I’ve decided I want one, just because NO ONE will question whatever mods I choose to make to it. The questions about why I bought it in the first place will never cease, but why make it as close to a DeLorean time machine as a fucking “truck” can look? Not a peep.
… having come up with the BTF thing just for this comment, I’ve realized: Backwards, its actually a good fit. Shame about what it would do to road visibility.
The little truck isn’t legal to build and sell in the US. Truck sizes have exploded since 2012 because that’s when the CAFE standards changed to be based on vehicle footprint instead of vehicle classification.
Suddenly small trucks were required to have the same fuel economy as a hybrid sedan. So small trucks are out and instead of making them more fuel efficient they just make them bigger every refresh to keep up with increasing fuel economy standards.
That’s also why think the Dakota, Ranger, and S10 all suddenly disappeared at that time. The Ranger came back, but it’s larger than the F150 used to be.
It’s also why small cargo vans just stopped being a thing. Ib the last 3 years the Transit Connect, ProMaster City, and NV200 were all discontinued because they couldn’t keep that size and meet CAFE standards.
Of course, none of this applies to the Cybertruck. Fuck that thing.
It’s electric?? I thought the whole thing was that it was a bigger stupider American truck that did all the same things worse, like peak pickup rolling coal running over children and taking 4 parking lots insanity
It’s electric, so while it doesn’t use gasoline, it’s SUPER heavy in addition to being massive (without the legal requirement to be big), not being able to see out the back, and having a body that rusts if it gets rained on.
Always remember, these people waited for years and* paid 100k to look like colossal douchebags. They had every opportunity to avoid their situation.
Not all Tesla owners are awful, but all cyberdorks deserve the product they got.
I’ve decided I want one, just because NO ONE will question whatever mods I choose to make to it. The questions about why I bought it in the first place will never cease, but why make it as close to a DeLorean time machine as a fucking “truck” can look? Not a peep.
… having come up with the BTF thing just for this comment, I’ve realized: Backwards, its actually a good fit. Shame about what it would do to road visibility.
The little truck isn’t legal to build and sell in the US. Truck sizes have exploded since 2012 because that’s when the CAFE standards changed to be based on vehicle footprint instead of vehicle classification.
Suddenly small trucks were required to have the same fuel economy as a hybrid sedan. So small trucks are out and instead of making them more fuel efficient they just make them bigger every refresh to keep up with increasing fuel economy standards.
That’s also why think the Dakota, Ranger, and S10 all suddenly disappeared at that time. The Ranger came back, but it’s larger than the F150 used to be.
It’s also why small cargo vans just stopped being a thing. Ib the last 3 years the Transit Connect, ProMaster City, and NV200 were all discontinued because they couldn’t keep that size and meet CAFE standards.
Of course, none of this applies to the Cybertruck. Fuck that thing.
What even is the fuel economy on that thing? It’s got to be insane with the ridiculous heavy steel cladding.
Ots electric, so CAFE doesn’t apply. They don’t look at watts/mile.
It’s electric?? I thought the whole thing was that it was a bigger stupider American truck that did all the same things worse, like peak pickup rolling coal running over children and taking 4 parking lots insanity
It’s electric, so while it doesn’t use gasoline, it’s SUPER heavy in addition to being massive (without the legal requirement to be big), not being able to see out the back, and having a body that rusts if it gets rained on.