It’s easy to hate on the Cybertruck (and fun, too!). The metallic beast has presented owners with a host of problems since its release, from having a front trunk that will cut your dick off, to Tesla not knowing how to fix its own cars, to a broken accelerator pedal that turns the vehicle into a high-speed death machine, it’s fair to say that the car hasn’t met the promises made by Elon all those years ago.


At the very least, however, one would hope that the Cybertruck would live up to its proclaimed off-roading capabilities.


To be fair, it has, at least to a certain extent. That said, a recent post on X/Twitter shows that maybe Cybertruck’s stated off-roading capabilities aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. In fact, they may not even be better than a stock Ford Crown Victoria, a car that hasn’t been produced since 2011.



In his post, automotive journalist Jesus Garcia decides to take his Crown Vic to a Cybertruck meetup with an “off-road” course. When he got there, he managed to blow the other cars out of the water, avoiding popped tires and cruising through the mud before taking the car another 170 miles back home.



Maybe it’s not fair to compare the Cybertruck to the Crown Vic. After all, the Cybertruck is a new vehicle with kinks that need to be worked out, whereas the Crown Vic is a time-tested beater that’s become beloved by millions around the world.


“It’s the ultimate fuck-around car, an endearing all-American rear-wheel-drive shitheap that deals okay with general abuse, provided you aren’t expecting Japanese reliability,” summarizes writer Thomas Hundal for The Autopian. “Smack the frame rails on something? It won’t care. This full-frame sedan will shrug off curbs, or in my case, the crown of the road, just fine.”



Still, it can’t feel great for a Cybertruck driver to see themselves get bested by a car that was last produced when “Party Rock Anthem” was a number one hit.