A Cybertruck owner says that the 10-year-old kids at his son’s baseball practice initially thought the Cybertruck was the coolest vehicle. However, their excitement faded & they started to point & laugh after the Cybertruck had to be towed on a flatbed.

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/30097794

Ernest says the children were initially cheering the Cybertruck, but their enthusiasm turned to skepticism when the truck experienced an issue that rendered it undrivable.

The issue began when Ernest drove his 10-year-old son to a baseball match in his Cybertruck.

Ernest placed his son’s baseball gear in the front trunk (frunk); however, when they arrived at the field, the frunk wouldn’t open.

This is quite frustrating; however, the Cybertruck owner and father stated he was prepared to drive 40 minutes back home to fetch a replacement glove for his son.

Regrettably, despite his willingness to make this sacrifice to support his child, Ernest states that the Cybertruck detected an issue with the frunk and went into “Limp Mode.”

This is where the truck limits the top speed to 15 miles per hour, meaning that, besides repositioning the vehicle to be towed, there is nothing the owner can do.

At this point, Ernest says he was so frustrated that he briefly considered tying a rope around the frunk, connecting it to a tree, and yanking the frunk open.

  • ceenote@lemmy.world
    12·
    3 days ago

    Admittedly I probably would have thought it was cool looking when I was a kid. Luckily the only children who can afford them are manchildren.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      I thought it was pretty cool looking, until I saw one up close. I cannot overstate how drastically my opinion shifted. As I’ve said here before, we could only cram 15 bags of mulch into the “bed” and the man had to make a third trip to get all his stuff. Oh, and he couldn’t close the top.

      For context, I can cram 15 bags in my Mitsubishi Spyder (convertible Eclipse) and put the top back down. We fit 40 bags in a regular truck, easily. Hell, I’ve hauled pallets of mulch home, pallet and all. Had a dude pull up in a passenger car with a monstrous trunk, about the same size as a cyber bed.

      Now when I see one in the parking lot I get a viscereal reaction, wanting to kick the shit out of it. Don’t want to be responsible to totaling the thing with my combat boots.

    • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      3 days ago

      Would you have, though? Did you think the Nissan Cube was cool? The Cybercuck is just so boxy, and the stainless steel is so ugly and boring…

    • nthavocEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      I can see that. Although, the awesome trucks in our kid imagination looked like the cybertruck on paper. All that is missing is the pube-lines to indicate lights.