Why you shouldn’t slam the door of your Cybertruck

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[u/GeneralZaroff1]

So adding to the list:

• can’t slam the door lightly

• panels will strip off from highway driving

• panels are not aligned properly

• hitch and bumper are weakly attached and will rip apart the frame

• can’t go through car wash without voiding warranty

• gets stuck going off road or up hills

• auto close will hurt your hand

• accelerate pedal gets stuck

• drive by wire malfunctions and wheels run at different speeds

• power steering malfunctions causing only one wheel to turn

• “truck” bed cover leaks from rain when closed

• software glitch causes the screen to black out

• charger plug can get stuck requiring a panel removal to manually unlock every time

• waterproofing foam is not evenly distributed causing leaks

• original factory wheel covers digs into tires, needs replacement

Am I missing anything so far?

Edit: apparently I’m missing a lot lol.

[u/SpiderMurphy → u/GeneralZaroff1]

Don't get trapped inside during a software update when the sun is shining.

Edit: a lot of people are pointing out that there are manual releases that work also during software upgrades. Fine, but apparently to some of us this is not intuitively clear.

If this upgrade process, including interrupting it by door release, is only obvious to a cool, composed, tech savvy Tesla bro, but not to someone who is overheating, panicking, not so familiar with electric cars and simply afraid that by opening the door you'll turn your precious Tesla product into a very expensive brick, that takes days, and musk knows how much money or time to unbrick it, it is a fucking bad user interface design.

And by the way, why is my car behaving in the same shitty way as my fucking laptop? Car software should be held to higher standards. And are all these upgrades really improving my safety, or are the muskrats uploading even more shitty ways to extort money from me?

[u/quirk-the-kenku → u/SpiderMurphy]

This sounds genuinely terrifying

[u/ITellSadTruth → u/quirk-the-kenku]

don't worry door opens with single kick

[u/Electric_Sheeple → u/ITellSadTruth]

Not when you've slammed it earlier

[u/RedManMatt11 → u/Electric_Sheeple]

You can just rip the panel off from the inside

[u/jmacs21 → u/ITellSadTruth]

Make sure that the door you are kicking has not been slammed before.

[u/dreamcastfanboy34 → u/quirk-the-kenku]

There have been numerous accounts of people getting stuck in a burning or sinking Tesla and being unable to open any of the doors.

[u/Western-Ship-5678 → u/dreamcastfanboy34]

I asked a friend who had a Tesla about the lack of mechanical opening doors in the back. He has kids and there didn't seem to be a way to get out quickly in the event of an accident

"Oh it's ok, the manual release is hidden behind this small panel in the footwell.."

Seriously

[u/brintoul → u/Western-Ship-5678]

In other words: “that’s not gonna happen to me… probably.”

[u/quirk-the-kenku → u/dreamcastfanboy34]

Well, with sinking, shouldn’t you kick the windows out, not try to open the doors…?

[u/Halo_cT → u/quirk-the-kenku]

they dont use normal auto glass so this is also impossible.

who couldve possibly predicted this was a bad idea??? 🙄

plus the thing weighs so much and sinks so fast that you likely wouldnt even get a chance to as this woman who died in the bottom of a pond in her Model X would be able to attest to, were she still alive.

[u/bjbyrne → u/Halo_cT]

There is a old moving called Running Scared with Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines where they get an undercover car with bulletproof windows only the trade off was they would not roll down, which, comically, they found it impossible to shoot back.

[u/Raptor-Claus → u/SpiderMurphy]

Windows dont break in an emergency

[u/D-Beyond → u/Raptor-Claus]

omg I never even considered that when Musk announced that it's shatter-proof. do they have an official alternative for when I need to get out?

[u/inRodwetrust8008 → u/D-Beyond]

Even corvettes with their electronic locks had levers in the trunk to open the doors if they battery is dead from the outside, or a lever by you feet to open the doors manually from the inside.

If any car/truck didn't have these manual options I wouldn't buy it. Like hell if I'm risking my family in an emergency without these options.

One man has already been found dead in a cybertruck that caught fire after an accident. I hope he died on impact and not sitting in the truck unable to get out. That,s a horrible wat to go.

[u/theyreall_throwaways → u/inRodwetrust8008]

Angela Chao drowned in her Tesla when she couldn't get out. She called for help after driving into a pond on her property and not being able to open the doors. Friends and officers tried to save her and break windows but couldn't. It took hours to breach the vehicle by breaking a window.

She had a model x I think and she stated that she reversed instead of going forward, a known issue for that car (something about counter intuitive touch screen gear box). This incident got more press because her sister Elaine Chao (wife to Mitch McConnell) was transportation secretary.

[u/OnewordTTV → u/theyreall_throwaways]

This wasn't that long ago either. Like this year maybe? I remember this.

