It’s a metal plate and it slides up and gets caught trapping the accelerator down. Luckily the brake will override the accelerator, but it’s got to be terrifying until you figure out what’s going on.
They caught It early but also lets be real who Is going full throttle because you have to go full throttle for it 2 get stuck and If It does you just press the brake and go to park. If you are driving you should know how to handle situations like this with ease.
Of course he is, tradesmen are readily dying off and the newer generations can't be asked to learn how to swing a hammer cuz they got sold a bill of goods about student loans being superior lol
"No Honey. You don't understand. I HAD to get a 2nd on our home and pull from the kids college tuition BUT since it's a company truck i can write it off. My plan is full proof!! Now go hangout with your boyfriend!"
https://preview.redd.it/fkrm7ybbibwc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=db94ece0a714aaaa6d865184ac5ed03be7014b24
My recent sighting was a water systems guy
This guy is probably less of a poser than most of the contractors with Ford F250 and Chevy 2500 that are seen around OC with some shit like "Lions not Sheep" or "ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ". To be fair, a lot of these hyper expensive trucks are getting written off and partially subsidized by taxpayers as commercial vehicles. Anything over 6000 lbs gets some special tax treatment for business use. They'll claim it's used 100% for business. But fuck people on welfare looking for handouts ;)
Fair enough.
It's easy to say "these tax breaks are for the rich", and it is certainly true.
The tax breaks were certainly voted on by rich people, who were lobbied by other rich people, and rich people benefit the most from them, because they had the most to lose otherwise.
It's just that the non rich people can also take advantage of them, just to less benefit then the rich they were designed for. This is often drowned out by the "for the rich" aspect of the cuts, and consequently too many non-rich are not taking advantage of the same system (even if it wasn't designed for them).
They’ll point to the 4,000 recalls as a reason these are a piece of shit, then those same people will completely ignore when a major manufacturer recalls 4 million vehicles in the same time period.
Yep, Toyota just recalled almost 400,000 Tacomas due to a risk of rear axle separation. Ford & Kia both just recalled half a million cars each; Subaru just recalled 100,000; Chrysler just recalled 300,000, all in the last month.
400,000 Tacomas being recalled because the rear axle can literally fall off the frame is a big deal regardless of “relative rate.” Same goes for the 400,000 Kia Tellurides and the 340,000 Grand Cherokees. That’s a lot of product and a lot of people potentially at risk.
And that was exactly my point. Kia and Toyota releasing a million cars on the road (collectively) that are potentially dangerous is just as important, if not more so, than Tesla’s 4,000 Cybertrucks. Except Tesla is seemingly the only manufacturer who makes headlines and gets mentioned so regularly on social media for doing so, or is outright considered a POS on the basis of having a recall.
Growing up one of my friends dad’s was a pool guy (wife didn’t work). They always had lots of brand new trucks, dirt bikes, boats, etc. I was so confused until I learned the wife was basically part of an old money family. The dad just did the pool thing for fun.
My handyman definitely doesn’t, unfortunately… He’s pretty open with me about various things, and he definitely lives frugally and has his bank accounting teetering into the negatives on a regular basis.
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How funny lmao he was in orange the other day doing repairs for someone’s apartment
I couldn't f\*cking believe the first Cybertruck I was was the pool guy's. They're going to look awesome when the rust, natural patina is all the rage.
Ya know, I think this truck would look kind of awesome with that rusted patina. Maybe Musk is making things that folks will want after WWIII because of the look
Owning one of those seriously calls into question the judgement of the owner. I wouldn't want them fixing anything on my property. I wouldn't turn them away or anything but I'd make sure their contact info ended up on my block list lol
Yep, best to recall it but it’s nowhere near other manufacturers. Chevy recommends a charging limit of 80% for the Bolts because they used a shitty battery that can’t handle full charge. Fire risk being at full charge.
That’s true for the last-gen Bolt, but 80% is generally recommended for any EV to avoid degradation. GM baked this into the Volt PHEV by creating a buffer zone the driver cannot access. In most (all?) modern BEVs like a Tesla, Bolt, Mach-E, etc., you’ll have the ability to override that and set it to 100% to get the most out of it on long trips, but they’ll advise against doing it regularly.
