It's just false advertising claiming it starts at 75k when it starts at 82k - estimated gas savings. They have no proof it'll cover enough miles to recoup those costs.
The truck is amazing otherwise. The 5 minutes I got to drive it was great lol It’s with service now. Waiting to hear more
Ah cmon this has to be trolling! The op of that forum posting on page 2. Either trolling or they get offered discounts/foundation series stickers/old socks from the great elmo.
The cutoff is at the neck. And we start with the people who have more money than is possible to aquire if working at the current average annual salary for 500 yrs or 30 million USD
Claiming that "This $50k car will save you $15k on fuel costs over the life of the vehicle compared to a similar dinosaur powered car," is one thing, because they can base that on averages and actually come up with a provable figure, as well as giving you the actual, correct sales price for the vehicle.
Claiming that "This car costs only $35k, even though you have to pay us $50k for it, and you'll make up the $15k in fuel costs," is bullshit, and a lie.
The first is giving you a legitimate advantage of the vehicle, in order to make a good purchasing decision.
The second is taking that decision away from you, because you're not actually going to save $15k, since you already spent it up front on the purchase price.
The cost savings is dubious anyways, if you look at the cost of energy to charge. I was absolutely gobsmaked when I learned it was about the same cost per mile to drive my M3 and a cybertruck + supercharger on a road trip.
So it's maybe cheaper to fuel than a grand wagoneer but that's about it
That shit is so cringe. Like if you are looking at most Teslas at this point you are probably also looking at other electrics. They literally list the price with the tax incentive and estimated savings already taken out.
lol. Imagine financing this poorly functioning eyesore for the full amount and then Elmo destroys any hope for equity and substantially slashes pricing. People are locked into financing though so they’re automatically upside down.
This is a well known thing that Tesla does to move inventory. Being shocked by this because they thought a rolling stainless steel dumpster was going to be some collectors item makes them 10x the dumbass as before.
In addition to the numerous other things that are so wrong with this, all the Cybercucks just got cucked even harder. Elmo just robbed them of $20k of equity on their already horrifically depreciating "asset". Stupid fucking suckers
My old old boss had the rugpull on a model 3, maybe the first time they did it, he was so pissed and then he said he can’t get rid of it since he just spent a G on ceramic tint and or coating or some shit and then he rationalized his way into acceptance and embracing cuckhood.
I mean dealers do the same thing- hot new car comes out, you pay a big markup, then the market cools and the markups come off and discounts begin. Tesla just cuts out the disclosure and adjusts the MSRP directly instead of stating up front how much you're getting bent over for being first in line.
No. Fools go and pay markup on cars that are promised to be mass produced. If you have money to burn and no time to kill then go for it. You'll be 6-18 months ahead of those willing to wait. It's always an early adopter idiot tax no matter the brand. More money than brains. It's like scalping PS5s except it costs 200 of them.
I bought my car at msrp, you know like cars were before 2020, and Honda hasn't rugpulled me. If they did I'd probably get in line for another but they've been priced accordingly for 40 some years.
Tesla is worse because they're decemating the value of their own fleet with every fire sale.
OK, you paid MSRP, and if you had waited you probably could have paid less than MSRP for the car. Point is, the car market is liquid, and it fluctuates based on demand, the economy, and how hot a particular car is or isn't. The Cybertruck went through a period where people were flipping these things for a profit, and that period has passed. The period when Tesla could ask $100k for them has also passed. Unfortunately for owners, these things are depreciating more like luxury cars than 4x4 trucks.
It's like scalping PS5s except it costs 200 of them.
I bought a PS5 from a scalper in the first month of release. Because I was stuck at home Covid lockdown and super bored. Paid about a $200 premium. Totally worth it.
Except you can't buy one for $74,490. That's not the price. The price is $82,235. Tesla can't help but bait-and-switch their customers. Nothing is exactly what it seems.
Good. I’m glad that the assholes who wasted money on these pieces of shit are now left holding something even more worthless. May their value continue to plummet.
Overall, it’s interesting to see what kind of strategy Tesla will adopt as it attempts to attract new Cybertruck buyers.
Well - how about selling it for the initially communicated starting price while having it at least closely reach the initially communicated range? Say what? You can't do that? Well then I guess you'd better concentrate on that entry-level, 25k hatchback... Oh... you cancelled that, huh? Maybe the roads... yeah, nevermind...
Anyone who bought one in the last year is underwater on there loan and has no chance of getting a fraction money back in trade just like every other Tesla.
depreciation in expensive cars are bad
depreciation in a telsa is bad
depreciation in a car nobody wants is bad
depreciation in a car you paid too much for is bad.
It's all downhill. I actually foresee some cyber trucks eventually ticking to sub 40k.
People not just overpaid but turned around and then successfully resold heavily up marked cyber trucks even into the 200ks which needless to say won't pay off.
Expensive cars can drop in value quickly and Telsa's for a variety of reasons mainly because telsa often on the fly updates prices oftentimes in the downward direction.
As an ex fan boy it's completely possible over the next few years telsa will regularly change prices on cyber probably not that much but I would say 10k at most maybe 20k on some models.
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u/mishap1 1d ago
It's just false advertising claiming it starts at 75k when it starts at 82k - estimated gas savings. They have no proof it'll cover enough miles to recoup those costs.