No thank you. I don't want a swasticar.
I'd love to have one of those new production old style beetles. But we can't buy them here because our govt sucks donkey dick.
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You mean this style of beetle? 
I'm not defending cybertruck just wanted to point out the awkward history of WV
VW cars are built by Uyghurs, which, last I checked, are a surpassed minority in China, that has to work under slave-like conditions.
But I guess most cars are produced like this.
I'm talking about the ones made in Mexico.
Yea, it seems like beetle is one of the few models not produced in China (according one propter of chatGPT, so some salt is required 😆)
It seems to me, that the cars needed in the biggest quantities and Budget EVs are produced in China.
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Yeah because they were showing such restraint before.
Good News: Now the nazi who owns the company can, via his role in the nazi government which he bought, can bail himself out.
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(fuck this timeline)
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Even if you ignore the politics it's just a terrible car that is way too expensive. I'm honestly surprised it sold any units at all but I guess people just like vanity toys.
It's hard to find insurance for it, it's objectively terrible at its job, that's very few mechanics that can service it, It isn't available in Europe, it has terrible quality control issues, It is made by a company with terrible customer service, and it is made by Nazi
So many reasons not to buy it.
Made by under-paid awesome people that got themselves stuck working for an idiotic wannabe pseudo-Nazi.
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Elon should offer to pay the tariff for new customers.
Who would have thought the preorders all dried up when they advertised it at $39,900 but launched it at $60,990.
Were people allowed to cancel orders due to that price hike?
Until your Cybertruck is delivered, you may cancel your reservation at any time and receive a full refund of your pre-order payment.
Exactly I thought this would be a purely functional truck at a good price, but for that much it is not worth it
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Is this the one they let musk design? Feels like a Simpsons episode...
Personally, I'm holding out for the Tesla minivan.
Wow, it's beautiful and so futuristic! It's almost like living in the future today. I bet Tesla could sell twice as many as the Cybertrucks of those. Provided he makes it bulletproof of course. The great weakness and the reason for the disappointing sales of the Cybertruck is that the glass isn't bulletproof, I simply can't think of any other reason.
I guess if Hitler was allowed to design a car, Musk didn't want to be left behind.
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A couple weeks ago I drove past a Tesla dealership in Northern California. They must have had a dozen of these dumpsters lined up out front.
The Swasticar!
I remember posting about how a guy with a cybertruck would be an immediate no go for me and I was told by a guy I was being too judgy lol
Rich enough to own a cyber truck, but not bright enough not to own a cyber truck. Yeah it's what they "call look at me" energy.
Politics notwithstanding people like that are just tiring to be around.
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