If I ordered a contractor for a job and they showed up with that piece of shit in my driveway, I'd demand my money back even if I never paid them anything yet.
Is it worth it? I think so, I enjoyed it. Does it hold up? Complicated question.
The Clarkson-Hammond-May show ran for a couple decades and went through three major phases: journalism, shenanigan and adventure.
In earlier seasons they were more of a typical car show, they did more journalism relevant to the average driver...in early 2000s Britain. Top Gear isn't looked back on fondly for Richard Hammond reporting on viewer polls for new car reliability in 2002. They still made an entertaining show, the cool wall and things like that are entertaining, but I would start you out with later episodes and let you watch these later if you like it. Series staples like taking sports cars for a fast lap around their track to compare their times, and doing celebrity interviews complete with a racing lap around the same track in a compact car, the "Star In A Reasonably Priced Car" segment, begin here.
5 or 6 years in they started the shenanigan era, which is probably what peopel mean when they say "This reminds me of Top Gear." They'd buy three used cars and go do ridiculous things, like turn them into camper vans, or outfit them for racing, or make sports cars into ambulances. In the words of Richard Hammond, "What this was, was fun. And I think we're quite good at fun." If I can point to an episode to introduce new viewers to the series, it'd be the British Leyland challenge episode. The show really starts to shine in this era; the three hosts have great chemistry together and the shenanigans give them more opportunity to play off one another.
That gradually transitioned into the adventure era, as "three guys drive some old cars to the other side of London" becomes racing Veyron against a Cessna 182 across the length of Europe, or driving three old four-by-fours across South America or three ordinary RWD cars across Botswana. The show gradually abandoned the studio segments and became just, the three guys go somewhere in the world and drive some cars in interesting or spectacular locations. There's great stuff here, their Botswana trip is amazing, their Korea trip is amazing, their Nile trip is wonderful, their North Pole trip is NUTS. But I'd watch earlier cheap car challenge episodes first.
Wow. Thanks for the detailed write up and recommendation. I was graduated from high school when the show was first airing, but I just never took the time to watch it because i wasnt a car guy. Then i was aware that shenanigans were happening, but in my mind it was still just a car show. But now 20 years later, people are still talking about it. If I can find it, maybe i'll give it a watch starting where you suggested.
Im a fan of Blazing Saddles... It's got a lot of racism throughout and the Boomers loved it. But I cant stand The Big Bang Theory or Monk, and every Boomer i know loves those shows. Steve Martin is a comedic genius -- he's a Boomer and popular with the Boomers. I liked Dave Chapelle and that shit was racist AF. So I dunno where I stand anymore.
I mean, 'Blazing Saddles' mocked racism, not reveled in it.
Also btw, in case you don't know: 'Top Gear' was scripted entirely, including the car 'reviews'. They were sued by a company supplying cars for one episode, when the crew showed up with scripts detailing what would 'go wrong' with the cars at what time.
Guy needed a truck for work, and he got a big boner for Trump and Musk, and bought a SwastiKKKar. It quickly became apparent that it was completely inadequate for work, or anything else really, but at that point it had a resale value of less than zero, so he had no choice but to make it work.
Ya, but this is not a truck any more than the Hyundai Santa Cruz is a truck. It's UTE. And anyone who does this to their Santa Cruz would also deserve to be mocked.
You're kind of both missing the point. It isn't really about the truck. MAGAs should be bullied and abused as much as possible. The truck is only a good excuse to heap on more scorn. He could have driving a perfectly acceptable ride, and I'd still excoriate them.
MAGAs are the only acceptable targets for bullying, and it should be savage.
They are a bunch of bullies who bully other people. Bullying is nothing new, if anything it's a mark of pride. No, what they can't deal with is not fitting in, somehow being different. This is why they are antivax. They would rather have dead kids than some neurodiverse weirdos. Also dead children give you a huge sympathy bonus, whereas a weird kid gets you uninvited from get togethers.
So, if you really want to upset them you have to point out just how weird their weird shit is.
Interesting perspective, I'm not sure I agree, but MAGAs are weird enough that it may well be true.
So, if you really want to upset them you have to point out just how weird their weird shit is.
Yeah, they got really bent when Walz started calling them Weirdos, but then the Democratic Schoolmarms got involved and decreed that it was mean to call out Treasonous Racist Pedophiles for the Weirdos they are, and Dems stopped.
