New WhistlinDiesel: Cybertruck vs. F-150 Frame & Hitch Video

[Hunter71294]

If you have hit your hitch receiver as hard as Whistin' Diesel did by dropping the rear of the truck in a 5 vertical foot free-fall, then I think you need to reconsider how you off-road. It looks to me like they may have identified a way to break the receiver and then designed the "test fixture" consisting of the 6' diameter culverts and the concrete curb at the bottom to exploit that knowledge.

When they backed into the logs and tore off the plastic receiver cover, they acted all surprised that there was a receiver under that cover. But it looked to me like they were already intimately familiar with that area of the truck and were just feigning ignorance. That they had already studied the structure of the receiver and identified a way to apply an unnatural impact to it.

They knew exactly what they were doing and, even then, they needed to do multiple takes of the drop off the culverts to crack the receiver frame. The evidence of that comes from careful analysis of the drive mode and state of charge in various video cuts. It looks like the first drop didn't break the receiver due to the truck being in off-road mode (because they needed to do another take). We did not see this clip. They then drove it back to the top of the culverts with it in "low" suspension mode, not "Off-Road" (and the battery SOC was now 2% below where it was before the initial drop). This took a while to film and make happen so they could splice all the cuts together to create their desired fake narrative. The curb was not tall enough to impact the receiver hard enough to fracture it when the suspension was in Off-Road mode.

This is just a wordy way of saying it was hard for them to exploit the perceived weakness they found, and this is not the kind of impact that could normally happen, even during rugged off-roading maneuvers, unless one was doing incredibly foolish and reckless things with zero regard for the truck. This is not how truck owners actually use their trucks.

I might be a little concerned if they had been able to crack the casting with only an 18" vertical drop. But anyone with a knowledge of physics can tell you there is a world of difference between the impact forces involved in a 5-foot vertical drop and those of an 18" vertical drop.

Just re-watched the video and this makes me really lose respect for him. It drops 2% in 10 yards of “driving”. By the time he’s in it after it breaks. It’s down another 1%. So it drops 3%.

He’s not dumb. He’s grown a huge audience. They knew the casting was eventually breakable. It does seem like they probably drove it several times off. Also they gloss over the fact the F-150 only makes it 10’ before it gets stuck.

I finally got to see a friends CT up close last week. I was 70% sure, but now I’m 100% getting one when my reservation for a non-FS is up. Perfect tool for me.

My brother has a lightning and I still really like that truck. But id rather have the air suspension, 4WS, SS body, and tonneau. Although I really like the large frunk and visibility on the Ford. Frunk is a great place to keep tools and chargers on Ford. Also I wish the CT had stalks and a couple knobs for volume and A/C.

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[mbeltran]

… Tesla must address ASAP!

And if they don’t? They can’t address every idiot’s idea for how to break their truck. Like I tell all the F350 idiots, it wasn’t designed for that kind of towing, and the F350 can’t compete with the CT off-road. This F150 trial shows just one more corner case that needs to be avoided. Don’t shear the bumper casting. It will fail. Get over it.

 

[HaulingAss]

Just re-watched the video and this makes me really lose respect for him. It drops 2% in 10 yards of “driving”. By the time he’s in it after it breaks. It’s down another 1%. So it drops 3%.

Yep, it's just entertainment. But most of his viewers are too biased and ignorant of the Cybertruck to understand that.

I finally got to see a friends CT up close last week. I was 70% sure, but now I’m 100% getting one when my reservation for a non-FS is up. Perfect tool for me.

My brother has a lightning and I still really like that truck. But id rather have the air suspension, 4WS, SS body, and tonneau. Although I really like the large frunk and visibility on the Ford. Frunk is a great place to keep tools and chargers on Ford. Also I wish the CT had stalks and a couple knobs for volume and A/C.

You're going to love it. One of the biggest differences between the Lightning and the Cybertruck that people tend to gloss over are the eight computer controlled active damper valves, two on each damper. They are constantly adjusting for speed and terrain and are a primary reason why the Cybertruck rides so well in such a wide variety of conditions. This took a lot of development work to achieve, the programming is impressive, and really sets it apart from the non-active suspension on the Lightning (and most other trucks). The benefits of adjustable ride height via the air suspension is in addition to the active dampers.

You will be happy to know that there is a volume knob (thumbwheel) for the audio system under your left thumb on the steering wheel, much easier than reaching over to the center console, like we are accustomed to doing on most legacy vehicles.

And I have already begun to prefer the thumb operated turn signals with a nice tactile "click". The turn signal stalk was so ingrained into my brain that it took around a month to get mostly used to the thumb operated signals and three months to actually prefer them. Tesla does a really good job with the automatic cancellation of the turn signals at exactly the right moment over 99% of the time too. Humans are really good at learning new ways to do things, all you have to do is start using another method and it will become second nature soon enough.

Once you start driving your new Cybertruck, the driving experience will be much better than you ever imagined. Within the first month or so there will be a few rough spots as you become accustomed to different ways to do things, but then it will all make sense. But the overall experience will already be better from day one.

