Pulling the trigger on new cheaper Cybertruck

Get the 18s and don’t change wheels until you chew through them. Don’t expect long tire life with an EV.

Be sure to rotate them. 20's more money for new tires. I am curious if the mileage is mistaken because it is showing the same range for the 20s and the 18s.

It's more efficient with the 18s, but it can't lower its suspension at highway speeds for improved efficiency.

The vehicle isn’t being released for at least 3 more months

Yes but you gotta order it now

But I thought the 59k model does not have air suspension. So there is not adjustment is there?

Rates will change in the next 3 months is what I meant

Elon said deal is for 10 days only. I mean Elon words should be taken with a grain of salt but that's what he said

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This is the use case I've been considering.. 90kWh of EcoFlow batteries and inverters will run you $40k. I know you can DIY cheaper but this is market rate. To get 90kWh worth of batteries, inverter, plus a truck for $60k is an incredible value. You could almost justify Cybertruck for the PowerShare functionality alone. I wanted to do this with the base F-150 Lightning but couldn't find a dealer willing to sell one for a realistic price.  If powering your home with a generator or batteries was ever a consideration for you, this is potentially a great deal.

It doesn't, that's why its range isn't any better.

There are way way way way cheaper options to get a 90kWh solar battery setup

Buying a new EV, especially a cybertruck, is always a bad deal. it's going to lose 50% of it's value the first mile you put on it.

You just described cars in general

Yeah as I said, I'm looking at market rate for purchased solutions.

Sorry, was tired and didn't see that

make sure you use a promo code for $1000 off. mine is in my bio if you're interested.

Thanks man.. i have MY so im referring myself

Yeah, buying a new car is a bad deal. Are we talking "deal" as in a smart financial decision where you get as much as possible for as little as possible? also, this isn't every car. cybertrucks have 0 market. 99% of people hate it. People don't hate a used toyota. People definitely hate a used cybertruck.

I think what they’re getting at is that you don’t need to worry about it being 0.99% next month, since you won’t have your truck yet. You can just call in and request the promo rate.

Have you looked at used CT pricing at all? Find me a 40k Cybertruck and I’ll buy it right now.

Does Tesla do that?

They’ve honored current promos in the past if you call in to get it changed. If they refuse but the current deal is ever better than the $250 down payment you made (which going down to 0.99% financing definitely would be) you can forfeit your deposit and just order again. No real worry on pulling the trigger now since it likely won’t ship till summer anyway.

does that mean a cybertruck at 60k is a deal? logic

No, but 50% of its value the first mile is nonsense. 2024s with 30k miles are listed for $70k within 1000 miles of my location. New is $79k. Im not arguing what’s a deal and whats not - but there is not a 50% depreciation hit as soon as you drive it.

Not sure you can do that.

For me, saving money and more range would be king over looks.  Check at the tire shop how much a pair 20 inch vs 18 inch of cybertruck tires cost. Don't forget to factor in install costs for a complete picture.

I have a plan to buy a Tesla, I hope the CT is still around then. If it were me, I’d stick with 18’s. I hate buying tires and 18’s are cheaper sometimes and ride better at times also.

That's what i was thinking, ride quality might be bettet with 18s

Well at this point, there might be another factor since ai think the price is temporary too? So they might have lower rates but SRP might br higher, so yeah, OP just need to calculate later I guess. My experience is they seamlessly reduced my 3.99% to 0.99% before delivery.

People just hate Tesla is general. I don’t even care about that. They would have to pay me more to take my FSD driving car out of my hands.

Why is efficiency king over looks ? the entire concept of the cyber truck is for “looks” 🤔

Just personal preference. But I get it. Personalizing ones vehicle makes it special.

Ya. Gotta love Reddit, you get downvoted for stating facts

Keep the 18s and at least look like you’ll take her off-road 😂

There are 2 things which will never happen, talking it off road or me towing with it ever lol

You still have to add $3-4k for a Tesla Gateway total install cost likely. It’s a great deal if you just want raw battery backup power. But the use case isn’t the same as Ecoflow or Powerwalls as they tie in solar and exporting to the grid. The Cybertruck thing makes sense to me if you already have solar and at least one Powerwall bc then you already have the gateway, inverter, etc and can add this as addtl raw battery backup vs more Powerwalls or Ecoflow units.