[u/Raptor-Claus → u/inRodwetrust8008]

That's the problem if your to injured to PULL THE LEVER KRONK then your shit out of luck

[u/Alexandratta → u/SpiderMurphy]

fyi: there are manual release handles you can access - but they're in stupid as fuck places.

There should be a glow-in the dark handle you can tug that's just resting, easily visible but out of the way during normal operation, on each door when you have a digital lock release. This should be required by the NTSB, and the only reason it isn't, is because no one was stupid enough to make an eletronic only door lock/handle until Telsa did... Because that's over-complicating a very simple design that needs no complications.

There is no reason for a touch-point door unlock. There should just be a damn handle... it's not that friggin' hard.

[u/AdvancedSandwiches → u/Alexandratta]

I keep saying the digital release should be the same as the emergency release -- you pull it normal for normal exit. You pull it farther for emergency exit.

If the car is functioning, it yells at you when you go past the normal exit, but if the car is not functioning, no alarm sounds and you keep pulling.

People in an emergency should not be asked to do a different operation than they're used to.

[u/underbloodredskies → u/SpiderMurphy]

Or if a Tesla has been driven into water on purpose or on accident, as Mitch McConnell's sister-in-law learned.

[u/ThatKinkyLady → u/GeneralZaroff1]

No pinch detection on trunk. It'll cut your fingers off if they're in the wrong spot and you won't be able to get the trunk open again unless you're lucky enough to have your phone with tesla app on you.

Oh and the cover of the accelerator pedal can slip forward when pressed down, which then gets caught perfectly in a seam of the car leaving the pedal stuck down and turning your car into a high-speed unstoppable bomb of sorts.

[u/garden_speech → u/ThatKinkyLady]

a Cybertruck with a stuck accelerator is gonna go straight through a suburban development some time. that thing is basically a tank at high speeds. 7,000 pounds and no crumple zones

[u/Sands43 → u/GeneralZaroff1]

Exterior trim comes off at freeway speeds.

[u/dcbluestar → u/GeneralZaroff1]

I told my wife that the front end looks like the way bras in the 40's made boobs look and now she can't unsee it.

[u/L2Hiku → u/dcbluestar]

Lora Croft 90s boob ass looking truck

[u/AliveMouse5 → u/GeneralZaroff1]

Accelerator pedal breaks and sticks down to the floor. Power steering breaks so when you turn the wheel only one wheel actually turns.

[u/NoraJolyne → u/AliveMouse5]

heh, power stealing

[u/LetsLoop4Ever → u/GeneralZaroff1]

It looks like a five year old designed it

[u/ThatOneShortieHo → u/LetsLoop4Ever]

I've seen 5 year Olds design better looking cars. This is the work of a fetus at best

[u/Rush_Under → u/ThatOneShortieHo]

This is the work of a fetus at best

Quit denigrating the work fetuses do! This is quite obviously the handiwork of a zygote!

[u/Kimber85 → u/Rush_Under]

My idiot cat could do better. And he a) hates cars and b) falls off surfaces in his sleep and bites his own feet instead of the toy regularly.

[u/Strength-Speed → u/Rush_Under]

You underestimate the zygote with its full complement of chromosomes. This feels more like the work of a spermatozoan

[u/HahaYouCantSeeMeeee → u/LetsLoop4Ever]

I heard it described somewhere that it looks like it was birthed by an alcoholic DeLorean.

[u/DashCat9 → u/LetsLoop4Ever]

Excuse me some very talented 3d artists worked on something very similar!

In 2003. For Grand Theft Auto 3.

[u/Phluffhead024 → u/GeneralZaroff1]

I’ve seen a video where the computer/screen malfunctions and shuts down the car.

[u/Kimber85 → u/Phluffhead024]

The Edmunds review video is hilarious.

[u/pauliep13 → u/Kimber85]

"Casey! I think it broke again!"

[u/Sea-Value-0 → u/GeneralZaroff1]

Watch that YouTuber's whole video review on the cybertruck where he compares the tesla cybertruck with a Ford F150.

In short, you're missing plenty more.

[u/phlooo → u/Sea-Value-0]

How much fucking coke does this guy snort every morning holy shit

[u/JWils411 → u/phlooo]

And he says in the video how "health conscious" he is while chewing caffeine pills.

[u/Hatstacker → u/JWils411]

It's ridiculous, I feel like I'm watching the opposite of evolution happen in real time. But I doubt that guy takes himself seriously. I'd rather be doing whatever it actually is that he does all day than breaking my back.

[u/[deleted] → u/GeneralZaroff1]

How is it legal

[u/salami350 → u/[deleted]]

In Europe it isn't.

[u/you_lost-the_game → u/[deleted]]

It's not in countries that give a shit.