 

[Coagulation]

Yep, it's just entertainment. But most of his viewers are too biased and ignorant of the Cybertruck to understand that.



You're going to love it. One of the biggest differences between the Lightning and the Cybertruck that people tend to gloss over are the eight computer controlled active damper valves, two on each damper. They are constantly adjusting for speed and terrain and are a primary reason why the Cybertruck rides so well in such a wide variety of conditions. This took a lot of development work to achieve, the programming is impressive, and really sets it apart from the non-active suspension on the Lightning (and most other trucks). The benefits of adjustable ride height via the air suspension is in addition to the active dampers.

You will be happy to know that there is a volume knob (thumbwheel) for the audio system under your left thumb on the steering wheel, much easier than reaching over to the center console, like we are accustomed to doing on most legacy vehicles.

And I have already begun to prefer the thumb operated turn signals with a nice tactile "click". The turn signal stalk was so ingrained into my brain that it took around a month to get mostly used to the thumb operated signals and three months to actually prefer them. Tesla does a really good job with the automatic cancellation of the turn signals at exactly the right moment over 99% of the time too. Humans are really good at learning new ways to do things, all you have to do is start using another method and it will become second nature soon enough.

Once you start driving your new Cybertruck, the driving experience will be much better than you ever imagined. Within the first month or so there will be a few rough spots as you become accustomed to different ways to do things, but then it will all make sense. But the overall experience will already be better from day one.

Funny in all my reading about the truck on here I didn’t know about the eight active damper valves. All I know is it’s the smoothest car I’ve ever driven (let alone pickup truck) even though it looks like it should drive with the comfort of a tank.

 

[cRispy_CyberBun]

If the person, who DM'd WD, took picture of Cybertruck right after the accident on a highway, then why the photo shows supposedly that CT parked in some neighborhood? Where is the actual one then?

Also in this case the rear giga casing doesn't seem to be damaged, right? It just lacks the tow hitch assembly, which could be removed later after the accident for whatever reason. So this CT does not have anything in common with sheered casting topic

Edit: or, upon closer look, the tow hitch assembly bent inward

Edit2: there it is, the tow hitch is right fu*ing there, WD is a fraud god damn it

 

[ModelXer]

I am a little worried that maybe my hitch could rip off my truck now…

Take this report with a grain of salt. There's at least one report that shows the fallacies in WhistlinDiesel tests. I guess anyone with Diesel in their username can't be trusted to be fair and impartial to EVs.

 

[GuyV]

Funny in all my reading about the truck on here I didn’t know about the eight active damper valves. All I know is it’s the smoothest car I’ve ever driven (let alone pickup truck) even though it looks like it should drive with the comfort of a tank.

My first impression after driving off the lot was that the ride felt almost unnatural, like it was gyro-stabilized. This kind of control should become a benchmark.

 

[Liver]

I know this is page 10.

They create content for entertainment, not education. Keep that in mind.

 

[Jack27]

I own a Chevy HD2500 diesel and I love it. I also just got my CT and I love it. Test like this are so stupid and partially made up, edited for views , maybe some fckery involved as well just to cos a ruckus! Unfortunately with the new world of YouTube someone will come along and sht on anything you like. He can kick rocks with the rest of the haterz

 

[REM]

Yep, it's just entertainment. But most of his viewers are too biased and ignorant of the Cybertruck to understand that.

Entertainment? I like the term "professional lying" much better.

 

[HaulingAss]

I own a Chevy HD2500 diesel and I love it. I also just got my CT and I love it. Test like this are so stupid and partially made up, edited for views , maybe some fckery involved as well just to cos a ruckus! Unfortunately with the new world of YouTube someone will come along and sht on anything you like. He can kick rocks with the rest of the haterz

I can tell that Cody really loves the Cybertruck, it's just that it would be bad for his channel to let that cat out of the bag. His YouTube identity is what brings home the bacon, and a lot of it! He can't jeoporize that for the love of a truck, he has to stay true to who people think he is.

 

[Jack27]

I can tell that Cody really loves the Cybertruck, it's just that it would be bad for his channel to let that cat out of the bag. His YouTube identity is what brings home the bacon, and a lot of it! He can't jeoporize that for the love of a truck, he has to stay true to who people think he is.

Yeah you are probably right. Although I know the guy from that Diesel show has a CT and loves it and even does comparison videos with diesels and his entire life selling big diesels .

 

[HaulingAss]

Yeah you are probably right. Although I know the guy from that Diesel show has a CT and loves it and even does comparison videos with diesels and his entire life selling big diesels .

I don't know what to think of him. The first thing he did was put 37" Nittos with a mud-type tread on there and then proceeded to do a bunch of efficiency testing on the highway. He says he "normally" uses 570 Wh/mile, LOL! Maybe he thinks those wheels and tires look badass, but he really nerfed the functionality of his truck.

 

[greggertruck]

 

[GnarlyDudeLive]

Also I wish the CT had stalks and a couple knobs for volume and A/C.

No knob per say but you can use the left scroll wheel on the steering wheel to control both those items. The left scroll wheel also can be pressed to the right to advance to a new song as well.

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