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[–] [email protected] 114 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Even if not, I doubt competitors are "shitting their pants" over this. Can't say the bulletproofness rating topped the list of features I was looking for in my next car purchase

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

If I could afford a new car, I might consider that feature given the potential of the next few years…

[–] [email protected] 37 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

More important will be the ability to repair it yourself when things inevitably break. Given that musk is insanely petty and political, you would need to count on whittling Tesla parts from a piece of wood.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 hours ago

Or the fact that Cyber trucks rarely make it more than a few hundred miles (if that) before they shut themselves off. Also, if you are ever in an accident and it loses power, it may very well lock you in the vehicle while it burns you to death.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

You can DIY bulletproof your own car with phone books if it really matters to you.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I haven’t seen one of those in years. Lol.

The local ibrary might need to weed some outdated encyclopedias though. 🤔

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 hours ago

Man I'm so glad I was tired of throwing them away.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago

However, as Clarkson demonstrated in Iraq, you can't bulletproof a car with sandbags.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 hours ago

If I could afford a new car, I’d rather move to a neighborhood where my car doesn’t get shot at.