Four years ago, it was November 2019, I had just graduated from college and I was all in on Tesla stock. I was sitting around with my college buddies watching Elon unveil the Tesla Cybertruck. They had flames, smoke, and a crazy light show. The truck rolled out and my mouth fell open.
“It’s a triangle,” I said.
“That’s not the truck.” my buddy Tom said, “No. That’s not the truck. They are gonna bring out the real truck.”
Time went by and nope, that’s the real truck. The crowd was baffled. It was simply hard to believe. People said, “This is a publicity stunt, that truck will never get built.” Well, it’s four years later and that truck is getting built. After all, Tesla has ~2 million Cybertruck orders to fill.
After the initial unveil I was disappointed with the design. But 36 hours later I decided I wanted one. So I pre-ordered with a $100 deposit. The day after that I decided I might want two so I preordered a second. That was more than four years ago. I never asked for my $200 back,…
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