Topic: ~ Buying a TESLA CYBERTRUCK with BITCOIN ~ - page 3. (Read 7496 times)

There’s a company out there selling cut out black ppf shaped to look like a back window for the Cybertruck to try and make the overall appearance more streamlined. Personally I would never put a sticker of a fake window on my car, but I can see why some people might think this is cool. For me though, hard pass. Still, I thought it was interesting. The aftermarket for these trucks is going to get wild.

Someone on the Cybertruck forums with a later reservation number who configured their truck 10 days after mine and with the same configuration has received their VIN number. I think that means it is just location holding me back at this point. With any luck I’ll have a VIN email waiting for me in the next couple weeks. 

My Tesla app has been updated with different “Learn” videos about the Cybertruck. Hopefully this is a step towards that VIN email. The videos are titled: Access, Driver Controls, Driver Profiles, Cargo Bed, Regenerative Braking

Battery Tech is moving quickly and in a bunch of different ways to see which one really wins.

There are EVs out there now that get over 400 miles of range. But they are bouncing over the $70000 price.
BUT, to a large extent it's *not* because of the battery tech, but all the other crap in the car.
Do you really need the cup holders in the back seat to have heating & cooling. Yeah it's neat, but there is a cost. Both $ cost and added weight which reduces range.

Even my car, there is so much 'tech for the sake of tech' in it that they really could have made a much cheaper car with the same 300 mile range. Probably more range after you take out the extra few hundred lbs (100+kg for you metric people) of crap.

-Dave

My English has better days and not so-great days. I guess that today is not a great one, but since you've got my point, let's get over the language details


As long as you know what you're doing... (which, knowing how old bitcoiner you are, it's no surprise for me), I can't argue. And others also shouldn't.
And about the other good deeds... I'm impressed. (And while I do know that the value of those coins doesn't have to be calculated at today fiat price - by far -, it's still a big amount).

Maybe a loss of meaning in lingo there. I don’t feel like people hate me. Hating on someone is being critical of something that you probably shouldn’t be. I don’t think anyone should “hate” someone they don’t know and nobody on this forum knows me. 

I get your point though and I’m not denying it (see my last post on the previous page of this thread). Buying a Foundation Series Cybertruck is a terrible financial move and this will likely be the worst purchase of my life from a financial perspective. I’ve also spent nearly 100 BTC on honey roasted almonds (& distributed several hundreds of BTC through my Nasty project, donated BTC to FreeRoss, etc), so spending BTC to help support things I think deserve it is nothing new to me.

People don't hate you. Plus, it's pretty obvious that this is the path to the future. But...

(yes, there's always a "but")

Purchases like yours make the "future proof" businesses get fueled with money which can help them pursue their goal.
Purchases like yours tend to be overly expensive for what they offer. Yes, you may have a piece of history, but those only wanting a car may want to wait a few more years until the technology matures, becoming less expensive and also more powerful (imho electric cars desperately need a better technology for their batteries).

So, people don't hate you. They just don't understand why are you willing to do such a purchase which (if you ignore the history / "be the first" part) can be seen by many as a bad deal for you (especially as even 2.25 BTC is .. an impressive amount of money, which is expected to be even more impressive in less than a decade)

Story time. In the late 90s I had an Apple computer. My friends had the usual Dell or whatever. I would tell them how Apple had advantages controlling both hardware and software that would pay dividends down the line and suggested we took our profits from building PCs and selling them in the paper to invest in Apple. They didn’t like that idea and we went our separate ways. A few years later Apple was the most valuable company in the world. Then they released the iPhone. I bought it day 1 and told people it would revolutionize cell phones. I was told they were dumb, had bad battery life, the screen would crack, the phone was too thin and would bend, I would hate not having real buttons, etc. Now everyone has an iPhone…

I got into real estate and tried to get my friends to buy homes because it was a far better deal than renting at the time (2003). A couple years later, housing boom…

Fast forward a couple more years and I discovered Bitcoin. I told my friends and family they should be mining it, accepting it, stacking it… It was too new at the time and had issues no doubt. 10 years later it was the most successful investment in human history.

More recently I’ve gotten into being self sufficient and having a home that can power itself with alternative energy. This has ultimately led me to Tesla to completely remove myself from needing oil. I’ll let you guess what will happen over the next 10 years with energy…

So when people hate on me for jumping into electric vehicles with the manufacturing revolution that is the Cybertruck, I feel like that Simpsons episode where the character says, “don’t make me tap the sign.” I’ve been here before at the cutting edge of something that will change everything many times. I suspect this is just another iPhone. Tell me how much I’ll miss those physical buttons if you want or that a better phone is coming, but I don’t regret buying the first one.