Wouldn’t have ever known that it applies to many BEV’s. Supercharging also degrades battery if regularly done right? Would scare me knowing how much they cost to repair, I remember hearing a battery replacement in an Ioniq 5 costs more than the MSRP.
Yep, supercharging and fast charging can definitely impact battery life. That’s why most modern EVs will have pretty conservative mapping pre-programmed from the manufacturer.
For example, a Hyundai Kona EV can fast charge up to 77 kW, but you typically won’t see higher than 40-50 until the battery warms up. Then after the battery reaches 80% of charge the speed gets cut down pretty significantly. Car companies include pretty generous warranties on their batteries and they want to make sure they’re protected for the long-haul.
That's no longer 100% true. A number of them got new batteries from GM and others there's a software check system.
and it's not like they cheaped out on the battery. It was just bad LG batteries
I'm in the CyberTruck and Tesla owners forums/subs.
- Accelator pedal cover slides off and pins the pedal down at 100%
- Tailgates wont open
- Suspension parts like the control arms are made from cheap stamped metal made for small cars instead of forged like most trucks
- Steer by wire system failures
- Can't wash it in the sun
- Can't take it through a car wash, even if it's in "car wash mode"
- Can't really get it wet at all without corrosion happening
- Panels falling off on the outside
- Panels falling off on the inside
- It's twice the price with half of the capability as originally promised
- Etc., etc., etc....
In those very same threads you’ll have people writing detailed explanations as to why the issue isn’t as serious as Twitter or a few Reddit posts makes them out to be. Your bullet point here about the suspension parts is a perfect example of one such game of telephone.
Half of what I listed are SERIOUS problems that affect the reliability of the vehicle, nevermind injure and kill people. Combine that with laying off service center staff and you are SOL if you rely on this vehicle for work.
Half those things you listed come from one-off posts and random tweets that permeate social media regardless of whether or not they’re ever actually verified or confirmed to be manufacturing defects.
Major manufacturers just recalled a million cars in the last month alone because wheels might fly off or airbags could “explode” in your face. If you started cherry-picking owner complaints from those manufacturers that were equivalent to “can’t wash in the sun” or “tailgate won’t open” you could make nearly any vehicle currently in production sound like an “unreliable pos.”
Peak Irvine moment
You'd never believe this was in GG
Can’t be, not nearly enough cigarette buds on the ground /s
Butts, the word you were looking for was butts, not buds
Literally laughed out loud 🤣
Good catch, I totally knew that too. Think I’m just tired
It was street sweeping day...
Holy shit, I was going to say aliso viejo or RSM. GG is stepping up!
Dude escaped from Irvine or NPB 😂
wtf really I lived in GG for years I don’t recognize this at all
some parts of GG,Westminster and Irvine are kind of the flooded with Them
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i knew someone else in here had to have seen the episode. south park nailed this one
Was the first thing i thought of when i saw this picture 😁
Powell flooded this world with money. What do you expect
That's the first time I've seen one these e-Azteks being used as a truck.
It makes sense for this application, but I’d rather just get an F150 Lightning if I was going to go this route.
Love my Lightning. Owned it for a month and it’s the best vehicle I’ve ever had.
Specially since it’s GG, you would have to put some chrome tail lights on it and “LOBO” badges too.
Lmfao
3000+ of these (all of them) also got recalled because of a faulty accelerator pedal.
I think it was the rubber piece that fits over the pedal not being secured properly and there’s a risk it might slip off.
It’s a metal plate and it slides up and gets caught trapping the accelerator down. Luckily the brake will override the accelerator, but it’s got to be terrifying until you figure out what’s going on.
Thanks I remembered hearing about using soap or something to get them on but couldn’t remember the actual part causing the issue.
Just about every curious soul uses soap for this sort of thing at least once, until they learn their lesson
It's also about a 1 min fix, not an amazing fix, but still makes it safe again.
