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      Where you work fucken Yucaipa? Cause for some gods forsaken reason there are several here, I assume it’s exclusively old dipshit yuppies.

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    Is this an old post? Because over 46 thousand have been sold as of March.

    Still, that’s not helluva lot considering the global or even countrywide population. Had to look it up because if they really did only ever sell 3000 of them, then a significant portion of those buyers live around me.

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    I’m in a very liberal city and I have seen a few of these with business logos plastered all over them. It’s like they are advertising that you shouldn’t use their business.

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      Yup. There’s an urgent care near me that has a wrapped swastikar out front. I think I would rather die than go there.

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          No ban, street safety rules. Quite likely that canada is a bit more lenient there, having more space and all.

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          It’s not like the EU actively needed to do anything to not allow them. They are just so shit, they were basically spawn kills for the EU.

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    I feel like I have seen way too many on the road for only 3000 to have been sold.

    Maybe I have a lot of dipshits living near me?

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        Can you imagine. Putting together an entire assembly line. Logistics. Parts outsourcing. From the die stamp machine with tolerances of 0.0001" to make those shitty stainless steel bodies to how many rolls of toilet paper there should be in each stall, or the type of soap in the luch room. All those intricate details. To only sell 39,000 of those shitboxes.

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          Tesla probably skipped half that, the die stamp machine is from a dumpster in Detroit, and employees are expected to shit at a Starbucks during their break.

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        I’ve seen one in the non capitol or metro area in Canada I live in, though there is money here since it’s nice. So yeah I figured there must be more out there than the post said. First one I’ve seen in person, it look liked it belonged in a B movie, I couldn’t help but laugh. I do think it’s a good thing for people try and pollute less of course, just not want to give more money to the Nazi born having already won the game of life.

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      I am pretty sure the 3,000 figure was the initial founders edition and that the figure should be revised now. some asshole in my town had one of the original ones though I’m pretty sure

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      Same. I see one everyday minimum. I saw two in one parking lot once. I have probably seen up to 5 in a day before.

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      Red car syndrome? Or maybe you live in a better off area? I don’t think you’re gonna see too many of these dumpsters in rural areas, so wealthier suburban/urban areas is where they’ll be. Even in my small town about 90 miles from a metro area there are at least two I see regularly. They really stand out.

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    We have a few I’ve seen around. one in particular was seemingly bought, vinyl wrapped, and parked in a busy lot to advertise some restaurant that’s not even nearby 🤦‍♂️ It probably wouldn’t even start now. It hasn’t moved in several months and there’s no chargers near it in that lot lol

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      I’m both glad and disappointed I haven’t seen one in Europe. I feel like I’m missing out on a circus tour.

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      especially when they WRAP the travesty. the cybertrucks height gives just enough cover where its difficult to see the embarrasment of a driver, unless you were very close.

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      They look awful. Slightly less awful when wrapped, but I heard that Tesla fucked up the bonding surface for wraps or something so they’re basically unremovable, but will deteriorate with age.

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      Especially from the front or back. It’s hard to even comprehend that it’s a car. I was very shocked the first time I saw one.

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    Once or twice every decade a clown car gets released and a handful of dipshits buy them and become the red-headed stepchildren of our roadways. The butt of jokes. Cautionary tales.

    Ford Pinto

    Pontiac Aztek

    Chrysler PT Cruiser

    Tesla Cybercuck

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      Dont you dare diss the Pinto and Aztek. The flaws of the Pinto was present within a lot of the eras cars it just happens that the Pinto got the reputation of being the squicky wheel. The Aztek while fugly and a bit fucky repair wise is a somewhat respectable vehicle. The PT cruiser is certainly a car that exists.

      The cybercuck on the other hand has the build quality of a Yugo with none of the redeeming qualities like being cheap or theoretically easy to work on, also it isn’t a meme car by virtue of being too stubborn to die. The cybercuck just wants to die.

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      I would 100% drive a convertible PT Cruiser and I’d do it with pride 😄 I mean it absolutely is a silly car but like in a self aware way if that makes sense

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      Don’t sleep on the Delorean! Those things were the laughing stock of America before Back to the Future made them cool again. Funny enough, they had many of the same problems Musk’s stainless steel, uh, thing, has.

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      The Pinto is a bit different as they were useful, reasonably priced, and fairly popular. If hadn’t ended up with that combination of bumper and gas tank placement, the model name would probably still be going strong.

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        The Pinto also suffered some hellacious PR at the time. I was a child and still remember that hate.

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        I always thought that and a friend who’s a truck guy was like “no, they’re actually pretty great.”

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          I have seen 2 of those in the wild they were in mint shape. They were also in scrap yard. Turn out the 8.1l had a fuel economy of, how ever long is the fuel hose at the gas station? Those poor shleps that got suckered into those trucks.

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      Id say the Le Car and Yugo can be added to the list. My first car was a hand me down gremlin.

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    My fiance saw her first one in the wild today. I wasn’t able to photo my first one, as we were both driving and I’m different directions.

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    I’ll never understand why the design of this thing so unlike all of the other vehicles in the Tesla lineup. It’s soooo fugly.

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      All of his companies have people whose job it is to distract Elon musk when he tries to get involved. Tesla’s must have been on vacation or something.

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      The other cars are mild steel shells on alloy subframes. They mild steel is easy to press into shape

      Cybertruck is stainless steel, it is much harder than mild steel and doesn’t bend easily, so they made it out of flat panels

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        Yet DeLorean Motor Company figured out how to do it 40 years ago, and designed a much cooler looking vehicle with it…

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    There is one in our area, but I only ever saw it parked and empty until recently. When I finally ran across it on pulling out of a parking lot, I got a look and the driver and he looks like a bootleg RFK Jr.

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      oh yea old people desperate for attention buy it, on reddit on the very same sub, people bought it for the attention it brings, and its usually an older guy, gen x types.

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    There’s an appalling number of local dipshits in Austin. I see a couple wankpanzers a day.