Some folks say that getting behind the wheel of a Tesla Cybertruck provides you major character syndrome, and a brand new video exhibiting a driver intercepting a bundle thief by sandwiching their automotive right into a tree would possibly show that time.
A submit on a Cybertruck Fb group was lately shared on the Cybertruck Homeowners Membership discussion board. Within the submit had been images and movies of a Cybertruck that was lately rented out on Turo—nothing out of the strange, of us have been capitalizing on the polarizing truck utilizing this actual 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 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 automotive, 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 working to automotive (sic) together with his field, accelerated, and crashed into stated porch pirate making a sandwich with the burglar’s automotive 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 accordance with a follow-up remark by Phelps, the renter’s neighborhood was experiencing burglaries throughout the week earlier than the incident. This may increasingly have sparked a momentary spurt of vigilante justice from the renter, which, mixed with the practically 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 prompt karma, whereas others sympathized with the proprietor. Many speculated that the particular person driving the Cybertruck may very well be in for a little bit of authorized bother, whether or not or not it’s felony for his or her use of the truck as a weapon, or civil via the insurance coverage firm, alleged thief, or one of many property house owners affected by the incident. Others theorized that the whole factor was staged for a viral video.
In the meantime, Phelps is down a car and won’t have to not solely await insurance coverage to clear up the matter but additionally for his truck to be repaired. Cybertruck house owners have complained about lengthy waits for elements prior to now, and the issue appears to exist months later.
The truck’s proprietor, Stefen Phelps, stated that he rents the truck out via Turo on weekends. This specific rental was from Friday till Monday and the renter was charged round $800 for the brief stint. So was just a few hundred {dollars} netted for the rental price it?
“No danger, 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 price risking jail time over, although.
