Driving on sand can be tricky for any vehicle and it seems like the drivers wasn’t skilled in this. I’m all for dumping on Cybertrucks, but this seems like the driver is more to blame in this situation.
From the article:
The operator - whose identity is unknown - was described as “super nice…Just a first-timer who made the standard mistakes.”
That sand is very soft and deep. modern vehicles, especially electric, are very heavy. I think there are few cars that wouldn’t get stuck in that sand.
An old bug, properly modified with bigger tires and fiberglass parts would absolutely run circles around this (and most other) vehicles in the sand. A stock bug with tiny tires…not so much.
That’s why baja bugs and dune buggies were so popular.
I always read it as “apocalypse proof” rather than “apocalypse-proof”. That is, it’s proof that the apocalypse has happened, rather than something that’s immune to the apocalypse.
There’s plenty of evidence that it isn’t “apocalypse-proof” in myriad other ways. I saw a post in which one got sideswiped by a Prius and it had to be towed away because the driver’s side mirror was damaged. I seriously wonder when the other shoe will drop and we find out the Boer is intentionally burning it all down.
Driving on sand can be tricky for any vehicle and it seems like the drivers wasn’t skilled in this. I’m all for dumping on Cybertrucks, but this seems like the driver is more to blame in this situation.
From the article:
Not much of an apocalypse-proof truck if you have to be taught how to not get it stuck in sand.
That sand is very soft and deep. modern vehicles, especially electric, are very heavy. I think there are few cars that wouldn’t get stuck in that sand.
I bet an air-cooled Beetle would do just fine.
An old bug, properly modified with bigger tires and fiberglass parts would absolutely run circles around this (and most other) vehicles in the sand. A stock bug with tiny tires…not so much.
That’s why baja bugs and dune buggies were so popular.
I always read it as “apocalypse proof” rather than “apocalypse-proof”. That is, it’s proof that the apocalypse has happened, rather than something that’s immune to the apocalypse.
There’s plenty of evidence that it isn’t “apocalypse-proof” in myriad other ways. I saw a post in which one got sideswiped by a Prius and it had to be towed away because the driver’s side mirror was damaged. I seriously wonder when the other shoe will drop and we find out the Boer is intentionally burning it all down.