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If You Try to Sell Your Cybertruck, You Are Going to Get a Terrible Surprise

Posted by u/Exciting_Teacher6258•08/12/2025

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u/Inanimate_CARB0N_Rod

🎶"On top of OLD SMOOOOOKEYYYYYY!!!"🎶

u/Sheepherderx

Every time I see one on the road I make a disgusted face.

u/Putrid_Tree5823

I really don’t get the confusion. it’s not like cars and trucks build equity. They aren’t an investment, they depreciate immediately, the question is just how much The truck was a meme joke

u/Tatermen

[Youtuber's goldfish picking random stocks outperforms NASDAQ by 14%](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USKD3vPD6ZA)

u/PewterButters

My old coworker pre-ordered thinking 'worst case' he could flip it for a few bucks. Bought at the full 100k release price and he's stuck with it now. I think about and laugh about that often.

u/hoppertn

*slaps roof* This baby can fit so many tears of regret.

u/1-760-706-7425

Most “trucks” these days are. The beds are small as shit.

u/joe102938

The article says they're 30-50% cheaper, not selling for that much.

u/Danobing

That's being generous to my 5 year old

u/HighburyHero

That someone would pay $80,000+ for a used one, let alone $70,000 for a new one, is wild to me.

u/nakedinacornfield

My favorite part is the hitch assembly since they didn’t go with steel (they used cast aluminum) a tongue weight bounce on an improperly loaded trailer within the advertised size/weights mean

u/Zombie1642

We can get those numbers lower

u/DEATHbyBOOGABOOGA

Oh no! …anyway

u/Stable_Orange_Genius

Wouldn't a van be more useful?

u/vanishing_point

Every 5 yr old's first attempt at drawing a car.

u/HillbillyMan

30k is a lot for most people to spend on anything, let alone a vehicle that is known to be a piece of shit.

u/Moscato359

I bought my 2017 prius for 20k, and its worth 19k now Admittedly a lot of inflation has happened since then but it kinda goes against what you said here

u/Good_Air_7192

They were the dumbest car ever made before their boss went all Hitler, so it's hardly surprising really.

u/fourleggedostrich

I guess if they were expecting high demand and low availability, then there's something in that. Used PS4s sold for higher than RRP during the height of their scarcity. The difference is

u/DiceKnight

Even if Musk was on his best behavior and not a drug addled nazi there was never going to be a world where a truck, much less an electric truck, held it's value.

u/SuperNashwan

>In addition to being absolutely lethal to anything they hit, like pedestrians. They're illegal in other countries. The only Cybertruck to be imported to the UK was immediately impounded

u/Wheresthecents

Some Tesla buyers were under the impression they WERE an investment because of the SOFTWARE UPDATES! That they'd get better with time and sell for higher, as if a vehicle with wear and tear w

u/Rio_Immagina

In Europe we use vans for any transport and haul task. For towing, any vehicle will do. Doesn't need to be a gigantic 4x4, antiareodynamic, 400hp piece of metal, really.

u/ye_olde_green_eyes

I want to make a bumper sticker that says "I'm an asshole, but at least I didn't buy a cybertruck".

u/nyssat

Rolls Royce still does hood ornaments, but they have a system that makes them retract into the bonnet in a split second. I understand it was made for pedestrian safety, but works as anti-thef

u/imacompnerd

Honestly, I’d play around with a $100k version for $30k, and I hate the damn things. But at $30k, not a ton of depreciation over a year or two of playing around with it.

u/HighburyHero

That someone would pay $80,000+ for a used one, let alone $70,000 for a new one, is wild to me.

u/Lone_Buck

I hope these get the ET Atari game treatment.

u/armahillo

If you try to buy a cybertruck, youre also going to get a terrible aurpriiy

u/Illadelphian

Ugh......sexlexia

u/Lamacorn

That’s higher than I expected.

u/West-Abalone-171

It was how they were sold. If rule of law existed, they'd be able to win a class action suit and come out with $80k each.

