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Comment by roflyear | Hacker News Reader

Me too. Tesla truck is for people who need attention.

I hate that it is so attention-grabbing.

Having a long life stainless steel body with low-maintenance motors, long distance battery pack, and fast charging, really appeals to the engineer in me.

Tesla truck is for people that want a Tesla truck. No need to psychoanalyze and try to establish motivation. People can buy whatever they want.

Cybertruck was not love at first sight for me. But after 24 hrs I signed up because of the value. 4x4, adjustable suspension, locking bed, 240v, pneumatic air and much more for $50k. Plus the usual no gas bill and very low maintenance. It's a deal.

But you're mistaken. The Cybertruck has none of those features, since it doesn't exist. It's entirely vaporware. When they start shipping them -- if that ever happens -- then you can list what features it has, and what they charge for them.

But what you bought into, and paid your $100 reservation fee for, does not exist.

Tesla does have a track record of delivering things however. It is not as if they are a complete unknown. I think it is reasonably safe to assume that it will exist eventually.

Or, for people like me that really enjoy their current Tesla and would love to have the same thing but as a truck. I’m not an attention seeker, so I figure by the time they get down to my place in the reservation line it won’t be a remarkable sight anymore.

Given that the Tesla truck looks so radically different from current Tesla vehicles, and most vehicles in general can you be sure that you'll enjoy it for the same reasons that you enjoy your current Tesla?

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