Cybertrucks in the wild - quick comment

[Stickboy46]

A friend of mine let me drive his. I think it looks better in person. The driving experience is awesome. The technologies in it make every other vehicle, including the Rivians, old technology. I am still keeping the R1T for now, but will probably wind up with a Cyberbeast.

Oh god it looks awful. That rear look is just horrendous ... who approved that??

EDIT: been trying to think of what the rear looks like .. it looks like it has a muffin top.

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[COdogman]

Now Rivian technology is “old“

 

[Dark-Fx]

Well, our eyesight does get worse as we age...

Paint everything in vantablack so you can't see it anymore.

 

[docwhiz]

I've seen a few in N California. Most memorable, I passed one at night on i80 and it was lit up like a circus ride.

 

[Mtbaddict]

Can the CT carry 3 mtbs and 3 longboards? It’s not like the R1T is a big truck, but at least you can still use it as a truck.

 

[Mtbaddict]

Saw one in the wild the other day. About what I expected.

 

[Chewy734]

Very polarizing but happy they exist. Not interested at the current pricing but if Elon had been able to deliver at the original quoted pricing, would've found it much more compelling.

Size comparison at the kiddo's soccer practice. The owner of the CT previously owned an R1S but Rivian couldn't sort out his alignment issues so he cut bait and moved on.

The CT looks like it has a chopped off nose, like he who shall not be named.

The only CT I’ve seen driving around my part of LA is a black one as well, but driven by some guy that looked like Fry from Futurama (perhaps fitting?).

 

[Underthe110]

Looks better in black. Stainless looks like someone modified a refrigerator door

 

[NY_Rob]

At least that fully wrapped CT isn't super-hideous.

At a party yesterday, a friend showed me a pic he snapped on his phone where the owner just wrapped the upper portion (The A-pillar, B-Pillar) and the sails in the rear.. in black.
Doing that just left a long slab of bright stainless on wheels remaining. It was the ugliest vehicle I've ever seen! I mean WTAF was this guy thinking?

 

[Cortles]

I’ve now had three cyber truck sightings here in OC and I’m sorry but they are frickin’ ugly… that’s it, carry on

Never has a car maker embodied every essence of its CEO quite so well. The angles, the finish, the self-centered desire to be seen and noticed. The arrogance and lack of utility. The only thing I’m surprised about is that it’s called Cyber Truck - Cyber Musk would have been a more appropriate name.

(From a four year ex-Tesla owner who is INFINITELY more happy with my adventurous Rivian)

 

[docwhiz]

Never has a car maker embodied every essence of its CEO quite so well. The angles, the finish, the self-centered desire to be seen and noticed. The arrogance and lack of utility. The only thing I’m surprised about is that it’s called Cyber Truck - Cyber Musk would have been a more appropriate name.

(From a four year ex-Tesla owner who is INFINITELY more happy with my adventurous Rivian)

I've read the styling called "neo-fascist" and I think that description fits the truck and Musk.

 

[Tim-in-CA]

I’ve now had three cyber truck sightings here in OC and I’m sorry but they are frickin’ ugly… that’s it, carry on

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[RivianRunner]

At the original unveiling, I thought it looked hideous, until I understood the materials it was made from - the panels are so hard and durable they cannot be stamped into compound curves like thin, mild steel is routinely stamped. Then I learned the strength of the panels were leveraged to reduce weight and create the stiffest, least flexy, truck chassis ever made, giving it a solid feeling over bumps and direct driving dynamics, like it was forged from a single piece of metal. Then I learned it would stop handgun bullets and be impervious to door dings and could never rust. As I begin to understand what drove the design it started to make my 2010 steel F-150 look quaint and antiquated.

I don't plan on getting shot at (but these days one never knows) and it's especially nice to not have to worry about door dings in tight parking spots (it seems like parking spots keep getting narrower), errant baseballs, rocks and debris kicked up on the freeway, or damaging hail. And the lack of paint means there is no thin fragile clearcoat that can get scratched and damaged when driving through brush and alder saplings, dang, those alder saplings grow quick! It took me about half an hour to start seeing the functionality and beauty in the design. Now it looks like modern tech art. But that's not why I want one, even though it looks better than my F-150, I don't really care about truck aesthetics, I care about how they function. I really like the locking, motorized roll-top tonneau that is rated for a big man with a heavy tool belt, or a load of roofing materials, to stand and walk on.