New rule: If it pisses them off, EVERYBODY do it! And don't stop until they cry. Actually, when they cry, slap them, and get meaner.
I wouldn't want one if it was given to me for free I'd be trying to offload it ASAP. I've heard news about people being trapped in their burning "Bulletproof" scifi refrigerator and dying. None for me thanks.
There's also the scenario that he got a killer deal in a private sale from someone who just wanted to unload it at any price. They just didn't want to be seen driving it, or keeping it in their driveway.
I've met a few SwastiKKKar owners who claim they bought it before they knew Musk was a psycho, and would get rid of it, if that were possible. There is absolutely no used market for Teslas.
In later follow-up she said her franken-truckla suffered electrical problems, rain leakage, and has been relegated to someone's backyard, rotting away under a tarp.
Sure, I mean it was a bit of a hack job. Doesn't detract from the fact that she did something quite unique, nor does it imply that this one posted by OP is any more rain proof...
The fact that you can't just throw stock pickup accessories on it is its biggest flaw. And that's saying something, because it deliberately locks occupants inside when it catches fire.
Definitely looks like the kind of handy work someone with that truck would do in these trying times. At least you know what you are getting if they pull up and try give you a quote.
Looks great actually. Simpler to build than a curved body. Nice flat lumber rack on top so you can build more for your friends, because let’s face it at this point your only friends are from the local Cybertruck club. A+
There's one running around Denver with a ladder rack on it. Didn't look too bad really and the angular body makes it so even my fabrication skills could make a decent looking rack.
ngl, if it was cheap enough and I had a garage, I'd buy old ones to build a powerwall.
I don't like tesla or the people that bought them after mush was established, but i'd be more than happy to pay them 10% of the money they paid for 100% of the hardware and use it against the corporations.
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remotelove@lemmy.ca · 81 pts · 126d
https://www.reddit.com/r/massachusetts/comments/1r8lv00/spotted_in_the_wild/
That pic looked too jpg'd to be real, but I found another source.
PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 126d
Can never be sure these days, lol
can@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 125d
They're now calling themselves the heart of the internet?
Test_Tickles@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 125d
The dark corrupted Nazi heart.
can@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 125d
Implicitly
PhoenixDog@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 124d
If I ordered a contractor for a job and they showed up with that piece of shit in my driveway, I'd demand my money back even if I never paid them anything yet.
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world · 45 pts · 126d
Get in Marty we're going to my high school reunion but first I gotta fix a disconnect
PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 126d
...since everything is in series and there's a short somewhere!
Mvlad88@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 126d
Dacia Papuc?
Sandevistan@programming.dev · 7 pts · 126d
Everybody, good news!
Danarchy@lemmy.nz · 35 pts · 126d
If this camper’s a-clankin’
Don’t knock — I’m wankin’
PhoenixDog@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 124d
"If this camper's a-clankin' it's probably because I drove through some water and these things rust like a bastard"
Prior_Industry@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 125d
It looks apocalyptic, but wouldn't last long in an apocalypse.
kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 125d
The front isn't even attached and is just floating. I'm waiting for some wind to rip that thing off.
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 126d
Can't wait to see a camper topper on one.
DaddleDew@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 126d
Looks like something the old Top Gear presenters would build
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 126d
Tonoight:
James trips over a phone cord, "Oh cock!"
Hammond says the word 'egalitarian' "Egalitarian."
and I hit a man with a shovel. PANG "oof!" "Sorry."
FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 125d
Ive never watched an episode of Top Gear... Is it worth it and does it hold up?
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 125d
Is it worth it? I think so, I enjoyed it. Does it hold up? Complicated question.
The Clarkson-Hammond-May show ran for a couple decades and went through three major phases: journalism, shenanigan and adventure.
In earlier seasons they were more of a typical car show, they did more journalism relevant to the average driver...in early 2000s Britain. Top Gear isn't looked back on fondly for Richard Hammond reporting on viewer polls for new car reliability in 2002. They still made an entertaining show, the cool wall and things like that are entertaining, but I would start you out with later episodes and let you watch these later if you like it. Series staples like taking sports cars for a fast lap around their track to compare their times, and doing celebrity interviews complete with a racing lap around the same track in a compact car, the "Star In A Reasonably Priced Car" segment, begin here.
