Tesla is recalling its futuristic new Cybertruck pickup for the fourth time in the U.S. to fix problems with trim pieces that can come loose, and failing front windshield wipers.
Proud to say I haven't seen one yet but I also live in an environment where an uncoated stainless steel vehicle would literally not make it through a single winter.
Had a friend take their car to a mechanic out west and the guy told me friend he hates to say it but he's pretty sure somebody sold him a vehicle that had been in a flood based on the condition of the underside of it.
My friend bought the car new and just drove it in northeast winters (and the salt associated with them) for 5 years.
It's great how in roughly half the U.S. between November and April, using an extremely expensive yet fundamentally required car on a public road is a guaranteed death sentence for its structure and body. Rustproofing (only if new or new enough that rust hasn't taken hold yet), enormous cost of purchase, constant car washes to slow the unavoidable corrosion, the enormous risk of death and injury from being forced to drive in those conditions, all privatized individual costs coming out of the working class pockets and ass, all for muh ecomoneh.
I'm laying my bets down: It'll be cathartic watching Musk's bazinga trash go through this process, because it will be messy, and also seeing how the CT owners handle their 7,000 pound dumpsters on anything more challenging than rain-soaked roads.
I have been seeing more lately in my area, and it is an immediate "get the fuck away from that thing" moment for me.
Proud to say I haven't seen one yet but I also live in an environment where an uncoated stainless steel vehicle would literally not make it through a single winter.
Had a friend take their car to a mechanic out west and the guy told me friend he hates to say it but he's pretty sure somebody sold him a vehicle that had been in a flood based on the condition of the underside of it.
My friend bought the car new and just drove it in northeast winters (and the salt associated with them) for 5 years.
It's great how in roughly half the U.S. between November and April, using an extremely expensive yet fundamentally required car on a public road is a guaranteed death sentence for its structure and body. Rustproofing (only if new or new enough that rust hasn't taken hold yet), enormous cost of purchase, constant car washes to slow the unavoidable corrosion, the enormous risk of death and injury from being forced to drive in those conditions, all privatized individual costs coming out of the working class pockets and ass, all for muh ecomoneh.
I'm laying my bets down: It'll be cathartic watching Musk's bazinga trash go through this process, because it will be messy, and also seeing how the CT owners handle their 7,000 pound dumpsters on anything more challenging than rain-soaked roads.
Yea this winter is going to be a shitshow for anybody unfortunately enough to be within crashing range.
There's already giant trucks in the ditch after any light snowstorm, and those people have been driving (and crashing) trucks their whole life.
Don't see people doing well in an enormous truck without direct feedback from steering.
Yeah that sounds like the typical car in the greater Buffalo-Rochester area
Saw.my first one a couple days ago. It looked insane and i was glad to see it was turning away from me.