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Demovictory9

(35,570 posts)
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 08:01 PM Monday

A Cybertruck Buyer Says Tesla is Trying to Sell Him a Cybertruck That Has Been Sitting on the Lot for 4 Months



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. It’s 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
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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 (Original Post) Demovictory9 Monday OP
It's a new car that was built a few months ago. This is highly common with new cars on the dealership lots. beaglelover Monday #1
Entitled MAGA's basic paranoia about almost anything. LuvLoogie Monday #3
I bet he vlogs and podcasts. marble falls Tuesday #33
Agreed, this guy is a silly attention wh*re AZJonnie Monday #6
It has had 4 months to start rusting. Conjuay Tuesday #22
That was my reaction -- depends on where the vehicle was warehoused. If outdoors, allegorical oracle Tuesday #24
It's a very poorly written article. Ms. Toad Monday #16
Me, neither. Four months don't mean much at all. marble falls Tuesday #32
I guess Teslas have the shelf life of a potato? LuvLoogie Monday #2
lol.. the sides of the cybertruck soften, wrinkle and then vines grow from cracks of the side panels Demovictory9 Monday #8
Heh LuvLoogie Monday #15
The learning curve is sometimes a flat line. taxi Monday #4
Tesla deserves the customers that will buy this PoC Cybertruck. nt OAITW r.2.0 Monday #5
Was on the road yesterday when one passed me. First time I'd seen one in daylight -- allegorical oracle Tuesday #26
New car smell doesn't matter LilyBelle Monday #7
January 8 build? Isn't 18 a significant number for them? flvegan Monday #9
If he's holding out for an 8/8 build Red Mountain Monday #11
It is jmowreader Monday #13
There's a reason Lone Skum changed Twitter To "X" . . . hatrack Tuesday #34
So he is upset it's a few months old but ok with all the other JI7 Monday #10
Cybertruckdouche says wut? JoseBalow Monday #12
I'm going to take a stab here... jmowreader Monday #14
I'd check the Odometer real close. Tesla is probably boosting mileage via OTA updates. OAITW r.2.0 Monday #18
Yeah, if you take delivery of a "new" car with 5000 miles on it... jmowreader Monday #19
Dummy! If he thought about it, that would be the best car he could buy. Eloon wasn't hated Wonder Why Monday #17
Ha ha blubunyip Tuesday #23
The bigger issue here is the decision Luciferous Monday #20
Cybertruck Owners Only group? Do they wear "Members Only" jackets? maxrandb Tuesday #21
Does it have mold on it? Pizza slice Tuesday #25
If they sold using traditional dealers, you could just go to another one. MichMan Tuesday #27
In Paramus, NJ, the Tesla dealership has no_hypocrisy Tuesday #28
Buyers paid $20k over asking last year, when they were hard to get Demovictory9 Tuesday #30
With it sitting in the hot Texas sun, i'm sure those "glued on" stainless steel panels.. Omnipresent Tuesday #29
The question is.......why would anyone want one in the first place? Katinfl Tuesday #31
Maybe it's about the battery sitting for that long without a charge cycle? tinrobot Tuesday #35

beaglelover

(4,253 posts)
1. It's a new car that was built a few months ago. This is highly common with new cars on the dealership lots.
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 08:04 PM
Monday

I don't understand his issue here.

AZJonnie

(784 posts)
6. Agreed, this guy is a silly attention wh*re
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 08:16 PM
Monday

"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.

allegorical oracle

(4,765 posts)
24. That was my reaction -- depends on where the vehicle was warehoused. If outdoors,
Tue Apr 29, 2025, 08:35 AM
Tuesday

have read that they rust rather quickly.

Ms. Toad

(36,763 posts)
16. It's a very poorly written article.
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 09:32 PM
Monday

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.)

Demovictory9

(35,570 posts)
8. lol.. the sides of the cybertruck soften, wrinkle and then vines grow from cracks of the side panels
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 08:25 PM
Monday

taxi

(2,187 posts)
4. The learning curve is sometimes a flat line.
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 08:12 PM
Monday

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)
5. Tesla deserves the customers that will buy this PoC Cybertruck. nt
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 08:15 PM
Monday

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)
26. Was on the road yesterday when one passed me. First time I'd seen one in daylight --
Tue Apr 29, 2025, 08:39 AM
Tuesday

was amazed at how cheap it looked, given its price point.

flvegan

(64,938 posts)
9. January 8 build? Isn't 18 a significant number for them?
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 08:25 PM
Monday

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.

jmowreader

(52,212 posts)
13. It is
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 09:17 PM
Monday

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)
34. There's a reason Lone Skum changed Twitter To "X" . . .
Tue Apr 29, 2025, 09:21 AM
Tuesday

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

jmowreader

(52,212 posts)
14. I'm going to take a stab here...
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 09:19 PM
Monday

...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)
18. I'd check the Odometer real close. Tesla is probably boosting mileage via OTA updates.
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 09:48 PM
Monday

I'll bet in-warrantee repairs are really killing them.

jmowreader

(52,212 posts)
19. Yeah, if you take delivery of a "new" car with 5000 miles on it...
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 10:19 PM
Monday

...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)
17. Dummy! If he thought about it, that would be the best car he could buy. Eloon wasn't hated
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 09:40 PM
Monday

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.

maxrandb

(16,539 posts)
21. Cybertruck Owners Only group? Do they wear "Members Only" jackets?
Tue Apr 29, 2025, 06:21 AM
Tuesday

Only DU "old farts" will get the "burn".

no_hypocrisy

(51,378 posts)
28. In Paramus, NJ, the Tesla dealership has
Tue Apr 29, 2025, 08:41 AM
Tuesday

20-25 Cybertrucks parked down the road at a shopping mall. They’ve been sitting there for months.

Omnipresent

(6,869 posts)
29. With it sitting in the hot Texas sun, i'm sure those "glued on" stainless steel panels..
Tue Apr 29, 2025, 09:04 AM
Tuesday

Are ready to fly off, once it hits a windy road.

tinrobot

(11,531 posts)
35. Maybe it's about the battery sitting for that long without a charge cycle?
Tue Apr 29, 2025, 09:30 AM
Tuesday

Particularly if it was charged to 100% and left sitting for months.

Some battery chemistries don't like that sort of thing.

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