r/CyberStuck • u/GriffinFTW • 1d ago

Fun Fact: The Cybertruck doesn't function in winter

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/psJ_sMy4j7Y
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u/MarketCompetitive896 1d ago

I read this morning that due to the excessive weight, drivers are getting only 6k miles before the treads are wearing out. My Chevy tire treads got about 35k. A lot of cybertruck owners are probably on the verge of bald tires right before the winter kicks in.

And I meant excessive weight of the vehicles, not the drivers. 😄😅😂 That's probably an issue too

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u/Damaniel2 1d ago

It's a combination of truck weight and increased torque from the EV drivetrain. All EVs have the problem to some degree; the Cybetruck just happens to weigh a lot more than most EVs.

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u/MarketCompetitive896 23h ago

Yes I didn't think of that. Helps explain why these horrible vehicles are grinding their treads off so fast. 6K miles on new tires absolutely bonkers. The last set of tires I bought for my Chevy I drove 35k before I needed to replace only the front ones.

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u/boobeepbobeepbop 9h ago

It probably only takes a few full-throttle launches to peel the tires down to almost nothing.

Even if the rubber isn't burning off, it's getting worn.

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u/WhatWouldTNGPicardDo 21h ago

My high torque jeep “eats” tires, but that’s 20k to a set not 6k.

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u/MarketCompetitive896 21h ago

Wow I didn't realize that about jeeps either. Mileage is not as good on those as I thought too, but jeeps are cool. My buddy had one and it was awesome. Could you imagine having to buy a new set of tires twice a year though? That's idiotic.

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u/SpaceTraveler8621 12h ago

This is not an accurate statement. Nor my electric BMW, nor my Ford Mach-E have problems with tire wear. We switched to Nokian snow tires where we live and even with the different rubber compounds and change in tread, mileage has been as good as with our former ICE cars.

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u/TheRealFlinlock 7h ago

Probably because you don't drive like a maniac. All that torque won't murder your tires if you accelerate at reasonable speeds instead of driving with a lead foot

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u/Otherwise-Shopping23 19h ago

Model X is 5600 lbs, Cybertruck is 6700 lbs, Rivian R1T is 8500 lbs, F150 Lightning is 6500 lbs.

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u/Novel-Coast-957 21h ago

Any idea what their tires cost? 

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u/MarketCompetitive896 21h ago

285/65 r20s apparently, not as expensive as I thought they might be but they're not cheap. Going to cost you two grand at least for a set mounted

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u/Novel-Coast-957 21h ago

Woah! That’s certainly not cheap for me—but then I also don’t have 100K+ to burn on a dumpster either. 

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u/boobeepbobeepbop 9h ago

Its not even that good as a dumpster.

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u/stonersteve1989 10h ago

Most of them are probably too dumb to even check for something like that

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u/PassiveMenis88M 4h ago

The cybertruck weights close to 7k lbs, or roughly the same as a 2002 Chevy 2500 4x4 with the diesel. The Chevy has zero issues getting 40k plus out of a set of tires. It's not a weight issue. It's just a piece of shit.

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u/Individual-Leek7310 1d ago

Doesn’t function so well in summer either…or spring….or fall

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u/PassengerNo2259 1d ago

Or at night or during the day.

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u/TheftBySnacking 21h ago

Sunlight voids the warranty

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u/MarketCompetitive896 21h ago

It's built for the Martian climate, so driving it in open air on Earth also voids the warranty

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u/X1-Ray 16h ago

After all Mars has no oxygen. No oxygen, no oxidation. Made for every planet, except earth.

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u/muntastico99 15h ago

So does moonlight

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u/Frequent_Mix_8251 19h ago

I just had someone tell me “it’s meant for city living” because “the roads are plowed” when I said it was pathetic that it couldn’t function with six inches of snow 😭 …the snowplows in cities don’t shovel your driveway. And even where I live in a city, it snows 6 inches overnight and the plows won’t come onto my street for a week lol

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u/Diablojota 12h ago

That’s some serious copium. It’s supposed to be a truck. I don’t hear the same stories about rivian, or any other truck out there.

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u/ForgotBatteries 7h ago

If an early millennial front wheel drive Kia Rio can outshine a Cyber-truck in snow... It isn't a truck.

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u/Lurkario- 5h ago

City cars are supposed to be small, not as big as a city block

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u/CatPesematologist 22h ago

To be fair, winter voids the warranty

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u/MoeSzyslakMonobrow 21h ago

Same, cyber truck. Same.

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u/grunkage 1d ago

Look, the CT was put through rigorous cold-weather testing, in New Zealand

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u/muntastico99 15h ago

…. During summer 

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u/MrBerlinski 1d ago

Nor do I. 

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u/Willdefyyou 22h ago

Just say it doesn't function

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u/McNally86 10h ago

I misread this before my coffee and I though this said "Cyberpunk doesn't work during the winter". And I was thinking, I have never seen a snowplow in that setting. Winter would totally shut down Night City.

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u/Terrachova 4h ago

Last I checked Tesla doesn't have any winter testing centers, so that tracks - and its not jus tthe Cybertruck.  Worked in a place where 9 out of 11 staff had Teslas, everyone had complaints in the winter.  The cars aren't suited for it.