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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Panels on that shit are glued together, so I guess they got ahold of stronger glue.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago

The difference with the old trim is that the new one will have a better adhesive assembly and “a stud welded to the stainless panel with a nut clamping the steel panel to the vehicle structure.”

It's a good thing Elon doesn't think "exposed screw heads are cool.". This could have been fixed with a carbide drill bit and some self-tapping screws.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago (5 children)

So what i gather is there's probably a readily available solvent to dissolve the glue and make any Swasticar Wankpanzer fall the fuck apart?

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I can't help but think "Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly" with this news

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Cheap piece of junk

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago

And nobody who is familiar with how technology companies operate was shocked to hear that the 100k incel camino is literally held together with cheap glue.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

"We have toytota hylux at home"

Toyota hylux at home...

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Of course. Yet another Tesla recall. In a few months, we will all be here again

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Keep tuned for the first cyber truck spontaneous combustion and the recall for battery concerns

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This one is different, though. Most of them are just OTA software updates, the physical ones aren't as common. Although I think there was an issue with how they secured the top of the gas pedals on the Cybertruck earlier.

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[–] [email protected] 184 points 1 week ago (4 children)

This has exposed the sales numbers, and impressively, it's sold even worse than the Fire Phone.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I forgot the Fire Phone was a thing.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I will never forget, and I will hold onto my Fire Phones (yes, plural) until the day I die.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Holy fuck they still work? Can you run any modern apps on them? Does the 3D give you a headache?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Updates stopped at a special KitKat-based FireOS version, so most modern apps are likely broken. Dynamic Perspective never gave me a headache - it's actually pretty well implemented - but it does get boring after ten to fifteen minutes.

I think I'll charge one up and see how it's doing!

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[–] [email protected] 91 points 1 week ago (2 children)

46k trucks sold so far. For comparison, rivian sells about that many of their trucks every year.

[–] [email protected] 83 points 1 week ago (12 children)

I still can't believe that 46k people are both that stupid and have 100k to spend.

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 week ago (6 children)

The new models are being fixed by “nut clamping”

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago

Is this a service rendered to the owners or the vehicles?

[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can I be added to the recall? 🥹

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Only if you take me with you!!

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Is this a sketch or a real interview?

Edit. It's a sketch. I was hoping there was a real politician like that lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

You’re wishing for more idiots in this day and age?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not saying it wasn't safe, it just wasn't as safe as the other ones lololol thanks for this

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

How do I know exactly what video that is without a preview and before clicking the link? 😂🤣

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Because the front fell off.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'd like to say, that's not typical.

Also, apparently the back fell off too...

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ubUXNSWGth0

What a fucking literal rolling dumpster 🤦‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Max tongue weight for a Cybertruck is 1100 lbs. They put almost ten times on it before it broke. It was fun, but it's not a valid test.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Incorrect, their listed maximum towing capacity is indeed stated to be 11,000 pounds (4,990 kilograms)

Feel free to check for yourself...

https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/cybertruck/en_us/

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Tongue weight and towing capacity are two different things.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They also explain in the video that you basically have to assume that at times the entire towing capacity load will fall on the tongue weight, like when you hit a pothole or speedbump and your trailer starts rocking back and forth a bit.

Everything might be fine and dandy when the load is more or less balanced on the trailer wheels while parked, but when driving, bumps and shit happen, and that towing tongue, back end of the vehicle, and suspension system better be able to handle it.

Any which way you look at it, the front fell off and the back fell off. All around the dumpstertruck isn't even half worth a shit compared to real work trucks.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

Then the video is plain wrong in regards to tongue vs tow weight. No truck or trailer manufacturer anywhere in the world adheres to that.

I commonly tow a triple axle trailer that weighs 12,000 pounds with my GMC Sierra 2500HD. That much weight would snap the receiver off and bend the frame if the hitch had to support it all.

The CT is for clowns but that video is stupid and should be disregarded.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Cyberdump broke, other truck didn't. Same test.

However relevant or not you want to think of it, the results speak for themselves.

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