Tesla may agree to buy the truck back at the original price minus "$0.25/mile driven" and any damages and repairs.

Tesla will sue you for $50,000 if you try to resell your Cybertruck in the first year::Tesla may agree to buy the truck back at the original price minus “$0.25/mile driven” and any damages and repairs.

  • @UniquitousEnglish
    67•6 months ago

    Absolute deal-breaker. I will not be dictated to on what I may or may not do with my personal private property, beyond the bounds of the law.

    • Flying SquidEnglish
      28•6 months ago

      Isn’t the fact that the thing is ugly and poorly-designed more of a deal-breaker?

        • Flying SquidEnglish
          25•6 months ago

          but I’d really, really love a car that doesn’t ding if you look at it the wrong way.

          Well you better hope you never ding the Cybertruck unless you want to replace an entire stainless steel panel and hope it aligns properly.

        • @skyspydude1@lemmy.worldEnglish
          8•6 months ago

          I don’t know if you’ve ever owned anything with brushed stainless panels, but ding-proof they are not, and they’re generally WAY more noticeable. They also still need to be clear coated, otherwise every panel will become discolored over time.

          • @abhibeckert@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4•6 months ago

            otherwise every panel will become discolored over time.

            Yeah I don’t care about that. My issue with my current truck is many of the places (50?) where I’ve scratched the paint off, and cleaned/re-painted it as soon as I could, have started to rust - which is probably going to result in the car being sold for scrap metal even though it’s still perfectly drivable. Eventually that rust is going to become more than just a cosmetic problem and the car definitely isn’t worth the time required to fix it properly (cut out the rust and put new sheet metal in it’s place).

            I won’t be buying a cybertruck… but I definitely would prefer stainless steel over mild steel body panels. I’d like aluminium even better (stainless steel does still rust, just not as easily).

        • Encrypt-KeeperEnglish
          7•6 months ago

          Is an electric vehicle really the best choice for you if you live in the mountains? I’m pro-electric vehicle but the thing about them is they really shine in denser areas where everything is close by. Unless your remote mountain region also has an adequate amount of superchargers but I feel like I probably wouldn’t.

          • @abhibeckert@lemmy.worldEnglish
            8•6 months ago

            Absolutely. You can easily create electricity on a remote mountain. Creating gasoline… that’s not really possible. You have to pay a fortune for someone to deliver it (or worse, go get it yourself). You can’t get gasoline delivered in bulk either - common ethanol blended gasoline can spoil in just two months and wherever you’re buying it from might have already stored it for a month or more.

            Gas prices in back country areas are often double or quadruple what people pay in the city and living there also means driving a lot more per week. Electricity on the other hand is practically free if you produce it yourself (small scale hydro for example can cost a couple thousand dollars for reliable continuous power and if you’re in the mountains then you probably have that option).

        • Patapon EnjoyerEnglish
          4•6 months ago

          , but I’d really, really love a car that doesn’t ding if you look at it the wrong way.

          Then don’t buy a Tesla, those pieces of shit fall apart if a bird shits on it.

    • @Obi@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      16•6 months ago

      Well here’s the thing, they don’t want it to be your personal private property, nevermind that you bought it they still want it to be theirs.

      • @UniquitousEnglish
        2•6 months ago

        In fact, I would not. But even if I would, this bullshit would be a deal breaker. It’s basically saying “we know you’re going to regret this purchase, but we’re going to put a barrier in place to keep you from dealing with it.” That’s a gigantic red flag for any product.

      • @UniquitousEnglish
        3•6 months ago

        You seem highly interested in whether I would have purchased one or not. What a weird comment.