who else thought of this.https://www.facebook.com/TheSimpsons/videos/10155159007843697/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6vWith the video promising the ultimate "Off-Road" comparison sporting an opening splash screen showing the Cybertruck in the lowest on-road suspension mode, I've already seen enough to know they are not trying to portray the Cybertruck's off-road capabilities in a fair light.
I've been off-roading a lot lately and the truck is mind-blowingly good at getting off the beaten path in places where a vehicle with high ground clearance is needed. The ease of driving and the comfort and calm composure in the cabin is unmatched!
I have well over 1000 miles in my Cybertruck off-road now, that's about 100 hours of actual driving time, more driving time than I have spent on paved roads, and the vehicle is holding up great, the suspension still feels new, even the body and plastic bits are taking quite a beating from saplings and branches dragging through the mud against the metal and plastic. Sure, the plastic gets light scratches but they are super shallow and superficial. They will buff right out if one was concerned about it. And the metal is many times more resistant to deep, damaging scratches than the F-150 I had before. Just fine scratches that I can't feel with my fingernail. And I've already proven that I can easily bring it back to better than new looking.
The net result is I no longer cringe at all the threats faced off-roading like I did with my F-150. I just drive and have fun. And the sideview mirror design is far superior to my F-150's mirrors for beating through heavy brush for two reasons:
1) The gaps between the pivoting parts have a much closer fit, making it more difficult for anything much thicker than a leaf to get caught between the two halves (the F-150 gets green twigs jammed in there that are almost impossible to remove).
2) The swept back triangular shapes parts the brush with much less force than the broad backsides of the mirrors on my F-150.
Also, the sharply sloping A-pillars parts the brush in an upward direction, even while carrying more speed than is advisable. In my F-150 the A-pillars are painted, and almost vertical in comparison, larger branches would often need to be cleared by hand (or cut off altogether) because they would wedge against that A-pillar with so much force. Only by careful driving was I able to avoid denting the A-pillars (but they have lots of fine scratches from smaller branches). The Cybertruck is the shape of things to come if you want to drive in heavy brush. It's made for parting branches without taking damage, unlike a Raptor. And I've lowered it multiple times to go under hanging storm falls and branches.
Here are a few recent photos (keep in mind, in the thickest brush I can't even get out to take a photo because the doors won't open).
The Cybertruck parts the brush like the hand of God reaching down from the sky so you don't have to get out and clear it manually! And once you get through the brush, you can be pretty confident no one is going to disturb you, especially not someone worried about the paint job on their $140,000 Raptor R! It cleans up easily after all the adventure too. The Cybertruck is like that wild girlfriend you had in college that cleaned up real nicely, just in time to meet your folks!
And a beautiful end to a fun-filled day:
Off-roading is just so much more pleasurable when you don't have to worry about your fragile paint or plastic wrap. Oh, and old Billy Idol albums sound amazing when off-roading. Don't neglect some of the best recordings just because they are "outdated". I keep downloading Hi-Fi tracks from Tidal to the Cybertruck and haven't found it's limit yet. This allows better sound quality than streaming (which isn't even possible out here in the montains due to no cellular coverage).
