The Only Thing Sadder Than This Cybertruck’s Gaping Wound Is Its Bumper Sticker

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Crash Course

A Cybertruck proprietor waited two depressing weeks for a Tesla collision store to patch up his automotive’s torn bumper, and the sticker he plastered on the automobile makes his dangerous state of affairs worse.

“I purchased this after I knew Elon was superior,” reads the bumper sticker, which the truck proprietor shared as part of an explanatory post on X-formerly-Twitter.

It is meant to be a defiant response to the way more popular stickers sheepishly disclaiming {that a} Tesla’s proprietor purchased the automobile “earlier than we knew Elon was loopy” — but after the accident, it feels extra like a tragic trombone.

Boulevard of Damaged Teslas

Whereas ready for restore elements, the collision store had stripped a part of the Cybertruck’s metal physique to disclose the white exoskeleton beneath.

“I need Tesla to be the perfect,” pleaded the Cybertruck proprietor, whose X identify identifies them solely as “Tryangle.” However the “truck was completely drivable, and it is simply been sitting within the lot for 10-plus days torn down.”

“Nobody may give me a transparent concept of when elements might be out there, or when issues might be accomplished,” Tryangle continued. “I really feel like my truck is being held hostage.” 

One man’s woe right here speaks to a bigger challenge with Musk’s most passionate followers: they’re going to endure something to really feel near the billionaire. They do not thoughts that the $74,000-and-up Cybertruck clearly isn’t as invincible as marketed, or that it is a nightmare to service, and that it sometimes bursts into flames.

As for Tryangle, his Cybertruck is now fixed and again in his possession — and he could not be extra thrilled.

“I ordered my @cybertruck 5 years in the past,” he recently wrote on X-formerly-Twitter. “By no means has something in my life been definitely worth the wait just like the Cybertruck has! (Sorry to my spouse, child boy, and future kids.)”

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