u/angstt

https://www.slate.auto/en

u/gkibbe

It's not even a choice really. Small work size trucks are impossible to buy new and hard to find used and you'll pay a premium for it. People say its something to do with the emissions regul

u/GiannisIsTheBeast

Weird… someone in my town has a pink cybertruck. It looks about as good as that thumbnail picture.

u/karkonthemighty

Didn't Elon say at one point the Cybertruck, in defiance of every other commercially available car in existence, would appreciate in value, not depreciate? Honestly I lost track. Was it this

u/Cappyc00l

And also making a shit product

u/InternetHomunculus

>They're illegal in other countries They aren't legal for on road use. They are perfectly legal to use on private land like other "off road" vehicles such as escooters or stuff like an As

u/Junior_Welder6858

The CEO took a chainsaw to resale value. Hardly surprising

u/One-Agent-872

It also wasn’t originally $100k. The base model was supposed to be $40k originally when it was announced.

u/fifelo

I was never in love with the look of it but I didn't hate it, the initial announcement was the 40K starting price piqued my interest. The truck initially launched with more like a 70k or 80k

u/moonhexx

Lower... Lower.... Lower... TOO LOW!!! lower...

u/ron2838

Zap branigan always gets an upvote

u/rsmicrotranx

I think it's 50 to 70%. If they went for only 30% of their original price, that's a good buy no matter how shitty the truck. A 50k truck for 15k? As long as it still had battery life? I'd buy

u/HillbillyMan

More like 100k for 30k, that's not just fuck around money.

u/EyeFicksIt

On autotrader the cheapest I saw was still 57k, that at least included fsd so you don’t have to pay (well you don’t pay it.. with money.. more like your life or your dignity)

u/Potemkin_Jedi

The Muskoverse sees everything as a speculative asset, so I’m unsurprised.

u/WloveW

Cybertrucks are almost nowhere around me anymore. I've seen two in the past month when I used to be seeing them several times a week at the start of the year. A bet you dollars to donuts t

u/Friendly_Top6561

The smart Zombies just wait until the panels fall off then it’s chow time.

u/Muffinsandbacon

IIRC the “barebones” single motor version was supposed to be $35-40k

u/RANDVR

I feel like they are all in Vancouver canada. I see like 6 of them at least when I am out walking.

u/wjean

I think the best thing a cybertruck owner can buy (after a brain), is gap insurance. Then they just need to wreck that shit and walk away.

u/Cappyc00l

Flashback to that time musk said Teslas would appreciate in value https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/03/cars/musk-tesla-cars-value-ev-prices

u/Irish_Whiskey

>A bet you dollars to donuts that Elon is buying up used cybertrucks across the country at inflated prices to try to keep their value high Oh it's even worse than that. They banned owner

u/ggibby

The article omits (to me) the most obvious factor - it's a consumer good in a competitive marketplace. The selection of electric vehicles is better now than when the Cybertruck launched. End

u/RyanMeray

Insulting to rulers

u/NhlBeerWeed

Musk is shitty but you’re an idiot if you think a car is going to hold value

u/Killahdanks1

I mean it’s bulletproof so good luck. /s

u/Hrekires

Are people upset to learn that cars are a depreciating asset, not an investment?

u/drcforbin

Musk will continue to drag those numbers lower

u/BucketsMcGaughey

But but I *neeeeed* to transport half a ton of gravel while towing a boat *at all times*!

u/moonhexx

Lower... Lower.... Lower... TOO LOW!!! lower...

u/ShawnyMcKnight

When I need a good laugh I think of the guy who reserved early and decked it out thinking the price will skyrocket. He sold it at a huge loss.

u/cr0ft

In addition to being absolutely lethal to anything they hit, like pedestrians. This piece of shit is weak where it should be strong (the aluminium frame) and strong and angular where it's s

u/lundon44

On my best buds has one. I warned him about this along with all the other negativity surrounding the vehicle. He kept telling me how it's the best car he ever bought and how he doesn't care a

u/8bitmorals

Isn't the NAVY buying a bunch so they can blow them up?

u/fusillade762

Sales of 4300 units in Q2. These things are going to get much much cheaper. As model years go by without selling, you end up old inventory where you're buying built-in age depreciation beside

u/Arthur-Wintersight

A dumpster without a lid can still hold trash.

