Is the Cybertruck even a truck? I don’t see the “truck” part.
I know very little about cars, and even less about trucks. When I think of a truck, I think of a bed in the back where you can haul stuff from Home Depot.
Where is the “truck” part?
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RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I love this. Just like what happened with the gold skins in MechWarrior Online.
The “truck” has a terrible design, and often is incapable of completing basic tasks a truck is expected to do without great difficulty or some weird quirk.
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
Starbuck@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Trucks with covers are a thing, it’s called a tonneau. What’s not normal is for them to be permanent.
_stranger_@lemmy.world 3 months ago
That’s not entirely true. The high end of aftermarket covers are electric, require the semi permanent installation of rails, wires, and the box, and are fairly cumbersome to remove. They’re not permanent in that they can be removed, but practically no one does this. Rivian’s truck has one built in as well. Most legacy manufacturers leave this to dealers to do as it’s an easy high profit accessory for them to upsell.
Starbuck@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yeah, that’s I mean though, it’s optional and not a fundamental design of the truck.
CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Someone on my discord posted the warranty terms and apparently it doesn’t cover unusual damage or useage such as exposrure to rain, sunlight or being used off a paved road. So no its not a truck, in fact it doesn’t even stand up as a car.
BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
It has a bed with a cover on, raccoons think it’s a dumpster and try and open it.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 3 months ago
I know very little about cars, and even less about trucks. When I think of a truck, I think of a bed in the back where you can haul stuff from Home Depot. Where is the “truck” part?
Generally if you get a truck and do truck things with it, there’s 2 specific things a truck will have that no other class has:
- A protected bed that you can put bulky and dirty/stinky items into for transport
- The ability to pull a large trailer
But hilariously your average crossover is fully capable of hauling an inexpensive trailer and a couple thousand pounds of whatever if not more than that, which covers 99.9% of the lifestyle arguments most pavement princes truck owners make for why they need a truck
Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
Yeah, for sure trucks do not own pulling trailers, and they are fairly bad for cargo also. Truck fans will hate it, but a minivan can take care of both of those probably just as well, if not potentially better. The one use case is oversized cargo, which is almost never hauled by anyone. In the off chance you need that you can rent a truck or uhaul.
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
I’m in the market for a truck and actually drew this same conclusion. Trucks are terrible in fuel efficiency and would likely not be my daily driver.
The main reason I want to buy (vs renting a truck or uhaul) is primarily availability. When I’m doing a weekend project, on more than one occasion I could not rent a truck because everyone else had the same idea.
Over the past year, I’ve rented the Home Depot truck four times, totaling about $400 which includes fuel and late fees. The main difference between renting a Home Depot truck vs a uhaul is that you don’t pay mileage. Renting the Uhaul once is about $200 with mileage and gas.
Uhuals can be reserved, but at that price point it’s not worth it.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 months ago
When I think of a truck, I think of a bed in the back where you can haul stuff from Home Depot.
You mean…like the Cybertruck has? Did you really think it didn’t have a bed?
Clasm@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I’m going to start calling them Tesla hatchbacks.
Rhaedas@fedia.io 3 months ago
My first live sighting of one of them I realized how god-awful ugly they really are. Even in some bronze/pewter terrible color. Or maybe it got left in the rain and that's just corrosion.
Voyajer@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I forgot about that! Good times. They got team killed/crippled pretty often too.
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yes, it was funny when the entire game would stop just to focus on killing the gold skin user. Didn’t matter what team they were on, they became the collective target of everyone in the match. Good times.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 months ago
and often is incapable of completing basic tasks a truck is expected to do without great difficulty or some weird quirk.
…such as?
Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 3 months ago
Youtuber be like: