Per the Cybertruck warranty:

"This New Vehicle Limited Warranty does not cover any vehicle damage or malfunction directly or indirectly caused by, due to, or resulting from…

… The environment or an act of God, including, but not limited to, exposure to sunlight, airborne chemicals, tree sap, animal or insect droppings, … water, contamination, lightning and other environmental conditions"

So, if you get all bricked up in the car wash, you’re now the proud owner of a $100,000 rust brick.

MotorTrend noted one middleman/dealership tripled the price on a very basic F-150 Lightning: https://www.motortrend.com/news/ford-f-150-lightning-ev-pickup-dealer-markups

Like, no product can survive that sort of scalper in the middle. Also, probably don’t ask a middleman to sell a new product and sell the well-established alternative to the new product. Recipe for failure, cunningly cooked.

Yeah, ditto. They’re stating June for final pricing announcement, and targeting “mid-twenties” for price atm.

Treat yourself.

Slice it thin and fry it til it browns a little. Thank me later.

I drive the EV equivalent of a beater, and it’s really pretty nice, everything on it works!

So yeah, silver linings, Tesla fans are losing their shirts by buying new, and anyone on the market for used is enjoying a buyer’s market.

They seem to like blurring those lines. As though the agents being in danger is part of the goal.

Makes you wonder, what government wants the spark to ignite the powder keg? That would be like packing the Reichstag with flammable stuff and telling a local arsonist about it – OH.

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I may be from a hive of scum and villainy (southsiiiiide!), but also I have jumper cables, so back up while I take care of this.

For me, it’s the social piece that gets me - I have to go get talked at by a series of increasingly greasier dudes until eventually I reach the apex greaseball and he tries to con me out of as much money as he can steal

It’s a terrible system TBH XD

I test drove one… They’re really really nice!

Personally, the used market has collapsed, but that’s also sort of a good thing if you’re shopping used.

If the car will make it to 200,000 miles, you’d expect a used one with 95,000 miles to be worth ~50% of original sales price.

And that’s just the baseline. Some vehicles hold value exceptionally well, like my Toyota Tacoma, the used prices are absurd, it’s worth something crazy like 75%+ what we paid for it in 2021.

Not so for a lot of EVs. I threw 3 examples into the article (Audi e-Tron, Dodge Charger Daytona, and then I guess the Ioniq 6 itself, the sporty ones with a speed markup). It’s newsworthy just because it’s unusual, it’s like the used market is saying something about the vehicle is not worth what the manufacturer thought it was worth on day one.

Pretty sure you’re joking, but I am who I am, so I got to do the math.

Here, Edmunds has a really crisp infographic. By the Edmunds used car depreciation percentages, this Hyundai should be worth about ~65% of what it originally sold for, but instead it is being sold for half as much: https://www.edmunds.com/car-buying/how-fast-does-my-new-car-lose-value-infographic.html

Seems weird, right? My working theory is that EVs are being overvalued by the manufacturers with inflated MSRPs, and that the used market sort of reveals fair-market value in an unexpected way.

ICCU issue would be covered by recall if this unit was impacted. Recalls are listed on the Carfax, along with a repaired-already/not-repaired flag.

It has a single unrepaired recall… for a loose charging cap cover :)

I’m not a great automotive journalist, but I do try!

If you wouldn’t pay 1/3rd of MSRP for a car with about 1/2 the lifetime mileage left in it, you’re sort of proving why it’s newsworthy. A used ICE vehicle in the same condition would be snapped up with that pricing. Depreciation like that matters to folks when the product costs ~$40-50K new.

Yea nah the good parts of the pig, those they sell in far better cuts XD

Spam is all that’s left over but the squeal, and then, sawdust or whatever they use to retain the water.

This post goes so hard XD

I appreciate your unreasonable level of commitment to the bit 🫡

Any Cadillac for Sentry Mode (it’s called Surround Vision Recorder, and unlike Tesla, it’s not constantly narcing on you, it’s locally stored). I’m sure others have equivalents, that’s just the one I know off the top of my head.

Any… car… for keyless entry. That’s literally more common than using a key in a new vehicle.

I drive a Chevy, can confirm, the door latches consistently work even when the power goes out (which is frequent LOL)

That’s right - I just read up on it so y’all don’t have to :)

It’s one of the many smoke grenades that create colorful smoke, the chemicals in a smoke grenade aren’t awesome, but it’s not CS gas or tear gas or anything that is specifically designed to hurt you.

Tough guy, LOL.

Couldn’t walk off that protected cat-walk fast enough. Threw a middle finger over his shoulder even though he was surrounded by his own retinue of armed guards.

Hilariously soft.

The factory worker has been interviewed, and he sounded exultant