Fun fact: The windows are not bulletproof. Also the most common rifle in the US is the AR-15… and the cybertruck’s doors are decidedly NOT resistant againt .223/5.56x45mm rounds. And if they’re using green tips or even regular FMJ rounds, you can forget about any semblance of protection.
Are the bullet holes shopped on instead of shot on?
It looks like the same hole with the same shadows pasted all over the car.
The spread is also weird. Not random, not cluster. Like someone tried to evenly space them, but only on the door panels.
There have been a lot of videos of proud Cybertruck owners shooting up their own car doors to own the libs. And I wish any part of that was a joke. Just search youtube.
This is likely the result of one of those “tests” using the lowest-grain hollow-point 9mm rounds they could find so they can drive around feeling invincible until they have to spend a large portion of the vehicle’s cost on new doors. And in this case, new body panels as well because aiming is for cucks I guess. But it’s okay because the primary consumer of Cybertrucks are crypto-bros who found themselves on the top of the pyramid/edge of the bubble and have more entitlement and money than sense and will just buy another.
I hate it here.
Considering the Cybertruck is just a standard stainless steel alloy, I’d ask why they aren’t just buying sheet from a metal yard to test, but I already know the answer.
They can’t tell the difference between us laughing at them and us becoming enraged by them, they’re just like mistreated dogs who have learned they can get attention by pissing on the floor and any kind of attention will do.
I don’t get the whole car being someone’s identity thing. Whether it’s their whole identity or just a part of it, doesn’t matter.
A vehicle is a tool to get things done. Transporting people and things from location to location. But so many people are making it into a statement. I have no idea why.
I never wanted my car to make any statements, nor stand out in any way whatsoever. The reason of simple: no matter who you are, what you value, what you believe, there’s always going to be people that disagree with you. A nontrivial number of those that disagree with your viewpoint, have the aptitude and willingness to mess with your property, especially when you’re not looking.
So you’re going to leave your opinion, on one of the most expensive things you own, while it is parked in public spaces with (more often than not) zero security against people’s access to your shit.
I just… I don’t get it.
But so many people are making it into a statement. I have no idea why.
If you keep chasing this question, you eventually get to a very dark place and realize just how little free-will our species has. I am dead serious, unless you want to wreck your entire perception of yourself and our species and deal with a very severe depressive episode, cease your investigations.
“A Typical Day Buying a Car in America”
So, there I was, minding my own business, when I decide it’s about time I get myself a new set of wheels. You know, something reliable, maybe a little bulletproof? Can’t be too careful out there, right?
Walked into this dealership, looking sharp as ever in my sunglasses and a trench coat, ready to flip the script. The salesman, guy named Greg, looked up from his desk like I’d just walked into the sun. “Can I help you?” he says, polite but cautious. “Sure, buddy,” I said, sliding my .45 onto the counter. “I’m in the market for a car that can take a hit.”
Greg’s eyes widened. “Uh… we’ve got models that can handle themselves. How about the Honda Civic? It’s pretty tough for its size—bulletproof up to 9mm!” “9mm?” I repeated, unimpressed. “Buddy, my gun’s got a hair more punch.”
We went through the lineup: the Ford F-150 with its armor-like doors (though it admitted it’d leave a dent or two), the Subaru Outback with its reinforced undercarriage (can’t trust cars that hide), and then… there was the Tesla Cybertruck. “Think you’re funny,” I said, sliding behind the wheel. “Let’s see what this thing’s got.”
Pulled out my SIG Sauer, popped off a few rounds. The Civic? Dented like a can of beans. The F-150? A bulletproof glass shattered, but it held up… kinda. And then the Cybertruck. “Bullets,” I said, aiming dead center. “Go ahead. Hit it.”
Greg let out a breath he probably hadn’t taken since 2012. The bullets hit, and… nothing. Not a scratch, not a dent. Just like that, the Cybertruck became my new ride. “Sure, why not,” I said, shrugging. “It’s got range, style, and now, apparently, it’s bulletproof.”
Drove off, leaving Greg staring after me like I’d just pulled a heist or something.
Probably shot by paintballs but washed off.
FWIW, IIRC it’s only bulletproof to subsonic 9mm. If you’re using normal range ammo (115gr), it’s not going to stop the bullet. It’s definitely not going to stop any rifle more powerful than a .22lr.
And super-rigid body panels are actually a bad thing; it likely doesn’t have crumple zones, which means that more energy is going into the passengers in a crash.
The fuck they shoot it with? Paintballs?
If it’s on fire and the autolocks, you know the doors are strong enough to not budge when you try to kick them open.
The autolock on the fire, to me, is proof that Elon fully intends this to be a working feature. He probably would want all of his cars like this so if anyone in one of his cars displeases him he can have the battery overheat into a blaze AND prevent the occupants from escaping.
Is this like those dimples on golf balls, to make an air cushion layer to improve aerodynamics?
Yes let’s all make cars ridiculously strong and kill pedestrians because fuck them!
Seriously, the cyber truck is an embarrassment. The only positive thing I can say about its design is at least it doesn’t have a tall, blunt front end that minimizes pedestrian visibility while maximizing pedestrian fatality, as seems to be the current trend.
“Technically” bulletproof (in that some parts can’t have holes poked through them by bullets), can’t drive through sand or mud.
Very apocalypse-proof.
Ah, that’s why there are never any cybertrucks in Mad Max.
Ha! Elsewhere in this thread I described the Cybertruck as it’s always looked to me- a fiberglass shell over an El Camino in a bad 1980s straight-to-VHS Mad Max ripoff movie.
Aside from the fact that you’d be funding the nazis, it’s so fucking ugly…
They are ugly, but I’d love to have them on some zombie apocalypse survival games ^^
Beauty is subjective. Nazis are not.
I know of no one who think’s that’s an attractive car. it must be the exception.
Beauty may be subjective, but a very small number of subjects find the Cybertruck to be beautiful.
Maybe a hot take, but I thought it looked cool in the concept images (though those are obviously unburdened by the constraints of reality). Unfortunately, so much of that sleekness it was originally going for was killed by the time the physical product went into production, and the low build quality is very apparent from pretty much any photos of one you can find.
I guess to each their own. To me, it always looked like a fiberglass shell put on an El Camino in a 1980s straight-to-VHS Mad Max ripoff movie.
Ironically, that would make it a better and more reliable vehicle.
Looks cool, has many flaws. I’ll wait for v2
Von Braun already beat him to it.
I don’t want a rocket i want an electric vehicle that sort of reminds me of the warthog from halo
And you know what, I’m a fan of the rugged look with the brushed steel and all that. I just can’t get past the lines, they are so terrible. It really looks like a kid drew it but in a bad way. If they’d made it square it would be nice imho
It’s like he was trying to draw a Delorian from memory and forgot it wasn’t a truck.
It looks like the car from the video for “You Got Lucky Babe” by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
They aren’t shitting their pants because they can actually get to a bathroom in their cars
At least they didn’t try shooting through the bulletproof windows. They woulda killed the driver.
From what I saw on a YouTube channel that tested the cyber truck. It can take anything up to a 22. Beyond that you’re screwed
As someone relatively ignorant of firearms I couldn’t name a smaller caliber. Isn’t 22 a very lightweight round?
Lightweight and low-energy.
.308 maybe… From 600 yards.
