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 TheReturnOfPEB   ( @TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com )  to Fuck Cars@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

It’s Impossible to Get Rid of a Tesla Cybertruck. I Want to Cut My Losses and Move On, but I Can't Give This Thing Away. I’ve Lost So Much Money Already; Help.

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It’s Impossible to Get Rid of a Tesla Cybertruck. I Want to Cut My Losses and Move On, but I Can't Give This Thing Away. I’ve Lost So Much Money Already; Help.

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 TheReturnOfPEB   ( @TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com )  to Fuck Cars@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago
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It’s Impossible to Get Rid of a Tesla Cybertruck. I Want to Cut My Losses and Move On, but I Can't Give This Thing Away. I’ve Lost So Much Money Already; Help!
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A Cybertruck owner shares his frustration following multiple failed attempts to sell his truck. After losing more than $20,000 in 2,800 miles, the owner says, “I want to cut my losses and move on, but I can't give this thing away.”
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  •  Arthur Besse   ( @cypherpunks@lemmy.ml ) 
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    a tardigrade playing a violin. the tardigrade is in grayscale, apparently having been imaged using a scanning electron microscope. there is a scale bar at the bottom right labeled 100μm. the violin is in full color and was presumably added to the image later using a digital image manipulation tool.

    •  tetris11   ( @tetris11@lemmy.ml ) 
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      from the tardygrade’s perspective is it playing a large violin or a normal-sized cello?

      •  Cethin   ( @Cethin@lemmy.zip ) 
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        Size-wise, relative to him, it’s much closer to a violin than a cello, maybe slightly larger. So a viola would be the best fit. I think the picture is of a cello though, just sized strangely.

        Edit: that image is strange. It’s really popular, but bad. He’s playing the strings from the wrong side of the bridge. How do you get that wrong?

        •  fakeman_pretendname   ( @fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk ) 
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          Because of the size difference between humans and tardigrades, it’s hard for tardigrades to attend music lessons and otherwise learn about human musical instruments, so give him a chance, he’s probably trying his best.

        •  madjo   ( @madjo@feddit.nl ) 
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          It’s impressive enough that a creature without thumbs is able to hold the bow in the first place, and you want to criticise him for how he’s holding his cellolin?

          •  tetris11   ( @tetris11@lemmy.ml ) 
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            He’s holding the bow perfectly though, its just weird of him to miss the bridge

      •  Localhorst86   ( @Localhorst86@feddit.org ) 
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        It has to be a normal-sized cello, a violin would have toe be the other way around.

        •  tetris11   ( @tetris11@lemmy.ml ) 
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          you can play a violin like that, but it would need to rest on your knee, and I’m just not seeing it

  •  CurlyWurlies4All   ( @CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net ) 
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    “can’t give this thing away unless I lower the price to probably $79k. Sucks.”

    A brand new AWD CT from Tesla is $79,990.

    Headline is clickbait. Seller is a whinger. Trash all round. Saved you a click.

    •  Zement   ( @Zementid@feddit.nl ) 
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      Sorry to ask, but what is a “whinger”?

      •  Andy   ( @andrewrgross@slrpnk.net ) 
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        I believe it means “whiner”. As in one who whines and complains.

        I don’t know where @CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net hails, but I just know this because I am a dad, which means I watch Bluey, and sometimes the dad on Bluey will tell the kids to “quit whinging”.

        •  Aussiemandeus   ( @Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone ) 
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          Huh, it’s common as in Australia.

          Never thought of it as an Australian word. Odds are it has its roots in England though I guess

          •  Dragon Rider (drag)   ( @dragonfucker@lemmy.nz ) 
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            In Harry Potter, an English book, the Dursleys are from Little Whinging, because Rowling has no imagination.

            •  Aussiemandeus   ( @Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone ) 
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              She didn’t plagiarise all of Harry potter though so she must have some imagination. Creatively bankrupt might be more apt

              •  Dragon Rider (drag)   ( @dragonfucker@lemmy.nz ) 
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                Rowling’s goblins? Based on a racist caricature

                The house elves? Wouldn’t you know it, also based on a racist caricature

                Centaurs? You guessed it! Based on a racist caricature!

            •  pencil_nerd   ( @pencil_nerd@mander.xyz ) 
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              I’ll take that as canon given her other extremely obvious names

              •  Jamablaya   ( @Jamablaya@lemmy.today ) 
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                Are you one of those people that whinged about Marvel having a character named Wong, when the actor who portrayed Wong, was named Wong?

                •  pencil_nerd   ( @pencil_nerd@mander.xyz ) 
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                  What? No. What does that have to do with anything? I’m talking about names like Draco Malfoy.

