Finally saw a Cybertruck

I don’t think I’m their target demographic. Had to drop a buddy off to pick up his new Model 3 and saw the fleet of Cyber Trucks that I assume were there for various recalls.

 

Saw this in the Home Depot parking lot this morning. Interesting to see it in an actual color

 

I saw a blue one last week but was driving the opposite direction and couldn't grab a pic of it. The colors definitely don't look as god awful ugly as the appliance look.

 

Finally captured one after seeing quite a few. TX plates. What's up with the tires? Did Goodyear make a special cyber edition?

 

Yup. The cyber truck comes with fancy wheel covers like you’d see in a 80’s sci-fi flick, but they were slicing the tires so they removed them until a fix is decided on.

 

Saw one at Hidden Falls off road park today. It did not look like it was having a good time.

 

Slightly less than surprised

 

That almost looks Longhorn Burnt Orange - woohoo!!

(but yeah the Ctruck is a really unattractive Large vehicle - I see lots of them in austin - not impressed at All)

 

4 in my neighborhood. I see at least 2 a day. They are dumb but I do respect they are 90% USA products

 

Reminds me of vector graphics. Battlezone anyone?

 

That aint no damn truck!

 

We spotted one heading up Clear Creek Canyon as we were headed down this afternoon. Had a toy hauler trailor attached to it.

 

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Special parking guy was back today. I joke, it doesn’t bother me but then again the parking at HD is funny. Lots of “reserved for PRO” signs all over the place. Also trailer reserved pull thru spots, but are also Pro reserved, the cyber guy couldn’t park there either. Hmm, maybe it does bother me. Where’s my beer lol.

 

We’ve got an army green cyber truck and a school bus yellow cyber truck running around town. No joke - school bus yellow. I about died laughing when I saw it yesterday. I couldn’t even tell the kid riding shotgun to snap a picture. But I’ll try next time I see it.

For some reason, the army green color on the cyber truck makes it look like it’s wearing a giant diaper.

 

It's a hatchback, which makes it an suv at best. Most definitely not a truck.

 

El Camino.

a very capable* El Camino.

but, an El Camino nonetheless.








*as capable(or more) than ANY pickup out there.

 

First vehicle I ever drove was my dad’s old rusted out ‘75 El Camino. At 15, I could drive it to school—which I was relentlessly mocked for—and to my first job as a dishwasher at a local steakhouse.

Did you know the bucket seats in El Caminos could swivel 90° to help you get out?

A solution in search of a problem.

Just like the El Camino.

 

what about that storage space behind the seats? genius.

 

My hatred of the El Camino may be skewed due to the emotional damage of having been seen driving a completely rusted out specimen to and from high school. But I always thought it embodied the “worst of both worlds”. It's a truck on basically the same frame as a Chevelle.

Does it suck as a car? Yes.
Does it suck as a truck? Also yes.

 

Chevy Avalanche with improvements

I'd still drive one

 

I've had to help my FIL work on this thing off and on over the last few years. Still hasn't let me drive it. But I'm kinda okay with that. He did a full powertrain swap from a 2010 Camaro SS though, so it hauls ass

 

Okay, you got me here. Honestly I'd never even looked it up online to see specs of it and from the few I've seen around town I always thought cover was a hatchback. I stand corrected, it is a bed, with a retractable cover.

One question though, if it's not a hatchback how can the bed access the main cabin? The specs claim that you can fold the seats down and gain an extra 54 cubic feet of cargo space.

 

I have no idea.

but I will lay hands on one soon to see it for myself.

 

It's way more capable than I knew that's for sure. 2500 lb payload, and 11,000 lb towing capacity. Are you gonna leave it silver like my fridge, or get it tinted for a color?

 

I'm still wary about the looks.

but I want a truck that is not one of the big 3....and not a 3rd gen Trundra.

so....

 

You’ve only used up about 10% of your 2020’s life though

 

I kind of love that so many people hate it, makes me want one

If I ever get out of TT camping, I'll have to check them out

 

I love the Tundra.

it is perfection.

 

I see many in Austin but yesterday I finally saw one not mall crawling or highway cruising but actually working pulling a medium sized home built looking kinda trailer - so someone does have a real use for one afterall LOL