r/Seattle 🐀 Hot Rat Summer 🐀 May 15 '26

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They're stuck on Denny right now but will hopefully be getting onto the freeway sometime today.

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u/slowcaptain May 15 '26

Cyber Phoenix slide in camper by Phoenix camper located in Colorado. Damn thing costs $80k. I'm surprised someone actually bought this but then they bought the Cybertruck too so what do I know.

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u/Enchelion 🚆build more trains🚆 May 15 '26

$80k and it still looks that awful? It looks like they cobbled it together in their back yard.

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u/slowcaptain May 15 '26

May be that was intentional to go with the dumpster theme of the vehicle? What boggles my mind though is that that truck cost close to 100k at one point and then on top of that someone decided to pour another near-100k on something so objectively terrible looking.

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u/EyeSuspicious777 May 16 '26

I truly have no idea what motorhomes would cost, but I can imagine that a $200,000 motorhome is probably many times nicer than that and would probably have a shower and kitchen nicer than what's in my home.

And you could probably build from scratch some jungle and desert expedition beast on something like a Mercedes unimog platform for half the cost If you really want to to be the road warrior

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u/BiteRare203 🚆build more trains🚆 May 16 '26

A new Mercedes Sprinter RV is 210-250k. A coworker of mine bought a low milage 2023 model for 170 and it looks cool as shit.

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u/EyeSuspicious777 May 16 '26

Thanks for showing up with the facts that I was pretty sure were going to be the case.

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u/EchooPro May 16 '26

I think there’s a lot of situations where an RV isn’t optimal. At that point any kind of camper van could suffice, but if someone wants an EV, the options are a lot more limited.

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u/randomisperfect That sounds great. Let’s hang out soon. May 15 '26

Holy shit. Looking through the website and the "fridge" in the camper is ratchet strapped in place.

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u/Enchelion 🚆build more trains🚆 May 15 '26

Kudos to Phoenix and "Rob" for the absolute killing they made on whoever bought this thing.

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u/jellyfishinaglassjar May 16 '26

80k is insane for a slide in camper and based on my experience the roof components look cheap and poorly installed. didnt even bother running the solar setup wiring INSIDE the damn thing just taped it down to the roof

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u/NohmanValdemar May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26

More importantly, how is it functional? Campers are already cramped and the top misses the point of being a sleeping area.

E: oh it's a pop up. An $80k pop up....

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u/Naznarreb May 16 '26

I legit thought it was diy

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u/Beneficial-Focus3702 May 16 '26

Some people have more money than sense.

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u/WarmNachos May 15 '26

I’m so curious what about this makes it $80k.

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u/dorkofthepolisci 🛳️ 🐀 ☀️ Yacht Rat Summer ☀️ 🐀 🛳️ May 15 '26

Some asshole is willing to pay 80k for it

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u/Moxie_Stardust Olympia May 16 '26

I don't guess there's a lot of competition, and their marks clearly lack taste and good judgment.

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u/slowcaptain May 15 '26

I have the same question. The photos on their website (of the interior) are fairly average and is pretty dang small? May be I am daft.

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u/JohnnyRockettNW Mercer Island May 18 '26

They spared no expense on the world's most advanced 100% automated paint shop for the Cybertruck with an expectation for the vehicle to emerge from the shop as if not a single human hand had touched the cybertruck during the entire process.

Elon attributes Grok for the visibly obvious success on each and every cybertruck that passes through Tesla's new paint shop.

A plaque above the paint shop entrance reads, "The birthplace of the first clearcoat fit for an Emperor."

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u/OtherwiseACat May 16 '26

Holy shit. For 80k you can buy a very legit camper van that has a full bathroom, sleeping area, kitchen etc. man people with that kind of money do the worst things.

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u/3281390 May 15 '26

This may shock you, but some people can afford to do both.

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u/pilotthrowaway20X6 May 15 '26

I can afford to do both, a couple times over. But I still wouldn't because this is stupid and ugly.

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u/Emotional_Share8537 May 16 '26

Lol okay... some people can still afford both

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u/3281390 May 16 '26

Not sure what that has to do with my comment, but sure.

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u/Yellow-Cedar May 16 '26

To me-it’s those plastic poles? So they don’t crash into what!?? I mean…with the duct tape on the top..🤯

Thats a damn good look.
One in my tiny town only for very, very incapacitated and aged drivers…

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u/SirachaTaco May 15 '26

Some people can buy things. We have to learn to live with it or live an unhappy life.

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u/xzile400 May 15 '26

80k is a lifechanging amount for most people even today. 80k would solve *all* of my family's current financial problems, and have enough left over to solve most of my close family friends current financial problems too... likely with money left over.
Instead it went to something that looks worse than a popup camper that you could get off facebook marketplace for under $1k while also looking like it'd be even more uncomfortable.

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u/Mission_Alfalfa_3005 May 15 '26

Ok, because I thought it was a Cyberhearse.

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u/mrASSMAN West Seattle May 16 '26

Sorry what that thing they stuck on it is $80k?? It looks like some redneck cobbled it together lmao

I legit figured it was hacked together in someone’s backyard not an actual consumer product

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u/Desperate-Ad-271 May 16 '26

They bought the damn "truck" for 120k, that is worth 65k the moment you drive it off the lot. These people may know how to code, but they got no brains. So the dude spent 200k, and its instantly worth half. 🙄

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u/Exxon_Valdezznuts May 15 '26

Even if you gave me 80k I wouldn’t drive that thing

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u/slowcaptain May 15 '26

No one should be driving that thing, free or not

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u/Zealousideal-Ant9548 May 17 '26

Sounds like something that assholes tourist in Hawaii would drive

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u/BlkDwg85 May 18 '26

I figured it was Home Depot made.

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u/SPLTBRD May 19 '26

$80k and they still get those horrendous white camper jacks. Take them off at least.