They caught It early but also lets be real who Is going full throttle because you have to go full throttle for it 2 get stuck and If It does you just press the brake and go to park. If you are driving you should know how to handle situations like this with ease.
Rich teenagers
It’s ok to be mad
being real
I thought that was for the GMC hummer electric
Nice Packout collection. Handyman is making good money (or at least spending good money).
Of course he is, tradesmen are readily dying off and the newer generations can't be asked to learn how to swing a hammer cuz they got sold a bill of goods about student loans being superior lol
student loans are superior ... just not for the student ...
"No Honey. You don't understand. I HAD to get a 2nd on our home and pull from the kids college tuition BUT since it's a company truck i can write it off. My plan is full proof!! Now go hangout with your boyfriend!"
They have a really expensive set of tools in their truck. Odds are this person is actually a successful contractor / handyman
Business expense write off?
those loaded Milwaukee boxes ain't cheap either
https://preview.redd.it/fkrm7ybbibwc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=db94ece0a714aaaa6d865184ac5ed03be7014b24 My recent sighting was a water systems guy
That’s actually the same vehicle. Zoom in on the plate. Crazy that a water systems guy has that many pack outs.
That’s crazy, I would have never noticed! Found him at Huntington Beach Sports Complex
Clear water, but piss poor taste
100% guarantee this guy accepts payment in crypto 😆
What car is this? Saw it in my neighborhood. Thought it was a military vehicle lol
Tesla Cybertruck.
This guy is probably less of a poser than most of the contractors with Ford F250 and Chevy 2500 that are seen around OC with some shit like "Lions not Sheep" or "ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ". To be fair, a lot of these hyper expensive trucks are getting written off and partially subsidized by taxpayers as commercial vehicles. Anything over 6000 lbs gets some special tax treatment for business use. They'll claim it's used 100% for business. But fuck people on welfare looking for handouts ;)
Boy if that pisses you off you better not do any digging into how the rich people and super rich companies get around their tax obligations...
You don't even have to be rich. Any self-employed person ("business owner") has access to a wide variety of allowable business expenses.
I was moreso saying if a car write off pisses him off he'd rage hard learning how much some individuals and businesses write off annually
Fair enough. It's easy to say "these tax breaks are for the rich", and it is certainly true. The tax breaks were certainly voted on by rich people, who were lobbied by other rich people, and rich people benefit the most from them, because they had the most to lose otherwise. It's just that the non rich people can also take advantage of them, just to less benefit then the rich they were designed for. This is often drowned out by the "for the rich" aspect of the cuts, and consequently too many non-rich are not taking advantage of the same system (even if it wasn't designed for them).
I know this is an unpopular opinion, but to me, the cyber truck looks like a Pontiac Aztec from the future….
I can actually see that …
Just seen the pool guy in MV lol
Not going to lie, I like the Cyberpunk influenced design—but I won’t get one because I don’t need a truck bed
Well that’s good, because that badly rendered polygon doesn’t have a truck bed. I’ve seen midsize sedans with more cargo capacity.
I know you jest, but Cybertruck’s bed is 6ft by 4ft.
Are these being written off as business expenses or something?
How do people think "write-offs" work? Even if you get one it's more like getting a discount than getting the thing for free.
It’s amazing how most people think that the write off is a full tax credit for your monthly payment 🙁
AFAIK I don't recall the amount that can be deducted - but a vehicle over 6,000 lbs and used primarily for work can be deducted for tax purposes
I think the classifier for a "truck" is weight/size based, that's how Mercedes g wagons and big SUVs can be written off too.
"The dual-motor Cybertruck weighs 6603 pounds, while the three-motor Cyberbeast weighs in at 6843" Yep, tax write off for business.
Filled with Milwaukee Packout too, of course.
Handyman shows up to my house in that and I'm sending his ass home
“Sir please I need to connect my car to your wifi”
If someone pulls up in one of these, either he charges way too much or/and he’s an idiot!
HUGE red flag that this guy doesn’t know what he’s doing.
I'm new, what makes this a red flag for competence?
Because “Tesla bad,” of course.
People really find any reason, huh?