So I completely understand how Rivian fans think it looks odd, or even hideous, I get it. But the more I see it, the better it looks. And when I had an opportunity to see one in the flesh (metal) last month at a Seattle Delivery Center, I was blown away. Looks much better up close and personal. I'm buying it for me, not for the approval of others!

The narrative that people want a hideous looking truck to be seen in never made much sense. Think about it, nobody wants to be seen in something that looks hideous. Looks are very much subjective, everyone has different likes and dislikes, just like Country music, most of it sounds like crap to me, it curdles my blood, yet I get that some people like it above all else. Preferences are very individual. My guess is the Cybertruck will outsell the R1T, and that some Rivian owners are afraid of that prospect. Don't be afraid peeps, like is too short and variety is the spice that makes it all worthwhile. How boring it would be if all vehicles looked the same!

I'm not a fan of the plastic wrapped ones, I like the raw steel. Tough an no-nonsense, like a truck should be. Wrapping steel that is this hard and durable in thin plastic just seems wrong to me and makes it not much better than a fragile painted surface when driving through brush that is grinding the mud paste into the coating. Even the self-healing paint protection film looks like hell after a couple of years of driving on overgrown trails and roads rubbing the mud grit into the plastic. I don't want to have to worry about scratching the PPF, and especially not fragile paint. It's a truck!

With the toughened glass, it's like a knight in shining armor. Of course, looks are a very personal thing, I'm just tickled pink that I'll be taking delivery of my own Cybertruck in about a month. Goodbye 2010 F-150 4x4, not sad to see it go! This is how the transition to electric trucks happens, one truck at a time. And I will not miss the stink of the F-150 in the morning! I wish Rivian could make more EVs, but their plan is to slow down, not speed up. At least for now, I'll be leaving what they do make for people who don't like the tough looks of the Cybertruck or the frumpy looks of the Lightning. I get it, some people want a softer, gentler looking truck. And that is A-OK by me! Carry on, lets keep making the world a cleaner, better place to live and breathe!

 

[Stickboy46]

At the original unveiling, I thought it looked hideous, until I understood the materials it was made from - the panels are so hard and durable they cannot be stamped into compound curves like thin, mild steel is routinely stamped. Then I learned the strength of the panels were leveraged to reduce weight and create the stiffest, least flexy, truck chassis ever made, giving it a solid feeling over bumps and direct driving dynamics, like it was forged from a single piece of metal. Then I learned it would stop handgun bullets and be impervious to door dings and could never rust. As I begin to understand what drove the design it started to make my 2010 steel F-150 look quaint and antiquated.

I don't plan on getting shot at (but these days one never knows) and it's especially nice to not have to worry about door dings in tight parking spots (it seems like parking spots keep getting narrower), errant baseballs, rocks and debris kicked up on the freeway, or damaging hail. And the lack of paint means there is no thin fragile clearcoat that can get scratched and damaged when driving through brush and alder saplings, dang, those alder saplings grow quick! It took me about half an hour to start seeing the functionality and beauty in the design. Now it looks like modern tech art. But that's not why I want one, even though it looks better than my F-150, I don't really care about truck aesthetics, I care about how they function. I really like the locking, motorized roll-top tonneau that is rated for a big man with a heavy tool belt, or a load of roofing materials, to stand and walk on.

So I completely understand how Rivian fans think it looks odd, or even hideous, I get it. But the more I see it, the better it looks. And when I had an opportunity to see one in the flesh (metal) last month at a Seattle Delivery Center, I was blown away. Looks much better up close and personal. I'm buying it for me, not for the approval of others!

The narrative that people want a hideous looking truck to be seen in never made much sense. Think about it, nobody wants to be seen in something that looks hideous. Looks are very much subjective, everyone has different likes and dislikes, just like Country music, most of it sounds like crap to me, it curdles my blood, yet I get that some people like it above all else. Preferences are very individual. My guess is the Cybertruck will outsell the R1T, and that some Rivian owners are afraid of that prospect. Don't be afraid peeps, like is too short and variety is the spice that makes it all worthwhile. How boring it would be if all vehicles looked the same!

