Quoted from herbertbsharp:

It strikes me as a planned 'accident' to get more publicity. It certainly got more media coverage because of it.

Quoted from bigdaddy1:

'Armour glass' windows on new Tesla Cybertruck

This was either an intentional publicity stunt or an epic FAIL. Which do you think it was?

Quoted from TDK-WPG:

Are you sure??
PS a friend (different one from the Aztec post above) had a Gremlin in high school. We razzed him like crazy, but he said his girlfriend loved the view from the hatchback window when they went parking. They’ve been married 29 years now![quoted image]

Quoted from TDK-WPG:

I love it! Great photo. My friend’s Gremlin was silver with black striping and interior. We had a field day when in Terminator they grabbed the Gremlin to escape from Arnie S. in the police station instead of taking one of the Ford LTDs. He bragged like crazy that he owned one and it made it into the movie.
Me, I had the super-cool 1973 Datsun LB 1200 Deluxe 2 door 4-speed in metallic green. Those were good times. It even had a radio!
All way off topic with Mr. Musk’s pickup. But really nice to reflect.

Quoted from PiperPinball:

Im sure this is a joke to get attention.
No such thing as bad Publicity.
The final truck design will change.
It still Needs front lights, side mirrors and alot of other required safety features not seen yet.
And there is no such thing as bullet proof. Just bullet resistant. So im sure the window stunt was just another joke to get more attention.

Quoted from jellikit:

The real question, will the tonneau cover close if a machine is put in back-end first? It looks like there is enough height at the end of the bed.

Quoted from Fytr:

Anyone else finding that after viewing videos and pictures of Cybertruck for the last day or so that now "normal" trucks all look hideously overstyled and antiquidated? I'm not even kidding. This shape really grows on you. I'm just sad we have to wait 2+ years to see them on the road.

Quoted from rai:

I have nothing against Tesla products but do have a problem with super Tesla fanboys who think everything not Tesla is crap. Tesla is an interesting variation on the car/truck but 99% of people still prefer traditional cars/trucks.
Ford sells as many F150 trucks in one year as Tesla has ever built combined.
And as for self driving there are other manufacturers are right there with Tesla. No one has perfected it yet.

Quoted from DS_Nadine:

Is that legal in the US?

Quoted from o-din:

I just googled "can you buy tesla parts at a dealership?" after a couple other failed attempts using different words and came up with nothing.
What a joke.
Where do you get parts if you need them? And where will you get them in the future?

Quoted from Electrocute:

Keep the dirt somewhere else, what’s clean about your Tesla’s charge? Where did it come from? Perhaps from power plant fueled by coal.

Quoted from romulusx:

Ford has some good stuff coming real soon.

Quoted from Richthofen:

I mean then why even enter this market? Isn’t the point of why Tesla has been allowed to lose billions of dollars for > 15 years has been that it will take over the auto market and displace the current players? That’s why they released the model 3 right? A mass market car to sell in large volume as opposed to the niche luxury vehicles they had made before. So they create a truck; trucks being the highest margin vehicle and one of the few that makes money for traditional American carmakers. But instead of making a more traditional style that may convert ICE truck owners to EV owners and grab lots of market share, they’re back to niche luxury versions? Makes no sense.
Right now Tesla has more announced future designs than cars in production.
Model Y, semi, new roadster, cybertruck. They’re really good at rolling out prototypes and doing a pony show. But I still don’t see a sound business strategy or improving margins. All I see is collecting more preorder money. Of those cars the Y is the best bet because it should share a platform with the 3 and should improve margins. But it’s taking them forever to ramp up and execute in the kind of volume they should be doing based on how long they’ve been in business.

Quoted from Richthofen:

Wait so the point of Tesla is to ... make other car companies successful? Naw dawg, the Occam’s razor on this one is Tesla has a petulant CEO and poor corporate governance; the CEO wanted a space truck from mars which makes no sense in the truck market... but because the board is packed with sychophants, no one could tell Musk that his cybertruck is a dumb idea and won’t make the company money.

Quoted from o-din:

Wasn't this thread for all pinsiders to discuss how ugly they thought this piece of shit is? Or how beautiful and groundbreaking it is?
I had no idea it was a tesla fanboy only thread.

Quoted from o-din:

And others can tell us 50 more times how we are missing out and not seeing the real beauty of it.

Quoted from o-din:

Typically, when someone gives an alternate opinion on pinside that does not reinforce their views, they are called trolls and told to get lost.

