18h ago

Or that doesn't try to kill you

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Are the bullet holes shopped on instead of shot on?
It looks like the same hole with the same shadows pasted all over the car.

"A Typical Day Buying a Car in America"
So, there I was, minding my own business, when I decide it's about time I get myself a new set of wheels. You know, something reliable, maybe a little bulletproof? Can’t be too careful out there, right?
Walked into this dealership, looking sharp as ever in my sunglasses and a trench coat, ready to flip the script. The salesman, guy named Greg, looked up from his desk like I’d just walked into the sun. "Can I help you?" he says, polite but cautious. "Sure, buddy," I said, sliding my .45 onto the counter. "I’m in the market for a car that can take a hit."
Greg’s eyes widened. "Uh... we’ve got models that can handle themselves. How about the Honda Civic? It’s pretty tough for its size—bulletproof up to 9mm!" "9mm?" I repeated, unimpressed. "Buddy, my gun’s got a hair more punch."
We went through the lineup: the Ford F-150 with its armor-like doors (though it admitted it’d leave a dent or two), the Subaru Outback with its reinforced undercarriage (can’t trust cars that hide), and then… there was the Tesla Cybertruck. "Think you’re funny," I said, sliding behind the wheel. "Let’s see what this thing’s got."
Pulled out my SIG Sauer, popped off a few rounds. The Civic? Dented like a can of beans. The F-150? A bulletproof glass shattered, but it held up… kinda. And then the Cybertruck. "Bullets," I said, aiming dead center. "Go ahead. Hit it."
Greg let out a breath he probably hadn’t taken since 2012. The bullets hit, and… nothing. Not a scratch, not a dent. Just like that, the Cybertruck became my new ride. "Sure, why not," I said, shrugging. "It’s got range, style, and now, apparently, it’s bulletproof."
Drove off, leaving Greg staring after me like I’d just pulled a heist or something.

The fuck they shoot it with? Paintballs?

FWIW, IIRC it's only bulletproof to subsonic 9mm. If you're using normal range ammo (115gr), it's not going to stop the bullet. It's definitely not going to stop any rifle more powerful than a .22lr.
And super-rigid body panels are actually a bad thing; it likely doesn't have crumple zones, which means that more energy is going into the passengers in a crash.

If it's on fire and the autolocks, you know the doors are strong enough to not budge when you try to kick them open.

Is this like those dimples on golf balls, to make an air cushion layer to improve aerodynamics?

Yes let's all make cars ridiculously strong and kill pedestrians because fuck them!
- Seriously, the cyber truck is an embarrassment. The only positive thing I can say about its design is at least it doesn't have a tall, blunt front end that minimizes pedestrian visibility while maximizing pedestrian fatality, as seems to be the current trend.

"Technically" bulletproof (in that some parts can't have holes poked through them by bullets), can't drive through sand or mud.
Very apocalypse-proof.
- Ah, that's why there are never any cybertrucks in Mad Max.

They aren't shitting their pants because they can actually get to a bathroom in their cars

Aside from the fact that you'd be funding the nazis, it's so fucking ugly...
- They are ugly, but I'd love to have them on some zombie apocalypse survival games ^^
- Beauty is subjective. Nazis are not.
  
  I know of no one who think's that's an attractive car. it must be the exception.
  
  Looks cool, has many flaws. I'll wait for v2
  
  Beauty may be subjective, but a very small number of subjects find the Cybertruck to be beautiful.
- And you know what, I'm a fan of the rugged look with the brushed steel and all that. I just can't get past the lines, they are so terrible. It really looks like a kid drew it but in a bad way. If they'd made it square it would be nice imho
  
  It looks like the car from the video for “You Got Lucky Babe” by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
  
  It’s like he was trying to draw a Delorian from memory and forgot it wasn’t a truck.

At least they didn't try shooting through the bulletproof windows. They woulda killed the driver.

From what I saw on a YouTube channel that tested the cyber truck. It can take anything up to a 22. Beyond that you’re screwed
- As someone relatively ignorant of firearms I couldn't name a smaller caliber. Isn't 22 a very lightweight round?
- .308 maybe... From 600 yards.

