pintos were cheap to fix--when they didn't blow up or incinerate, that is. then, they were at least cheap to replace. i had one, never had issues with it, or with getting insurance for it.

teslas are expensive to fix, expensive to replace, and lead times for either is ridiculously and unacceptably long. cybertrucks would be, by far, the worst of the lot. insanely high cost-to-cover. doesn't surprise me at all that an insurer is declining to cover them.

No the Pinto was mass produced.

That approach and departure angle, tho. Such an amazing offroad vehicle.

They're the gold standard for douchebag detection, though. That's kind of helpful for all of the rest of us.

To be fair: I hear that most insurance companies buy a form of 'insurance insurance'.

The insurance-insurance companies are feeling the pinch from Houthis shooting at ships in the sea, Suez Canal mishaps, increased hurricanes and floods, COVID-19 premature deaths for life insurance payouts, etc. Any disaster in the world and these larger insurance-insurance companies pay out to the regular insurance companies.

And we've had a lot of issues recently.

Eventually that means that regular insurance companies (like GEICO) are seeing risks that their source of money is not as safe as it appears.

Super high end cars never were insurable. But to see it happening even at the Cybertruck price point is both an indicator of overall insurance-problems in the world plus how shitty the Cybertruck is.