What camper would you pull?

Something equally as angular and ugly

We just thought of how ridiculous it would look pulling our 10 foot Compact. Yikes! Hmm, maybe an Aerocar? That being said, if I were in the behemoth market, the Cyber Truck would definitely be on the list.

I was never a fan of fender fins, but I still love hood ornaments. I also remember how the screams of “the ugliest car” rang out against the VW Beetle when it first came to the US. Then folks decided it was so ugly it was cute. This particular Tesla will never, never, never be called cute, or anything remotely like it, but since when I’m driving, I don’t see the outside of my car, I don’t worry too much about what it looks like anyway. I think it’s a kick and can’t wait to see the F-150 in production. Heck, if they got auto pilot perfected, i could just throw 1000 pounds of batteries underneath Hamlet, install another axle and a 15 inch computer screen under the front window and give up the tow vehicle altogether! ; - )

All new cars are designed to fold up in case of an accident allowing all or part of the energy to be absorbed by the vehicle instead of the passengers.So if this car/truck is unbendable what happens to the passengers in case of a collision. I guess by the design in the event of a head on collision it would just wedge the other vehicle up and over the top. If I was rich I would buy the top of line truck just to watch people look at it. I believe that as electric vehicles become more popular we will see a very expensive road tax applied to their use. It will be interesting to say the least.

"Cynic that I am,I wonder how they'll engineer the vehicles so they will not last?"

They'll figure it out-look at our refrigerators only lasting 8 years nowadays. The compressors are the size of a (small) head of cabbage...

Love the idea of the solar panels and perpetual motion machines. Makes sense to me.

I guess I’m an eternal optimist. Musk will have a battery in the next year or two that will last a million miles. When I think of how short the lifespan of the family car was when I was a kid, I have to laugh. Tires? 10-20 thousand miles. Radiators fell apart in just a few years. Engines often had to be rebuilt after 100k miles, brakes were terrible, carburetors also had to be built every 40 or 50k. This is no longer the case. The VW Eurovan we bought new in 1993 has nearly 500k miles on it. Original engine, original transmission, second clutch. We still drive it. ICE vehicles these days have become so complex that it’s nearly impossible for someone like me (an “elderly” lady) to do any of the routine maintenance on our X-e. I can’t even change the oil, let alone do a tune up like 8 used to do on my ‘86 Jeep. Of course, the Jeep was a true POS and I sold it after 55k miles. Despite that, cars are much better and more reliable these days. Not only is the first scheduled “maintenance” on our Model 3 not until 2024, we will save nearly $2k on fuel the first year, and that takes the cost of the electricity ($25/month) into consideration. Yup, I’d say cars are a lot better than 50 years ago.

That being said, the Cybertruck is still ugly.