Some folks say that getting behind the wheel of a Tesla Cybertruck offers you fundamental character syndrome, and a brand new video exhibiting a driver intercepting a bundle thief by sandwiching their automobile right into a tree may show that time.
A submit on a Cybertruck Fb group was lately shared on the Cybertruck Homeowners Membership discussion board. Within the submit have been pictures and movies of a Cybertruck that was lately rented out on Turo—nothing out of the bizarre, of us have been capitalizing on the polarizing truck utilizing this precise technique because it was launched. However this submit 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 accordance with the truck’s proprietor, the one that rented it occurred to return throughout a porch pirate fleeing from their residence. So, naturally, they did essentially the most non-insane factor that any regular individual 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 submit, recounting the phrases of the one that initially posted the video on-line. “Yesterday my renter noticed a porch pirate operating to automobile (sic) together with his field, accelerated, and crashed into stated 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 (under) of the suspect nabbing the bundle from the Ring digital camera on the renter’s home after which wrapped Cybertruck flying by to intercept them.
In accordance with a follow-up remark by Phelps, the renter’s neighborhood was experiencing burglaries in the course of 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 meting out some immediate karma, whereas others sympathized with the proprietor. Many speculated that the individual driving the Cybertruck may very well be in for a little bit of authorized bother, whether or not it’s legal 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 car and won’t have to not solely watch for insurance coverage to clear up the matter but in addition for his truck to be repaired. Cybertruck homeowners have complained about lengthy waits for elements up to now, and the issue appears to exist months later.
The truck’s proprietor, Stefen Phelps, stated 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 quick stint. So was a number of hundred {dollars} netted for the rental value it?
“No threat, no reward,” stated 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 value risking jail time over, although.