Don't waste it on the car and use it on the nazi driving the car (but first, verify that they are, indeed, a nazi, some might have gotten it before the elon's nazi reveal)
- Nobody bought a Cybertruck before Elon showed his true colours. They might have gotten a Tesla though
  
  People reserved them years ago
- checks for the "I bought this before I knew Elon was a piece of shit" bumper sticker
  
  Check for the items of clothing worn by the occupants when they exit the vehicle.
  If no Maga merch, its unconfirmed so you'll have to hold the fire.
  If Maga shirt or Hat is seen... BINGO TIME 😎
  
  Yeah, if they're merely morons you gotta just throw em a thumbs down

Obligatory... The Cyber truck is not rated as bullet proof. This footage was most likely produced with cartridges that have just enough gun powder to cycle the gun's action. Actual bulletproof vehicles are way more expensive.
- The cybertruck is an completely obese but not heavy enough to be bulletproof.
  Bullets go through trees like they aren't there. What makes you think the stainless steel body panels thata are as thick as
  checks notes
  the steel used in literally every car is somehow bullet proof?
  
  because most car panels aren’t steel as that’s a. dangerously bad choice compared to aluminium.
- This footage was most likely produced with cartridges that have just enough gun powder to cycle the gun’s action.
  Frankly, it's probably not even that much. They probably used a bolt action and really light powder loads. I'd say maybe it's a .22 but the dents look big for that.
  Edit: Someone else posted this a JerryRigEverything video- it apparently stops .22 and 9mm. I'm pretty surprised.
  
  Looking it up, the doors are 1.8mm steel. At a 90 degree angle that's enough to stop underpowered 9mm rounds reliably. It will stop most normal rounds fired at it, and especially start letting a lot through in areas with repeated stress. The second you hot load a round, use a heavy projectile or any kind of round with more potential than standard FMJ it's all going through.
  And that has to be the right kind of steel too. Which is more expensive. So yeah I'm pretty sure they used underpowered rounds at the very least to create this visual.
  
  Pellet gun dude
  
  Good enough to run over all the liberal protestors!
- Didnt Aiden Ross shoot his with a 9mm? Like hes a dumbass but he actually gave good data on that one.
  
  I’ve seen others do the same tests and anything above a 22. Goes right through
- Can conform cyber truck is not bulletproof. It didnt stop anything that we shot at. It.

"Competinion" in the EU are shitting themselves laughing at this joke of a vehicle.
- There is no "competition" in the EU because this deathtrap isn't allowed on many of the roads here.
  
  I can attest I have never seen a cybertruck and we are pretty EV heavy. Teslas are even getting rarer since they are built so shit they can't handle the winter and salted roads.
- Even us in America. This is a joke of a car made by a joke of a person.

Why the fuck would 99% of people need to think about bullets hitting their car?
- Good for taking kids to school and bringing them home
- Sneezes in American.
  
  Sadly, it is not bulletproof enough to save black Americans from a hail of police bullets.
  
  do they sneeze bullets in America? wouldn't be surprised
- When in America...

Probably an airgun and not a very powerful one.
- Even if not, I doubt competitors are "shitting their pants" over this. Can't say the bulletproofness rating topped the list of features I was looking for in my next car purchase
  
  If I could afford a new car, I might consider that feature given the potential of the next few years…
- according to some dude with a lots of guns, youtube channel and a cybertruck it will stop 9x19mm and .22 LR, but not .17 HMR, .223/5.56x45mm, or presumably anything bigger. .17 HMR will stop in doors, but will go through external plate
  anyway this is movie plot scenario relevant only to edgelords. maybe it'll be easier to avoid being shot at by not being in a car associated with shitheads
  
  Places that have metal protecting you (legs), places not bullet proof, head and chest.
  Doesn't sound that useful. Also the bridge I currently take to go to work as the main bridge is closed for updating for the next few months only supports 3 tons. So a cyber truck couldn't get to my residence without taking a 7 mile detour each way.
  (Not that I was ever considering one nor could afford one)
  Edit to also add fun fact for those that maybe didn't understand the size of a .22lr or a .223 listed above. .223 is also known as 5.56 NATO. though they sound similar in size, a .223 round has 10x the energy of a .22 (they are much larger and travel much faster)
  
  Wait are the windows Bulletproof? Because I don't think you can do that and still comply with safety regulations.
- They definitely look to be dents from spheres to me. Maybe just a slingshot.
  
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- I went down a rabbithole recently because I was convinced of the same. Apparently this is the only claim that's actually true. You can take your pick of videos on youtube. You can find things that will pen it, but not your random 9mm or other handgun.
  Having said that, it makes complete sense to me that the "I must be ready to dispense death at any moment" crowd also thinks they need a vehicle that is prepared to repel other people dispensing death at any moment.
  
  Most of that crowd seem to be against the idea of electric vehicles though.

