The current Hilux is closer in size to a 2nd gen Tacoma but the big selling point are the diesel options for them.
That looks like a Tacoma and a Ridgeline had a baby.
The new 4th Gen Tacoma is about the same size as a 2nd Gen Tundra.
The current Hilux is closer in size to a 2nd gen Tacoma but the big selling point are the diesel options for them.
That looks like a Tacoma and a Ridgeline had a baby.
Curious what the truck guys here think of Cybertruck.
Well, we shall be looking for another place this summer. This is the second straight winter where there has been an issue with snow removal.
When a place that is known for having a lot of snow cannot deal with a lot of snow . . . we've got a problem.
These winters will be what drives me out of Buffalo entirely. My back is screwed up. I can't shovel. I can't take this anymore.
Well, we shall be looking for another place this summer. This is the second straight winter where there has been an issue with snow removal.
When a place that is known for having a lot of snow cannot deal with a lot of snow . . . we've got a problem.
These winters will be what drives me out of Buffalo entirely. My back is screwed up. I can't shovel. I can't take this anymore.
That’s so cool. I have recently been filling the gaps in my Discworld collection. I think I still need four or five. I know the first one I’m missing in the series is Thief of Time, then random ones after that. The prize in the collection is my signed hardcover of Nightwatch I’ve just started re-reading all the Watch books. I finished Feet of Clay a couple of days ago.For those of you that enjoy reading Fantasy books, Humble Bundle is doing a charity drive featuring Terry Pratchett's entire 38 book Discworld series.
Get all 38 books for (minimum donation) of $18. Or get smaller bundles for smaller donations.
Discover Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld
Some caveats.... it's U.S. only. And these are designed for the Kobo reader (online or downloadable apps). So you can't use a Kindle app to read these, as far as I know.
But $18 for the entire Discworld series? With at least part of it going to charity?
Yeah. I jumped on that.
Info on the Charity
Curious what the truck guys here think of Cybertruck.
Jealous a bit. If I could do it all over again, Norcal would have been a great place to lay down some roots.Sorry to hear it dude, but don’t blame ya one bit. Where you thinking of moving to?
New job is working out alright. I walk around and talk to interesting people. Kinda in crunch time in this trial period, but I know I’ll make it and then.. the future is bright.
I stay in the US, watch my lil niece grow up, actually earn good money for my abilities. Idk man- don’t know how to correlate the shit of a Buffalo winter storm with my own feelings of finally finding job satisfaction, but I am so pumped to finally find something I love doing.
PS- it’s supposed to pour buckets this weekend here in NorCal, so I’m walking through that shit, knocking doors. 40 degree rain, let’s go, I will mangle pg&e’s bitch-ass rain or shine. Is where we’re at, mentally.
I am not a truck guy.
But, if I were to get one, I would probably get a Toyota Tacoma and the Cybertruck would not even be a consideration for me.
Tesla’s Cybertruck is having trouble living up to the hype
Did the Cybertruck really beat a Porsche 911?www.theverge.com
Looks dumb AF and it's made by a guy who is dumb AF. Hardest of passes.
Ugly as shit. It also doesn’t have built in crumple zones like every single vehicle does. Did you see that story where one got in an accident on a back road in California? A guy driving a car hit an embankment and crossed the road into the path of a Cybertruck. His car got totalled, the truck had barely a scratch, but the Cybertruck driver was the only one who was injured. Because he took the force of the crash instead of the Cybertruck.
Teslas are mostly just status symbols for people. Might as well get the Ford Maverick or Hyundai Santa Cruz, or a Rivian and save money upfront if you dont want a real truck.
What’s funny is I was invited to configure one. I have two issues:
1. Price. At reveal the showed at 50k msrp for a awd truck with 400 mi of range. My invite price is 96k for a 300mi range.
2. The manual is out and since it’s stainless steel they suggest you have to wash it constantly to keep it from looking like shit. Essentially add 5k for a full wrap out the door
There are in depth videos on the features and it does look cool. Teslas software are typically the best in the industry. And a home battery backup option is tempting. But with new electric truck Options with the Tesla charger coming next year….it doesn’t make sense to pay a super premium here. Especially with a polarizing design that will hurt any resale value. But basically give it to me at the announced specs/close to announced pricing, It’d be a consideration. But as is, it’s a gigantic price gouge for people who need the latest thing immediately
Just get a Ford Ranger
My flight from Orlando to PHL got canceled. Trying to figure out what to do for 8 hours in the MCO airport
Advice to the legion of irrational Musk haters - avoid objectively nonsensical statements.
We actually own a Tacoma. Good, reliable truck. My only complaint is the 4-cyl is quite gutless. Can't really go wrong with Toyota if sticking with ICE vehicles.
CT is definitely not for everyone. It's a radical departure from the look and design expected in a pickup truck.
Advice to the legion of irrational Musk haters - avoid objectively nonsensical statements.
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My first thought was "hideous monstrosity". I've grown to appreciate it over time. Chacun a son gout.
