First impressions after my Cybertruck delivery: The Good & Bad (Maybe)

[Ward L]

People have no respect. I can't believe the audacity of someone to walk up to a car that isn't yours and put your grubby hands on it. And then you wonder if they have the audacity to do that, what else are they doing when you aren't there? Next thing you'll find a footprint on the tonneau, because for some reason they think it's okay to durability test something that doesn't belong to them. Or they'll ram a grocery cart into the door or kick it...

There's gonna be fistfights over this if it keeps up. Crowd around and take pictures? Go nuts. Put your hands on something that doesn't belong to you? We're throwing hands.

I had a ’65 Shelby Cobra (not the Mustang), and many people would ask if I minded if they took a picture of it. I don’t recall anyone actually touching it. All the talk about fingerprints has junst encouraged admirers to reach out and touch it just to see their fingerprint! It’s gona be a long time before a CT in the wild willl be “normal”.

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[agordon117]

I had a ’65 Shelby Cobra (not the Mustang), and many people would ask if I minded if they took a picture of it. I don’t recall anyone actually touching it. All the talk about fingerprints has junst encouraged admirers to reach out and touch it just to see their fingerprint! It’s gona be a long time before a CT in the wild willl be “normal”.

Asking is one thing. Even not asking but just taking a photo, cool. Not asking, and touching it anyway, for any reason, is not okay. It's not yours. "oh but I wanted to see what it felt like, test the fingerprints, blah blah". No, it doesn't belong to you, you do not touch it without permission.

Exactly how you said that is what worries me. How talk about fingerprints is leading to this. There's also talk about kicking the door, and about how you can stand on the tonneau. If people are brazen enough to touch something that isn't theirs because there's talk about fingerprints, they will be brazen enough to do other things too. I don't know where people get the audacity. It doesn't matter if you like it, hate it, have one on order, would like to order one, have never seen one, know what the latest talk about it is... if it's not yours you don't touch it.

 

[CGIIRL]

If folks aren't tired of these threads yet, here are my initial impressions 21 miles into to this adventure:

The Good:
- Driving feel is outstanding. I don't agree with all these comments about SbW taking some getting used to. For me it was intuitive and smooth, and I never felt uncertain about what the truck would with a given steering input. Tesla nailed this.
- It drives like a tesla. I didn't notice the size until i accelerated through a corner. And even then it felt predictable and sure footed, just with more body roll than a sportscar, obviously. Normal driving felt like my model 3P which is def a good thing. Not as fast as my M3P, but to me it feels equivalent to my wife's MYP, even though it's not. I don't regret passing on the Beast, and (see above) I've never before bought a car that wasn't the fastest of the product line (Audi S6, M3, etc)
- Luxurious feel. The pics look sparse and clean, but once inside it feels plush and polished
- Too early on range, but I'm very encouraged. I averaged about 380 w/mi in my first 21 miles, mostly stop and go traffic on 101, but with several spirited starts from lights and a lot of button pressing in the parking lots of course
- So roomy and open! The steering wheel is tiny, but it's all you need and feels like an indy car. That means so much space for everything else. No stalks, etc, it's just wide open. Plus the high ceiling and panoramic glass make it feel like you're in a ballroom. But again I am more of a m3 or MY daily driver, although I have a silverado and this is much more open feeling. In the driving pic here, the steering wheel is near its lowest setting, but look at the lap clearance.
- Everyone has raved about the sound system, but I haven't heard a single detail, just "it rocks" or whatever. I'm a 40 something life long bass addict/ car audio nut, since back in my high school booming days. One of my biggest concerns with CT is the lack of 48V car audio solutions. With that context, yes, it's very very good. Bass wise, obviously it will not hold a candle to a decent aftermarket system. But it's the best stock sub I've ever heard by far. I still think i will need more though.... yeah, I know, it's a problem. Mid and high detail is good but not exceptional. Again some decent component 8s or even 6.5s with a quality amp would probably do better and definitely louder. In my opinion equivalent in clarity to my M3P. BUT THE SOUNDSTAGE! I think in coming days we will hear about how they worked to use multiple speakers in the dash against that giant windscreen to project the front stage out and wide. I've never heard so clearly the spatial separation between the singer and drummer, etc, or heard it so perfectly at stage level instead of clearly coming from the doors with a tinny fill speaker in the a pillar. Really good work, JUST SOMEONE DEVELOP A 48V SUB AMP! Should be MUCH cheaper to make and more efficient since the first thing 12V amps do is step up the voltage bigly.

The bad (maybe):
- Very little, I'm thrilled. But...
- Had some spots that looked suspect (like maybe scuffs or stains i couldn't just clean) and they offered to clean it. They said they had to buff it to clean it. Took 30 min, and it was clean, but... there is a spot where it is noticeably shinier/ smoother on that panel now. I think they advising refinished it and didn't use just the right texture. I'm sure they will fix it and only I noticed it so far, but FYI be aware that even at what is probably one of the busiest delivery centers in the country (Sunnyvale), they are figured this out as they go. He also said don't use any chemicals on it, but use alcohol only (which I would say is a chemical but whatever). I'm ignoring all of that and will test out Sheila Shine tomorrow.
- The vertical alignment difference
between the frunk and the quarter panel is sizable. So there is a knife like edge from the quarter that sticks past the frunk edge. I compared with another CT on the lot and they were the same. Not a big deal to me, but not ideal. Anyone else notice this or maybe just this batch? Will try to take a pic tomorrow.
- In person that frunk is pretty silly. Might fit a few bags of groceries I guess, but you'll be using the bed a lot, even for smallish luggage, which is annoying unless you have a bed divider
- service advisor said they would mail me the wall charger and power share hardware. That's totally not true, and whatever, but it was annoying she was more in the dark than me despite handing these over all day every day (according to her)
- yeah, I'll be OK when I no longer walk out to the parking lot to find a hoard of nerds ogling (and fingerprinting) my car... I thought it was interesting the almost equal split between "omg a CT! Lemme see!", "What is that?!", and absolutely zero notice or reaction or give a crap. 3 way split.

