There are idiots and their are MAGA idiots. Elon Musk wants people to think his Tesla “truck” is bulletproof. It’s not. Even Musk put on a demonstration meant to prove it (well, part of it at least) was and it failed. However the notion is out there these crazy looking vehicles are bulletproof, and also they can go off-road. Neither is true and there are plenty of examples on the internet proving that. Still, MAGA’s don’t let things like facts get in the way of their beliefs so once again we’re treated to some idiocy to enjoy.
The guy we’re talking about tonight isn’t wearing a hat but between what he did by shooting his 100k Tesla Cybertruck in the ass-end and then dropping his gun the way he did it’s safe to say he’s pure MAGA. Elon Musk’s “truck” hit the market about a year ago. He claimed it was rugged to the point of being bulletproof. At least parts of it like the windows. A test where he had a guy throw steel balls at the driver’s window flopped like a campaign roll-out for DeSantis or Trump on Twitter. It BROKE! Musk of course made excuses and still claimed his new baby was bulletproof. Except he qualified THAT it seems suggesting only parts of it were – the side doors. Which takes us back to this IDIOT deciding to shoot his cybertruck in the ass-end!
I still don’t know what the hell Musk was thinking with this design. It looks to me like he got hold of the “geniuses” at GM that came up with the Pontiac Aztec design and turned them loose on this project. To say the Tesla Cybertruck is funky looking is being kind. What it is NOT is a freaking truck, much less something that compares (ad Musk claimed it would) to the Ford F-150. An actual truck has a bed in the back. An open area eight feet long and a little more than four feet wide that you can load stuff into. Take a look at the title image and tell me you could load that thing up the way you would a pickup truck!
The front and side windows MAY be made of bullet resistant glass as Musk claims but I doubt it’s anything he or any other VIP would count on for security. Oh, Musk himself might have a couple with extra special windows, and even beefed up door panels. However the fact is the vehicle body is made of stainless steel. And stainless steel doesn’t stop bullets. If the idea behind the cybertruck was to create a “cool” version of the old HumVees you remember it damned sure doesn’t have their capability. Either in ruggedness and ability to navigate really tough terrain without getting stuck or breaking, or military grade Humvee’s (light) armor.
However, as this article from Pride tells us the cybertruck isn’t all it’s cracked up to be – but also that there’s no end to the fun to be had poking fun at it and certain owners:
But one intrepid Cybertruck owner was so confident in the car’s ability to withstand a bullet that he recorded himself shooting it with a gun and then freaking out when the bullet pierced the bumper. Turns out other people have tested this too, and while the sides of the vehicle are bulletproof against certain handguns, the giant glass windshield isn’t, and neither are other parts of the car. So, if you’re in the middle of an apocalypse, just be sure to ask the roving gangs of thieves to only shoot your Cybertruck in very particular spots and and with a small caliber gun. We’re sure they’ll listen.
I got a kick out of that last sentence. Oh but there’s so much more in the linked article including thirty or so tweets mocking this guy. (I don’t like creating an article with tons of tweets but it’s worth your time to check out the link) Here’s the video that went viral:
Dude shoots his own Cybertruck, and is shocked to learn it’s not bulletproof pic.twitter.com/tJNaiRobdx
— Hamish Mitchell (@H_MitchellPhoto) October 16, 2024
Even the guy’s buddy is laughing at him! Also, as I noted dropping his gun the way he did wasn’t all that wise a move either. Nor was the prospect of him standing so close in case the damned “truck” was in fact bulletproof! I guess it never crossed his mind he could be hit by a ricochet of either the bullet or fragments. As for the damage that WAS done it’s more than just a hole in the back. Is it too much to hope for that the bullet proceeded to his the “truck’s” dashboard? I’m sure the new back panel will be expensive in its own right but a damaged seat or two will add to the bill. And the dashboard? That could wind up being pretty damned expensive with all the electronics packed in it!
Oh well. If he can afford to drop a hundred grand on this weird-ass looking “truck” to be a Musk/Trump fanboy I suppose the cost of fixing the thing won’t be much of an issue for him. Personally I think he’d be better off investing that money in a cult deprogrammer but what do I know? Well, I do know one thing for certain and that’s that there’s no limit to the outright batshit dumbass stupidity of MAGA types. At least sometimes it gets online and we can all get a good laugh out of it.
>>tell me you could load that thing up the way you would a pickup truck!<<
That's what I've thought ever since I've seen these pictures. I have a pickup truck, and the bed is in frequent use — 50-lb sacks of milo seed (for the wild birds), lumber, cement blocks, bulging bags of yard waste, boxes and furniture when helping my niece move house… No way that pictured thing could do any of that.
Bet it can't pull a horse-trailer or a U-Haul, either, both of which I've done.
But what I wonder about even more is — how much can be seen out that rear window? I've driven a few vehicles with extremely-sloping rear windows. The glass may be large, but the actual vertical viewing space is often extremely limited. I hate driving vehicles with this type of sloping back; my rear view feels restricted, and very unsafe.
Not only would I *not* pay 100K for that monstrosity, I wouldn't even give $100 for it. Talk about a spoiled kid's worthless toy!
it cannot tow. you may rip it apart trying. there are videos of that, too.
useles piece of junk.
the stainless steel rusts, too.
Elon Muskrat
*smirk*
damned sh*tty thing to do to a poor muskrat Lil-putting that face on it. What did it do to deserve such a horrid thing? lmao
I’ve seen one around the town, close to home. It is every bit as ugly as the photos and video show it to be. There’s no way this could perform as an actual truck.
Another member of Darwin’s waiting room!
We have a show on our local public radio station T.J.Starr’s Saturday Show on Sunday. I first heard this song on his show
https://danielboling.com/track/2109570/darwin-s-pride-joy
Of course everyone familiar with the Darwin Awards probably has already heard it. Still, it does give one a chuckle.
What’s really funny is that, until the Muskrat came out for Trump, the reaction from MAGA–especially all the “he-men” alpha males –to anything related to Tesla was nothing less than derogatory (and that’s putting it nicely).
Now, it looks like Tesla’s no longer for the “tree-huggers” and “soy boys.”
gppd thing given tree huggers and the lot probably avoid the brand like the plague given musk’s obnoxiousness….well that and the crappy quality.
Anyone who wastes their money on one of these so called trucks is as big a moron as they come. There is one in town that says happy dad on it. Happy that he or his child wasted money buying that fugly pos? What a bunch of low intellect people the magats are. I always point and laugh when I see it – it’s so damned ugly!
Oh one could think that originality in car design is absolute, sometimes. Then again, the opposite is quite a reasonable summation. Makes one wonder if Elon’s Cybertruck thing is a wholesome original thing … check out this 1960 original concept, being the Citroen Karin:
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No way that fugly POS can be called a truck! If I could afford a new vehicle, it might be an EV or a hybrid, BUT NEVER A TESLA!!!
cool sell it to the russians