Quoted from Zitt:

Chrysler is crap. I won't buy another for they don't support their customers.
I'm biased for a reason:
Brand new 2000 Dodge Dakota bought from the

dealer off the lot. Chrysler finance.
1yr later; the truck starts dumping water on the driveway.
Take to dealer who I bought it from. They come back and tell me it's going to be like $600 to fix it. I'm like WTF; why isn't this covered under bumper to bumper warranty. They claim it's normal wear and tear. (prices are fuzzy / not exact / from 20 yrs ago)
I go get the truck. They show me the truck is leaking from the top of the engine - specifically the thermostat. I'm like: why isn't that covered; because the gasket is considered normal wear and tear item. I'm like; how can it be normal wear and tear when the damn gasket is MISSING? They just shrug and tell me effectively "tough sh1t". I pay the $200 or whatever diag fee was to get the truck back.
I drive to autozone. $3 for a gasket. $3 for gasket sealer goup. Two top bolts. Fixed. Took me 10min to install including refilling the water lost.
Why the tech couldn't do this when he was "diagnosing" the problem I don't know.
Chrysler customer service says:
"We empower our dealers to make decisions." or some such bullsh1t.
No apology. No effort to "make it right" for an obvious manufacturing defect.
The lost a customer for life that day. It's for that reason; I don't take my vehicles to ANY DEALER unless it's for a recall or a free included oil change.

Quoted from nascarrey:

That was Packey Webb-they moved to Downers Grove into the old Joe Madden Ford building (used to be where I worked until Ford closed that store), and then built a new store a little further east on Ogden Ave.
Did you buy it new? It was never wrecked? Poor manufacturing of Chrysler's part if it left the factory that way.....amazing.... Quality wasn't job one there....

Quoted from modfather:

I had a Dodge Magnum RT 2005......by 2008 most things were breaking on it, things someone wouldn't think would break. Allow me to aloborate, 1st design flaw, the shroud under the car got ripped off the 1 st week (parking stop ). 2nd .. The main knob on the GPS fell off one day, dealer replaced the whole unit. The battery is in the trunk ( better weight distribution ), yet has an electric trunk latch. The battery dies, you cant get to the battery. I had to Youtube a video , crawl through the car, pull a plastic part off the back, then pull on a hidden steel wire with a pair of needlenose pliers to release the trunk to get to the battery. Then the Oxygen sensor , GPS craps out one last time, then the Motor mounts , then all of the control arms ( who knew there was 16 of them ). Cigarette lighter stopped working, stupid shit like this. The list goes on and on ( I counted 76 things broken ). I paid over 40K when new, traded it in 2010 , worth 4K, yet needed 6 grand worth of repairs. Real nice.

Quoted from Darcy:

Not defending Chrysler.
On a 2005 and later years, there is a positive terminal in the engine bay. A little red cap covers the positive post. One has to use a boost pack or jumper cables. Positive on the post, Negative to a ground location. This will put power to the car. Enough to open all power locks and the tailgate. Some times the car will start, but most times the boost source has to be attached to the battery connections.

Quoted from The_Pump_House:

You do realize that vehicles with remote batteries have jumper leads under the hood?

Quoted from Oneangrymo:

Im very interested too and have my deposit down, but as a Tesla owner, I would hate to get the first ones that come out, they are not going to be very "well " made. I also have deposit for Hummer EV. GM I believe will make a better more bullet proof vehicle. Decisions..decisions...
If the cybertruck truly is going t o be amphibian no way would I trust a Tesla in the middle of a lake or something

Quoted from wesman:

Thanks for keeping this thread alive! As someone who has $100 down, I keep wondering about status updates!
Do you have a down-payment as well?

Quoted from Oneangrymo:

I thought they had a huge lawsuit going on with Tesla, supposedly Rivian stole a lot of information from them. I dont know what that means long term

Quoted from bob_e:

no dealer network... then where do you go to get the bullet proof glass replaced ???
oh I found out from owners of Tesla cars for sale.
Two Teslas in Michigan both needed bodywork, one then had suspension damage went off the road from black ice.
they had to go to an approved center, A Ferrari dealer, in West Bloomfield expen$ive

Quoted from MrBally:

What is their hourly rate in the Chicago and Boise areas? Is there any service or mileage charge to drive out to you?

Quoted from bob_e:

I dont know how that will work like the guy who had damaged suspension. you can't do a front end alignment in your garage.

Quoted from bob_e:

I would suggest mainstream options Ford F-150. GM with E -Silverado and E-Hummer.
Tesla has no dealer network and very few repair centers in Michigan, so why buy a truck that has no history little support, and many delays.
And then there is Rivian.

Quoted from Pinless:

No, it’s not true. Insurance is comparable to any regular ICE car. Ours is <$150 for 2 vehicles (one is a model y perf) with very good coverage.