Some folks say that getting behind the wheel of a Tesla Cybertruck provides you primary 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 publish on a Cybertruck Fb group was not too long ago shared on the Cybertruck Homeowners Membership discussion board. Within the publish have been photographs and movies of a Cybertruck that was not too long ago 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 publish 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 who rented it occurred to come back 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 the way good Turo’s insurance coverage is,” reads the publish, recounting the phrases of the one who 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 (under) 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 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 may occasionally 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 blended. Some of us on the boards cheered on the renters for shelling out 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 prison for his or her use of the truck as a weapon, or civil by the insurance coverage firm, alleged thief, or one of many property house owners 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 must not solely watch for insurance coverage to clear up the matter but additionally for his truck to be repaired. Cybertruck house owners have complained about lengthy waits for components previously, and the issue appears to exist months later.
The truck’s proprietor, Stefen Phelps, mentioned that he rents the truck out by Turo on weekends. This specific 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.