          •  Kazumara   ( @Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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            My Geordie friend uses it a lot, I think you’re right on the money.

            (Geordies are from the region around Newcastle upon Tyne from what he told me, so part of northern England)

            •  pixeltree   ( @pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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              I love how watching taskmaster has given me knowledge of different accents

          •  limelight79   ( @limelight79@lemm.ee ) 
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            I first heard it in the US in 2006 and had to ask what it meant.

      •  Vivian Harris   ( @vivianharris45@aus.social ) 
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        @Zementid @CurlyWurlies4All Australian here. Whinging is complaining or whining

  •  Fermion   ( @Fermion@feddit.nl ) 
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    Between price drops and the cybertruck recently qualifying for the federal EV tax credit, buyers can get a brand new unit for what this guy is asking. This early adopter paid too much and got a bad deal, but there’s no mystery as to why no one wants to buy at his asking price.

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    Off topic: it looks waaaaay better in black. 😳

    •  blindbunny   ( @blindbunny@lemmy.ml ) 
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      Honestly yeah. Almost batmobileisc

      •  🔼🔼🔽🔽◀️▶️◀️▶️🅱️🅰️   ( @Albbi@reddthat.com ) 
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        That’s what the guy who blew up his cybertruck said. Made him feel like Batman.

        •  kibiz0r   ( @kibiz0r@midwest.social ) 
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          “I feel like Batman, or Halo”

    •  HiddenLayer555   ( @HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml ) 
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      That’s because you see less of it :)

    •  تحريرها كلها ممكن   ( @PanArab@lemmy.ml ) 
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      A lot of ugly cars look better in black, the Chevrolet Uplander for example

    •  Showroom7561   ( @Showroom7561@lemmy.ca ) 
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      Looks like Crocks with wheels. 😂

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        Yes. I never said I like it. It just is insanely better than the normal light grey one.

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          Give the grey one a few hours of slightly high humidity, and it’ll at least be brown! LOL

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            I think it’s called rat rod :D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_rod

  •  itsgroundhogdayagain   ( @itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml ) 
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    No one will buy a used car for more than they can get a new one. Who knew?

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    “I can’t give this thing away.”

    FTA: He’s not trying to give it away. He’s expecting last year’s used market value for it, but it’s steadily depreciating. Someone offered him 50k for it. He overpaid for a new car.

    •  Queen HawlSera   ( @HawlSera@lemm.ee ) 
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      Pretty much, guy’s just being a Karen. “Broken TV from the 60’s, 500 dollars. Don’t low ball me, I know what I have.”

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    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.

  •  ExtremeDullard   ( @ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org ) 
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    A fool and his money…

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    I can think of one way to get rid of it. Saw it on the news last week. He’s probably not going to like it.

  •  collapse_already   ( @collapse_already@lemmy.ml ) 
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    There is a Tesla dealership near my house that has a lot full of them. A ridiculous number. It seems that Tesla is struggling to get rid of them. Hard to believe that there is not a huge market for electric dumpsters sold by a conspicuous asshole.

  •  تحريرها كلها ممكن   ( @PanArab@lemmy.ml ) 
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    All of a sudden I don’t feel like the stupidest person for having my passport stolen and missing my flight.

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      That doesn’t make you stupid, more like a victim at least with the context you provided.

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      Ooof sorry to hear that. Any chance of getting it back? Sometimes people take the money but return the IDs / passport to wherever was closest.

      •  تحريرها كلها ممكن   ( @PanArab@lemmy.ml ) 
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        Sorry, I didn’t mean to concern anyone with my absent mindedness. I filed a police report and the police did examine the cameras and confirmed the theft but I didn’t choose to prosecute. I already made arrangements with the embassy to get a temporary pass and travel back home next week.

        All’s well that ends well.

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    Expensive lesson, try not being a sucker next time.

    “Oh no my shitty car depreciated” god who would have guessed

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    Park it front of a hotel with something something has a fuse

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    Sledder also shares that over his lifetime, he has driven and sold over 40 exotic cars, and the Cybertruck is the one vehicle he is having the most trouble finding buyers for.

    Not sure why he’s mentioning exotic cars and Cybertrucks in the same sentence. Anyways, he was a sucker the moment he paid the extra $20k or whatever for the Foundation Series. He was never getting that back.

  •  Sam_Bass   ( @Sam_Bass@lemmy.ml ) 
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    That one is not as bad looking as the rest but it still screams 3rd grade art project

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      Yeah because they actually primed and painted it lol

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        That’s a wrap, cap

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