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Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by alt227 on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:17AM (#50393354)
Thats not really fair, the $40k promised price is not that much higher than your average middle class car purchase. I think anyone willing to go to the site, sign up, and hand over $100 would be willing to to take on a payment plan for a $40k car.
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Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by kube-system on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:25AM (#50393472)
The average buyer in the US can't afford a new car of any kind. The average car sale is a used car. Used cars outsell new cars 3 to 1. And the average used car sells for $27k.

Entertaining the idea of a new car purchase is an upper-middle class thing, and a fully-refundable $100 is impulse buy territory for most of them.

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Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by alt227 on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:31AM (#50393566)
> $100 is not a serious indicator that they were serious about doing it

OK, but I think it is. So can we agree to disagree, is that ok with you that I have a differing opinion?

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Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by kube-system on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:45AM (#50393787)
You are fully entitled to your opinion but the data shows very little overlap between the groups of people who buy new cars and the groups of people for which $100 is a significant amount of money.
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Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by alt227 on Friday November 06, 2026 @11:16AM (#50394320)
> You are fully entitled to your opinion

Thanks very much, have a great day! (Didnt read anymore of the post as it was unnecessary)

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