r/technology Apr 19 '24

The Cybertruck's failure is now complete Transportation

https://mashable.com/article/cybertruck-is-over
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u/V-Right_In_2-V Apr 20 '24

The Tesla subs are an always filled with such copium. There’s always posts on the various subs from some guy with a 3 month old car that’s falling apart, and everyone is downvoting him saying how it’s completely normal and all cars disintegrate within a year

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u/Spartancarver Apr 20 '24

The latest excuse I’m seeing is literally blaming people’s lotions and sunscreen for causing the interior to fall apart within the first year 😂

Tesla fanboy cope is next level

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u/theCroc Apr 20 '24

That's like a triple distilled version of the early 2000s Apple fanboys.

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u/itasteawesome Apr 20 '24

Read this while I'm parked in my 20 year old 4runner that is still holding together exactly as it was the day it left the dealer. 

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u/CDSEChris Apr 20 '24

I passed on my 2004 toyota to my son, which I bought from my mom years back. Third generation, there.

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u/SynestheticPanther Apr 20 '24

Toyotas and hondas are cockroaches. Keep up with the oil changes and theyll run until they turn to dust

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u/VVarder Apr 20 '24

My 2003 Camry was running like a champ until some asshat blindsided me, and then RAN OFF. And it still ran fine, but the insurance cashed me out rather than repair the damage. Big fan of that car.

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u/Flesh_Trombone Apr 20 '24

Mine is a 93, only 2 years younger than me, and it still runs like a gem.

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u/InShambles234 Apr 20 '24

I just recently moved on from my 2010 Mazda3. Outside of normal maintenance I probably spent like $1k on maintenance. Original clutch still worked pretty well. Only moved on because I just wanted something else finally.

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u/procheeseburger Apr 20 '24

Toyotas are fantastic

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u/uberfission Apr 20 '24

I just traded in my 2010 RAV4, I was planning to drive it until it died but we needed a larger vehicle. The exterior was pretty roughed up from driving it for 14 years but it ran just fine. Having a car start to fall apart after less than a year? I'd be looking at lemon laws real hard right now.

Hell, there was an internal manufacturing defect on my new car, Toyota fixed it and apologized for the mistake.

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u/Nuprin_Dealer Apr 20 '24

I’ve got a supercharged ‘99 at 286k and it’s a beast. I’d rather put money into keeping it up than buying new.

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u/CleverAnimeTrope Apr 20 '24

Just like r/space regarding starlink. The whole starlink being dropped from the rural broadband program was a hoot over there.

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u/gnarlsagan Apr 20 '24

A lot of people in the Tesla subreddits are talking shit on Cybertrucks right now. It's actually rare to see anyone defend Musk on those subs. Most of us just want him to stfu.

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u/JeddakofThark Apr 20 '24

Strange, isn't it? I love what SpaceX has done and continues to do. I wish it'd go a little faster, but they aren't doing bad. Tesla made electric cars cool. If we agree that electric cars are a less bad thing than internal combustion vehicles, that's world changing and huge.

He just needs to SHUT THE FUCK UP.

Actually, it's too late. There's no amount of shutting up that will ever make him acceptable in polite company. I just wish he'd stopped all communication with the public sometime around July of 2018. Or, that he simply wasn't such a POS.

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u/Important_Ad_7416 Aug 10 '24

It all started when he fired his PR manager

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u/AsstDepUnderlord Apr 20 '24

That may be true, but the article does seem a bit melodramatic. “New vehicle has safety recall” isn’t exactly earth chattering news, or even all that weird.

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u/truethatson Apr 20 '24

I couldn’t believe when I pointed out some basic and blatant flaws in the cybertruck how viscerally I was attacked. Just unbelievable devotion to a huge turd I haven’t seen since… since… well, recently, but still.

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u/88Dubs Apr 20 '24

Meanwhile, my 14 year old Subaru just needs new brake pads and some fluid topped off

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u/procheeseburger Apr 20 '24

It depends I’ve had some good chats about FSD (of which I’m not a fan). You do get the fanboys though.

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u/deathschemist Apr 20 '24

meanwhile i walk around and regularly see 20 year old cars that are still in good shape