Hey CT Crew,
Took delivery of my Foundation Series Cybertruck in May 2024. This is my second winter and we have, of course had several freeze-thaw cycles in Michigan and after the latest ones I noticed adhesive failure on two panels: visible gaps/separation.
The front driver’s side is rattling...
I was so done with this: Every time I needed the full 6 ft bed (skis, lumber, anything long), I had to unclip the full size spare from the bed floor, wrestle the 35” tire out, find somewhere to store it, then clip it back in later. Total pain.
Fixed it permanently in 15 minutes for ~$63...
1,200 Wh/mi for Cybertruck pulling my boat results in 100 miles of total range. Really hopeful for range efficiency improvements and the range extender.
And if the Wh/mi wasn’t bad enough… Charging with a trailer!? Ugh. Why don’t more charging stations have the pull-thru pedestals?
My hack to get top of ball to 24” with adjustable aluminum hitch into the receiver, which is buried 3” behind the bumper. While I was able to get the aluminum hitch to drop from the stock receiver, the bumper was in the way when attempting to flip it over to get it to rise.
PowerShare install #5 here in west Michigan! Here's my install, provisioning, and testing timeline.
Out of Pocket Cost: $4,000
Wait time to install: 2 months
Electric outage during install: 5 hours
Wait time until PowerShare active: 4 days after install
Simulated Outage Service Interruption: 5...
good news for midwesterners! This is info I received from my delivery center. It appears a train full of cybertrucks is making its way to the Chicago area for distribution of several trucks through the Midwest! I received my VIN on May 1st and was told its production date was that morning and...
Today is day 100 since AWD order configuration and still no VIN.
Any other wave 2 order configurations on 12/16/23 still waiting on VIN assignment? Only one week left to fulfil Tesla’s ‘Jan thru Mar 2024’ delivery window. Not a peep from Tesla.