Tesla again threatens to sue Cybertruck buyers who try to resell the cars | Clause deleted from public version of terms is in the contract sent to buyers.::Clause deleted from public version of terms is in the contract sent to buyers.

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    1 year ago

    Nobody is throwing down 80k without being a Believer in tesla inc. Which limits the kinds of outlets that would be given access to the ridiculously limited number of units out there. Again, when we have to look to MKBHD* as one of the best sources for a musk-related product… holy shit

    But also? A big selling point of the cybertruck is its durability (so bullet proof that you’ll feel like a world war 1 tanker when someone pulls a glock on you!). tesla inc already fucked up with their initial demo. There is zero chance they are letting outlets test any of that. And I can’t imagine many owners saying “Sure, feel free to fuck my 80k car up”

    Because, in their prime, Offline TV is a youtube channel that bought a fucking boston dynamics dog for three videos. It is not at all a stretch for the latest twitch sensation to buy one to take a baseball bat to. Or for some of the “car channels” to buy one for their own testing. Or for the “maker” youtubers to buy one to go full Mythbusters on that shit. And no, I don’t mean “low rigor scientific exploration” so much as “let’s shoot that fucking thing”

    *: For the record, I actually like Marques a lot and used his channel extensively when I finally decided to spend more than a hundred bucks on an android tablet (totally worth it). And even his love letter to tesla solar panels is actually a good video. But he is not going to be critical in a way that will prevent him from having this kind of access in the future.