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    Electric?...Maybe...Truck?...It's not...

    I wasn't sure where to put this thread, but we don't have a science fiction forum, so here it goes...Mr. Musk's long ballyhooed "truck" has arrived, and he missed a better opportunity by not timing his event for Halloween instead of now...Based on looks alone, it will never get more than a passing snicker from me as it barely passes as a joke, but a "truck?"...It isn't even close...Its closest competitors as a wannabe might include the Chevy Avalanche or maybe the Honda Ridgeline, but trying to pass this abomination off as a truck only tells me that Musk needs to find a new supplier for his marijuana habit...The Radio Flyer my parents gave me for Christmas in 1952 would fit the description much better......Ben
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    It's just a concept vehicle you angry old man ..... The official truck of Mars.

    Get your "truck" off my lawn !!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phillbo View Post
    It's just a concept vehicle you angry old man ..... The official truck of Mars.

    Get your "truck" off my lawn !!!!
    If you like the roofline, here's a concept girl for a driver when you choose your ride for the inauguration parade in 2021......Ben

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    What the hell?!?
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    Hey! That's what passed for reality at one time in our nation. In fact, my mother had bras like that.

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    He's come out with a 5th wheel as well.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phillbo View Post
    He's come out with a 5th wheel as well.
    Ugly becomes uglier......Ben
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    This is not a "first" for Tesla. My father drove an electric delivery truck for a baking company in Philadelphia in the early 30's before buying the first farm.

    I know very little about it but believe this is it.

    My father said that it was "nasty" to drive. Most of the streets were cobble stone and the truck had solid rubber tires.
    The wheel spacing was such that it matched the trolley tracks---if he got on the tracks when wet he was off for a ride!
    He was just lucky to have a job at that point.
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