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1. I can navigate someone's overgrown shitpile of a mountain side driveway during mud season with low effort and nearly guaranteed success

   Recommends · May 2026 · in “Tesla Cybertruck driver arrested after driving into lake to use 'wade mode'”

2. the longevity of it's absolutely stupid thick(er than typical) gauge stainless body would have put pressure on other OEMs

   Mixed · Jan 2026 · in “Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then canceled for poor sales”

3. What you do notice is not having to pay nearly as much attention while FSD is running, and the smoothness of the ride.

   Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then canceled for poor sales”

4. it's the closest thing to the dream of electric off-roading, self-driving vehicle with huge cargo capacity

   Recommends · Apr 2026 · in “Waymo in Portland”

5. Because there are lots of places you can legally drive it off road. And driving off road is really fun.

   Mixed · May 2026 · in “Tesla Cybertruck driver arrested after driving into lake to use 'wade mode'”

6. not that I'd want it on the road, obvious safety hazard from the shape, but I liked the look of it

   Mixed · Nov 2025 · in “DoGE "cut muscle, not fat"; 26K experts rehired after brutal cuts”

7. You can buy a Tesla (including Cybertruck) today that will do 95+% of drives with 0 intervention.

   Recommends · Apr 2026 · in “Artemis II lifts off: four astronauts begin 10-day lunar mission”

8. As problematic (quality-wise) as the Cybertruck is, at least they went full-send on the design.

   Mixed · May 2026 · in “The Problem with the Ferrari Luce EV Offers a Lesson for Every Leader”

9. There is no other consumer car that can self-drive from start to finish for an entire trip.

   Mixed · Nov 2025 · in “Tesla Is Recalling Cybertrucks Again”

10. The steel makes it great for driving in places with branches and grocery cart/door dings.

    Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then canceled for poor sales”

11. well suited to many normal tasks and more, and is an absolute pleasure to drive off road

    Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then canceled for poor sales”

12. Its side panels are proven on video to stop fat and slow handgun rounds like .45 ACP.

    Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “Tesla Roadster”

13. I'll applaud anything that tries to move us away from the current stale design trend

    Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then canceled for poor sales”

14. I do admire that they dared to do something different and took a big gamble on it

    Mixed · Jan 2026 · in “Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then canceled for poor sales”

15. they're still selling, so not a failure. But not as great as originally promised.

    Mixed · Sep 2026 · in “SpaceX's Starship launching to orbit for first time ever today”

16. it's its own design, doesn't look like a fat truck, more something new and big

    Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Tesla ending Models S and X production”

17. the owner of a company makes a Nazi salute in public twice and makes many racist comments and retweets on twitter and you just shrug and buy from the company anyway

    Criticizes · Apr 2026 · in “Waymo in Portland”

18. They originally claimed the stainless steel panels would replace the internal frame and thus be more efficient to produce. But they shipped with a traditional frame

    Criticizes · Nov 2025 · in “Tesla Is Recalling Cybertrucks Again”

19. Doing a half baked job on a part for your super low volume "we only make this to advertise a low starting price" model is something just about any OEM would do.

    Criticizes · May 2026 · in “Tesla is recalling its cheaper Cybertruck because the wheels might fall off”

20. JerryRigEverything on YouTube wasn't particularly impressed with the Cybertruck as it had catastrophic failure at 10,400 pounds of downward force on the hitch.

    Criticizes · Aug 2026 · in “Data shows just how hard Tesla's Cybertruck has flopped”

21. they demo'd a "Cybertruck" with a never-before-seen durable single piece exoskeleton and then sold a Cybertruck with a unibody construction

    Criticizes · Oct 2026 · in “Tesla Roadster”

22. I think the Cybertruck was DOA and his involvement in politics got people who shared his views to buy one in order to signal the same.

    Criticizes · Jan 2026 · in “Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then canceled for poor sales”

23. He unveiled the Cybertruck with specific features and price points that did not pan out, and several promised add-ons never appeared.

    Criticizes · Dec 2025 · in “Tesla's 4680 battery supply chain collapses as partner writes down deal by 99%”

24. it costs ~2x what Elon said it would, it has less than half the range he said it'd have, and it has had 10 recalls in its short life

    Criticizes · Jan 2026 · in “Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then canceled for poor sales”

25. cannot be legally driven (regardless of not being for sale) in many countries because it doesn't meet pedestrian safety standards

    Criticizes · May 2026 · in “Waymo pauses Atlanta service as its robotaxis keep driving into floods”

26. the Cybertruck is made specifically of sharp angles that will rip and tear more than a big flat vertical wall running into you

    Criticizes · Nov 2025 · in “Tesla Is Recalling Cybertrucks Again”

27. Glue isn't ideal because the part has to be clamped in place while the glue cures which is slow, and quality control is tough

    Criticizes · Nov 2025 · in “Tesla Is Recalling Cybertrucks Again”

28. With its pointy edges, even in a very slow accident hitting a pedestrian, the outcome will make any Tarantino movie look soft

    Criticizes · Dec 2025 · in “Accepting US car standards would risk European lives”

29. The level of disaster of that rollout, combined with D.O.G.E. and "Mechahitler" Grok, has forever tarnished the Tesla brand.

    Criticizes · Dec 2025 · in “Tesla US sales drop to nearly 4-year low in November”

30. The steer by wire that adjusts how much the wheels turn based on speed is by far the most innovative part of the cybertruck

    Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then canceled for poor sales”

31. Early deliveries of the cybertruck were highly anticipated and the cybertruck is still the best selling electric truck

    Recommends · Jun 2026 · in “Steam Machine”

32. A CyberTruck will charge just fine from anything that can generate the proper AC or DC, no phoning home needed.

    Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Worlds's first all-solid-state battery ready to power up production vehicles now”

33. if you take Elon Musk at his word the Cybertruck is supposed to have hermetically sealed powertrain components

    Mixed · May 2026 · in “Waymo pauses Atlanta service as its robotaxis keep driving into floods”

34. super fast high quality software (that alone is a huge draw for me, most other cars have terrible software)

    Recommends · May 2026 · in “Tesla is recalling its cheaper Cybertruck because the wheels might fall off”

35. CT is still interesting, it looks different and has some tech inside that seems worthwhile to iterate on.

    Mixed · Jan 2026 · in “Tesla ending Models S and X production”

36. Whoever figured out how to get a stainless steel wedge on stilts through NHTSA testing deserves a raise.

    Mixed · Dec 2025 · in “Tesla's 4680 battery supply chain collapses as partner writes down deal by 99%”

37. The motorized tonneau cover and sloped roof adds a lot of volume to what a normal truck bed provides.

    Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “Tesla cancels Cybertruck in Australia and NZ after 7 years of deposits”

38. if you accept the bear case from Internet commenters that these guys are incompetent or stupid

    Mixed · Jan 2026 · in “Tesla ending Models S and X production”

39. it is safer for me while driving as I had to lean over to where I couldn't see the road before

    Mixed · Feb 2026 · in “A sane but bull case on Clawdbot / OpenClaw”

40. Cybertruck seems like a pretty good electric truck though if you're into that kind of styling

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