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A Cybertruck Buyer Says Tesla is Trying to Sell Him a Cybertruck That Has Been Sitting on the Lot for 4 Months Adds The Truck Was Built on January 8th
A brand-new Cybertruck buyer says he will reject delivery because Tesla is attempting to sell him a truck that has been sitting on the lot for months. His suspicion arose when Tesla matched him with a VIN immediately after he placed his order.
Given the long wait time for Cybertruck deliveries just a year ago, this might seem like good news. However, Reza says he will refuse delivery if Tesla does not give him a newer Cybertruck.
The frustrated Cybertruck buyer shared his story on the Cybertruck Owners Only group on Facebook.
He writes
I placed an order for a Cybertruck on Friday, and they instantly assigned me a VIN and are ready to deliver the car this week in Houston.
The car was built on January 8th. Its been sitting out in the Tesla parking lot for 4 months. Has anyone had any luck with requesting a newly built car?
This situation is less than ideal, and looking at the comments, the first question from fellow Cybertruck owners was how Reza managed to determine his Cybertruck's exact build date.
A fellow Cybertruck owner Brigitte Brazda asks
How did you find out when the car was built?
In response, Reza states that he contacted a Tesla representative, and the employee informed him that the vehicle was built on January 8th.
https://www.torquenews.com/11826/cybertruck-buyer-says-tesla-trying-sell-him-cybertruck-has-been-sitting-lot-4-months-adds

beaglelover
(4,253 posts)I don't understand his issue here.
LuvLoogie
(8,004 posts)marble falls
(65,033 posts)AZJonnie
(784 posts)"Built on January 8" does not equal "sitting on the lot for 4 months", and even if it did, so what?
I'd say someone bothering to write the story is silly as well, but it is of some interest that the once in-demand and backordered Muskytrucks are sitting around on lots waiting for some poor sucker to buy one.
Conjuay
(2,396 posts)allegorical oracle
(4,765 posts)have read that they rust rather quickly.
Ms. Toad
(36,763 posts)Buried near the bottom of the issue. It was March when they discovered the panel issued, so the buyer wanted a vehicle produced after the issue was identified and fixed - rather than buying into known problems. (It isn't clear, but it may also have been a different series.)
marble falls
(65,033 posts)LuvLoogie
(8,004 posts)Good to know if I cared.
Demovictory9
(35,570 posts)
taxi
(2,187 posts)He doesn't object to it because it's a swasticar, or because the cyber truck self destructs while driving, or for fear of being seen driving one. But no. He doesn't want to buy it because he acts like a Republican and wants people to think he's smart at the same time.
OAITW r.2.0
(30,121 posts)Last edited Mon Apr 28, 2025, 09:43 PM - Edit history (1)
Most are now MAGA folks. Buying one to own the libs.
allegorical oracle
(4,765 posts)was amazed at how cheap it looked, given its price point.
LilyBelle
(36 posts)They'll still accelerate his odometer.
flvegan
(64,938 posts)Anyway.
I'm not saying that Reza Soltani is a nazi, nor am I saying Reza Soltani wants folks to think he's a nazi. But, if one is buying a new Cybertruck (or any Tesla) now, one might be a nazi.
Red Mountain
(2,070 posts)he might be a Nazi.
18 is numeric code for Adolf Hitler - A is the first letter of the alphabet, H the eighth...so...18 = AH = Adolf Hitler.
Somehow I wish I didn't know that, but when you live in the American Redoubt you almost have to.
hatrack
(62,322 posts)The HTML code for the letter X in ASCII is ampersand hashtag 88.
Sorry, had to write it out so it wouldn't just show up as "X".
I know, shocking, huh?
https://www.ascii-code.com/characters/A-Z
JI7
(91,823 posts)issues with it ?
JoseBalow
(7,330 posts)
jmowreader
(52,212 posts)...and guess that he wants one on which the glue hasn't started to fail yet.
Fear not, little buddy: they went out in the lot with a tube of Sikabond Construction Adhesive and reglued all the cars they had. Now they're fine.
OAITW r.2.0
(30,121 posts)I'll bet in-warrantee repairs are really killing them.
jmowreader
(52,212 posts)...you have to ask yourself if the dealership was using it as their run-around vehicle, taking it home with them on the weekends, giving A LOT of test drives in the car, or if they'd twiddled with the odometer some.
And as we're finding out with Tesla, they weren't adverse to twiddling.
Wonder Why
(5,595 posts)by anyone except "liberals" back then as Krasnov had not taken office and appointed him DOGE (Destroyer of Great Empire). This way, when the mobs came to burn it with their torches, he could say "It was a Pre-DOGE" vehicle and they might have spared it and burned him instead.
"Pre-DOGE"
Luciferous
(6,413 posts)to buy one in the first place.
maxrandb
(16,539 posts)Only DU "old farts" will get the "burn".
Pizza slice
(19 posts)Or is it rusty already. 🤔
MichMan
(15,043 posts)no_hypocrisy
(51,378 posts)20-25 Cybertrucks parked down the road at a shopping mall. Theyve been sitting there for months.
Demovictory9
(35,570 posts)Ouch!
Omnipresent
(6,869 posts)Are ready to fly off, once it hits a windy road.
Katinfl
(351 posts)tinrobot
(11,531 posts)Particularly if it was charged to 100% and left sitting for months.
Some battery chemistries don't like that sort of thing.