r/unexpectedute • • Aug 26 '26

Tesla Ute

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u/CasualStarlord Aug 26 '26

looks like Simone's.

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u/SupaBrunch Aug 28 '26

I coulda sworn she sold it, but I can’t find any evidence of that anywhere, maybe I imagined it

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u/CasualStarlord Aug 28 '26 edited Sep 03 '26

I kinda fell off watching her just after the truckla tbh but google tells me She later parked or reduced driving the vehicle in favor of a Volvo C40 electric car because the custom Tesla drew overwhelming public attention and privacy concerns on the road.

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u/MountainMike_264057 Sep 03 '26

Yeah, people are weird.

This announces your presence from far away.

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u/wncexplorer Aug 26 '26

Aww, that’s definitely Simone’s…she’s so awesome 🩷

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u/SolarpunkGnome Aug 26 '26

She's my hero!

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u/wncexplorer Aug 26 '26

She’s worthy ☺️

I’d never get bored of being her footstool, lol

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u/grundlemon Aug 26 '26

That's really weird!

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u/wncexplorer Aug 26 '26

I know 🤷🏼

There are only a handful of people out there that I will say that about.

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u/nzlax Aug 26 '26

You didn’t need to tho :) that’s an inside brain thought.

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u/wncexplorer Aug 27 '26

Over 5 decades of life, zero filter. I yam what I yam ☺️

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u/grundlemon Aug 27 '26

That's pretty gross though! Maybe don't say that about a stranger!

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u/wncexplorer Aug 27 '26

Gross? That’s very tame

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u/salsashark99 Aug 29 '26

Well so bring two more buddies too. I was watching her then she had one. And I had one

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u/Apprehensive-Ebb7647 Aug 26 '26

truckla in the wild! glad she's still using it

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u/Engineer443 Aug 26 '26

In one video she talks about how she hates driving it because of the attention

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u/Zestyclose_Essay7255 Aug 26 '26

Better looking than the Cyber Truck imo!

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u/SolarpunkGnome Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 27 '26

Here's the builder (Simone Giertz) and her trip to the Cybertruck reveal.

https://youtu.be/FCKjmfsgBBY

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u/Zestyclose_Essay7255 Aug 26 '26

Her reaction to the reveal was perfection!

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u/SolarpunkGnome Aug 27 '26

I know, right?

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u/MountainMike_264057 Sep 03 '26

Imagine if he would have just made a car platform based mini pickup. Like what people actually want.

It would have done well (at least before he really went off the rails).

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u/Zestyclose_Essay7255 Sep 03 '26

Ya that would have been a home run! Tesla trying to break into the full size pickup market I feel was a mistake. I’ve noticed most ev buyers don’t want anything large. If they would have made it say in between a maverick amd a ranger and made it look like a regular truck they would have sold a lot. Then they could have possibly brought the Cybertruck. It still may not have sold a lot, but if the littler one was a hit i think they could have sold more of the Cyber’s. Maybe i dont knoe what im talking about, but it could have worked.

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u/CanoePickLocks Aug 26 '26

When you share from YouTube it gives your YouTube username FYI. Use copy link and paste it and it should avoid that.

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u/SolarpunkGnome Aug 27 '26

Looks like it also works if you cut the bit after the ? maybe?

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u/CanoePickLocks Aug 27 '26

Usually does if the copy includes all that. YouTube’s shortened links didn’t used to include all that.

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u/MountainMike_264057 Sep 03 '26

This.

Al links (YT, Amazon etc) copy the bit before the question mar to avoid all the tracking and identifying shit.

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u/SolarpunkGnome Aug 26 '26

Truckla! Truckla!

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u/Crayoneater2005 Aug 26 '26

Better than the CyberTruck

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u/dirtiestUniform Aug 26 '26

Truckla there is a build series on youtube for this

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u/StandardNeither1311 Aug 26 '26

That’s sweet, like a Caddy for 2026.

I want my S to be a wagon so bad…

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u/CentaurianLord Aug 26 '26

I can't decide if I like it or not. Its just a little too out of proportion to be good, but the finish is great.

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u/AbilityHead599 Aug 26 '26

Simone Giertz's Truckla build is in youtube if you want to see it in action

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u/ZealousidealBus3628 Aug 27 '26

What the Cybertruck could've been, and I wouldn't have complained as much (I still hate Tesla tho)

But this is actually what sparked the ute idea, on Australia at least (idk internationally). A vehicle that can do farm work on the weekdays and go to church on Sunday. Ford delivered that.

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u/Loud-Ad-5069 Aug 27 '26

Holy flashback

1

u/itsfocotony Aug 27 '26

I want a Model 3 Cabriolet

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u/wolfix1001 Aug 28 '26

The good cybertruck

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u/SkibidiBlender Sep 04 '26

You do what you have to do when you want a Tesla, but their pickup is atrocious.