I don't know, but all I can see about this truck is the fact that it is overrated and over-hyped. Very soon and in the future a better vehicle will be made that will do better, for now, enjoy the new thing that will still become an old fashion and model. we don't stop developing, so whoever buys the first version bus the old version of whatever it may be.

OK, so not CT related at all (Sorry OG) but since I am pure EV at this point it's nice to know that in 2024 you can still siphon gas from your car to fill your bike if needed:



Side note, whoever at Harley-Davidson designed that bike is insane (LiveWire S2 DelMar) in sport mode at 45 MPH to 50 MPH I cracked the throttle open to test passing ability and instead of just going faster it pulled the front wheel straight off the ground.

-Dave

Probably a good call at this point, financially speaking.  I can't imagine they'll be able to keep the price this high for much longer.  Pretty much everyone who reserved an order has been given the opportunity to get a Foundation Series model now and they seem to only have about a 2% order rate.  I think high financing rates and an economy decimated by inflation have taken their toll on buyers.  I've even seen some social media influencers cancel their orders they had already put a $1,000 deposit down on.  You'll still have the opportunity to keep your place in line for the regular series of trucks when they're released around the end of the year, but I imagine the 98% of reservations like yours will likely lead to some orders of the regular model, so not getting the Foundation Series likely means waiting another year or two to get your hands on one.

Still, if you don't care about doing 0-60 in 2.6 seconds and you don't mind waiting, I think it will be possible to get a single motor Cybertruck in 2026 for around $60K and also get some tax incentives.

Me: I'm in it for the ride.  However much BTC it costs when I get the bill is what I'm committed to paying.  Right now I think that would be around 2.25 BTC (after sales tax and other fees).  A welcome improvement from the 6.59229 BTC I had expected it to cost when I placed the reservation, but probably not as good as the 0.5 BTC it would likely cost if I was paying for it a year from now.

I decided to pass on my email.

OMG, LMAO, I didn't look into their severity, I didn't know it's like this 
I guess that you're safe then I wish you receive your car fast enough and enjoy it!

Ya, they drilled a screw into the accelerator pedal, redesigned the hubcaps, changed a part in the wiper motor, and changed an adhesive. I’m surprised Tesla didn’t go bankrupt… It would’ve taken traditional automakers years and thousands of accidents before they even looked into addressing these types of issues. I’m still getting recall notices for my 2009 Dodge…

You have to remember that media outlets call software updates recalls when it comes to Tesla. I doubt anyone is seriously concerned about any of these issues outside of people who will never own a Cybertruck but like to hate on things. Still, I’m glad Tesla is improving my truck before I even get it.

Congrats! I also hope they fix their shit before you receive yours.
I've just read the other day it's already the...4th recalling of Cybertruck by Tesla. A bit much.

It really isn’t that much different than the appeal of Bitcoin for me. I can’t make my own gasoline, but I can make my own electricity. Like we don’t want to rely on banks to store our money for us and have control over it, I don’t want to rely on oil companies, refineries, shipping companies, and gas stations when I want to commute somewhere. The idea I can take sunlight and use it to power my entire life is cool to me. My home doesn’t even have a gas line… As soon as I get a machine that draws water out of the air and find a way to scale my farming efforts, I’ll be completely self sufficient. That’s always been the goal. If looking cool was the goal I’d be driving a 1964 impala.

The simulation is telling me you should get this



I know you’re an electric/solar guy and I dig that for sure, but man..I just don’t get the appeal. Especially with the release of the Lexus beauty above.

I’m honing in on this, just been lazy. Old car is almost dead so I’m at that point now , no choice. Never thought I’d buy a Kia, but these Tellurides are fn sweet (IMO).  Just wish I could justify a few extra Satoshis for the Lex




Either way , I think we will both be happy w our purchases!

The way that Bitcoin’s price, the mtgox distribution, and my Cybertruck being built are aligning to make it so that I’ll get the perfect amount of BTC at the perfect time to pay for this truck has me feeling a bit too simulation like… The next couple months will be interesting. Looks like mtgox is going to beat Tesla to the punch, but it’s still anyone’s game.

I went through all the steps to trade-in my current car in my Tesla app (successfully) so now the only thing left for me to do is wait until I can provide insurance information and setup my delivery appointment. Not too surprised to see them only offer $1,400 for my current car, which displays how much of an upgrade this will be for me. My first new car since discovering Bitcoin.

I think until now is one of the most cutomized cars/trucks i ever see when they are just starting to send them.

I see in the past weeks months ton of creator of content making dumb and silly videos with cybertrucks, most of them from some petite OF girls throwing small things into the truck.