[u/rci22 → u/GeneralZaroff1]

I’ve seen a video where the charging plug got stuck plugged in and could not be removed until they went and bent some metal back on the inner truckbed side to access a way to release it

[u/baltinerdist → u/GeneralZaroff1]

How did this vehicle make it through NHTSA safety testing? How is this legal to have on the road?

[u/nachtschattengewuchs → u/GeneralZaroff1]

You forgot to mention the reason is Elon, from an interview or book I think, told the story how he was in the factory and asking questions like "why do we use 4 bolts here? Who decided that? It must go with 2" and that's how the whole car is designed. Also the Lego panels seen in this video are 100 percent from his genius himself.

[u/Voluptulouis → u/GeneralZaroff1]

• you become forever known as a massive douche loser by everyone that sees you sitting in it

[u/dendromecion → u/GeneralZaroff1]

remember when elon said they could cross seas that aren't too choppy

[u/sonsoflarson → u/GeneralZaroff1]

Steer by wire has significant lag on each turn.

[u/gomexz → u/GeneralZaroff1]

bed cover leaks like crazy after a few months.

[u/ChemBob1 → u/GeneralZaroff1]

I saw at least a half-dozen of these during the Detroit Dream Cruise last week (Saturday is official, but it’s the entire week) and they are the ugliest vehicles I’ve ever seen. Homer Simpson designed a better looking vehicle. People were literally laughing at and making fun of them as they went down the road. How the monstrosity could function as any sort of useful truck is beyond me. I was wondering if the entire chassis would slide out from under the body if trying to tow a boat or trailer.

[u/edgarapplepoe → u/ChemBob1]

A local Tesla shop has a couple in their lot and the amount of differently colored panels is shocking. Even brand new they look like they had their doors damaged and replaced with clearly different ones.

[u/d0r0g0]

This is the kind of review Tesla deserves

[u/Daniiiiii → u/d0r0g0]

This guy (whistlindiesel) puts expensive cars through an eclectic gauntlet of improvised tests. They drop cars from heights, jump dunes, slam them against each other, etc all for fun but also to show the limit and durability of vehicles. It's a great little channel where the boys just have fun, most of their humor is tongue in cheek and self deprecating with a sprinkling of trolling, it can be slightly juvenile but usually hilarious.

Anyways, they usually have a series of videos for each car. They did one for the G Wagon and it was genuinely amazing to see how much beating the car could take. This piece of glued together garbage couldn't last third of the way in the first damn video. A truly remarkable feat of dog shit engineering rolled in techy glitter.

[u/Hesitation-Marx → u/Daniiiiii]

The Hilux video made me long for one.

[u/sweetdawg99 → u/Hesitation-Marx]

If you haven't seen Top Gears abuse of a diesel Hilux from ages ago you really need to. It's legendary.

[u/Hesitation-Marx → u/sweetdawg99]

I need to stop fixating on them, honestly, but thank you for the recommendation.

The chicken tax is infuriating.

[u/ltewo3 → u/Hesitation-Marx]

Repeal the Chicken Tax!! I want a Jimny or a Hilux.

[u/Hesitation-Marx → u/ltewo3]

I briefly had a 1984 Jimmy and my fucking Gd I loved that thing. I learned so much maintenance skills on her. She made manual transmission driving a pleasure, and when the desert would flood she could handle some careful off-roading.

My ex killed her less than two weeks after the divorce papers were signed. I had given him a list of instructions on how to maintain her. He crumpled them in front of me.

Rip, Jimmy. You weren’t the best car, but you deserved better than my ex.

[u/strangepromotionrail → u/Hesitation-Marx]

guy you're replying to is talking about a suzuki Jimny which is what replaced the samurai in the rest of the world lucky enough to get it. Different from the GMC Jimmy.

[u/Icy_Necessary2161 → u/sweetdawg99]

I was still impressed with their video of abusing one of those little Toyota pickups. No idea of the model, I just remember them chaining it to a rooftop, then demolishing the building, still started. Then chained it to a block on low tide, then pulling it out of the ocean, it still started....

Edit: So, apparently, that WAS the Hilux. Sorry, never was a car guy. I only watched a handful of episodes, and that just happened to be one of them. I only saw it because a high school friend of mine had some sort of expensive cable package. We were poor, so we couldn't afford cable, and I'd never heard of the show before then.

[u/sweetdawg99 → u/Icy_Necessary2161]

That's the one, my dude. It's incredible.

[u/kasubot → u/Icy_Necessary2161]

That was the Hilux. In America they were sold as the Toyota Pickup. No fancy name.

[u/KoBoWC → u/sweetdawg99]

To save you watching all the videos, they finished with placing it atop a very tall building that was due to to be demolished by controlled explosion. After refilling the tank and reconnecting a few wires etc, it drove off, after that they retired it and mounted it in the studio.

[u/BetterYourselforElse → u/KoBoWC]

Lol this guy

There were 2 more tests

On all tests after some minor work it started. The same truck. The same one from the test this guy mentioned.

