Man Buys a Tesla Cybertruck, Tries To Sell It One Month Later

Four years ago, when Tesla officially unveiled the Cybertruck in Los Angeles, Elon Musk said the model would start at $39,900. Fast forward to November 2023, when the automaker started deliveries, it somehow hit a price tag of $69,990. That was the price that Tesla was actually advertising for the range-topping tri-motor back in 2019.

Something must have happened along the way. It must have been the pandemic, the chip shortage, the financial crisis that almost doubled the price of Tesla's first-ever pickup truck.

As usual, Tesla promised and underdelivered, because the promised range is nowhere to be seen. Furthermore, customers keep complaining of even poorer figures when it comes to real-life driving conditions. This and other deficiencies made some owners have second thoughts about their vehicles just one month into ownership. And here is one of them.

The owner of the Hoovies Garage YouTube channel and the owner of a Tesla Cybertruck, Tyler Hoover, is selling it. Not the channel, but the truck. He owns the Foundation Series, the only one that Tesla delivered a few months after starting deliveries. The Cybertruck Foundation Series, specifically designed for those who want to skip the line, starts at $99,990 before options.

The range is of only 340 miles (547 kilometers), the Full Self Driving (FSD) is just a capability, not standard equipment, and the promised full light bar across the top is nowhere in sight. This owner says he doesn't have any of these.

Tyler doesn't trust Elon Musk’s timeline much, especially when it comes to the FSD. He made promises before, and no product met the deadlines established by the CEO himself. Just think of the Cybertruck, the Roadster, and the FSD, to begin with.

He reserved a Cybertruck on day one for just $100 and still had to wait for three years to get his EV. Tyler claims he would love to keep it until it rusts out on the farm. But he just doesn't like it enough for the money he paid for it. He actually expected more stainless steel and less hard plastic on his $100,000 Cybertruck.

He recalls hurting his fingers around the sharp edges of the car. But there were people who had far more trouble with the Cybertruck. For instance, in late May we reported about someone ending up in the ER after cutting his wrist in the truck's sharp side panel.

Owners have been trying to breach the purchase contract and flip their Cybertrucks

The center lock of the wheels are already starting to rust, and he has only had the Cybertruck for a month. He also estimates a massive depreciation coming so this is the right time to sell the vehicle. He just hopes Tesla won't sue him and won't come after him to get his profit or the $50,000 penalty as indicated in the purchase contract.

This past spring, Tesla blacklisted a customer who had listed his Cybertruck "literally everywhere" in an attempt to flip it.

Tyler Hoover knows he won't be able to get rid of the truck if he's being all negative about it. So he points out that it's comfortable, fast, and offers great visibility. He is surely not referring to the rear visibility with the tonneau cover up. That is when he hates looking in the display instead of the rearview mirror and desperately misses buttons.

However, he says that maybe one day, he is going to buy a Cybertruck on the used car market and lose money. But selling it is not that easy, even though he noticed Tesla on his intention. The dealership he contacted is unable to put an offer on any Cybertruck unless it has been a year after purchase. So, he is going to have to find some other way. Many others have already done it.

A few months ago, someone tried to sell what he called the first Tesla cleared for sale. But he never offered proof of Tesla's approval when he was asked to by the people interested in the vehicle. So, three months later, his Cybertruck is still sitting on CarsandBids and doesn't seem it has a single chance to sell after all this time.

Bidding, though, hit $158,000, which is $8,000 more than it did three months ago. There is probably no chance it would reach the jaw-dropping price. A dealership in South Orlando, Florida, paid $244,000 to get the Cybertruck. Days later, it tried to refill it. The EV was already listed for sale for $269,000.