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I’ll just leave this here…
I'm not sure which part is more amusing, that it only went 100 miles or that he had to slow down to 55 to make it even go that far. But... but... the spec sheet says the R1 has an 11,000lb towing capacity!! I can't wait to see Elon's hideous beast increase that to at least 110. Idiots. |
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telsas are on fire, literally!!
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You want to talk about a WORTHLESS truck, the Cybertruck weighs damn near as much as a diesel dually, and actually will weigh more with an additional 600lb "extended battery" (7,443 vs 7,190lbs). You have a bed the size of an F-150. You'll lose about 1/3 of that with the extended battery and you can't tow a trailer farther than your neighbors driveway. You sure as hell won't be able to do it at anything resembling normal highway speeds, and if you want to actually go farther, you'll have to unhook your trailer every time you stop to fit it in a charger. Heil Elon! |
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Rivian’s owners manual should indicate towing should really be limited to <15 minute trips to Bed Bath & Beyond with a small utility trailer. |
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The number of people buying them to drive back-and-forth to Starbucks and Target doesn’t change that. Funny, how specs mean everything to you… Until they don’t. And then it becomes about the number of people who buy them. Which is it? The cybertruck is bigger than most diesel dually trucks, has less cargo room than an F150, and likely won’t be able to tow more than 150 miles (150 is a generous estimate). If it somehow can eek out 150, it sure as hell won’t be able to do it at normal highway speed like any other truck can do. We’ve already seen that it has the off-road prowess of a Toyota Camry. You can’t fit anything of size in it, you can’t tow beyond your neighbor’s driveway with it, it can’t go off-road. It absolutely sucks at any stat even remotely relevant to a truck. So, do “specs” matter or not? |
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I don't think that there are statistics on that but I don't think that it's many. I owned 6 different pickup trucks (Sierra 2500 Turbo Diesel, Ram 1500, Silverado 1500, F250 V10, S10 Pickup, F150 FX2 Supercrew) and the only time I actually hauled a heavier trailer was when I drag raced my Race Vette. Other than hauling my Race Vette, most of my truck use was to haul stuff from and to my flip homes and rentals to remodel them. So, for those who frequently haul heavy loads cross country, the Cybertruck is not for them. For everyone else, it should work just perfectlly and considering the price of gasoline pickup trucks, it would not take too long time to make up the price difference with gas or diesel savings. 2500 lbs work load is one of the best in class. Also, the Cybertruck is smaller than a F150 Supercrew yet has a longer bed 6 feet vs. 5.5 feet on the F150. |
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So …the argument is that for everyone who doesn’t intend to ever actually use their truck as a truck, it will work just fine. Yes, thanks for confirming that as a TRUCK it is indeed worthless.
Funny that not long ago you were spouting off about towing capacity and range. “Even while towing.” And bashing the Hummer for being “a joke of a truck”. Keep moving those goalposts. I guarantee that a higher percentage of 1/2 ton truck owners use their trucks as trucks than people who drag race (but not race because they’re not allowed) their SUV, but that certainly doesn’t stop you from using 1/4 mile times to claim that your Plaid is the greatest thing ever made. Like I said. With everything you keep spouting about how great they are, stats matter… until they don’t. Also, why do you keep comparing a 7000lb Cybertruck to stats of a 1/2 ton? Even even at that, you are comparing it to the least capable half ton on the market in the short bed F150, which in itself is telling. Compare similar things, right? Could it be that it has absolutely laughable capabilities if compared to other trucks that are the same size? The other key factor is that while it may not be done on a regular basis, any of the ICE trucks COULD do truck things. You like to use exaggerations to try to deflect, minimize , and hide the (many) negatives. “ Frequently haul heavy loads cross country,”. The Cybertruck can’t even make a simple outing with a camper or a quick trip to pick something up 100 miles away. It couldn’t even bring go karts to a local race and back. ANY ice truck could do that with ease. What’s sad is that my Escalade is actually an infinitely better truck than the Cybertruck. Your ability to continuously try to twist reality into a pile of bullshit about how amazing all things Elon are is pretty absurd. The really ridiculous part is that you actually believe it. |
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Not really. As of 11 years ago when Hurricane Sandy hit, ALL solar installations in NJ were REQUIRED to be connected directly to the grid. What this meant was that when the grid was down, you had no electrical access to your solar panels, and it was against the law for you to disconnect them from the grid for your own use.
Some months back, I tried to find out if that had changed, and didn't find anything definitive, other than some sites using language like "nearly all" systems are connected directly to the grid. The point being, if you get solar panels on your house, and plan to use the power from them when the grid is down, you better ask some hard questions of your installer before you pay your money. You had to see the green weenies going apoplectic when the grid was down for 2-4 weeks, and they could not access the power from their panels. Meanwhile, us folks with dino-powered generators were fine. One other thing: I couldn't find anything definitive, but it seems heavily implied that if you want "net metering", you will be required to have your panels connected directly to the grid. Caveat emptor. |
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The Cybertruck has almost TWICE the payload of a Hummer. The Hummer is a gigantic truck with a payload capacity of a Ranger while the Cybertruck has about the same payload of a gas F150 Supercrew. Again, the VAST MAJORITY of 1/2 ton pickup truck owners will not tow heavy trailers cross country or a regular basis. You know that this is the case. Why does the truck's weight have anything to do with the discussion. It's completely irrelevant as long as the heavy weight doesn't reduce the payload (like in case of the Hummer). The amount of people with a camper is ridiculously low. It's not a large number at all. Most 1/2 ton trucks will rarely see any days where they drive more than 150 miles in a day with a heavy trailer. I only own a 8 x 5 foot trailer with a maximum weight of 2000 lbs and I have never needed anything bigger and I remodel homes from time to time and haul tile and stuff to the landfill. If you have a camper and you go on frequent long trips with it, don't get an EV truck.. It's that simple. That eliminates probably like 5% of 1/2 ton truck buyers. |
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Can we PLEASE get an emoji here of a person beating a dead horse? It should obviously be named :gsc3:
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