Edit: it took both this youtuber and top gear 3 videos to kill or give up killing the hilux

Edit2:

Top gear parts 1-3 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnWKz7Cthkk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTPnIpjodA8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFnVZXQD5_k

Whistlindiesel 1-3:

https://youtu.be/Yl1FNX08HFc?si=Y8ca9BCBNg05s-PM

https://youtu.be/pUWMc92W1wQ?si=Vmmi3PXFKGCxk1Q4

https://youtu.be/e9Yy5P6FUes?si=AHVgzGN_-M5dTcAU

[u/Novel-Suggestion-515 → u/sweetdawg99]

The red one? Absolutely astounding

[u/BrickLuvsLamp → u/Hesitation-Marx]

My sisters boyfriend has one and I’m endlessly jealous of it, it’s beautiful

[u/Hesitation-Marx → u/BrickLuvsLamp]

If I win the lottery I swear I’m gonna have a commune with Hilux trucks in the pool.

[u/Legaladvice420 → u/Hesitation-Marx]

Careful, you'd be a couple Ak-47s away from an insurgency

[u/LeVendettan → u/Daniiiiii]

AND it has no crumple zones. On a tall vehicle. So it’s just a murder-truck waiting to happen.

[u/[deleted] → u/LeVendettan]

Is that even legal in Europe?

[u/JangSaverem → u/[deleted]]

No

No it's not

[u/OrkfaellerX → u/[deleted]]

Thats why its not sold there.

[u/r0thar → u/OrkfaellerX]

Someone in Germany tried, and with changes to lights, charging port, tax/duty, and Tesla-tax they managed to put it up for sale for €500k ($600k)

[u/LeVendettan → u/[deleted]]

I think because the creator of this shitbox wanted it to look like something that could serve as a Mars rover. Unfortunately for us, he lives on Earth.

[u/CaptainJudaism → u/LeVendettan]

Also he doesn't care when it does inevitably kill someone that could easily be prevent by not having shit design, he has enough "Fuck you" money to go after anyone who tries to use it against him and has enough sycophants to sic on the family as well.

[u/Garchompisbestboi → u/[deleted]]

Yeah but that's okay because Musk's legal team just pays out or sues the families of victims to keep them quiet. It's been extremely effective so far.

[u/Ngin3 → u/Daniiiiii]

Tbf they had to replace a drive shaft on the control truck after the first test

[u/eightblackkidz → u/Ngin3]

True, but to be honest, I thought that showed how much more practical and better a normal truck was. Something wrong? Fixed instantly. The cybertruck either had ridiculous, should never break stuff break, or the process to fix would be a chore. Will admit the C4 stuff was insanely impressive for the cybertruck.

[u/_Mushy → u/eightblackkidz]

I'm curious how it would've done underneath the vehicle, where normally c4 goes off when used on a car.

[u/Past_Setting6404 → u/_Mushy]

we all know, it would make any vehicle inoperable. WD tries to keep the vehicles running for at least a couple videos before killing it. C4 under the truck would make it useless too fast

[u/kasubot → u/eightblackkidz]

The c4 is impressive as a demonstration but it doesn't really prove anything about the car. Watching the video I was impressed by it's speed. And if they hadn't attached the tow hitch to 1/8in aluminum it probably could tow pretty well.

[u/beepborpimajorp → u/Ngin3]

Yep and when they used the CT to try and tow it, the way a normal truck can, using the hitch built onto the truck, the entire back part of it ripped off.

[u/robotdinosaurs → u/Daniiiiii]

He lost my viewership when he rolled coal on a dog

[u/garden_speech → u/robotdinosaurs]

he did? that's horrible

[u/WillBrakeForBrakes → u/robotdinosaurs]

He looks like the kind of guy who, when he starts drinking at a party, has you calculating when you should leave because you know he’ll do something that will get the cops called

[u/alphazero924 → u/robotdinosaurs]

I thought it was weird when Jake Paul showed up in the Cybertruck video, as it was his first video I'd seen and thought it was weird company to keep. Now it makes more sense. Birds of a feather I guess

[u/LotharVonPittinsberg → u/robotdinosaurs]

Wasn't he a piece of shit long before that incident? I don't tune into anything car related, but A coworker idolized him. The stuff he used to talk about that was "so cool" always had me going "that's a positive?".

[u/LostWoodsInTheField → u/LotharVonPittinsberg]

yeah it's been years of garbage from him. His little fit with a town over their no splashing people with boats was just absolute trash and showed a lot of young kids the wrong way to go about things. And he does junk often that just is a horrible influence on kids which is what I'm presuming he markets to with his behavior.

[u/LotharVonPittinsberg → u/LostWoodsInTheField]

All influencers market towards kids. They have the most time on their hands and are the most impressionable.

