Tesla Cybertrucks vandalized in Florida with some choice messages attacking Elon Musk.

[Lunabell]

Source: Business Insider

Dozens of Tesla Cybertrucks were vandalized in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this week.
The Cybertrucks were spray painted with a message attacking Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
Cybertrucks have become a symbol of ire for Elon Musk's many critics.

Tesla Cybertrucks have become symbolic. But probably not in the way Tesla CEO Elon Musk hoped.

Nearly three dozen Cybertrucks were vandalized this week in Florida with disparaging messages aimed specifically at Musk.

A 35-second viral video showing the aftermath of the vandalism spree in a Fort Lauderdale parking lot first gained traction on Instagram on Friday.

Read more: https://ssnews.page.link/9xC5YfaARajFS48V7

---

Well, this doesn't affect musk, other than his pride. The dealership's insurance eats the cost. Also, they're such ugly vehicles. Ugly! Ugly! Ugly!

[Bucky]

1. Typical Florida story. Everyone is bad and some poor consumers pay the price

[SunSeeker]

23. It was at a dealer lot.

And as the article states, "The vehicles were quickly cleaned or taken off the lot." So the dealer was able to clean the paint off or had their insurance take care of it.

[erronis]

2. From what I understand, all you need to do is to spray water on them.

Not quite as dramatic as the witch in the Wizard of Oz, but seems to start them rusting out. Great investment, morans!

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

14. You can get the rust lasered off, it's pretty cool to watch

But an investment in at least clear coat is needed.

The fucker is just too cheap to paint his vehicles.

[Tree-Hugger]

27. Wait...

...they can't get wet?

[Caribbeans]

33. fElon said: Cybertruck will be waterproof enough to serve briefly as a boat, so it can cross rivers...

Link to tweet

Someone tried...

Link to tweet

[sir pball]

34. Nope. Can't wash them in the sun, or in a car wash.

https://jalopnik.com/tesla-cybertruck-no-match-for-car-wash-1851417011

[The Wandering Harper]

3. well, good.

or at least that's what the part of me with a blind rage for Elon Musk and his stupid truck says

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. The thing looks like somebody tried to salvage some bad duct work and stuck wheels on it.

[LiberalFighter]

5. Was it really vandalism?

[The Wandering Harper]

7. ha ha good question

if I catch your drift

[markodochartaigh]

28. A hurricane hit the

Tesla lot and inflicted 3 million dollars worth of improvements.

/s

[LiberalFighter]

32. While Musk is beyond improvement

[SarcasticSatyr]

6. All the curb appeal of a sand-blasted Coke can . . .

. . . .

[Warpy]

8. Spray paint was overkill

The vandals could have waited a little while and just used their fingers to trace the messages in the rust.

[Lunabell]

9. Hahahaha!!!

Good one.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

15. They could have dipped their fingers in salt water solution and written messages or drawn dicks on them

Put salt water in a spray bottle even...

It'll look like it has mange if they leave it on there

[Hassin Bin Sober]

19. LOL

[DavidDvorkin]

10. This is vile, and I hope the vandals are caught and punished

This does nothing to Musk. It only injures the owners of the trucks.

It's depressing to see these actions applauded on DU.

[Lunabell]

11. Um, yes. I pointed that out in my post.

And, they're still ugly, ugly, ugly!

[Polybius]

17. They are sexy af

[sellitman]

18. I totally agree

I would have purchased a Model 3 by now if I did not find Elon Musk to be such an arrogant and abrasive individual. However, that being said, these vandals are no better. They have no right to damage other people's property, regardless of their feelings towards Musk.

[SunSeeker]

24. It's at a dealer lot, so Musk is kinda the owner.

And this was not major damage, just spray paint on stainless steel. As the article states, "The vehicles were quickly cleaned or taken off the lot."

[DavidDvorkin]

25. No, the dealer paid for and owns the trucks.

[SunSeeker]

26. No, Tesla sells direct, the dealer does not buy the trucks.

Tesla has sold directly to consumers and serviced its own cars since entering the market in 2013, and it showed this model works. Buyers can "check out the cars in showrooms at malls and then buy online," Alexander Sammon wrote at Slate. "Online sales minimized interactions with oleaginous salesmen and added price transparency, which did away with the haggling. Tesla, meanwhile, ended up making more money by not having to sell its cars to dealers, who would then mark them up."

https://theweek.com/us/1024416/tesla-vs-car-dealerships

[samnsara]

31. it makes me sad..the cars arent to blame..its musk

[Blue Owl]

12. I don't give a cyberfuck about a cybertruck

[Lunabell]

13. lol

It's ugly and a P.O.S.

[Polybius]

16. Disgusting

Lock them up.

[Martin68]

20. I think Musk is a menace, and the cybertruck is a fashion statement, but vandalism like this is always vile.

[Aussie105]

21. I don't get the hate for the cybertruck.

It's the answer to a question no one asked, but if people want to buy and drive one, well . . . just look the other way when the misguided fool drives past you.

There must be a more direct way to express your anger towards Musk, surely?

[Polybius]

36. Same, I think it's a beautiful truck

I'd buy it if I could afford it. Right now, I have the Model 3.

[ornotna]

37. It sure is

If you close one eye and squint really hard with the other.

[Polybius]

38. I guess you're not a Nintendo 64 fan

It sooooo reminds me of polygon graphics in 1997. I'm a Gen Xer and hyper-nostalgic for classic gaming.

[JohnnyRingo]

22. Not right.

I don't care whose trucks they are. Find a hobby.

[truthisfreedom]

29. New lot so maybe no cameras?

I’m interested to know what the exact motivation was.

[Woodwizard]

30. The truck is ugly and Musk is an ass.

But the Tesla company has pushed more development on electric vehicles than any vehicle manufacturer. I doubt many conventional manufactures would have rushed to electric without the competition. There are many engineers in the company working on the tech, we do not need to lump all the hate of musk on them.

[forthemiddle]

35. I learned something new today

Vandalism is ok as long as you don’t like the owner, or if you think they make and ugly product.
As long as insurance covers it, it’s also ok.
But as soon as the insurance company increases premiums to cover loses, or stops insuring certain high loss areas, they are the demons.

[Conjuay]

39. I've finally seen one "in the wild"

Not to my liking, but the "Aztec" was still worse.

Again, my opinion doesn't matter but if Musk wasn't a complete DICK I'd be cheering Tesla on.