5 or 6 years in they started the shenanigan era, which is probably what peopel mean when they say "This reminds me of Top Gear." They'd buy three used cars and go do ridiculous things, like turn them into camper vans, or outfit them for racing, or make sports cars into ambulances. In the words of Richard Hammond, "What this was, was fun. And I think we're quite good at fun." If I can point to an episode to introduce new viewers to the series, it'd be the British Leyland challenge episode. The show really starts to shine in this era; the three hosts have great chemistry together and the shenanigans give them more opportunity to play off one another.
That gradually transitioned into the adventure era, as "three guys drive some old cars to the other side of London" becomes racing Veyron against a Cessna 182 across the length of Europe, or driving three old four-by-fours across South America or three ordinary RWD cars across Botswana. The show gradually abandoned the studio segments and became just, the three guys go somewhere in the world and drive some cars in interesting or spectacular locations. There's great stuff here, their Botswana trip is amazing, their Korea trip is amazing, their Nile trip is wonderful, their North Pole trip is NUTS. But I'd watch earlier cheap car challenge episodes first.
FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 125d
Wow. Thanks for the detailed write up and recommendation. I was graduated from high school when the show was first airing, but I just never took the time to watch it because i wasnt a car guy. Then i was aware that shenanigans were happening, but in my mind it was still just a car show. But now 20 years later, people are still talking about it. If I can find it, maybe i'll give it a watch starting where you suggested.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 125d
So yeah if "not a car guy" you might bounce off of the first couple of seasons. Here's a sample from the shenanigan era: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf7q8lWEd-o
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 124d
If you enjoy racist boomer humor, then yes.
FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 124d
Im a fan of Blazing Saddles... It's got a lot of racism throughout and the Boomers loved it. But I cant stand The Big Bang Theory or Monk, and every Boomer i know loves those shows. Steve Martin is a comedic genius -- he's a Boomer and popular with the Boomers. I liked Dave Chapelle and that shit was racist AF. So I dunno where I stand anymore.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 123d
I mean, 'Blazing Saddles' mocked racism, not reveled in it.
Also btw, in case you don't know: 'Top Gear' was scripted entirely, including the car 'reviews'. They were sued by a company supplying cars for one episode, when the crew showed up with scripts detailing what would 'go wrong' with the cars at what time.
ExtremeDullard@piefed.social · 16 pts · 126d
That's an improvement.
quoll@lemmy.sdf.org · 16 pts · 126d
ooo now i want to see an e-sandman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Sandman
BlueEther@no.lastname.nz · 12 pts · 126d
I'm of an age where much fun was had in the back of the Ford version
zout@fedia.io · 7 pts · 126d
Did you drive around with your friends catching ghosts?
BlueEther@no.lastname.nz · 6 pts · 126d
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 124d
"This guy...this guy fucks..amirite?"
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 16 pts · 125d
Guy needed a truck for work, and he got a big boner for Trump and Musk, and bought a SwastiKKKar. It quickly became apparent that it was completely inadequate for work, or anything else really, but at that point it had a resale value of less than zero, so he had no choice but to make it work.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 125d
there are enough valid reasons to shit onto he cybertruck that there's no need for us to pretend this exact mod isn't done to plenty of regular trucks
Test_Tickles@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 125d
Ya, but this is not a truck any more than the Hyundai Santa Cruz is a truck. It's UTE. And anyone who does this to their Santa Cruz would also deserve to be mocked.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 125d
You're kind of both missing the point. It isn't really about the truck. MAGAs should be bullied and abused as much as possible. The truck is only a good excuse to heap on more scorn. He could have driving a perfectly acceptable ride, and I'd still excoriate them.
MAGAs are the only acceptable targets for bullying, and it should be savage.
Test_Tickles@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 124d
They are a bunch of bullies who bully other people. Bullying is nothing new, if anything it's a mark of pride. No, what they can't deal with is not fitting in, somehow being different. This is why they are antivax. They would rather have dead kids than some neurodiverse weirdos. Also dead children give you a huge sympathy bonus, whereas a weird kid gets you uninvited from get togethers.
So, if you really want to upset them you have to point out just how weird their weird shit is.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 124d
Interesting perspective, I'm not sure I agree, but MAGAs are weird enough that it may well be true.
Yeah, they got really bent when Walz started calling them Weirdos, but then the Democratic Schoolmarms got involved and decreed that it was mean to call out Treasonous Racist Pedophiles for the Weirdos they are, and Dems stopped.
New rule: If it pisses them off, EVERYBODY do it! And don't stop until they cry. Actually, when they cry, slap them, and get meaner.
