Some folks say that getting behind the wheel of a Tesla Cybertruck offers you important character syndrome, and a brand new video exhibiting a driver intercepting a bundle thief by sandwiching their automobile right into a tree would possibly show that time.
A put up on a Cybertruck Fb group was lately shared on the Cybertruck House owners Membership discussion board. Within the put up had been images and movies of a Cybertruck that was lately rented out on Turo—nothing out of the peculiar, of us have been capitalizing on the polarizing truck utilizing this actual technique because it was launched. However this put up had an odd twist: the renter pulverized the Cybertruck in a weird crash.
It wasn’t simply any typical fender-bender, although—this one was apparently intentional. In response to the truck’s proprietor, the one that rented it occurred to return throughout a porch pirate fleeing from their dwelling. So, naturally, they did essentially the most non-insane factor that any regular particular person would do: they rammed the suspected thief’s getaway automobile, a Genesis G80 of all issues, right into a tree utilizing the rented Cybertruck as a battering ram.
“About to learn how good Turo’s insurance coverage is,” reads the put up, recounting the phrases of the one that initially posted the video on-line. “Yesterday my renter noticed a porch pirate working to automobile (sic) together with his field, accelerated, and crashed into mentioned porch pirate making a sandwich with the burglar’s automobile and a tree.”
Phelps posted two video clips of the incident, the primary (above) exhibiting the first-hand view from the truck’s sprint cam, and the second (beneath) of the suspect nabbing the bundle from the Ring digicam on the renter’s home after which wrapped Cybertruck flying by to intercept them.
In response to a follow-up remark by Phelps, the renter’s neighborhood was experiencing burglaries throughout the week earlier than the incident. This will likely have sparked a momentary spurt of vigilante justice from the renter, which, mixed with the almost 7,000-pound truck, gave some braveness to subdue the presumed porch pirate.
Reactions have been combined. Some of us on the boards cheered on the renters for allotting some on the spot karma, whereas others sympathized with the proprietor. Many speculated that the particular person driving the Cybertruck might be in for a little bit of authorized hassle, whether or not it’s felony for his or her use of the truck as a weapon, or civil by way of the insurance coverage firm, alleged thief, or one of many property homeowners affected by the incident. Others theorized that the complete factor was staged for a viral video.
In the meantime, Phelps is down a automobile and won’t must not solely look ahead to insurance coverage to clear up the matter but additionally for his truck to be repaired. Cybertruck homeowners have complained about lengthy waits for components up to now, and the issue appears to exist months later.
The truck’s proprietor, Stefen Phelps, mentioned that he rents the truck out by way of Turo on weekends. This explicit rental was from Friday till Monday and the renter was charged round $800 for the brief stint. So was a number of hundred {dollars} netted for the rental price it?
“No threat, no reward,” mentioned Phelps, including: “I hope insurance coverage pays me fast and I can keep out of the courtroom.” No phrase of what was within the bundle price risking jail time over, although.
