“We were the targets.” WIRED spoke to seven Tesla Cybertruck owners about their most controversial purchase and why they’re proud to drive it.

  • unexposedhazard ( unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
    41·
    1 year ago

    “OK, so did you ever get profiled anytime in your life for being gay?” And she says, “Yeah, all the time. I hated it.” And I was like, “Well, do you realize that you just profiled me based off of the vehicle that I drive and me wearing work boots and being a big white guy as being a Nazi when it’s completely something totally different?” And she broke down in tears and apologized.

    Sure buddy. She totally didnt say: “Your nazi ass chose to buy this car despite Musk being a nazi, so go fuck yourself!”

  • Kallestar ( Kallestar@lemmy.ml ) English
    20·
    1 year ago

    Wow look at all these persecuted small business tyrants.

    Job: Entrepreneur and owner of a construction company.

    Job: Runs a business called Smugglers Runs, which does “postapocalyptic off-road” rallies

    Jobs: Frank is a consultant in the health care industry; Diane is a dog mom and former zookeeper

    Job: Small business owner

    Job: Stock trader

    Job: Entrepreneur

    Jobs: Shawn sells window coverings; Nannette is a branch manager for a credit union

    Job: Cybertruck wrapper

    LOL

    “It’s just a vehicle. So it’s ironic that it would even become a political statement, but nonetheless it is.” [Editor’s note: Taylor was arrested and convicted of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding in the January 6 attack on the Capitol. He was later pardoned by President Trump.

    Hahahahahaha

    Anything you don’t like about it?
    I can’t really see the front out of the windshield because it’s so long.

    Best car I ever owned, can’t see shit out of it.

  • balsoft ( balsoft@lemmy.ml ) 
    11·
    1 year ago

    I don’t have the cringe capacity to read the article, that cover image alone is so cringe-inducing already. What a bunch of posers. “Off-road lighting” which reduces departure angles, road tires, vinyl wrap. Clearly all of this is there just to look cooler in a mall parking lot. Taking a picture on a dirt track which I could take my Prius on (when I still had it) is just cherry on top.

    I 100% guarantee my 30-year-old van with cheapo M/T and a slightly cut front bumper, is better at offroading than those pieces of simultaneously over- and under-engineered garbage. And I use it exclusively for off-road and camping, no city driving (except for helping my friends move).

    Owning a truck for personal use is stupid and reckless (except for very specific circumstances which apply to like <1% of the population). But a Cybertruck is just so much dumber. It’s like someone took the idea of a truck, stripped it of any potential use-cases it might have had, designed it in the worst way possible, and implemented it with as many reliability and safety issues as possible while keeping plausible deniability.

  • agegamon ( agegamon@beehaw.org ) 
    7·
    1 year ago

    Fuck’s sake. The 2-hit combo that is this fucking mess:

    And are you married?

    I was married, but I’m not married anymore. Women don’t like the vehicle.

    In July, Tesla rolled out a software update to integrate Grok into many of its vehicles. Do you use it?

    Her name is Aura, and I use her as a therapist. When I’m driving, I’ll ask questions, and it actually gives really good therapy advice.

    Yes, the sycophantic totally-not-a-nazi bot is going to work wonders pretending to be a therapist for this fucking guy while he’s driving. Absolutely fucked.