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It's ugly, poorly built, expensive and not very good as a truck. A gas engine will not fix all these flaws.

misiti3780 9mo ago
i actually love the way it looks. i dont own it but i find it some inspiring that a company had to have audacity to create something so futuristic - what are you driving that is so beautiful ?
- PTOB 9mo ago
  1958 Chevy Corvette. Looks way more futuristic.
  - misiti3780 9mo ago
    maybe at the time, not anymore. that car is ugly.
    - PTOB 9mo ago
      Why is it ugly?
      - misiti3780 9mo ago
        i find all older cars to be ugly. but it's obviously subjective. (the same way you find CT to be ugly!)
        PTOB 9mo ago
        Interesting. I don't find the TC to be ugly; I find it to be dissonant. It hurts my brain like missed harmonics in a musical performance do. Here are my reasons: First thing I noticed on reveal day: it looks like a star ship from the the 1985 game, Elite.[0] It's a 3D model of a space ship for a computer that could barely keep up.[1] This design was a great starting point for a child's imagination, but even as a kid it was always assumed that this was the best we can do for now. The future would be far less disappointing. Verdict: this design isn't futuristic; it's nostalgic. Looking down, I saw that its beautiful, shining, crystalline, space-going shuttlecraft aesthetic sits on matte, round, rubber wheels tied to the ground. It wants to fly, but it can't, and that is sad. A few months later, I saw the unfortunate resemblance to industrial garbage receptacles usually kept out of site behind decorative enclosures. I realized that while designing one of those enclosures. Then the memes came. I actually prefer a version I saw that was mounted on tracks for arctic environments.[2] It says, "I am a raw shard of ice carved from a massive glacier," and it pulls it off quite well. [0] https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/File:EliteShipIdentificationChart.jpg https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/File:EliteShipIdentificationCh... [1] https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/File:Elite_Animation.gif https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/File:Elite_Animation.gif [2] https://s1.cdn.autoevolution.com/images/news/gallery/world-s-first-cybertruck-on-tracks-plays-in-the-snow-and-it-works-for-a-few-minutes_6.jpg https://s1.cdn.autoevolution.com/images/news/gallery/world-s...
- ryukoposting 9mo ago
  I suppose there's no accounting for taste. I don't find the idea all that audacious. Several EV trucks were already in the works. The Cybertruck is unique in form, but certainly not in function. There's precedent for sloppily-made stainless steel wedge-shaped American cars [2] thought up by executives on too many drugs [1]. The execution? Whoever figured out how to get a stainless steel wedge on stilts through NHTSA testing deserves a raise. That's sorcery. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_DeLorean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_DeLorean [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMC_DeLorean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMC_DeLorean

i actually love the way it looks. i dont own it but i find it some inspiring that a company had to have audacity to create something so futuristic - what are you driving that is so beautiful ?

PTOB 9mo ago
1958 Chevy Corvette. Looks way more futuristic.
- misiti3780 9mo ago
  maybe at the time, not anymore. that car is ugly.
  - PTOB 9mo ago
    Why is it ugly?
    - misiti3780 9mo ago
      i find all older cars to be ugly. but it's obviously subjective. (the same way you find CT to be ugly!)
      - PTOB 9mo ago
        Interesting. I don't find the TC to be ugly; I find it to be dissonant. It hurts my brain like missed harmonics in a musical performance do. Here are my reasons: First thing I noticed on reveal day: it looks like a star ship from the the 1985 game, Elite.[0] It's a 3D model of a space ship for a computer that could barely keep up.[1] This design was a great starting point for a child's imagination, but even as a kid it was always assumed that this was the best we can do for now. The future would be far less disappointing. Verdict: this design isn't futuristic; it's nostalgic. Looking down, I saw that its beautiful, shining, crystalline, space-going shuttlecraft aesthetic sits on matte, round, rubber wheels tied to the ground. It wants to fly, but it can't, and that is sad. A few months later, I saw the unfortunate resemblance to industrial garbage receptacles usually kept out of site behind decorative enclosures. I realized that while designing one of those enclosures. Then the memes came. I actually prefer a version I saw that was mounted on tracks for arctic environments.[2] It says, "I am a raw shard of ice carved from a massive glacier," and it pulls it off quite well. [0] https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/File:EliteShipIdentificationChart.jpg https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/File:EliteShipIdentificationCh... [1] https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/File:Elite_Animation.gif https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/File:Elite_Animation.gif [2] https://s1.cdn.autoevolution.com/images/news/gallery/world-s-first-cybertruck-on-tracks-plays-in-the-snow-and-it-works-for-a-few-minutes_6.jpg https://s1.cdn.autoevolution.com/images/news/gallery/world-s...
ryukoposting 9mo ago
I suppose there's no accounting for taste. I don't find the idea all that audacious. Several EV trucks were already in the works. The Cybertruck is unique in form, but certainly not in function. There's precedent for sloppily-made stainless steel wedge-shaped American cars [2] thought up by executives on too many drugs [1]. The execution? Whoever figured out how to get a stainless steel wedge on stilts through NHTSA testing deserves a raise. That's sorcery. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_DeLorean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_DeLorean [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMC_DeLorean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMC_DeLorean