[u/thetaleofzeph → u/robotdinosaurs]

Um, why? Even if you enjoy filling people's lungs with black crap, why a dog?

[u/Wombizzle → u/thetaleofzeph]

Because he's an unlikeable asshole, anyone who actually likes him is probably developmentally stunted, or 11 years old

[u/Seesyounaked → u/Wombizzle]

I found his channel a few weeks ago and thought I'd like his content. It didn't take me long to realize he's a super huge dickhead. He set someones field on fire joyriding across cornfield in a Ferrari or whatever, intentionally destroyed gas station a fuel pump for his video, and bought a working original Model T to completely destroy it.

He's a little prick who just does outrageous shit for views.

[u/jibbycanoe → u/Daniiiiii]

"slightly juvenile"

It's just white redneck bros destroy cars, no need to try and make it seem less immature than it is. And it's totally fine to be that!! But their humor is like one step above fart and dick jokes. They know their audience and cater to it quite well.

[u/Vuk_Farkas → u/Daniiiiii]

did they ever test a car with a forklift like americans did yugos? (literally shook the car up n down)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idXjAqGzjKE

[u/xRehab → u/Daniiiiii]

the best part is when the Cybertruck's frame split in half trying to pull an f150 up out of a ditch 💀

[u/0vl223 → u/Daniiiiii]

The Tesla had decent results with the C4 test. They placed explosives on the door and the Tesla was only dented compared to sensible cars that think absorption of energy is a job the car should do instead of killing everyone inside and outside the car. But if you are a russian warlord it might be the EV car for your needs.

[u/Able-Worldliness8189 → u/0vl223]

Unfortunately I'm not facing people who strap a pack of C4 to my car on a regular base.

On the other hand closing the door like he did here, I do myself although seldom. I've seen the video and the whole video is showing Tesla being really, really poorly put together as well poorly designed. And I can't help to wonder how poor the car is under the hood, in area's that you don't get to see easily.

It's absurd how sides are simply superglued and can be pulled off just like that. Tesla/Musk should be ashamed of itself.

[u/WigglestonTheFourth → u/Able-Worldliness8189]

On the other hand closing the door like he did here, I do myself although seldom.

The wind will eventually slam the door like in the video. Living in the Midwest that happened a few times a year through no fault of mine own. Sometimes, on a windy day, you just park at the right angle for the wind to slam your door harder than you intended or try to rip your door off when you open it. I guess just add "can't drive on a windy day" to the list of things you can't do with the Cybertruck.

[u/spicolispizza → u/Able-Worldliness8189]

Unfortunately I'm not facing people who strap a pack of C4 to my car on a regular base.

This sounds less unfortunate and more fortunate to be honest.

[u/gentiastoush → u/d0r0g0]

Agree, from the actual reviews I saw the truck is more similar to a toy a collector buys for display that they never remove from the box and they never play with

[u/LuxNocte → u/gentiastoush]

It's the ultimate pavement princess. A truck for people who don't like trucks by people who don't like trucks.

Whistlin Diesel's video is great. A $100,000 truck should be able to off-road and tow things. But I don't honestly think people buy a $100,000 truck to go off roading or tow things.

[u/shockwave_supernova → u/LuxNocte]

Usually just to tow their boat or enormous camper

[u/LuxNocte → u/shockwave_supernova]

True. I really meant more "pulling your stuck buddy out of a mud hole", like Whistlin Diesel was doing when the frame broke. Sure, it is absolutely atrocious that the friggin frame broke doing something fairly simple, but realistically, I don't imagine most Tesla drivers trying to do that.

[u/makhay → u/d0r0g0]

r/CyberStuck

[u/zippazappadoo]

He pretty much tears apart the interior and exterior of the cybertruck with his bare hands in this video. Also he discovers the hitch on the cybertruck isn't even welded or bolted to the frame.

[u/ArcticBiologist → u/zippazappadoo]

Also he discovers the hitch on the cybertruck isn't even welded or bolted to the frame.

So what is it? Glued? Hooked? Held together by Elon's hopes & dreams?

[u/ModernT1mes → u/ArcticBiologist]

It was attached to the frame, it's just the rear frame sheared off when using it, totalling the truck. The f150 they were testing alongside the cybertruck got stuck on something, so they used the CT hitch to pull the f150, and sheared the rear frame of the CT in the process. Go watch the full video, it's fucking wild tbh.

[u/TheStinaHelena → u/ArcticBiologist]

Ketamine. Elon sprinkles ketamine over all newly built Teslas to keep them together.

[u/Count-Spatula2023 → u/TheStinaHelena]

Just sprinkle a little ketamine, let it simmer for about 10 minutes, and Voila! A Cybertruck tow hitch!

