When Tesla talks about the Cybertruck, it frequently pumps up the massive slab-sided $80,000 monstrosity as the pinnacle of masculinity, toughness and strength. It’s often compared to big overwrought machinery from the annals of science fiction, compared to something from “Blade Runner,” “Aliens,” or “Robocop.” Company CEO Elon Musk likes to mention the Cybertruck in reference to his absurdist desire to colonize Mars. The fact is, this hulking behemoth can barely handle surviving the real-world streets of a highly developed nation. This one couldn’t even handle a year in Seattle.
The Seattle Cybertruck, an erstwhile Google Maps tourist attraction location, made the rounds on social media back in September, inspiring “fans” to erect a gravestone for the fallen, leave flowers nearby and hold candlelight vigils in its honor. Meanwhile, the illegally parked broken machine was hit with the orange windshield sticker of doom, letting the owner know the city was going to tow it away if it stayed there much longer. By the end of the day on September 10th, it was gone. Now it has resurfaced as an auction listing on the home of junked cars, Copart.
Despite the vehicle’s original price being around $100,000, and the total damage looking not all that bad, Copart estimates the value of this Cyberjunk to be just $31,156. It isn’t clear what happened here, but there’s obviously some rear suspension damage. Did the owner skid into a curb and shove the rear axle into the electric motor, scattering the whole thing into a million pieces? There’s not enough here to go off of.
I would imagine you could get some serious coin by dismantling this thing and selling the parts on eBay, because parts to repair other Cybertrucks are both difficult to come by, and expensive directly from Tesla. If you could use the parts of this buffalo to keep other Cybertrucks on the road, you could single handedly make the world a worse place, and make some money doing it.
This is still listed as an “upcoming lot” so it isn’t available for bidding quite yet. Check back in a few days for your opportunity to own the world’s worst piece of lawn art.