u/Kat-Sith

I would say it's the least surprising thing, but I'm sure they'll still find it surprising.

u/slashcleverusername

Now hold on, dean cain and kevin sorbo might have a mega blockbuster on their hands with (picture this in the preview tagline) “the first non-woke remake of cinematic legend Total Recall in 3

u/AgathysAllAlong

At least Ford made decent cars while being a Nazi.

u/fourleggedostrich

*roof falls off*

u/BinaryIdiot

>If they went for only 30% of their original price, that's a good buy no matter how shitty the truck Maybe. Or maybe it's just a really shitty truck. I wouldn't buy one for $30k.

u/oh_my316

You're an idiot for buying it

u/Stoopmans

All of these guys making all kinds of dumb excuses to own a truck. Do these bubbas not realize that everything they say we need to be able to do in EU too? # Yeah we don't need THAT big of a

u/WloveW

Cybertrucks are almost nowhere around me anymore. I've seen two in the past month when I used to be seeing them several times a week at the start of the year. A bet you dollars to donuts t

u/orangustang

I, for one, am surprised in the opposite direction. The cheapest one in the country right now is listed for $68k. I guess they just came out last year so they're not even coming off lease yet

u/mvw2

I haven't gotten to ride or drive one yet, but a friend had an opportunity to test drive one for a little bit. His take away was it was kind of neat as a thing, but literally everything that

u/PewterButters

My old coworker pre-ordered thinking 'worst case' he could flip it for a few bucks. Bought at the full 100k release price and he's stuck with it now. I think about and laugh about that often.

u/teh_bobalee

It’s not that it was designed by a 5 year old. It’s a truck designed by someone that has never needed or used a truck. It’s literally a wet dream of a truck.

u/mvw2

I haven't gotten to ride or drive one yet, but a friend had an opportunity to test drive one for a little bit. His take away was it was kind of neat as a thing, but literally everything that

u/mattlag

Used Cyberdumpsters go for about 30% to 50% of their original price. Saved you a click. EDIT so I meant to say "off" instead of "of", it's amazing the difference an F can make. But, I'm leav

u/Putrid_Tree5823

I really don’t get the confusion. it’s not like cars and trucks build equity. They aren’t an investment, they depreciate immediately, the question is just how much The truck was a meme joke

u/ledow

The best tactic as a company is to keep your mouth shut and sell product. Musk literally is too dumb to do that. Anything you express an opinion on will polarise your customer base, and tha

u/hicow

*spongy and bruised

u/Cappyc00l

Flashback to that time musk said Teslas would appreciate in value https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/03/cars/musk-tesla-cars-value-ev-prices

u/SweetBearCub

I mean, I can't say that I'm surprised in the least at this news, in the same vein as finding out that water is wet or that humans perceive the sky to be blue during the daytime in the great

u/Ok-Sprinkles-5151

Part of me wants to buy the modern DeLorean. But the DeLorean had staying power that a CyberTruck doesn't. What made the DeLorean iconic was a movie. No producer in their right, or drug-addle

u/AnybodyMassive1610

Let that sink in…

u/Antrostomus

> it’s not like cars and trucks build equity. They aren’t an investment Tbf *some* new cars are an investment; that's where you get waiting lists or invitation-only sales of limited produ

u/Irish_Whiskey

>A bet you dollars to donuts that Elon is buying up used cybertrucks across the country at inflated prices to try to keep their value high Oh it's even worse than that. They banned owner

u/manatwork01

My car appreciated from 2020-2023. Chip shortage was real.

u/SimplyaCabler

It's actually because of the Chicken Tax. A 25% tariff on light trucks imposed by Lyndon B Johnson in 1964. We're basically getting screwed over by some cold war era tariff that was never tak

u/jmanclovis

The ev tax credit is ending in September also so now there is even less reason to buy one

u/ZeePunisher

Same and I try and make it as noticeable as possible because I want them to see it.