I'm not a fan of the plastic wrapped ones, I like the raw steel. Tough an no-nonsense, like a truck should be. Wrapping steel that is this hard and durable in thin plastic just seems wrong to me and makes it not much better than a fragile painted surface when driving through brush that is grinding the mud paste into the coating. Even the self-healing paint protection film looks like hell after a couple of years of driving on overgrown trails and roads rubbing the mud grit into the plastic. I don't want to have to worry about scratching the PPF, and especially not fragile paint. It's a truck!

With the toughened glass, it's like a knight in shining armor. Of course, looks are a very personal thing, I'm just tickled pink that I'll be taking delivery of my own Cybertruck in about a month. Goodbye 2010 F-150 4x4, not sad to see it go! This is how the transition to electric trucks happens, one truck at a time. And I will not miss the stink of the F-150 in the morning! I wish Rivian could make more EVs, but their plan is to slow down, not speed up. At least for now, I'll be leaving what they do make for people who don't like the tough looks of the Cybertruck or the frumpy looks of the Lightning. I get it, some people want a softer, gentler looking truck. And that is A-OK by me! Carry on, lets keep making the world a cleaner, better place to live and breathe!

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[NCRivian]

At the original unveiling, I thought it looked hideous, until I understood the materials it was made from - the panels are so hard and durable they cannot be stamped into compound curves like thin, mild steel is routinely stamped. Then I learned the strength of the panels were leveraged to reduce weight and create the stiffest, least flexy, truck chassis ever made, giving it a solid feeling over bumps and direct driving dynamics, like it was forged from a single piece of metal. Then I learned it would stop handgun bullets and be impervious to door dings and could never rust. As I begin to understand what drove the design it started to make my 2010 steel F-150 look quaint and antiquated.

I don't plan on getting shot at (but these days one never knows) and it's especially nice to not have to worry about door dings in tight parking spots (it seems like parking spots keep getting narrower), errant baseballs, rocks and debris kicked up on the freeway, or damaging hail. And the lack of paint means there is no thin fragile clearcoat that can get scratched and damaged when driving through brush and alder saplings, dang, those alder saplings grow quick! It took me about half an hour to start seeing the functionality and beauty in the design. Now it looks like modern tech art. But that's not why I want one, even though it looks better than my F-150, I don't really care about truck aesthetics, I care about how they function. I really like the locking, motorized roll-top tonneau that is rated for a big man with a heavy tool belt, or a load of roofing materials, to stand and walk on.

So I completely understand how Rivian fans think it looks odd, or even hideous, I get it. But the more I see it, the better it looks. And when I had an opportunity to see one in the flesh (metal) last month at a Seattle Delivery Center, I was blown away. Looks much better up close and personal. I'm buying it for me, not for the approval of others!

The narrative that people want a hideous looking truck to be seen in never made much sense. Think about it, nobody wants to be seen in something that looks hideous. Looks are very much subjective, everyone has different likes and dislikes, just like Country music, most of it sounds like crap to me, it curdles my blood, yet I get that some people like it above all else. Preferences are very individual. My guess is the Cybertruck will outsell the R1T, and that some Rivian owners are afraid of that prospect. Don't be afraid peeps, like is too short and variety is the spice that makes it all worthwhile. How boring it would be if all vehicles looked the same!

I'm not a fan of the plastic wrapped ones, I like the raw steel. Tough an no-nonsense, like a truck should be. Wrapping steel that is this hard and durable in thin plastic just seems wrong to me and makes it not much better than a fragile painted surface when driving through brush that is grinding the mud paste into the coating. Even the self-healing paint protection film looks like hell after a couple of years of driving on overgrown trails and roads rubbing the mud grit into the plastic. I don't want to have to worry about scratching the PPF, and especially not fragile paint. It's a truck!

With the toughened glass, it's like a knight in shining armor. Of course, looks are a very personal thing, I'm just tickled pink that I'll be taking delivery of my own Cybertruck in about a month. Goodbye 2010 F-150 4x4, not sad to see it go! This is how the transition to electric trucks happens, one truck at a time. And I will not miss the stink of the F-150 in the morning! I wish Rivian could make more EVs, but their plan is to slow down, not speed up. At least for now, I'll be leaving what they do make for people who don't like the tough looks of the Cybertruck or the frumpy looks of the Lightning. I get it, some people want a softer, gentler looking truck. And that is A-OK by me! Carry on, lets keep making the world a cleaner, better place to live and breathe!

What a weird write-up

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