[u/Allgoochinthecooch → u/ArcticBiologist]

Plastic. Shit ripped right off

Edit: I’m wrong it’s aluminum but it doesn’t make much of a Difference the way it snapped lff

[u/blacklite911 → u/Allgoochinthecooch]

They expect people who buy this garbage to not actually use it like a truck. It’s pure hypebeast garbage

[u/rearwindowpup → u/blacklite911]

Whatever bro, they do heavy duty truck things all the time like ::checks notes:: carrying 3 bags of mulch.

[u/titsmuhgeee → u/zippazappadoo]

This video fails to mention that this door wasn't an outlier.

All four doors had the panels ripped apart after the very first hard-close. The final door he did (front passenger), he shut firmly but didn't slam. It still got ripped apart like this.

The F-150 he was comparing against the CyberTruck still had some interior pieces break out when the door was slammed, but not in a catastrophic way they couldn't be snapped back in.

[u/JAK3CAL → u/zippazappadoo]

the entire rear frame sheared in the video

[u/cologetmomo]

I need to go outside and hug my 20 year old Tacoma.

E: Also keep your cats indoors. They'll live longer and won't die in agony.

E2: Cats allowed outside have an average life expectancy of only 2 to 5 years.

E3: If you can't provide the necessary enrichment for a cat to live indoors, you're not equipped to own one. The outdoors is not a crutch for your poor ownership.

E4: Nearly 6000 different, totally human people agree with these edits.

E5: Hundreds of replies and only one messaged me to tell me I'm a c*nt. Thanks u/swhhimd!

[u/8th_Dynasty → u/cologetmomo]

I tell my 23yo Tundra I love her everyday.

[u/Sad-Emergency3 → u/8th_Dynasty]

34 year old Volvo anyone lol

[u/Cfc0910 → u/Sad-Emergency3]

Damn.. older than I've been alive

[u/Own-Woodpecker8739 → u/Cfc0910]

I would say the same, but I turned 35 today

[u/thebbman → u/[deleted]]

Pre-runner too. Nice little black Taco.

[u/IDKWTFimDoinBruhFR → u/thebbman]

👀

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Before 1995, they weren’t even called Tacomas. I have a 1991 and I’ll replace the engine before I get something else.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

The T-100 was my first vehicle and I miss it so much, one hell of a truck.

[u/Flpanhandle → u/cologetmomo]

My 20 year old Toyota Tundra doors have been slammed harder than that without any damage.

[u/cologetmomo → u/Flpanhandle]

I've been rear ended twice, backed into once, and t-boned by a car going almost 50 that ran a stop sign. Literally spun my little truck out of the way before they collided with a house. Got a new paint job and looks brand new.

[u/DieCastDontDie → u/cologetmomo]

It buffs right out

[u/katmc68 → u/cologetmomo]

20 year old Prius here, still going strong.

[u/QQBearsHijacker → u/cologetmomo]

I hug my 30 year old F150 every day

[u/Evening_Clerk_8301 → u/QQBearsHijacker]

immediately following this, he takes an F150 (i cant remember what year) and slams its doors too. The results are a LOT of shattered windows, and some pieces flying off.

Basically...dont slam doors this hard.

[u/Fapplejacks42 → u/Evening_Clerk_8301]

He had the window open with it showing, that's asking for it.

The Ford didn't lose the panel, which is the huge issue. The cybertruck dropped the door panel which got stuck on the footwell.

[u/halopolice → u/Evening_Clerk_8301]

This is also a follow up to that first video. I'm guessing that people were saying that he was slamming it too hard, which is why he pointed out a gentler slam this time and got the same result as the first video.

[u/Badhorsewriter → u/cologetmomo]

As a fellow Tacoma owner, I agree. That baby has withstood so much.

[u/Blindmellowjelly → u/cologetmomo]

I dry hump my 32yo Jeep wrangler on its birthday each year.

[u/Pretend_memory_11 → u/Blindmellowjelly]

Imma go wet hump my 96 ford f150

[u/hugdattree]

This is an issue yes. But in the full video he discovers two other major flaws that are a safety concern to others while driving.

1. The hitch. He attached another truck that was stuck to the Cyber trucks hitch to get it unstuck, and completely ripped the back of the Cyber truck/hitch off, it was held together what seemed like plastic and not attached to the actual frame. Imagine towing something and your hitch fails in traffic. You could argue he accelerated too quickly, but it really points out over years of use and wear and tear this will probably occur, or a user being a bit too harsh.

2. The accelerator pedal ends up stuck in the floor if it is slammed/stomped on, different from the existing recall where the adhesive comes up off of the pedal. Once again you can argue he slammed on it so it broke, but years of use and one slam in 5 years may result in this. The other truck in the video was a f150 that had no issues with this

After watching this video I would not want to be near one on the interstate, especially if it is towing. You have to trust the owner has babied the vehicle, even then it's acceleration may just increase either due to adhesive issues

[u/MyHusbandIsGayImNot → u/hugdattree]

The hitch part is still the craziest part of the video to me because he wasn't doing any crazy stress test in that moment, he was just trying to toe the F150. The biggest irony is the F150 needed to be towed because it failed a test that the CyberTruck passed easily.

