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glhs837

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PeoplesElbow said:
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Shockingly when you remove protective equipment to place your own aftermarket s*** and then do something incredibly stupid s*** might break. Now would the stock stock thick protective plastic panel have stopped this from damaging the truck? I can't really say but even if it didn't... I know I don't plan to mow down fences with my truck.
 
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glhs837 said:
Shockingly when you remove protective equipment to place your own aftermarket s*** and then do something incredibly stupid s*** might break. Now would the stock stock thick protective plastic panel have stopped this from damaging the truck? I can't really say but even if it didn't... I know I don't plan to mow down fences with my truck.
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I never realized it had a radiator in the front, guessing that is battery and motor cooling?
 
glhs837

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PeoplesElbow said:
I never realized it had a radiator in the front, guessing that is battery and motor cooling?
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Yep. More than that though. It's a heat pump system that moves heat energy around as needed. Battery, motors, cabin. Not obvious because it lays at like a 30 degree angle.
 
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PeoplesElbow said:
www.torquenews.com

More Insurance Providers are Dropping Tesla Cybertruck Coverage, Cite “High Cost to Replace Parts”

Following in GEICO’s footsteps, more insurance companies are dropping Cybertruck policies. One such individual who lost his Cybertruck coverage says his insurer cited the "high cost of replacing Cybertruck parts" as the main reason.
www.torquenews.com www.torquenews.com
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Sounds like maybe some parts of Geico don't know what other parts of Geico are doing. Also, not a fan of Torquenews coverage. Like Jalopnik, they come at it from a biased perspective.

Given the crazy news coverage, I'm not surprised some insurers are going high and right. Give it a year to settle. The parts prices we've seen so far dont appear outrageous compared to comparable vehicles. Especially bodywork. Sure the panels cost more, but since a huge amount of collision repair costs of paint matching and blending, you save on all of that.
 
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PeoplesElbow said:
Tesla better start offering their own insurance.

www.torquenews.com

Insurance Providers in Canada are Refusing to Cover Tesla Cybertrucks, Saying “We Don’t Cover Armored Vehicles”

A Cybertruck owner in Canada says most of the country's largest auto insurance providers have refused to cover his Cybertruck. Some simply refused to engage, while others denied his Cybertruck coverage, claiming that it was an armored vehicle.
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They do in a lot of places. I'm not sure where though.

After checking, it seems they do offer insurance in Canada
 
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glhs837

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PeoplesElbow said:
Rims shouldn't fail in that mode, that is a brittle failure.

www.dailydot.com

‘Broke off with the lugs still attached’: Cybertruck drivers demand answers after crash. What are these rims made of?

'The entire car is built from craptonium, very rare.'
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Clem72 said:
To be fair, that's exactly what the guy at Tires Plus told me would happen if I ever tried to rotate my own tires.
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First off, the guy recording this is at best to ignorant to comment, at worst he's an idiot.

Second, I've seen this before in the SRT world. Not uncommon with high performance heavy vehicles. Normal folk hit a wheel either head on or at a slight angle and give you the normal break, a chunk off bead. But if you slam 6,900lbs almost sideways into a jersey barrier with all the force concentrated into a small patch on the bottom edge its going to break like that. Takes a lot of vehicle being driven like an idiot though.

This one, bet he got sideways and whiplashed that front tire in that pivoted the back end in even harder.
 
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glhs837 said:
First off, the guy recording this is at best to ignorant to comment, at worst he's an idiot.

Second, I've seen this before in the SRT world. Not uncommon with high performance heavy vehicles. Normal folk hit a wheel either head on or at a slight angle and give you the normal break, a chunk off bead. But if you slam 6,900lbs almost sideways into a jersey barrier with all the force concentrated into a small patch on the bottom edge its going to break like that. Takes a lot of vehicle being driven like an idiot though.

This one, bet he got sideways and whiplashed that front tire in that pivoted the back end in even harder.
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No, that can't be it. It's gotta be that the Cybertruck is a POS. :lol:
 
PeoplesElbow

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glhs837 said:
First off, the guy recording this is at best to ignorant to comment, at worst he's an idiot.

Second, I've seen this before in the SRT world. Not uncommon with high performance heavy vehicles. Normal folk hit a wheel either head on or at a slight angle and give you the normal break, a chunk off bead. But if you slam 6,900lbs almost sideways into a jersey barrier with all the force concentrated into a small patch on the bottom edge its going to break like that. Takes a lot of vehicle being driven like an idiot though.

This one, bet he got sideways and whiplashed that front tire in that pivoted the back end in even harder.
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I'm not saying they shouldn't fail, I am saying that should not be the mode of failure for any rims, brittle failure of metal in a vehicle is bad.
 
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PeoplesElbow said:
I'm not saying they shouldn't fail, I am saying that should not be the mode of failure for any rims, brittle failure of metal in a vehicle is bad.
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That's how aluminum fails under shock loads. One reason off roaders prefer steel. You don't normally see it because it's not common to apply the full vehicle weight sideways into an immovable object
 
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First it was Unobtainium.

Then came Vibranium.

Now we have Craptonium.

:roflmao:
 
PeoplesElbow

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glhs837 said:
That's how aluminum fails under shock loads. One reason off roaders prefer steel. You don't normally see it because it's not common to apply the full vehicle weight sideways into an immovable object
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No, brittle failure it isn't inherent to aluminum, it is inherent to castings. This is why I hate cast metal for anything that requires structural integrity. Even an alloy with a yield point and ultimate tensile point so close together as 7075 experiences ductile failure.

Hitting a curb isn't fast enough to be considered a shock load either.
 
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