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Is this version of the "tank" worse or better than the chrome?

Discussion in 'General Tacoma Talk' started by RichochetRabbit, Apr 7, 2024.

  1. Apr 7, 2024 at 5:49 PM
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    RichochetRabbit

    RichochetRabbit [OP] Bing Bing Bing

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    My Tacoma will need therapy after being less than 6 ft from it ... I am already officially insane or I would not be here ...

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  2. Apr 7, 2024 at 5:57 PM
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    RobWinNC

    RobWinNC ...needs more chrome.

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    Holy crap! Is that the wiper blade up the right hand side of the windshield?
     
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  3. Apr 7, 2024 at 5:57 PM
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    Clearwater Bill

    Clearwater Bill Never answer an anonymous letter

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    It's more ridiculous looking than I thought.
     
  4. Apr 7, 2024 at 6:13 PM
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    Road_Warrior

    Road_Warrior There is nothing on my horizon except everything

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    I’d say that’s better than the chrome one but given the choice between driving the black version or death, I would chose death. It looks like something a 6 year old drew on a piece of paper for a school science project.
     
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  5. Apr 7, 2024 at 6:23 PM
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    RichochetRabbit

    RichochetRabbit [OP] Bing Bing Bing

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    The plate was still "paper", but I bet the driver at least applied for "DRTHVDR" or "VADER" or some variant ...
     
  6. Apr 7, 2024 at 6:29 PM
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    Road_Warrior

    Road_Warrior There is nothing on my horizon except everything

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    Undoubtedly. It pains me that people are rewarding that company’s appalling design team by buying that travesty of a vehicle.

    It makes me want to get 35’s and a supercharger just because.
     
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  7. Apr 7, 2024 at 6:35 PM
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    RichochetRabbit

    RichochetRabbit [OP] Bing Bing Bing

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    Buy? People "fleece" everything these days ... Mercedes, BMW, Porsche ... "loookee at me!! Mees driving dis!!!"

    The fleece credit agents will be attending their funerals to collect the mosr current vehicle in 80 years.
     
  8. Apr 8, 2024 at 10:57 AM
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    Road_Warrior

    Road_Warrior There is nothing on my horizon except everything

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    I saw this one today. First one I’ve ever seen in person. My god is it ugly. It’s actually far worse in person than in pictures and I didn’t think that’s possible.

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  9. Apr 8, 2024 at 1:10 PM
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    Wisky57

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    I saw one the other day. When Elon first unleashed them, I joked to my wife about getting one. Thank God I didn't. Everything I heard about them didn't even come close to the specs. I wanted to get one just for the laughs.
     
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  10. Apr 8, 2024 at 1:19 PM
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    I knew what to expect seeing pics all over the interwebs seemingly forever...

    ...yet when I saw it I still asked what in the shit fuck tarnation is that?

    EDIT: wow I stand corrected

     
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  11. Apr 9, 2024 at 8:52 AM
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    vivid02

    vivid02 Buy a Tesla…..I need the gas.

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    I agree, in person this thing is ugly.
    It looks very low to the ground, very long , and somehow looks fragile.

    The Spruce Goose of the automotive world.
    :der:
     
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  12. Apr 9, 2024 at 8:56 AM
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    0xDEADBEEF

    0xDEADBEEF Swaying to the Symphony of Destruction

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    It’s like a worse Pontiac Aztec.
     
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  13. Apr 9, 2024 at 9:03 AM
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    As much as I hate it, I’m glad the Tesla truck isn’t a model Y with a bed on it.
     
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  14. Apr 9, 2024 at 9:05 AM
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    MFTAF13 "If it ain't broke, fix it till it is"

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    At least the Aztec was useful.
     
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    Aztec walked so Cybertruck could run
     
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    MFTAF13

    MFTAF13 "If it ain't broke, fix it till it is"

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    I like the black. I don't have to "see" this thing as much as when it's in chrome or other colors.
     
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  17. Apr 9, 2024 at 9:11 AM
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    Still trying to wrap my head around these "trucks". Granted, I don't know much about them and frankly don't really care to. What I don't get though is how Tesla, a company that produces some pretty cool vehicles (I say having never actually driven one), comes up with this. I could probably build a better looking body in a day out of plywood. It could be a state of the art masterpiece underneath that awful exterior, but if it looks THAT bad what's the point? Maybe the thought process is that if you're driving it, you don't have to look at it? Walter White's booger green Aztec has more style than this. I will say it does look less atrocious in black though. It would look even better at night; a really foggy night.
     
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  18. Apr 9, 2024 at 9:13 AM
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    Haa! Suddenly the Aztec doesn't look so bad.
     
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    Decision making at Tesla:
    1) Somebody sketched it up
    2) Elon liked it

    The Aztec is universally hated for its styling, while enough people thought the Cybertruck was cool enough to pay big money for them.

    Toyota doesn't have a good track record for good styling, save for the odd LC500. The turd gen Taco is ugly. Many people think the 2nd gen Taco is bug-eyed (the 2012 facelift addresses it a bit). Then there were particular eyesores like the Camry wagon and Tundra flareside.

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