Skepticpunk@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 125d
IIRC, there was basically supposed to be an official version of this as an add-on. What happened to that?
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 124d
Same thing that happened to the rest of Musk's bullshit.
Aeri@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 124d
I checked carvana for a price and people are trying to get 80k for the mfs lmao fat chance
_stranger_@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 124d
If it goes down another 20K, it'll be priced at what it was originally promised. Another 40K off that and now we're talking good used truck prices.
Aeri@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 124d
I wouldn't want one if it was given to me for free I'd be trying to offload it ASAP. I've heard news about people being trapped in their burning "Bulletproof" scifi refrigerator and dying. None for me thanks.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 124d
There's also the scenario that he got a killer deal in a private sale from someone who just wanted to unload it at any price. They just didn't want to be seen driving it, or keeping it in their driveway.
I've met a few SwastiKKKar owners who claim they bought it before they knew Musk was a psycho, and would get rid of it, if that were possible. There is absolutely no used market for Teslas.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 124d
There's no such thing as a "killer deal" on a car that might burn you alive.
FlexibleToast@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 124d
Isn't that a literal definition of a killer deal?
_stranger_@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 124d
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 124d
Valid.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 124d
He probably bought it used cheap. Dealers won't even take these on tradein because they don't sell.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 126d
A cyberfuck
GreenShimada@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 126d
Better than my name for it: The Tarditron 3000
FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 125d
Better than mine... Der MuskWagen.
noughtnaut@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 126d
Simone did a much better job with her Truckla.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R35gWBtLCYg
JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 125d
In later follow-up she said her franken-truckla suffered electrical problems, rain leakage, and has been relegated to someone's backyard, rotting away under a tarp.
noughtnaut@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 124d
Sure, I mean it was a bit of a hack job. Doesn't detract from the fact that she did something quite unique, nor does it imply that this one posted by OP is any more rain proof...
JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 124d
I wonder if she ever took the plunge and bought a real cyber truck when they came out.
noughtnaut@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 115d
She's a sane person and as such she did not.
BigTrout75@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 126d
Props for keeping the aesthetics
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org · 10 pts · 126d
Does it make it an actual truck now, instead of a flaming deathtrap?
PenguinMage@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 126d
A little of both I'd say... more of a truck, still a highly flammable death trap.
Poppa_Mo@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 126d
Smoker compartment instead of direct to flame.
Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus · 9 pts · 126d
Respect for the mod itself, but i'd estimate the air resistance of that thing reduces it's range by 20% or so.
ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca · 8 pts · 126d
Well is it a truck or is it not?
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today · 16 pts · 126d
The fact that you can't just throw stock pickup accessories on it is its biggest flaw. And that's saying something, because it deliberately locks occupants inside when it catches fire.
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 126d
Can't sue if you're dead. Taps temple
itsathursday@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 126d
Definitely looks like the kind of handy work someone with that truck would do in these trying times. At least you know what you are getting if they pull up and try give you a quote.
PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 126d
I know what I've got!
antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 125d
Looks great actually. Simpler to build than a curved body. Nice flat lumber rack on top so you can build more for your friends, because let’s face it at this point your only friends are from the local Cybertruck club. A+
rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 126d
There's one running around Denver with a ladder rack on it. Didn't look too bad really and the angular body makes it so even my fabrication skills could make a decent looking rack.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 125d
There are two types of people that buy Teslas:
People that buy them as Nazi jewelry
People that buy them as Nazi technology
rumba@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 124d
ngl, if it was cheap enough and I had a garage, I'd buy old ones to build a powerwall.
I don't like tesla or the people that bought them after mush was established, but i'd be more than happy to pay them 10% of the money they paid for 100% of the hardware and use it against the corporations.
Batman@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 124d
when real engineering meets the cybertruck
sunbytes@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 124d
I'm looking forward to the top looking less tarnished than the bottom in a few years.
atropa@piefed.social · 2 pts · 126d
nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 126d
Back looks like a face desperately crying for help
Gammelfisch@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 125d
LOL! Holy shit. Where is the America First sticker?
Bloomcole@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 126d
Finally fit for americans to live in
kreskin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 126d
Much better. And you'll get more respect driving it. Still a deathtrap though.
PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 126d
Doing truck things! Is that part "bulletproof" too? Lol
NoOutlinesBand@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 124d
I'm not touring in that
RAFAELRAMIREZ@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 124d
Cybertruck really said I can be anything… including a work van 😅