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A video if you want all the little details.

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Originally posted by hudr:
IMO, This is a truck in the same way a Honda Ridgeline is a truck. Or even the Chevy Avalanche.
I need a truck for truck stuff. Where do you put the gooseneck ball?
Can I get a pallet of barb wire and 6’ Tposts in the bed?

As far as styling goes, I’m ok with it. But still doesn’t fit my definition of truck.

I drive a Tundra which most consider a truck. However I do none of those things you have listed.
There are nearly infinite things one can do with a truck.
Simply because the things you need a truck for can’t be done does not mean it is not a truck.


It just means it is not the truck you need.

That's not a truck.

THIS is a truck!

What one considers a truck is subject to interpretation.

I can't haul a Bobcat or run with a snow plow, but is sure is fun!

Mine is something like this:

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Originally posted by hudr:
IMO, This is a truck in the same way a Honda Ridgeline is a truck. Or even the Chevy Avalanche.
I need a truck for truck stuff. Where do you put the gooseneck ball?
Can I get a pallet of barb wire and 6’ Tposts in the bed?

As far as styling goes, I’m ok with it. But still doesn’t fit my definition of truck.

I own a Ridgeline and it’s definitely a truck. I tow with it. I use the bed. Didn’t make any sense for me to spend more money on a body on frame that handles worse. The Ridgeline is actually the best pavement handling truck on the market. That’s down to the AWD system and the Unibody construction, which I greatly prefer over body on frame. Inherit handling differences. Its towing and payload capacities met my criteria for function. It has a higher payload capacity than a Raptor. I could have wasted an extra 20k on a full size domestic, but I don’t like wasting money. It’s hard work earning it. I’m glad it exists. It forced other manufacturers to make compact trucks, that are built for reality instead of fiction, towing airplanes down runways in commercials and the like. In 2019 I test drove everything on the market. Gas, diesel, full size, compacts, and was honest about my needs for it. Thinking and driving everything, saved me a lot of money.

I own a Ridgeline as well. My first was a 2018 and now a 2023. Having owned a T100, F150, and Tundra prior, I considered a Ridgeline, ruled it out, then reconsidered it, and the more I studied what it did better than traditional body on frame mid-size or 1/2 ton trucks, the more sense it made so that's what I bought in 2018. It was trouble free other than a recall for the back up camera cable. When I decided to replace my 2018 (after 5 years) I looked long and hard at everything out there including the new GM mid size trucks and briefly at 1/2 ton trucks. But compared to a Ridgeline they offered no advantages for me only a lot of disadvantage.
I feel this review on a 2021 Ridgeline to be very through and the 2023 truck is essentially the same.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvdo3uQtvyQ

I think that if this Cvber Truck has a 3,500 lb. payload capacity, it will have a very harsh ride. Kind of like my F350. Is there some sort of space age suspension technology involved with the Cyber Truck?

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Originally posted by hudr:
IMO, This is a truck in the same way a Honda Ridgeline is a truck. Or even the Chevy Avalanche.
I need a truck for truck stuff. Where do you put the gooseneck ball?
Can I get a pallet of barb wire and 6’ Tposts in the bed?

As far as styling goes, I’m ok with it. But still doesn’t fit my definition of truck.

I'm with you there. My truck (2001 2500HD Extended Cab Long Bed) doesn't get driven that many miles per year, but when it does it's for truck stuff. It has an 8' bed, and I haul framing lumber and plywood sheets all the time. It has a 4000+lb payload capacity, and I've filled that full-size bed with mulch, straw bales, shingles, top soil, manure, or rock on more than one occasion. It also tows my boat and our little camper trailer like they're not even back there, and you can toss our 10' kayaks and fishing gear in the bed without having them stick 4 feet out the back, mess with a roof rack, or worry about getting the interior of an SUV all muddy and wet.

I've heard complaints about the bed-rail height on the newer/bigger trucks, and while I'll admit it's a little harder to get small things in and out of the bed over the rails, I like the high tailgate as it doubles as a great workbench when I'm framing or siding a house, and I've even used it as scaffolding when working on gutters.