You can order now and decide later. Your question really should be are you willing to sacrifice the $250 order fee if you cancel later.

To go for 5.29% to .99% I'll absolutely let $250 go

It's the standard loyalty reward if you are an existing Tesla owner.

Just double check to see if you can get auto insurance at a reasonable cost for it. A number of companies will no longer insure it.

the cybertruck secondary market is stupidly strong right now… I think that will change when tesla floods the market with used ones but i’ve put a few vins into carvana and they are offering 75k for ones with 10k miles. the truck itself is polarizing, however it has lots of great feats of engineering… if tesla cuts this model relatively quickly they will hold their value pretty well.

I would go from the upgrade option. You'll spend more on aftermarket. Not only you have to buy new rims, but set of tires. Easy $4k

Can you show me a used cybertruck that is 50% below list price please? Doesn’t have to be 1 mile, I will take 15,000 miles.

Deff get the 20 inch rims

I have 21’s on a model y. Personal opinion is 18 inch rims going to look corny and a big badass truck like that

What's the insurance quote?

I didn’t know you can do that. I am tesla solar owner. Is the powershare already available?

I hope you pulled the trigger.

I thought you were crazy and then went and did the math myself. That is wild. Everything i see is 123kwh? Are you just derating the pack since it’s not lfp?

I'm not sure why the 90kWh vs 123kWh, but that's the estimate they give on their site. 3 days of 30kWh. I guess there's some overhead allocated to the truck itself for Sentry etc., and losses attributed to the DC AC conversion.

Not yet contemplating if i should just go for Premium AWD. Base with upgraded tires is 62500 and premium is 80k. Is the upgrade worth extra $17.5k? I cant decide

Looks to be sold out.

I just went on website. It lets you order it

Perfect price and use case for my home setup. Have a 12000XP EG4 with 30 kwh (2 x 15) lifepo4 in the garage (heated). I use a EG4 chargeverter and a 9500W gas generator to charge the batteries in the event of a long power outage. In this case I would just plug the chargeverter to the CT 240V bed outlet and not bother with my gas generator unless the CT was low on charge. Ok ordered yesterday!

Sold out means you can't order it. Which you can. Even on day 1 Feb 19 the earliest estimated delivery was June 2026. Now it's Sept-Oct 2026. Not sold out if you can place a reservation deposit.

No problem. price is going up $5000 easy on March 1st

I think Reddit members are disproportionately anti-Elon. I take sentiment on these boards either a grain of salt.

i placed the order. Can i still add the promo later?

I think if you send a message to your advisor you can.

My agent said $155 per month.

Ordered one yesterday. No brainer for $60k, this is a massive truck and I enjoyed the ride. Very comfortable inside.

If you can get cheaper then the cheaper is the market rate. It’s not like ecoflow sets the energy storage market.

Purchased solutions was the keyword, not market rate. Cheaper solutions are available but DIY and not permitted to backfeed in my state unless one goes through an expensive engineering review and signoff by the electrical authority.

They are all purchased. And they are all solutions.

DIY is not a productized solution

Can you get loyalty reward and 3month FSD at the same time?

You all are making up terms to justify purchasing a cyber truck lol

You seem to be the only one misunderstanding my comment. You can buy premade solutions that you can plug in and use as home backups and/or to feed back into the grid. Cybertruck and the Tesla gateway are one of them, as are EcoFlow etc. On the other hand, you can build solutions based on server rack batteries and inverters, which functionally achieve the same thing, but are impossible to use legally, or require engineering review and permitting to be used legally. If you really want to buy a Cybertruck because of my comment, go for it, but I really don't understand what you're finding unclear. If you want to build a DIY home backup solution, there are good resources on YouTube that I'd recommend before buying a truck.

lol buy the cyber truck if you want but don’t pretend that battery systems are complex enough to justify the purchase lol

I pulled the trigger, I'll end up going Cyberbeast for sure if they bring back Luxe.

10k

I pulled it too... AWD Premium