# Cybertrucks falling apart **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 25, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780 "2025-02-25T12:45:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/201 "2025-04-15T21:27:30Z")
I saw something new today. A CT carrying a load of construction materials. Sorta. Tonneau was closed. There were 3 transverse raised racks over the downsloping aft half of the truck. Like you might see two of on the roof of an SUV to tie down a kayak or skis or … . They looked like a factory option or a quality 3rd party part, not homebrew. Anyhow, carefully strapped to there was a bundle of six ~8’ x 1" lengths of EMT conduit. A heavy massive load for sure, worthy of the rugged reality of a mighty CT. [/sarcasm]. They turned off into a condo complex. Where DIY is prohibited by law, so it was probably a real contractor, not a DIY weekend warrior. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/202 "2025-04-16T10:33:31Z")
There once was a truck with an ugly frame Its angles sharp, and it looked so lame The people wondered who’s to blame The man who goes to Mars All hail the Cybertruck A brick on wheels, it frankly sucks They call it slick, but let’s be real It’s the dumbest thing on wheels ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/203 "2025-04-16T19:45:27Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > It sorta looked like a giant mobile toilet… You have described a white Honda Pacific Coast! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/204 "2025-04-16T22:05:08Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > The idea of a mobile toilet is kind of cool, but only someone nefarious would make one that looks like **that**. Were there seashells on it? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/205 "2025-04-16T22:21:12Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Were there seashells on it? What are the seashells for? ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/206 "2025-04-16T22:52:17Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > The only custom Cybertruck I ever saw, I actually saw a week ago when I was driving my wife and daughter to the airport. It was done all in white. I don’t know if it was custom or not, but I saw one in powder blue in Palm Springs in February (at the luxury outlet mall). ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/207 "2025-04-16T23:23:14Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > What are the seashells for? _Demolition Man_ reference. In the movie, that’s what the people of the future use instead of toilet paper. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/208 "2025-04-16T23:29:50Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > _Demolition Man_ reference. You were supposed to say “He doesn’t know about the sea shells!” [snicker] When I lob them over the plate, people are supposed to hit them. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/209 "2025-04-17T11:31:07Z")
They’re all originally plain stainless steel; AIUI that’s the only way they come from the factory or the dealership. Any other color or finish is probably a wrap, not paint. And so by definition is custom, or at least aftermarket. White, black, gray, iridescent orange, you name it. All aftermarket. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/210 "2025-04-17T17:58:17Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Any other color or finish is probably a wrap, not paint. I’m 99% certain that the white Cybertruck I saw had a wrap. It certainly looked like that’s what it was. Here’s a photo of an iridescent one that almost makes it not look like trash. [![](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/658710a21ab0756ef87bb9aa/65ca2847e7fd1eb847ccb730_cyber-truck.webp) ](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/658710a21ab0756ef87bb9aa/65ca2847e7fd1eb847ccb730_cyber-truck.webp) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/211 "2025-04-17T19:25:35Z")
Modern wraps are amazing. There are definitely some snappy choices in color, sheen, pattern, iridescence, etc. out there to be had. For whatever shape of vehicle. As to CTs specifically … Wrapping is so easy and efficient now, whereas prepping and painting SS and doing the required disassembly first is so arduous that IMO damn near nobody would pay to aftermarket paint a CT. As to looks, pretty much anything is an improvement over the basic Lowes refrigerator SS. I get the look they were going for, but it’s just soo not 2025. Once we get to a full bore Mad Max dystopia in, say, 2035, I think the scuffed perpetually dirty plain SS look will return to fashion. But if Max & his cohorts thought finding gasoline in a wasteland was hard, finding wires with electricity still in them is gonna be even harder by then. So the CTs will be little more than immobile oddly shaped tents by then. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/212 "2025-04-17T20:02:59Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > But if Max & his cohorts thought finding gasoline in a wasteland was hard, finding wires with electricity still in them is gonna be even harder by then. So the CTs will be little more than immobile oddly shaped tents by then. I beg to differ! The Cybertruck will be considered a heavenly bit of salvage! Lots of wide strips of stainless to be converted into body armor, light armor plating for more flexible vehicles, and possibly even basic melee weapons given some shaping and grinding! A veritable treasure trove! They will be stripped of their “exoskeleton” and -then- left to rot as a worthless excuse of a vehicle far to heavy to convert into some more commonly available source of power (animals, meeeeethane, etc.). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/213 "2025-04-17T20:08:40Z")
Eh, you could charge one with solar panels, even if (for any reasonable panel area) it’d take far longer to charge than the driving time you’d get. Could still be useful if you only need occasional excursions. ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/214 "2025-04-17T20:42:07Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > you could charge one with solar panels, even if (for any reasonable panel area) it’d take far longer to charge than the driving time you’d get. Could still be useful if you only need occasional excursions You’re missing the whole post apocalyptic Cybertruck ecosystem. Charge it from solar and wind when available. The big battery supplies power to run lights, water pumps, and other things. You can live in one of those tents that covers the bed, with a bit of heating or AC, as needed. When the raiders start getting too close, you can pack up your solar panels and windmill, and drive to someplace new. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/215 "2025-04-17T22:50:18Z")
> [@echoreply](#): > > When the raiders start getting too close, … Zap 'em with the anti-vehicle laser you stole off a dead HMMWV. Go big or go home. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/216 "2025-04-17T23:12:54Z")
How much time to store enough charge from a couple kilowatts of panels to fire off one of the railguns the navy is developing? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/217 "2025-04-20T22:08:42Z")
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