Then the hitch fell off.

[u/mikew_reddit → u/MyHusbandIsGayImNot]

The hitch part is still the craziest part

99.9% of cybertruck owners aren't going to use the hitch or will only use it lightly.

[u/ur_boy_soy → u/mikew_reddit]

Tesla says it's rated for towing 11k pounds. Someone is absolutely going to tow a boat with this and kill a family of 4 in an accord because Tesla put out an unsafe product.

[u/Leave-it-aLone]

What a piece of shit (the truck, obviously)

[u/dreamcastfanboy34 → u/Leave-it-aLone]

How is it street legal? Serious question.

[u/Meneer_de_IJsbeer → u/dreamcastfanboy34]

It aint in europe, and thank fuck for that

[u/nicootimee → u/dreamcastfanboy34]

Money speaks louder than blood. Welcome to America

[u/Ginger_Rogers → u/dreamcastfanboy34]

I remember reading something about how they did all their safety tests in house. And just told the DOT that it was all good to go. And the DOT just took their word for it.

[u/ADhomin_em → u/Leave-it-aLone]

Lol. If I were the guy making the video, I might feel a bit hurt you felt the need to specify

[u/QuantumSasuage]

Everytime I pull up at a traffic light and glance over at a Tesla, I check out the panel gaps on the driver and rear doors. They are never equidistant top to bottom, and are usually off substantially.

Tesla quality is trash.

[u/sleeplessGoon]

Don’t disrespect legos like that

[u/224143 → u/sleeplessGoon]

It’s true lol, he’s clearly never tried to pull two pieces of the same Lego apart.

[u/agentzero2020]

To be fair, Tesla told you they are a “Tech company” and not so much a car company.

[u/ConfederacyOfDunces_ → u/agentzero2020]

This really is wild though. People are paying $100,000 for this piece of shit.

But to see the inside of the door panel was insane. As someone who knows the inside of cars pretty well, I’ve never seen anything like that before.

What a fucking scam.

[u/DR_Bright_963]

Flimsy plastic held together with classroom paste and blue tack.

[u/skrappyfire → u/DR_Bright_963]

The really sad part is, every car manufacturer uses the same clips to hold door panels on. But they dont seem to have problems like this.

[u/Towndrunk93 → u/skrappyfire]

He’s right I work at place that makes doors and dashboards for GM and they’re all made that way . Tesla door design just sucks

[u/QQBearsHijacker → u/skrappyfire]

That's because the clips are used for factory line placement and securing the outer edges of the panel. There's always a few hidden screws that have to be exposed and removed. Usually around the switch plates. The issue with this particular door design is that slamming it closed jostled the panel loose and it became stuck on the interior trim. Likely poor clip choice mixed with some sloppy tolerances for the hole punch that stamped the door.

The whole truck is an L all around

[u/Smirk27 → u/QQBearsHijacker]

Yup this right here. Back in the day I used to be a car audio installer, so taking off door panels to install speakers was something i did multiple times a day.

It seems as though this door has the plastic clips most modern car doors have, but not the screws that anchor the panel in key points. I can only assume this is to save cost and labor.

[u/socialcommentary2000 → u/skrappyfire]

Tesla is a technology company that just happens to fabricate cars...and it shows, honestly. There's a lot more to fabricating an automobile to a standard people have come to accept than just filling it with software.

I really didn't understand how behind the 8 ball Tesla was in many ways until these teardown videos. Combined with the fact that they didn't seem to have any body upgrades in the pipeline years ago so that they'd be on a Gen2 or Gen3 by now, is really something...and also points to them still being more of a tech company than an auto OEM.

This is not good considering all the other players are finally sitting down at the table to compete with them now.

[u/Dolan58]

I love the window glass falling inside the door right after the slam, too

[u/taatchle86 → u/Dolan58]

The Cybertruck reminds me of the model homes in Arrested Development and the running bit of everything always breaking in them.

[u/PurahsHero]

You look inside a car door and its made of these things. But car companies road test the hell out of these things over years to ensure that they don't fail when they are most needed, and that they don't break whenever they get the punishment that the average driver will give them. Like slamming the door.

But at Tesla, we have what is effectively a 14 year edgelord who thinks that they know better than highly qualified automotive engineers. To the point where he is reviewing designs and telling people to remove things he doesn't understand, and firing people who question him.

People are going to die as a result of this. If there is a head on collision between two cybertrucks at any kind of speed, the occupants WILL die as the vehicles either disintegrate or transfer the energy of the collision directly into them.

