Just got off work today and as I walking towards my truck I saw a bunch of crud on top of and the back of my truck. "What the hell is that?" Upon closer inspection I realized it was bread crumbs. I'm pretty sure somebody was trying to lure birds to shit on my truck.

In my experience in the last couple of months, most people love my truck, but if the internet has taught me anything is that there really are haters out there and I just ran into my first one. Luckily birds hadn't had time to find the crumbs yet and they all blew off by the time I got home, but that could have been bad.

I can't believe somebody took the time to do that, unfortunately I had sentry off because it drains so much battery and 99% of time it's just somebody staring or taking a picture, but I think I'll start leaving it on again.

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https://www.reddit.com/user/Stew_Pedaso

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  • happybadger [he/him]
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    7 months ago

    From their comments:

    I cant charge at home so if I use sentry I have to charge every two days instead of every three days. It was just a combination of laziness and complacency, I work 60-70 hours a week so not spending 40 minutes charging was appealing but you're right, its better to be prepared, especially with such a big investment.

    Investment?

    This is my first new vehicle, I usually buy 20+ y/o cars that only last me 4-5 years. This is the first time it's going to be me to put that first 100-200k miles on it, so I do consider it to be an investment. Maybe not as good as the S&P, but it gets me to work on time.

    Right, but an investment is an asset you acquire with the intention of making money.. is the value of the truck going up?

    In your opinion, to me, the money I'm saving on fuel, maintenance, repairs, and the rule of cool, I'm sitting pretty flat.

    Unfortunately, there will always be haters, trolls, or nay-sayers or whatever we wanna call them. Douchebags, dumpster monkeys, or negative nellies.

    The dangerous ones act out, and even follow-thru with their distorted reality or sick fantasies.

    The human population is no different, we all sit on the spectrum and bell curve.

    Live the life you want, Love the ones you're with.

    Namaste

    PS: by the way, how much battery life does sentry mode drain? Might be worthwhile to enable it in 'hostile environments?'

    PSS: I'd consider keeping a cyber-baseball bat in the truck or frunk for those exceptional moments of self-defense.

    It drains about 7% a day.

    It shouldn't need near that

    I agree, I feel like sentry mode is trying to mine crypto or something. Why is it trail cameras can run off batteries for days but sentry mode straight up uses kwh's a day to use basically the same technology recording to a usb ssd drive?

    It’s because the cameras are connected to a computer with high end GPUs. This is not a cheap trail cam, it’s a dedicated computer system with advanced image processing abilities and mobile network connectivity.

    [From what I've seen recently, the real-time monitoring is limited to one hour per day because it's uploading an obscene amount of data. Like 60gb I think?]

    • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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      7 months ago

      This is the first time it's going to be me to put that first 100-200k miles on it, so I do consider it to be an investment.

      Oh, bless your heart. You're not putting 100-200k miles on a Cybertruck. data-laughing

      • Wolfman86 [none/use name]
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        7 months ago

        Theyre going to save money on running costs and make a return on it when they sell, too.

        • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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          7 months ago

          Ah, but have they calculated all the money they're gonna have to spend on a rental when it's not running?

          • Wolfman86 [none/use name]
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            7 months ago

            They definitely have. The person that normally buys 20+ year old cars that has now spunked at least 80 thousand USD (66 thousand GBP, cause for me that really puts it into perspective.), on a truck...when they presumably dont need one, has really thought this through. I assure you.

    • iByteABit [comrade/them]
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      7 months ago

      it gets me to work on time

      This is not the type of car you get "to get you to work on time", it's the type of car you get to feel like a feudal lord being driven around in a carriage while peasants stare in disgust

      • happybadger [he/him]
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        7 months ago

        In one recent post I've seen, the door handles were progressively failing and they'd stand there pressing the unlock button a dozen times: https://www.reddit.com/r/CyberStuck/comments/1cscmge/driver_side_door_intermittently_working_there_are/

        He then states that the safety restraint system is experiencing a fault and it didn't come with a spare tyre, but he hopes to get everything repaired in one (1) day.

      • WafflesTasteGood [he/him]
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        7 months ago

        Not getting to work on time if the battery starts burning and the doors automatically lock you inside. shrug-outta-hecks

    • egg1918 [she/her]
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      7 months ago

      What is the point of a job that lets you buy one of these ridiculous things but you have to work 60-70 hours every week? That seems miserable.

      • Wolfman86 [none/use name]
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        7 months ago

        I was thinking that too. This person, who usually buys 20+ year old cars, has just spent twenty times in pounds what i spent on my current car. There is no way that they can afford this...its impressive.

    • a_little_red_rat [he/him, comrade/them]
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      7 months ago

      I thought techbros are at the very least unhealthily obsessed with stock markets and financial instruments, but even I, a lazy commie who hides his financial incompetency behind "it's immoral bro", know that a car is not an investment, holy shit

      • Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]
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        7 months ago

        It can be seen as an investment if it's considered a "classic" that is actually desirable to car heads

        The Cybertruck is not and will never be that lol

    • 7bicycles [he/him]
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      7 months ago

      In your opinion, to me, the money I'm saving on fuel, maintenance, repairs, and the rule of cool, I'm sitting pretty flat.

      Buy my new finance training book "Everything's worth it if girls are watching", coming out next july

    • EmoThugInMyPhase [he/him]
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      7 months ago

      Unfortunately, there will always be haters, trolls, or nay-sayers or whatever we wanna call them. Douchebags, dumpster monkeys, or negative nellies.

      Incredible that not only does the CEO talk like a child, but his fans too.

      PSS: I'd consider keeping a cyber-baseball bat in the truck or frunk for those exceptional moments of self-defense.

      This is probably just a joke, but a stupid one even for Muskrats. But then you remember that a lot of Tesla fans are libs and Silicon Valley dorks who probably dislike or can’t have guns. Imagine throwing some bread at the truck and the owner yells at you, opens up his trunk, walk all the way to front/back to grab the baseball bat, and you’re already half a mile away from him lol

    • lil_tank@lemmygrad.ml
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      7 months ago

      I agree, I feel like sentry mode is trying to mine crypto or something.

      It’s because the cameras are connected to a computer with high end GPUs.

      It's definitely mining crypto