# Tesla Cybertruck **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 23, 2019, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866 "2019-11-23T10:32:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 88
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1741 "2025-08-08T19:53:45Z")
Certainly furrier. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1742 "2025-08-08T20:27:29Z")
I see you haven’t met Florida Man and his cy’bear’truck. [![](https://supercarblondie.com/wp-content/uploads/Cybertruck-Cybeartruck-Tesla-fur-wrap-Miami-1024x639.webp) ](https://supercarblondie.com/wp-content/uploads/Cybertruck-Cybeartruck-Tesla-fur-wrap-Miami-1024x639.webp) ---
**Author:** ![moes\_lotion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@moes\_lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moes_lotion)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1743 "2025-08-08T22:57:49Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I will say this, I just saw another wrapped black Cybertruck yesterday and I’ve come to the conclusion that it doesn’t really look all that bad in black. Saw my first wrapped CT about a week ago, in semi-gloss black. I’d amend your observation to “it looks slightly less worse in black” ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1744 "2025-08-08T23:05:50Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > because even the past year has not been kind to the steel bodies and the ones I see usually look dull and shitty. I only see one in my neighbourhood, but that’s my impression as well. Stainless steel does not age well in our hot, sunny, dusty climate. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1745 "2025-08-09T18:21:02Z")
O.k. that made me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1746 "2025-08-09T18:53:42Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > > [@LSLGuy](#): > > > > Brutalist architecture looks semi-appropriate on jails and totally bad on museums, performing arts centers, or airport terminals > > And churches. Can’t forget the churches. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Fixed your link: > > [Third Church of Christ, Scientist (Washington, D.C.) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Church_of_Christ,_Scientist_(Washington,_D.C.)) > > But yeah, ugly in an inhuman and brutal way. Wow, that’s even worse than the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford, Connecticut. > **[Cathedral of St. Joseph (Hartford, Connecticut)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_St._Joseph_(Hartford,_Connecticut))** > > The Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, is the mother church and seat of the Archdiocese of Hartford. Dedicated on May 15, 1962, it stands on the site of the first cathedral which was destroyed by fire in 1956. It is located on Farmington Avenue just outside downtown Hartford. The capacity of the cathedral is about 1,750 people, not including the two side chapels. > In 1979, the Cathedral of St. Joseph was included as a contributing property in the Asylum Avenue Dist... ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1747 "2025-08-09T19:02:13Z")
According to Wikipedia, in Britain, brutalist buildings are high on the lists from the public to be destroyed. > A 2014 article in _[The Economist](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist)_ noted its unpopularity with the public, observing that a campaign to demolish a building will usually be directed against a brutalist one.[[119]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutalist_architecture#cite_note-economist-119) According to [Simon Jenkins](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Jenkins), “Few styles in history can have been met with so many pleas from its users to see it destroyed.”[[120]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutalist_architecture#cite_note-jenkins-120) In 2005, the British TV programme _[Demolition](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demolition_(TV_series))_ ran a public vote to select twelve buildings that ought to be demolished, and eight of those selected were brutalist buildings.[[120]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutalist_architecture#cite_note-jenkins-120) ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1748 "2025-08-18T17:52:49Z")
This morning, I saw a CT parked on the street parallel to mine with an all-white wrap. My first reactions on seeing it were: it’s bigger than I remembered, and it looks like a refrigerator lying on its side. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1749 "2025-08-18T18:45:30Z")
Not sure how universal it is but low production and difficulty in finding parts causing some insurance companies to stop insuring Cybertrucks > **[Tesla owners gut-punched after receiving unexpected notice from insurance...](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-owners-gut-punched-receiving-004500233.html)** > > This latest development is the newest piece of troubling news surrounding the Cybertruck. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1750 "2025-08-18T20:25:56Z")
I saw an all-white wrapped CT a month or two ago. Reminded me of some bad origami. Uninsurability has been the death of many products and services over the years. Perhaps that’s what’ll kill the CT for good. My CT comment: I was wandering through a shopping mall a couple days ago. One of the kiosks out in the central corridor was selling small drones, remote control battery operated stuffed dogs, and some remote control battery cars. One of which was a model CT about 2 feet long set up on tall lattice suspension with big knobby tires like an off-road racer. In that garb it was actually a pretty cool looking invention. What was especially interesting was it came with a remote controlled model ATV that fit in the truck bed. It was maybe 8" long, 6" wide, 4" tall. And was styled very similarly to a CT. Almost resembled a Japanese transformer toy with the angular lines, wing-like fenders, etc. That too was pretty neat looking. Both were certainly more exciting than the real thing. This vid isn’t the exact same toy CT, but it is the same ATV [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/mB9m8Mm3ftg/maxresdefault.jpg "We take the $100 Cybertruck R/C for a spin") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB9m8Mm3ftg) ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1751 "2025-08-19T00:17:00Z")
Hey! Maybe Musk will set up a captive insurance company to insure his darling Cybertrucks! ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1752 "2025-08-19T00:30:03Z")
AIUI, Tesla already sells insurance. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1753 "2025-08-19T00:30:55Z")
Well, there you (or CT owners) go, then. I’m sure the rates are commercially competitive. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1754 "2025-08-19T00:37:56Z")
In 12 states (so far). ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1755 "2025-08-24T01:34:08Z")
I saw my first two non-steel-finish CTs last week: the first had matte black racing stripes on the front hood and a stylized T logo on the back, also matte black. The second had a boring tan wrap. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1756 "2025-10-24T17:06:35Z")
Turn your damn lights down! > **[Tesla Recalls Over 63,000 Cybertrucks for a Glaring Reason](https://www.aol.com/articles/tesla-recalls-over-63-000-022952368.html)** > > Tesla has issued a recall on over 63,000 Cybertrucks as its vehicle's controller software "may cause the front parking lights to be too bright and exceed the maximum light output, adversely affecting the vision of other drivers." ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1757 "2025-10-24T17:08:18Z")
Do you even read the links that you post? A one or two sentence summary would be nice on occasion. I’ll do your homework for you again. This was quickly fixed with an over the air software update. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1758 "2025-10-24T17:25:35Z")
Whoa. Yes, I do read the links. The image of the link includes the topic sentence, for those who wish to read no further. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1759 "2025-10-24T18:18:46Z")
Yeah but the topic sentence and the headline make it seem like it’s one of those typical recalls where you have to take the vehicle in to the dealership and get hardware replaced or adjusted. The fact that it has already been fixed with software while the it is in the garage is salient, don’t you think? Just my opinion but it’s helpful to add a useful summary with the link. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866/1760 "2025-10-24T18:41:23Z")
Not really. I think anyone who follows Tesla knows that a lot of their recalls are OTA updates. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866.md?page=87) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866.md?page=89)