There appear to be safety concerns about the rigidity of the CT body. NHTSA has not tested it, and might never do so, preferring to focus its testing on high-volume models. Otoh, the Tesla fleet - S, X, 3, Y - has received 5-star ratings from NHTSA in all categories tested, so Tesla's existing safety record is exemplary.
The hysterical, anti-Tesla media covered that collision with expected enthusiasm. Apparently the CT driver sustained a minor injury that didn't require medical attention. The CT being the focus of the story, rather than the nut-job driver of the other vehicle who hit the ditch, returned to the road, crossed into the oncoming lane, and was the sole cause of the collision with the CT, speaks volumes about the contemporary state of journalism.
Patently false. The Model Y was the best-selling vehicle in Europe in 2023. The Model Y and 3 ranked 5th and 12th respectively in America, the Y finishing only behind the Rav4 and the Big 3's flagship pickup models.
The average new car vehicle price is close to $50K. The bread-and-butter Model Y Long-Range starts at $38K.
The CT AWD model is $74K. I'm not buying one, but that's in the ballpark with similarly equipped competitors' offerings.
Elon has said "the future should look like the future". The CT's design was apparently inspired by Blade Runner, Halo, and a Lotus Esprit from one of the Bond movies. Ya, he's a nerd.
Thanks, Doak. Just to clarify, had you already made a deposit on one? Not sure what you mean by "was invited to configure".
So Elon over-promised and under-delivered? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you! To maintain appearance, just stock up on Bar Keeper's Friend!
I'll be very interested to see the general reaction to CT, once they start to be spotted occasionally on the street. I suspect there is a large cohort who have no idea it even exists. Sales figures after all the most committed fanboys have purchased will be informative. Anything between total flop and roaring success is possible.
Don't need or want a truck. I own a Model Y and am a Tesla shareholder. Was just interested in what my HF Sabres bros had to say about CT now that it's actually being delivered.
It looks like it was designed by someone who watched too much 1970's SciFi. It just needs the bolt on faux missile pods:
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I suspect a lot of people have gone through an evolution of ... wtf is that? | okay, it's growing on me | take my money. I'm at Stage 2, but have no need for one.I generally like the look of Tesla’s, except for the Cybertruck. To me it looks as dumb as the Jeep truck. And you know that if Elon didn’t have a bunch of fanboys, not one person would say it’s a good thing.
How did I let Chain slip through the cracks?
Yup, designed by sci-fi, gaming nerds, for sci-fi gaming nerds. Whether or not that's a large enough market to sustain production is open to question.
I doubt Tesla produces even 50K CTs in 2024. 2023 sales for the competition - F150 751, Silverado 543, Ram 445. They only need a fraction of that market to succeed.
World would be better off without Twitter, so he has it heading in the right direction.Dude bought an advertising company without understanding it was an advertising company for multiple times what it was worth and proceeded to tank it because his ego got him in legal trouble.
Tesla have no value to me because I don't drive enough to extract the value of it. I'm about to hit 4500 miles in my Taco and I've owned it for almost 19 months, and I wouldn't trust a CT to go the places the Taco can take me to and from.I suspect a lot of people have gone through an evolution of ... wtf is that? | okay, it's growing on me | take my money. I'm at Stage 2, but have no need for one.
Any buzz among your construction/contractor acquaintances about it? CT really needs to break into the "real-use" market to be successful.
And fanboys, ya, he's got plenty. Probably more than enough to exhaust production, at least initially.
I just meant that I had missed your post when composing my multi-quote tome. Wasn't singling yours out for "special attention".I can't help but see "Damnation Alley" when I look at it. I was on the Tesla mailing list prior to them even releasing the Roadster back in '08. I don't like the size of US manufactured trucks, the loopholes that allow SUVs and crossovers to be ruled light trucks for both CAFE and safety standards and that college students can use off the shelf parts to get 80 MPG out of things like BMW SUVs. And yes, I don't like how the CT looks. I have plenty of cantankerousness for a lot of things but if you think I'm just somehow anti-Musk and slamming on Tesla, no. I think he's a moron for other reasons and don't have much issue with the auto company he partially owns. The people I know who work in logging, forestry, and related wildland management think the initial design needs work, but that's not from anything other than having a beverage and things coming up in conversation over the last couple years.
World would be better off without Twitter, so he has it heading in the right direction.
Twitter doesn't have the same power of weaponized autism that 4chan has though.Eh, there was an era when there were some interesting communities of individuals sharing actual data on that platform. A bunch of industry and policy specific things are still putting content up - a lot of it is pretty funny. It still has uses for the rapid-fire nature of sports reporting. But the lack of filter and general abandonment of their TOS has made it a lot more like 4chan and no one needed that.
I suspect a lot of people have gone through an evolution of ... wtf is that? | okay, it's growing on me | take my money. I'm at Stage 2, but have no need for one.
Any buzz among your construction/contractor acquaintances about it? CT really needs to break into the "real-use" market to be successful.
And fanboys, ya, he's got plenty. Probably more than enough to exhaust production, at least initially.