism, I would have not asked such a leading question if I was trying to write an unbiased article.

 

[ag1aia]

The comparison to other cars is very useful, thank you. As for why I asked about people keeping them, it's because I've seen several articles in the vein of this one from Forbes, which specifically says that "many 'used' CTs are virtually new vehicles or nearly new": https://www.forbes.com/sites/brooke...sla-cybertruck-market-grows---but-that-price/ There's also this story, which could be an outlier: https://www.torquenews.com/11826/it...ut-my-losses-and-move-i-cant-give-thing-away/

 

[Jimo]

Thanks for the reply—let me know if you'd like to talk, here or over email. Cheers!

Let me know when you'd like to talk.

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