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Tesla Recalls Cybertruck Because Wheels May Fall Off
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this post was submitted on 08 May 2026
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All 173 of them.
Yes, you read that correctly:
Tesla only sold 173 of the Cybertruck RWD base model.
That makes sense.
If you want a Cybertruck, you want the all-wheel version.
I sure would want an overweight ford pinto reinvisioned as a modern brutalist steel casket that is less mobile than the original model-t.
This fine piece of... engineering that:
... struggles to run (and drive) in the cold...
... has routine problems in humidify and (god forbid) rain...
... AND elicits the same public response as a clown car ...
... Really just fills that void in me.
... On my daily commute in my rental car to pay for the rental and my fortress of solitude on wheels that is out of commission - again - for another comical reason.
Please don't reproduce.
Both versions get stuck.
Are they not supposed to?
I don't get it.
They are, that's how Elon is going to sell the Cybertruck 2.
How many versions of the trashcan are there?
Iirc but cant be arsed to check, 3 models - base (rwd) mid range (awd) and premium (awd with a bigger battery)
"premium" ๐
I was living in Arlington VA near the new Amazon corporate HQ. I feel like I saw all 173 of those things.
I almost replied similarly, just means they didn't sell many BASE models.
I live in a relatively rural area outside a city "highway loop" and I see them all the time here. Someone down the road at a small business owns one so I see that one all the time but there are plenty around here and often wrapped in some weird colors.
i saw a large in crease in tesla starting last year, as soon as people forgot about MUSK doing his doge shit in the wh, saw a increase in purchases.
I see multiple daily near Vancouver - how many are repeat I don't know though
You should scrape an identification number into the doors, hood, roof, and rear. Just so you can keep track. For science.
It's hard to tell when they're all the same color.
i saw multiple ones that were rapped with different patterns of collor. still ugly asf.
The best color I've seen so far has been gloss black because it kinda hides the shape.
Here in Canada they get vinyl wrapped pretty quick to help protect from the salt.
As such they are pretty identifiable. There's about 3 in my neighborhood I see from time to time.
I actually thought they were interesting looking when they first pitched them. Would never buy one now though for all obvious reasons.
Most I see are just matte black
its also a very awkward vehicle too.
RWD=Really Weird Design