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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'll take it for free, I suspect a Cybertruck might be fun to paint in dazzle camouflage, at least it'll hide the shape

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 3 days ago (11 children)

Off topic: it looks waaaaay better in black. 😳

[–] Poppa_Mo 36 points 3 days ago (2 children)

You can paint a turd gold too.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Remember? The value of an item is what you get paid for, not what you want to get from it.

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[–] RebekahWSD 49 points 3 days ago

My first thought was "Really? Even a chop shop style place won't take it?" And reading it is like "Oh he doesn't want to cut the price so much but might now" so yeah.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

It should rust into nothing in a few months, then problem solved.

[–] TrickDacy 36 points 3 days ago
[–] victorz 12 points 2 days ago (3 children)

ngl the front bit of a black cyber truck looks kind of dope. But all of the rest of it still looks like hot garbage.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

But reverse. It starts falling apart when you get to the windshield lol

I think it looks the worst when looked from the side.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I really liked the Cyber Truck design.

Modern cars are so similar now they're all massive and bubbly, even the Porsche SUVs looks like something from KIA.

It may be ugly but I'm happy to see something different on the road.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 days ago

idiot wants brand new value for his used vehicle. i hate these things, but this doesnt match reality on non-tesla vehicles let a lone one thats now nazi-based.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

Have you tried exploding it?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago

A fool and his money...

[–] RoidingOldMan 24 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

He's lost over $10 grand for every thousand miles he's driven. Or you could express that as $5 grand per month he's owned it. Might even be worse depending on his financing.

I guess this is another reminder that brand new cars can depreciate hard. Absolutely terrible way to rent a car for 8 months.

[–] thenextguy 37 points 3 days ago (1 children)

He lost by thinking a car is an investment.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

If analyzed in purelly financial terms, buying a brand new car is almost invariably one of the worst investments there is compared to other options (if you really need a car, aim for a car which is 1 or 2 years), and if you couple that with taking a punt on a Musk product on the user side (not even the shareholders' side but quite literally the side of the people the shareholders, most noteably Musk, want to extract money from, so pretty much the suckers' side) AND, maybe worse, doing it as an early adopter, pretty much adds up to a guaranteed lubless shafting.

Investing in a "I'm a sucker" tattoo for one's forehead probably has a better return.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (5 children)

buying a brand new car is almost invariably one of the worst investments

Because it's not an investment. There is nothing wrong with buying a new car if you plan on keeping it. You get the original manufacturer's warranty, no worries about a previous owner having been in an accident or not keeping up with routine maintenance, and often times you can lower your initial cost of ownership via dealer financing that's below market rates because they're willing to take loses there to move vehicles. Just a quick look, 2022 Toyota Corolla SE with 33k miles is selling for roughly ~$23k. A brand new 2025 Corolla SE is selling for ~$26k. If you need to finance it, you're going to get better rates on the new vehicle vs the used. You're getting 3 years worth of improvements and you're getting a full manufacturer's warranty and not just the balance of what's outstanding on a 3 year old vehicle with 33k miles on it.

[–] michaelmrose 1 points 1 day ago

You could easily be paying 19 for the 2022 and if you have good credit you might not have any difference in interest rates and paying the same payment will pay 19 off faster than 26.

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[–] accideath 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

And here I thought Teslas were an appreciating asset.

~/s~

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

We appreciate how it depreciates

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

Can’t handle the douchnozzle neon sign lighting up when you drive that thing in public?

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