• Black_Mald_Futures [any]@hexbear.netOP
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      5 months ago

      i watched a video of one trying to get out of a river and idfk why anyone would ever think it could actually do that

      like it takes a serious ignorance of basic physics to see how long it is and how low it is to the ground and think it’s going to have any sort of clearance over literally any obstacle or incline

        • the_itsb [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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          omg omg omg 😂 I just saw a regular pickup truck with crazy camber and a squat thing going on yesterday, that would be sooooo fucking funny on cybertruck

          now I desperately want to see one with itty bitty tiny tires, super close to the ground, like that fad in the early 00s

          scraping the ground every time they drive on a brick street or hit a pothole 😂

          please baby jesus, if we can’t have communism, at least give us a cybertruck lowering & stancing fad

          • Breath_Of_The_Snake [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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            There’s a local truck that’s infamous for being

            A) massive

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            B) in a Carolina squat (super low in the back and lifted up front)

            Shit should be illegal but I’d make an exception for cybertrucks because it would look so damn funny. The bed is already trash so imagine if it was tilted and shit just constantly fell out lol.

            Also, the formative fast and furious years have me upset at this low riding slander jk.

              • Breath_Of_The_Snake [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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                It originated in socal for desert racing with all the elevation changes. It actually has a purpose if you plan on speeding over a dune and don’t want to nose dive.

                Southern truck culture just adopted it as a chud aesthetic without even considering the practical aspects.

                Edit: and you are completely correct it’s dangerous af on the road. Technically illegal most places but pigs don’t enforce it.

                • TechnoUnionTypeBeat [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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                  And much like with the excessive camber that a lot of people think is cool on cars (where the wheels flare out sideways), pre-loading a desert truck is usually pretty subtle, only a few inches up and down. Noticeable but functional

                  Lots of street trends like the Carolina Squat and Stancing take these concepts and jack them up past 11 into pure ridiculous territory

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      5 months ago

      I’ve seen one in person, they’re even worse IRL than in pictures, and they were already ugly I was pictures

      • Dingus_Khan [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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        5 months ago

        I’ve seen a few, or maybe just the same one a few times, around town and this is my thought every time. I don’t know how they look so much goofier irl, but they absolutely do.

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        I saw my first one irl the other day and agree, somehow way worse in person. I feel like if this was sport car sized it might make it better but given that it’s fucking enormous it is the epitome of bazingamobile

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        I saw one for the first time, and this is no exaggeration. They 100% look worse in person. And the cybertruck was black but wasn’t like the black that’s shiny. It was a completely dull black, almost as if the cybertruck was first dipped in dark chocolate or something.

        It looked absolutely hideous.

  • poppy_apocalypse [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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    I like the one of the dude camping- or trying to. If you take one of these to a campground, you are going to get everyone’s attention. So the guy spends over an hour trying to set up the $3000 cyber tent, and just can’t get it done. Says fuck it, packs up and goes home. Never about going camping, only about the attention. You got it, bud. The whole campground laughing at you

    • Des [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      5 months ago

      i probably could too (i want a bike)

      i keep mine in “haul shit” mode all the time with the backseats down and rubber mats on the improvised truck bed. i have way more space then this so called “truck”

  • Xx_Aru_xX [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    5 months ago

    How did they figure out a way to make a car that disappoints you even more every time even though you already had low expectations, like what’s next? the sensors go apeshit when they see gum on the street?