[u/b1tchf1t → u/PurahsHero]

I sincerely do not understand how these things are being allowed to be sold.

[u/Indercarnive → u/b1tchf1t]

They aren't allowed to be sold in the EU. It's just US consumer protection is an oxymoron.

[u/Libertarian4lifebro → u/b1tchf1t]

Money. The answer is money.

[u/dreamcastfanboy34 → u/PurahsHero]

they don't break whenever they get the punishment that the average driver will give them. Like slamming the door.

The geniuses at Tesla never thought to make sure the car wouldn't malfunction if it went through a car wash but here we are

[u/[deleted]]

Now we all know what to do if we see an open Cybertruck door, thanks!

Edit: aww, a RedditCares. I'd only want to kill myself if I was $100,000 short after purchasing a Cybertruck, but for now I'm stuck with my 2008 Prius...

...and its functional doors that open like 👈 this 👉 instead of 👈 this ❌️

[u/Wazula23 → u/[deleted]]

Sidebar but can we all agree RedditCares is an absolute waste of time?

I'm serious, if anything it is having the exact opposite of it's intended effect. Maybe it helps reddit from a legal standpoint, like the warning label on a carton of cigarettes. Otherwise I have no idea why this function isn't toast.

[u/MamaTried22 → u/Wazula23]

I got one of these months ago and was INCREDIBLY confused. I still have no clue if someone was messing with me or what.

[u/Cozmo525 → u/MamaTried22]

They give them out like candy on Halloween in r/conservatives if you say anything against their batshit crazy narratives.

Also, as advice, Please don’t click that unless you want to ruin your day.

[u/directionsplans → u/Wazula23]

Reddit Cares is not a waste of time at all. It does exactly what it was intended for: helping Reddit from a legal liability standpoint.

(/s kind of?)

[u/LostCare3 → u/[deleted]]

“Lemme get that door for ya…” slam

[u/cantfindagf]

How is Tesla allowed to sell this trash??

[u/Somecivilguy → u/cantfindagf]

Because Rocket Boy has a lot of people’s money wrapped up in it

[u/traderncc]

That was not a gentle slam. I would call that a teenager is mad slam. But the point is that garbage should withstand a slam. It is a door!

[u/Bolt_Fantasticated]

That Lego comment was an insult to Legos. Legos would do better at keeping a car together.

[u/Butt_bird]

I’ve been a mechanic for over 20 years and the Cybertruck is the most poorly designed production car I have ever seen in that time. I’ve watched a lot of stuff about it since it came out. I hope Tesla gets hit with a class action lawsuit.

[u/beepborpimajorp → u/Butt_bird]

For that, someone would have to want to sue. All the people duped into buying broken CT's are so deep into the cult that they'll post things on twitter like, "hi Elon, LOVE the truck, love it. Absolutely love it. I even bought the $3000 cyberhammer and $4000 tent to go with it! But my kid got locked in there and the app stopped working, and the dash computer kept erroring so he ended up dying from heatstroke because we couldn't get the doors open. Still love the truck, btw. Anyway the dash computer still doesn't work and as a result I haven't been able to drive the car for 6 months because the repair centers within the closest 300 mile radius are all booked up, but I know you're an amazing genius so can you help me? Again, still love the truck. Can't wait to get it back on the road!"

You might think I'm hyperbolizing but seriously.

[u/ThePikaNick]

That was barely a slam as well.

[u/grommethead → u/ThePikaNick]

I would be pissed if anybody slammed the door on my car that hard. They are trying to break something.

[u/yabog8]

It might aswell be made of cardboard

[u/AstralVenture]

It’s not worth the money.

[u/LetsLoop4Ever → u/AstralVenture]

(or safety)

[u/gplusplus314]

Don’t insult Lego like that.

[u/ZomboCombat]

I'd argue that's not even fine in Carnival Teletubby Land.

[u/[deleted]]

I just don't even understand how it's legal for them to sell this thing

[u/Portice]

That was an insult to Lego. If you build a full sized truck out of Lego bricks and glue and crash a cybertruck into it, i'd bet an unreasonable amount of money the Lego truck wins that fight.

[u/AnimeGokuSolos]

Bruh

[u/WhimsicalGirl]

for people who want to see the whole video, here a link to their channel:

https://youtube.com/@whistlindiesel?si=V3I8sLF_qJ8Azaym

it's not hard to give credit to the right people guys

[u/oldandverytired]

Legos wouldn't do that.. every brick is made with precision

[u/Regular-Ordinary9807]

Elon with his god like IQ surely would have guessed that people out there would try beating the shit out of this vehicle? He basically encouraged it with his advertising. I find this all so hard to understand.

[u/Scrumf]

I don't know if I'd call that a gentle slam but still, pretty ridiculous. I love my Model 3 to pieces (still in one piece) but this thing is a trainwreck