HaulingAss
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I've always loved exploring off the beaten path but, in my F-150, it was always a cringeworthy exercise. Because my truck was almost always coated in mud or dust by the time I got to roads requiring bushwhacking, it would always leave scratches in the clearcoat and I was afraid of denting the bodywork, especially the upright A-pillar, with heavier brush. But the Cybertruck makes bushwhacking fun and relaxing again because its really damage resistant. Any small scratches in the finish of the stainless panels can be easily polished away repeatedly, without a clearcoat to worry about polishing through. In fact, with traditional trucks, many of the deeper scratches went through the clearcoats and into the paint.
The wedge shape of the Cybertruck parts the brush naturally, with lower impact than hitting the mostly vertical A-pillar of my F-150. Also, every other truck I've bushwhacking with had mirrors that didn't play nice with brush for various reasons. Either brush would get caught behind them and threaten to break them if I continued forward, or they had too large of gaps between the plastic fairings that would let smaller branches wedge in between the two plastic fairing pieces. The Cybertruck's wedge shaped mirrors have a very tight gap between the mount and the folding mirror that can only trap the finest of vegetation. Like maybe a leaf or a needle. They just work well. I leave them extended even though bigger saplings or branches will force-fold them. When that happens, I use the center screen to unfold them again because their wedge shape parts the brush best when extended.
Here's a short two minute clip of bushwhacking in action.
Turn up the audio or put on your headphones and enjoy.
The wedge shape of the Cybertruck parts the brush naturally, with lower impact than hitting the mostly vertical A-pillar of my F-150. Also, every other truck I've bushwhacking with had mirrors that didn't play nice with brush for various reasons. Either brush would get caught behind them and threaten to break them if I continued forward, or they had too large of gaps between the plastic fairings that would let smaller branches wedge in between the two plastic fairing pieces. The Cybertruck's wedge shaped mirrors have a very tight gap between the mount and the folding mirror that can only trap the finest of vegetation. Like maybe a leaf or a needle. They just work well. I leave them extended even though bigger saplings or branches will force-fold them. When that happens, I use the center screen to unfold them again because their wedge shape parts the brush best when extended.
Here's a short two minute clip of bushwhacking in action.
Turn up the audio or put on your headphones and enjoy.
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