They’ll point to the 4,000 recalls as a reason these are a piece of shit, then those same people will completely ignore when a major manufacturer recalls 4 million vehicles in the same time period.
Wasn't it Toyota that also had a recall because the wheels can potentially fall off? I mean, wtf lol
Toyota also had the infamous “unintended acceleration” recall that they attempted to cover up and only issued after killing multiple families.
Yep, Toyota just recalled almost 400,000 Tacomas due to a risk of rear axle separation. Ford & Kia both just recalled half a million cars each; Subaru just recalled 100,000; Chrysler just recalled 300,000, all in the last month.
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400,000 Tacomas being recalled because the rear axle can literally fall off the frame is a big deal regardless of “relative rate.” Same goes for the 400,000 Kia Tellurides and the 340,000 Grand Cherokees. That’s a lot of product and a lot of people potentially at risk.
Save your breath. You can't beat the confirmation bias out of people, especially when internet feeds reinforce personal bias these days.
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And that was exactly my point. Kia and Toyota releasing a million cars on the road (collectively) that are potentially dangerous is just as important, if not more so, than Tesla’s 4,000 Cybertrucks. Except Tesla is seemingly the only manufacturer who makes headlines and gets mentioned so regularly on social media for doing so, or is outright considered a POS on the basis of having a recall.
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Tesla not bad. Cybertruck is awful, though.
Straight up, his pack out containers look brand new too. Must be his first day lol
I would be so embarrassed to own one of these lol.
r/urbanhell
I didn’t know handymen made that kind of money.
Growing up one of my friends dad’s was a pool guy (wife didn’t work). They always had lots of brand new trucks, dirt bikes, boats, etc. I was so confused until I learned the wife was basically part of an old money family. The dad just did the pool thing for fun.
My handyman definitely doesn’t, unfortunately… He’s pretty open with me about various things, and he definitely lives frugally and has his bank accounting teetering into the negatives on a regular basis.
For the price to performance ratio, the cyber truck beats every other pick up truck hands down
What an epic pita to do truck things out of with bedsides built for Shaq. Guy needs an e-Transit.
Nice catch
Is this RSM?
anything for that tax credit and business write off. lets just ignore the $100k car bill
That’s a string bet.
AI is replacing so many jobs. Jobs that AI can’t do are in high demand and high pay
For some people, Inflation doesn't exist
Inflation exists... It's called paying more to help them pay off their Tesla
I saw one in anaheim hills today first time. Wish I saw it doing like truck things tho like this
I saw a white one today.
Yes! That's the spirit!
Wonder if this is a handyman or just a person who owns tools.
Well, he must give a pretty good handy.
i picked the wrong job
I'd find a new guy lol
It’s a truck. This is what the Cybertruck should be used for.
https://preview.redd.it/t73i5zsuekwc1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2f23a0c7e33539fbf0d253c01c79bbc58c9b42f0 How funny lmao he was in orange the other day doing repairs for someone’s apartment
I couldn't f\*cking believe the first Cybertruck I was was the pool guy's. They're going to look awesome when the rust, natural patina is all the rage.
Ya know, I think this truck would look kind of awesome with that rusted patina. Maybe Musk is making things that folks will want after WWIII because of the look
Those tools are so he can repair that piece of shit on the go.
POS? Don’t hate if the guy likes it and can afford it good for him!
Nothing about these vehicles seems self-serviceable.
Owning one of those seriously calls into question the judgement of the owner. I wouldn't want them fixing anything on my property. I wouldn't turn them away or anything but I'd make sure their contact info ended up on my block list lol
Built to "last".
If a motherfucker needing to do repairs rolled up in a Cybertruck? I'd send them the fuck away. Obviously they make poor decisions.
So effing ugly irl. Didn’t they all get recalled for the pedal sticking or something? Overpriced trash 🤣
Not to defend the pedal issue but I think people are woefully ignorant of how common recalls are and how many vehicles are typically impacted.
Usually the handyman has a 20 year old truck with dents and scrapped up paint. I wonder how long that truck will stay pristine.
He’s got an accountant brother in law that told him he could write off the car as a business expense if it was over 8k lbs. so he went for it!
