What an amazing time to be a BMW driver. No longer are you short penis'd douchebags the biggest assholes on the road. Congrats you shitheads, and relish in running red lights while people are trying to turn left.
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Only Tesla thing I'll buy is puts.
This gif is so fun to analyze, in the show you only see the scene briefly so it seems just fine but the longer you watch it loop the more you notice the flaws that they could get away with in the format.
- Front wheels pop in and out of existence
- Horn on the top bounces upwards when facing away
- The antenna is always behind the bubble dome even when it should be in front of it
- Homer suddenly flips all the way backwards when the car is roughly facing to the right
- The entire scene is static except for the car itself and a single blink for Herb
- The spoiler slops down when its on the left but up when its on the right
Good, I hope all the swasti-trucks rot at the dealerships.
There have been other whacky vehicles that were rubbish, but they were often the projects of passionate amateurs, whereas this car built was by slaves.
The people building it thought was stupid, didn’t want to do it. The engineers saw it as a burden and found no joy making it work .
You can just tell .
Because they are ugly, bad at doing things trucks do and made by a Nazi piece of shit.
They’re also bad at doing things a car does.
Oh and they might kill grandma.
And break your fingers.
And accelerate uncontrollably.
And take your data.
And might catch on fire after crashing.
And lock you in while it burns.
Cars do that.
If they’re made by ketamine addicted toddlers.
bad at doing things trucks do
I mean, it's a blingy vehicle that you wouldn't want to scratch up that you use to show off. But...
Most modern pickup trucks in the US are also not all that great at being a bare-bones, knock-around utility vehicle, which is what trucks were historically used for. The modern pickup is mostly more-or-less a luxury vehicle, not a workhorse. I'd say that it's actually not all that out of line with what's happened to trucks more-broadly.
https://smartautotips.com/the-rise-of-luxury-amenities-in-modern-pickup-trucks/
Once upon a time, pickup trucks were all about utility and practicality. They were designed for hard work on the farm or construction site, and the interior amenities were basic at best. However, in recent years there has been a shift in the pickup truck market towards luxury and comfort. Many modern pickup trucks now come with a range of high-end amenities that you would expect to find in a luxury sedan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siKi79rwnYY
The Death of the Small Affordable Pickup
I think that the lion's share of that is a broader change. The Cybertruck is just a particularly flagrant example.
As someone who drives one out at the ranch, yep. I wish I had my old 70s model. It's nice to have the big bed for what I need, but it's missing all of the real stripped down utility I used to have.
I miss my '73 Datsun pickup.
Sure as far as trucks go, it’s a much more reasonable size, but making it out of nearly plate steel and all that flat glass was fucking stupid. And the sharp corners should make the NTSA wake up and implement pedestrian safety standards.
Bring back the mini truck with 6-7 foot bed. This can at least carry lumber with the tailgate down.
When I bought my Tacoma I was horrified to learn they no longer make the "small one", and I was only bon Gen 2 of the Tacoma's. They've gotten even bigger I think
They could either make them bigger or better on gas. I guess making them bigger was cheaper.
Congratulations, Elon. You’ve made John DeLorean look wildly successful.
Hmm I wonder why no one wants to buy a nazi car
A swasti-car, you might say.
A Deplorian
IncEl Camino
good, you couldn't pay me to drive one of these monstrosities that scream "my personality is the color Florida"
I went back to find this post just to tell you that "my personality is the color Florida" has me cackling for several minutes now. I hope your day is as great as your jokes.
Driving them can cause them to catch fire.
Gathering dust could also cause them to catch fire.
I guess better to just avoid the whole situation.
I remember when he got everyone excited about them it was supposed to be this affordable thing. I think it was 25k for a base model? Now they're how much? And how poorly designed?
Good thing he got a government job, I don't think he was cut out for the private sector...
100k for this monstrosity.
25k for the cybertruck? There was the 30k Model 3 that existed for like a week. And he promised (then back tracked) on a different model. But not a cybertruck.
Does anyone even make a 25k truck at this point? Maybe like a stripper spec Tacoma?
When they were $25k and had impervious window they seemed like a reasonable albeit silly looking electric vehicle for work. Now... Not so much.
No wonder he's gonna force the government to buy a bunch of them.
I hear Molotovs are great at cleaning dust. Help out your local dealership if you can.
Theoretically the contents of these lots would be insured, so if there was a sudden unexpected fire that happened to destroy all the cars Tesla gets a cash payout, unlike if they just sit there where Tesla has to take the cashflow hit of having paid to build cars that noone will buy
Water balloons filled with saltwater somehow pop into mind...
Hehe... Pop.
I love them! It's like seeing a random clown. They just make you point, laugh, and smile.
A vehicle (according to their website) that is 61k base, 81k for awd (2024) and 81k base (2025) to 101k (loaded) is 10% or less of a discount. If it's a sliding scale and you don't get that "up to" 6k unless Loaded, that is barely over 5%.
Maybe videogame economies have spoiled my idea of "discounts" and pricing of real items but "priced to sell" means better than hearing 95% of normal. I couldn't say what dealers actually call fair when it comes to actually selling cars in this bracket for a profit but 25% might get sales moving again. (It works for home appliances, why not cars?).
I watch the carwow channel on YouTube (online car buying platform that does car reviews and drag races), and ofter you can get a 6k discount on a 30k car. For an 80k car it's quite "meh", specially for something so polarizing.
It's not a coincidence the "older" models don't qualify for credits.
~~Cybertruck~~ Deplorian sales 📉🔥
Also rust most likely.
I’d buy one if they brought the price down to $20.
To sell for scrap right?
...right?
Shame. Shame.
20 bucks is 20 bucks!
It's similar to the problem AMC had with the Pacer... revolutionary automotive design and in the first year it did amazing! Then, in the next two to three years, demand dropped like a rock. Seemed as though everyone that wanted a car which looked like really nothing else on the road had already bought one in the first year.
Except that, while it was certainly a radical departure from the norm, it was hardly a revolutionary design, and first year sales were terrible. Once the handful of Elon fans with too much money on their hands got their pre-orders, sales were abysmal.
Good. Fuck Elon.