Tesla will sue you for $50,000 if you try to resell your Cybertruck in the first year::Tesla may agree to buy the truck back at the original price minus “$0.25/mile driven” and any damages and repairs.
Tesla will sue you for $50,000 if you try to resell your Cybertruck in the first year::Tesla may agree to buy the truck back at the original price minus “$0.25/mile driven” and any damages and repairs.
I’ll bite. I don’t like the cybertruck, but I’d really, really love a car that doesn’t ding if you look at it the wrong way. The lack of paint is also one less thing to mess up.
I live in the mountains, and need to go over jeep trails to access part of my property. We are unbelievably hard on cars. I don’t care what it looks like, I just want to be able to beat the crap out of it.
I know this doesn’t apply to 99.999% of people, but just throwing out there that I have a different perspective in this area. Function over form is absolutely key for me.
Well you better hope you never ding the Cybertruck unless you want to replace an entire stainless steel panel and hope it aligns properly.
Also it’s stainless steel, not scratchless steel. Anyone who’s scrubbed a stainless steel pan knows they scratch up quickly.
I could personally care less about metal scratches, but white primer (or whatever color) under colored paint does bother me. Plus, when the paint peels off it invites rust.
I really just want an indestructible box on wheels (yes, I know the cybertruck isn’t it). Old unimogs sell well with people in the area - I’m just idealistic hoping for a bomber electric jeep one day.
sounds like you’d be best off getting an electric conversion if you really want something like that, I don’t think any manufacturer will be producing something like that anytime soon
I agree. I was wait listed for a Rivian, but was reading about quality issues, long maintenance waits, and very thin bodywork. That combined with the price made it a little unpalatable. We need a replacement soon, so I unfortunately think it will be gas.
Perfect panel alignment is more than one can expect from a Tesla direct from the factory
And the “bare stainless steel body panels” isn’t a new thing on a production car.
Unsurprisingly they had a ton of issues with it back then too.
Like I said - I don’t like the cybertruck itself, but I like some of the aspects (thicker doors, no paint). I do apply aspects of this to cars that I own through expensive skid plates, rock sliders, etc. They are cheaper to replace than the bodywork, but I’d still like those to be a little beefier. Paint has been a sore spot for me with “desert pin-striping”.
I don’t know if you’ve ever owned anything with brushed stainless panels, but ding-proof they are not, and they’re generally WAY more noticeable. They also still need to be clear coated, otherwise every panel will become discolored over time.
Yeah I don’t care about that. My issue with my current truck is many of the places (50?) where I’ve scratched the paint off, and cleaned/re-painted it as soon as I could, have started to rust - which is probably going to result in the car being sold for scrap metal even though it’s still perfectly drivable. Eventually that rust is going to become more than just a cosmetic problem and the car definitely isn’t worth the time required to fix it properly (cut out the rust and put new sheet metal in it’s place).
I won’t be buying a cybertruck… but I definitely would prefer stainless steel over mild steel body panels. I’d like aluminium even better (stainless steel does still rust, just not as easily).
As long as they are a bit thicker than what typically is on a car, I’d be happy. Paint is also a huge PITA for me - I’d rather just have raw stainless rather than colored streaks on paint. That’s just my preference, though.
Is an electric vehicle really the best choice for you if you live in the mountains? I’m pro-electric vehicle but the thing about them is they really shine in denser areas where everything is close by. Unless your remote mountain region also has an adequate amount of superchargers but I feel like I probably wouldn’t.
Absolutely. You can easily create electricity on a remote mountain. Creating gasoline… that’s not really possible. You have to pay a fortune for someone to deliver it (or worse, go get it yourself). You can’t get gasoline delivered in bulk either - common ethanol blended gasoline can spoil in just two months and wherever you’re buying it from might have already stored it for a month or more.
Gas prices in back country areas are often double or quadruple what people pay in the city and living there also means driving a lot more per week. Electricity on the other hand is practically free if you produce it yourself (small scale hydro for example can cost a couple thousand dollars for reliable continuous power and if you’re in the mountains then you probably have that option).
Yes - I’m within ~100 miles of a city, and have my own large solar installation with batteries. Oddly enough, lots of electric chargers have popped up in ours and nearby towns (for people driving through).
I did a trip through the US and Canadian rockies last summer, and was pleasantly surprised with how many rural communities are getting some type of fast charger (lots of people driving through on vacation, I guess).
It’s also worth mentioning that most of my trips are <50 miles. The one that’s a really PITA I do frequently is only 20-30 miles, but takes 2+ hours (big rocks on an unmaintained road). I have been chomping at the bit for a real electric off-road vehicle. I’m honestly tired of car maintenance (I do all my oil changes since there’s not a good place nearby), and we’d like to use our solar installation a little more.
Then don’t buy a Tesla, those pieces of shit fall apart if a bird shits on it.