A good truck is something I wouldn't want to be without. I have a Suburban for family stuff, and a little Mazda 3 for running around town...trucks are for truck things. The cybertruck doesn't appear well-designed for any of that stuff.

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Originally posted by Hay2bale:
I think that if this Cvber Truck has a 3,500 lb. payload capacity, it will have a very harsh ride. Kind of like my F350. Is there some sort of space age suspension technology involved with the Cyber Truck?

air suspension. I own a Model X which also has air suspension and adjustable shocks. I can set the ride height high and plush for gravel roads or low and firm for sports car handling.

Not space age technology but tech that's been around since the mid 90's I guess when Mercedes AMG used it on their premium sedans.

Needs a stinger battery or heavy MG in the back, to shoot down Hunter Killers.

Makes a great 1/4 mile hauler, and not just for hauling butt

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Originally posted by PGT:

I can set the ride height high and plush for gravel roads or low and firm for sports car handling.

Not space age technology but tech that's been around since the mid 90's

My 1972 Citroën DS-21 had driver selectable ride height. Hydraulic, not air. Same system provided effortless jacking to change tires, service brakes, etc.

All the weaknesses exposed. Don’t cut your finger off kid. Image/status vehicle. Horrible visibility. Shit “fake” rear view mirror. Towing anything remotely what this is capable of will yield 1/3 the range. A bit of a joke. Instead of making a functional, capable, truck, they built a design exercise. Enjoy. This is long but informative.

https://youtu.be/xNE-NyaYBcg?si=64Ljm0OYNTt8sy6l

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Originally posted by HRK:
Makes a great 1/4 mile hauler, and not just for hauling butt
(Porsche Drag Video)

This guy shows that it was misleading. He gets into quite a bit of detail in his calculations but it is rather interesting. While the race is not truthful, he still does have some respect for the Tesla in his conclusion, based on the calculations that he made.

quote:

Originally posted by hudr:
IMO, This is a truck in the same way a Honda Ridgeline is a truck. Or even the Chevy Avalanche.
I need a truck for truck stuff. Where do you put the gooseneck ball?
Can I get a pallet of barb wire and 6’ Tposts in the bed?

As far as styling goes, I’m ok with it. But still doesn’t fit my definition of truck.

Your above 'truck' definition sounds like a 3/4ton or bigger.
Never seen a half ton with a gooseneck/5th wheel
And when I needed to get a pallet of something when I worked for a dealership I'd get a 1 ton DRW.

For my uses, something midsized would suit me fine, over a half ton. Tacoma, Ridgeline would both work.
Avalanche, I knocked them for a long time until I drove one. It's effectively a Suburban with the cargo area cut off. Rides on coil spring instead of leaves & makes for a great highway truck.

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Originally posted by Mboroman:

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Originally posted by HRK:
Makes a great 1/4 mile hauler, and not just for hauling butt
(Porsche Drag Video)

This guy shows that it was misleading. He gets into quite a bit of detail in his calculations but it is rather interesting. While the race is not truthful, he still does have some respect for the Tesla in his conclusion, based on the calculations that he made.

Haven't watched this one, but enjoy EE's videos. He does a good job of breaking it down & explaining it

Resurrecting this thread, because I actually saw this fugly "truck" speed right passed me on my way to DFW this last weekend. I was tempted to chase after it to test the bullet-proof claim.

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Originally posted by 12131:
Resurrecting this thread, because I actually saw this fugly "truck" speed right passed me on my way to DFW this last weekend. I was tempted to chase after it to test the bullet-proof claim.

I’ve seen a bunch of them now, including 3 up close that I actually had to walk past in parking lots. They are hideous. The look has not gotten any better on them. They are a pitiful joke of a truck.

Saw my first one in the wild this past Saturday. It was driving so I couldn’t get close to it, ask the owner questions, etc. but at 30 or so yards away, it looked hideous.