Harley
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- Joined
- Mar 8, 2024
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- Seattle
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- 15 Highlander, 10 GL450, 03 Vette, 69 Mustang
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- Retired
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I learned since the day last May when I got my Foundation Series that it generates reaction, mostly positive but some negative. For the negative, including snide comments and a few middle fingers, I just smile and flash a peace sign.
I get it. This is a different vehicle from a company whose head cheese is as polarizing as he is genius.
Lately, however, there’s been a lot more vicious reaction. Yesterday, in an Uber to the Colorado Springs airport, we saw a CT on the road and the Uber driver went on a huge rant about everything that’s wrong with the Cybertruck and Elon and EVs in general. When I pointed out that (1) he might change his mind if he experiences a Cybertruck and (2) he might be spewing his untruths to someone who owns one. Like me!
Didn’t faze him a bit, and he ranted the rest of the trip. “It catches fire and you’ll be trapped in it.” “There’s not one charging station between Colorado Springs and Tucson.” “There’s no way to tow something.” I could go on, but you get the picture. He dropped me off and I just laughed it off as another stubbornly ill-informed jerk.
Today, a friend who also owns a Cybertruck sent me a video of some true rage on the road that he experienced. Two white vans were passing him on the freeway and the second, who had been gesturing through an open passenger window, swerved briefly into my friend’s lane. A few days earlier, my friend said someone spit on his Cybertruck as he sat at a stoplight.
When stuff like this happens, the hate is going way too far. If (or when) it happens to me I hope I’ll have the restraint not to lower myself to these idiots’ level and retaliate.
I get it. This is a different vehicle from a company whose head cheese is as polarizing as he is genius.
Lately, however, there’s been a lot more vicious reaction. Yesterday, in an Uber to the Colorado Springs airport, we saw a CT on the road and the Uber driver went on a huge rant about everything that’s wrong with the Cybertruck and Elon and EVs in general. When I pointed out that (1) he might change his mind if he experiences a Cybertruck and (2) he might be spewing his untruths to someone who owns one. Like me!
Didn’t faze him a bit, and he ranted the rest of the trip. “It catches fire and you’ll be trapped in it.” “There’s not one charging station between Colorado Springs and Tucson.” “There’s no way to tow something.” I could go on, but you get the picture. He dropped me off and I just laughed it off as another stubbornly ill-informed jerk.
Today, a friend who also owns a Cybertruck sent me a video of some true rage on the road that he experienced. Two white vans were passing him on the freeway and the second, who had been gesturing through an open passenger window, swerved briefly into my friend’s lane. A few days earlier, my friend said someone spit on his Cybertruck as he sat at a stoplight.
When stuff like this happens, the hate is going way too far. If (or when) it happens to me I hope I’ll have the restraint not to lower myself to these idiots’ level and retaliate.
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