Congrats ! I am waiting on my Cyberbeast VIN. Should be one of the first in Illinois. I'm told. Just hoping Tesla TSLA stock will be up when I decide to take out my money to pay for it.

 

[Gigahorse]

Asking is one thing. Even not asking but just taking a photo, cool. Not asking, and touching it anyway, for any reason, is not okay. It's not yours. "oh but I wanted to see what it felt like, test the fingerprints, blah blah". No, it doesn't belong to you, you do not touch it without permission.

Exactly how you said that is what worries me. How talk about fingerprints is leading to this. There's also talk about kicking the door, and about how you can stand on the tonneau. If people are brazen enough to touch something that isn't theirs because there's talk about fingerprints, they will be brazen enough to do other things too. I don't know where people get the audacity. It doesn't matter if you like it, hate it, have one on order, would like to order one, have never seen one, know what the latest talk about it is... if it's not yours you don't touch it.

"Don't touch it if it is not yours" Think most of us learned that as todlers.
The door kicking thing on tiktok is a little concerning and hopefully all of that fades pretty quickly.

 

[themuleman]

Can you shed some light on the home charger situation, please? Did you receive the charger hardware and installation at delivery and then someone had to come to your home and install, as in did it come with the FS CT? Or did you order it ahead of time so it was installed when you took delivery (and did you get some kind of credit as an FS CT owner)?

Thank you!

 

[Crissa]

If it's in public, it's gonna be touched.

Especially if it's over the line, in a crowded parking lot, etc.

"You toucha my truck I breaka your face," is only going to be met with, "Go ahead I can call the police for you." And I have waited, when a guy called the police because I stepped on his car as he rolled into a crosswalk. Officer answered, "Do you really want to report that you hit a pedestrian in a crosswalk?"

If you don't want it touched, don't put it in public.

-Crissa

 

[schmo]

- Everyone has raved about the sound system, but I haven't heard a single detail, just "it rocks" or whatever. I'm a 40 something life long bass addict/ car audio nut, since back in my high school booming days. One of my biggest concerns with CT is the lack of 48V car audio solutions. With that context, yes, it's very very good. Bass wise, obviously it will not hold a candle to a decent aftermarket system. But it's the best stock sub I've ever heard by far. I still think i will need more though.... yeah, I know, it's a problem. Mid and high detail is good but not exceptional. Again some decent component 8s or even 6.5s with a quality amp would probably do better and definitely louder. In my opinion equivalent in clarity to my M3P. BUT THE SOUNDSTAGE! I think in coming days we will hear about how they worked to use multiple speakers in the dash against that giant windscreen to project the front stage out and wide. I've never heard so clearly the spatial separation between the singer and drummer, etc, or heard it so perfectly at stage level instead of clearly coming from the doors with a tinny fill speaker in the a pillar. Really good work, JUST SOMEONE DEVELOP A 48V SUB AMP! Should be MUCH cheaper to make and more efficient since the first thing 12V amps do is step up the voltage bigly.
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I, too, was underwhelmed with the audio at first. As the days went by, however, I noticed the speakers starting to open up and the sound getting much better. It seems the speakers need to break in like the speakers in high end home audio systems. Also, tweaking the EQ settings helped shape the sound to my liking.

 

[Carmino]

I, too, was underwhelmed with the audio at first. As the days went by, however, I noticed the speakers starting to open up and the sound getting much better. It seems the speakers need to break in like the speakers in high end home audio systems. Also, tweaking the EQ settings helped shape the sound to my liking.

What EQ settings did you end up with?

 

[schmo]

What EQ settings did you end up with?

 

[Duskin_Anthony]

@schmo not to change subject, but I was curious what they said about the wheel covers?! Did they say they were going to provide them to you at some point?

 

[schmo]

@schmo not to change subject, but I was curious what they said about the wheel covers?! Did they say they were going to provide them to you at some point?

Yes, they did. When the new ones are ready.

I bought center hub caps and lug nut covers from Amazon to hold me over.

 

[chilam]

That's my goto song for testing soundstage on Hi-Fi speakers & equipments. Love it on my Tube amp + Omega 93dB sensitivity bookshelves with only a single full range driver + subwoofer!

Put on "Hotel California" from the Eagles "Hell Freezes Over" album (live).

Crank the volume.

You're welcome.

 

[fritter63]

That's my goto song for testing soundstage on Hi-Fi speakers & equipments. Love it on my Tube amp + Omega 93dB sensitivity bookshelves with only a single full range driver + subwoofer!

We just got our Beats Studio3's today (for the flight to Europe). Guess what I dialed up to test them?

 

[chilam]

I have a few pairs of headphones: Sennheiser HD600, Fostex TH-X00 Purpleheart on delicated Amp and DAC - while they are great... but you are going to miss the soundstage of a proper 2-channel (or rather 2.1 channel) Hi-Fi Speaker system. Suggest you test out some off-brand (not mass produced) that's quite affordable hifi systems.

We just got our Beats Studio3's today (for the flight to Europe). Guess what I dialed up to test them?

 

[schmo]

Put on "Hotel California" from the Eagles "Hell Freezes Over" album (live).

Crank the volume.

You're welcome.

I had Reus Audio Systems “enhance” the audio in my Model S back in 2013. They left behind a usb drive with lossless music to show off the system. It had both the live and studio versions of Hotel California.

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