Simone Giertz is the best!! lol TESLA PICKUP!

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[steffen707]

i was just about to post this......i've been beaten. Sweet video.

 

[Tortooga Custom Works]

i was just about to post this......i've been beaten. Sweet video.

I think that video will make her a household name. The one person I’m surprised was not a part of this is Adam Savage. I wonder if his obligations to Discovery didn’t let him partake of this amazingness.

 

[SleepyJeep]

Meh. I am not sold on it I guess - I didn't see anything on how they maintained and increased the structural integrity, rigidity, load capacity for the bed and how it can carry tons of plywood? If it is just putting a bed in the back and it might mess up something else then you just ruined a functional Tesla. I would think there is more to converting a car into a truck than just cutting it and adding a bed... what if you get rear ended how will it affect the car/truck? I feel like it is a cool hobby project but more gimmicky with $$ to burn... When I was watching that V8 upgrade on the Gladiator they pretty much redo the frame and build bottom up to reinforce everything for the extra power. I would have thought these guys might have to do something like that as well for the payload capacity?

 

[AggieJeep]

Meh. I am not sold on it I guess - I didn't see anything on how they maintained and increased the structural integrity, rigidity, load capacity for the bed and how it can carry tons of plywood? If it is just putting a bed in the back and it might mess up something else then you just ruined a functional Tesla. I would think there is more to converting a car into a truck than just cutting it and adding a bed... what if you get rear ended how will it affect the car/truck? I feel like it is a cool hobby project but more gimmicky with $$ to burn... When I was watching that V8 upgrade on the Gladiator they pretty much redo the frame and build bottom up to reinforce everything for the extra power. I would have thought these guys might have to do something like that as well for the payload capacity?

Pure gimmickry in my opinion. It looks like a quick skin job to me and the real structural considerations SleepyJeep brought up are significant. Her money, her Tesla, so she is free to do as she likes. Putting it on YouTube invites comments so she should be prepared for the negative responses. Maybe it was the foul rants about big oil that outweighed any charm she had. Clearly she doesn’t understand the full scope of oil companies within the global economy and all they bring. Though I’m in Houston, I work in the tech sector, not energy. I’m not defending any company out of self interest, just looking at things objectively.

Watching this young lady reminded me of a “man on the street” interview about the bad financial troubles the family farms were having back in the ‘70s. When asked about her opinion on the farmers’ plight, a woman responded, “ it really doesn’t matter to me. I get my food from the grocery store.”

A lot of people are slow. Some people will never get there at all.

 

[Tortooga Custom Works]

Meh. I am not sold on it I guess - I didn't see anything on how they maintained and increased the structural integrity, rigidity, load capacity for the bed and how it can carry tons of plywood? If it is just putting a bed in the back and it might mess up something else then you just ruined a functional Tesla. I would think there is more to converting a car into a truck than just cutting it and adding a bed... what if you get rear ended how will it affect the car/truck? I feel like it is a cool hobby project but more gimmicky with $$ to burn... When I was watching that V8 upgrade on the Gladiator they pretty much redo the frame and build bottom up to reinforce everything for the extra power. I would have thought these guys might have to do something like that as well for the payload capacity?

It's absolutely a gimmick... or maybe a publicity stunt. That's what the internet is about these days, no?
Is she really going to load it up with plywood? No... not at all... she doesn't work with plywood much anyway. She might do it for a picture or two... It's a conversation piece. Isn't that what most of the automotive industry is about anyway?

It was just fun to watch. Do I think it really works? No, not at all. LoL.

 

[Slapping_Rabbits]

pretty sweet. i can't wait to see all these new electric trucks coming out!

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