u/happyscrappy

At least one guy is. https://www.carscoops.com/2024/03/elon-musk-said-teslas-were-appreciating-assets-unsurprisingly-he-was-very-wrong/ I do find it interesting when people are so easily mi

u/FearlessAttempt

She's built like a steakhouse, but handles like a bistro.

u/tjmaxal

The Spirt is willing but the flesh is soft and spongy Edit: spongy & bruised Soft was only implied. If anyone could have a bruised boner it would be him.

u/Zombie1642

I had forgotten that ended. Such a waste

u/lokiofsaassgaard

I got hit by one of these recently. I couldn’t even see over the hood as it turned right into me as I was crossing the street. Luckily, I got bounced off the fender, and got away with a bad

u/ShawnyMcKnight

When I need a good laugh I think of the guy who reserved early and decked it out thinking the price will skyrocket. He sold it at a huge loss.

u/ultraposition

Lucky you In Los Angeles, I still see at least 5 or 6 a day, with half of them being some ridiculous color. Somehow, it being a massive and ugly shiny piece of shit wasn’t getting them enoug

u/Potemkin_Jedi

The Muskoverse sees everything as a speculative asset, so I’m unsurprised.

u/SweetBearCub

I mean, I can't say that I'm surprised in the least at this news, in the same vein as finding out that water is wet or that humans perceive the sky to be blue during the daytime in the great

u/oh_my316

You're an idiot for buying it

u/mattlag

Used Cyberdumpsters go for about 30% to 50% of their original price. Saved you a click.

u/Zombie1642

We can get those numbers lower

u/syynapt1k

Cybertruck owners baffle me. I see one every now and then and feel embarrassed *for* them.

u/gizmosticles

I mean, I would be willing to look like a fool for a 30k cybertruck. However I just popped on the used market and they are like 65-70k currently on the low end.

u/kahner

it looks dumb, but more importantly it's a functionally shit "truck".

u/Maethor_derien

I mean I was excited at the original announced price but when you have worse quality for a way higher price why the hell would I ever buy it. At 40k I would consider it new, at 30k it would

u/TheWarDoctor

Weren’t they supposed to have a $35k model? Looks like we’ll get to that price point real soon!

u/AnybodyMassive1610

Let that sink in…

u/arbutus1440

While I have literally nothing but contempt for Musk and anyone who worships that Nazi butt plug, there was plenty of precedent for his shit turning into gold. Tesla stock rallied for literal

u/barnfodder

I've seen a few morons who bought the first editions very confused that the trucks LOST value rather than gained it. They had some weird Pokémon card mentality that somehow the first ones wo

u/VOldis

Thats on the people picking that option, my 6.5ft bed is good. 8 would be great but my back seats fold up and i use that space for expensive stuff i want to store more securely so the tradeof

u/ThreeCatsAndABroom

Intelligence in one field doesn't mean a damn thing in another. I'm pretty smart in my field but I am terrible at day trading or crypto. Buy high and sell low is my motto! I just stick to f

u/ShawnyMcKnight

I can get that. At the time demand was high. Starting 2 years ago I had to have a longer commute so I was heavily considering a Tesla. I liked electric vehicles and they seemed popular. I had

u/Junior_Welder6858

The CEO took a chainsaw to resale value. Hardly surprising

u/cr0ft

The fetish for gigantic vehicles that has been trained into Americans by unrelenting ad blitzes and government collaboration is an enormous problem. It's ruining cities, it's killing hundreds

u/bluegasou

Here’s a revolutionary business strategy for free: 1. If you are the public face of a business, don’t get in bed with a political party - you’ll lose half of your potential customers immediat

u/REDuxPANDAgain

Timing the market isnt an intelligence thing. The people that do it with any kind of frequency dont do it with their own money. They lose as much as they win or only talk about their wins.

u/muchonacho

I suffer from a very sexy learning disability. What do I call it, Kif?

u/PoliticalDestruction

Restricting resale and over producing really didn’t help them I think

u/Trevormarsh9

Seriously, who's dropping 80k on a used truck that looks like it was designed by a 5 year old with a ruler

u/Hrekires

A 2017 Prius with ~100k miles is listed for sale right now for $13k but congrats on being an edge case

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