At this point, do any companies seriously see the cybertruck as “competition”?
- Doubt it. No one builds cars like this and its on purpose. Steel this thick is heavy, costs more and has no benefit at all.
  It's not a genius move to make steel thick. There isn't anything special about the metal they are using ,
- Yes. These selling assault rifles and inflatable dolls. Cash is limited.
- SAAB. Maybe.
  
  Sorry, I don't see cybertrucks getting off the ground.
- Nobody wants to replicate or compete against the Cybertruck directly, but it is the first production car to implement several key technologies like steer by wire a 48v low voltage system rather than traditional 12v one. Tesla has had a lot longer to develop these than the competition, but ultimately Elon's stupid design and love affair with Trump mean Tesla won't succeed commercially from these innovations.

Actually, that damage happened because I'm allergic to bullshit and I sneezed on it.
- The sheer speed of winds coming out of your nose is quite a environmental disaster.
  
  Wait until you see the tornado he can fart out!
  
  So I've been told.

it’d be a neat idea if cars actually regularly had to interact with projectiles! y’know what cars DO have to interact ALL THE TIME?
water.
- In fact, when they do interact with other projectiles, those projectiles are other cars. But I guess no one knew crumple zones could be so complicated.

Why the fuck would someone be deluded enough to think this attribute of a vehicle is important enough for any established manufacturer to even give it the courtesy of a thought.
Adding something nobody asked for, for no reason, that nobody would ever be in a situation to find it useful only underscores just how impulsive and idiotic of a poseur Musk is. Though, I guess if I was some Nazi cunt, I might add "bullet-resistant transportation" to my list of requirements too.
- Lol Luigi proof doors but not windows.
  
  Not even. A 500 dollar AR15 is going to go right through that door.
- One of the many problems with our time is people say shit like this just to get reactions now. Irony is dead.

Imagine making a social media account just to rusty trombone a corporation
- There’s even a Lemmy user that’s done that @threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
- This looks more like desperation. An "investor" desperately trying to keep themselves afloat.

I don't know how anyone thinks buying a Tesla, and in any way supporting the guy supporting the Nazis in the EU, is acceptable.
- Other nazis and those who won't admit they are nazis are okay with it.
- This ☝️. Even buying a BMW, VW, or Porsche (former Nazi conspirators) probably isn't as bad as buying a Tesla from a current-day Nazi
  
  This is what I don't get. BMW, VW, and Porsche are all companies that supported the Nazis. Assuming that 99% of all employees at those companies when they supported the Nazis are no longer working there, what does it matter that they supported the Nazis? BMW, VW, and Porsche aren't a real person each. There's no Mr. BMW going into a secret mountain lair snickering while rubbing their hands together. It's really just a name for an economic system. The people all change like the boards on the ship of Theseus. And it wasn't BMW's, VW's, or Porsche's fault for not having just ethics. The entire country was taken over by Nazi's. Surely the people that resisted were removed or punished. Maybe some employees pulled a Schindler and protected people as best they could. Others tried that CIA sabotage manual shit that's hilarious. Some were all about Nazis. But, none of those people are there anymore in any effectual number. In other words, BMW is just a name as I understand it. Is there something I'm missing? Do we need to rename it to something else so that suddenly the root essence that supported the Nazi's is removed? While we're at it, do we need to rename Germany/Deutchland or shame them until they change their name?

I mean, aim for the windows?
- Where people's heads and hearts are? That doesn't seem fair.
  
  I wonder what a Super soaker full of hydrogen peroxide would do. I'm assuming it would rust like hell, but maybe not

My mother in laws car looked like that after a heavy hail storm, this is not a gun being used lol. What a pathetic publicity stunt.
- They re did that stunt at release. They changed it up to gingerly throwing a tennis ball instead.

Everyone should watch the Top Gear Hilux episodes, and ask if a Cybertruck could go through that.
Some YouTubers have beaten up more modern trucks too.
- Some youtuber got a wankpanzer and, I think, an f150 to do "durability tests" with. Since the actual point is to create internet content, and the creator might kinda like elon for some reason, it's obvious that the tests and their results are ridiculous. It's like:
  "Oh, no! The cybertruck's frame snapped off! There goes your trailer! The air suspension broke! The stupid tablet became a disco party of red warnings! ...but the f150 couldn't jump 5 feet into the air, and also the door has a hole in it from when we used explosives, issues which the cybertruck doesn't have. So they're neck and neck, really."
  
  whistling douche bag
  
  Yeah I saw that one, TBH that guy has major ADHD (which I can sympathize with).