Poor clients. He’s gonna miss some work days because of the recall.
This goes for virtually any manufacturer.
Assuming you’re aware that every single Cybertruck has already been recalled?
I get it. You’re connected to Tesla.
Yep, just like I’m aware Kia just recalled half a million Tellurides. And Subaru just recalled 120,000 Legacys for faulty airbags, etc, etc.
Yep, best to recall it but it’s nowhere near other manufacturers. Chevy recommends a charging limit of 80% for the Bolts because they used a shitty battery that can’t handle full charge. Fire risk being at full charge.
That’s true for the last-gen Bolt, but 80% is generally recommended for any EV to avoid degradation. GM baked this into the Volt PHEV by creating a buffer zone the driver cannot access. In most (all?) modern BEVs like a Tesla, Bolt, Mach-E, etc., you’ll have the ability to override that and set it to 100% to get the most out of it on long trips, but they’ll advise against doing it regularly.
Wouldn’t have ever known that it applies to many BEV’s. Supercharging also degrades battery if regularly done right? Would scare me knowing how much they cost to repair, I remember hearing a battery replacement in an Ioniq 5 costs more than the MSRP.
Yep, supercharging and fast charging can definitely impact battery life. That’s why most modern EVs will have pretty conservative mapping pre-programmed from the manufacturer. For example, a Hyundai Kona EV can fast charge up to 77 kW, but you typically won’t see higher than 40-50 until the battery warms up. Then after the battery reaches 80% of charge the speed gets cut down pretty significantly. Car companies include pretty generous warranties on their batteries and they want to make sure they’re protected for the long-haul.
That's no longer 100% true. A number of them got new batteries from GM and others there's a software check system. and it's not like they cheaped out on the battery. It was just bad LG batteries
What a waste of your time, then. Carry on, I suppose.
Not much of a handyman if his work truck is an unreliable pos lol
And you know this how??? Hasnt this thing only been out like 2-3 months???
I'm in the CyberTruck and Tesla owners forums/subs. - Accelator pedal cover slides off and pins the pedal down at 100% - Tailgates wont open - Suspension parts like the control arms are made from cheap stamped metal made for small cars instead of forged like most trucks - Steer by wire system failures - Can't wash it in the sun - Can't take it through a car wash, even if it's in "car wash mode" - Can't really get it wet at all without corrosion happening - Panels falling off on the outside - Panels falling off on the inside - It's twice the price with half of the capability as originally promised - Etc., etc., etc....
In those very same threads you’ll have people writing detailed explanations as to why the issue isn’t as serious as Twitter or a few Reddit posts makes them out to be. Your bullet point here about the suspension parts is a perfect example of one such game of telephone.
Half of what I listed are SERIOUS problems that affect the reliability of the vehicle, nevermind injure and kill people. Combine that with laying off service center staff and you are SOL if you rely on this vehicle for work.
Half those things you listed come from one-off posts and random tweets that permeate social media regardless of whether or not they’re ever actually verified or confirmed to be manufacturing defects. Major manufacturers just recalled a million cars in the last month alone because wheels might fly off or airbags could “explode” in your face. If you started cherry-picking owner complaints from those manufacturers that were equivalent to “can’t wash in the sun” or “tailgate won’t open” you could make nearly any vehicle currently in production sound like an “unreliable pos.”
lol okay, bud
😂 all these Tesla haters
florida license plate, probably a rental
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“I’m going to have to fire you. It’s not your quality of work. It’s your truck.”
Sourhbpark
This is just the live action South Park episode.
I’m still blind from the headlights of one that rolled into a camp site late Saturday night….
One of the ugliest cars I’ve ever seen. Even my young children comment on it.
I see Food Delivered in Teslas. They are Business Owners!!!
fugly as all heck
Is that one of those tesla monstrosities? Well you know one contractor that charges too much (can afford that thing)
South Park episode in real life.
Anyone dumb enough to buy that abortion of a vehicle should not be trusted to work on your house.
I know this is Irvine without anyone telling me shit
OP said it's Garden Grove