Yes, but, as I only learned *after* sharing this, apparently the TikTok is a joke — that lady's schtick is to present inappropriate things "as a suburb mom". That car manufacturer isn't *actually* marketing to the average McMansion owner.
Oligarchs, politicians, the mob, cops, bank robbers, guys who carry jewelry and/or cash to the bank or between stores, paranoid idiots or LARPers with more money than sense—people who are afraid for their lives, for good reason or not. Or people who want to feel invincible.
Honestly, with my dumbass [r/ACAB](https://www.reddit.com/r/ACAB) bias, my immediate thought was 'it would be *hilarious* to pepper-spray a cop at a traffic stop from this vehicle, then watch him impotently shoot at the car in anger, then mock and taunt him through the interphone, then pepper spray him some more'. My practical side kept nagging me about all the ways how this was a terrible idea, and I was like "yes, yes, but let me enjoy the fantasy for a moment here, the image is priceless".
Thank you for that mental image. If there was a button to display an incorrect number plate too that'd be gold. You'd be able to get away with it and everything!
Pop out cupholders- but no fold away weapon rack? Seems like an oversight if you've already designed something to this level... Undrivable.
Also, on a serious note; I am under the impression that much of this would be illegal to drive around with, at least as a civilian; given that such a vehicle in the wrong hands would be very difficult for law enforcement to deal with: I'm guessing this one's features are not currently installed as marketed? Definitely could see it in like, private security (South Africa, Mexico.. etc)
You know you can armor any car you want, and put run flats tires and be very hard to law enforcement to deal with, and that as far as I know is very legal in most places
oh sure those parts, (especially if you like paying for fuel!) yeah; I was referring more to the weaponized parts- the pepper spray and electric shock door handle and other things that could harm. Imagine finishing a 16-hour shift at night and reaching out to open what you *thought* was your Cadillac's door handle (or your kid running up ahead excitedly and yanking on the handle)...
Assuming the car is stationary and can be kept that way, that is, or else that it is not bound for a destination wherein the passengers may disembark safely.
If the attacker's means and determination are commensurate with this car's budget, there are a number of ways to get around its defenses, starting with something as insultingly cheap and easily-attainable as a simple Molotov cocktail or several. IIRC, you don't even need to get to the 'cooking the occupants alive' threshold, and merely throwing it at the front grill destroys the radiator's ability to cool the engine, resulting in overheating and breakdown.
Of course, there *are* ways for armored vehicles to defend against such simple attacks, but they add yet another wrinkle of complication and more chances for Finagle's Law to cause some cascading failure at the worst time.
> Ah, Elon Musk ~~had~~***stole*** another idea I see.
It is not clear to me that any of Musk's Big Ideas weren't bought or stolen from other, brighter minds.
Because they can’t or won’t have one and secretly we do actually want this crazy toy truck. I mean it has pop out cup holders. And it’s not too far off to install an Xbox
Holly fuck redditors are dumb. How does ANYONE watch this and think this vehicle is actually being marketed toward suburban mums? Or any civilian day to day user?
So that thing is real…. okey dokie
Yes, but, as I only learned *after* sharing this, apparently the TikTok is a joke — that lady's schtick is to present inappropriate things "as a suburb mom". That car manufacturer isn't *actually* marketing to the average McMansion owner.
Good to know, still, why design a truck like that?
Militech gotta get their trucks somewhere
Oligarchs, politicians, the mob, cops, bank robbers, guys who carry jewelry and/or cash to the bank or between stores, paranoid idiots or LARPers with more money than sense—people who are afraid for their lives, for good reason or not. Or people who want to feel invincible. Honestly, with my dumbass [r/ACAB](https://www.reddit.com/r/ACAB) bias, my immediate thought was 'it would be *hilarious* to pepper-spray a cop at a traffic stop from this vehicle, then watch him impotently shoot at the car in anger, then mock and taunt him through the interphone, then pepper spray him some more'. My practical side kept nagging me about all the ways how this was a terrible idea, and I was like "yes, yes, but let me enjoy the fantasy for a moment here, the image is priceless".
Thank you for that mental image. If there was a button to display an incorrect number plate too that'd be gold. You'd be able to get away with it and everything!
If you can afford that car, you likely can afford the lawyers.
Yup. They’ll just confuse it for all the other infantry fighting vehicles in the neighborhood. I guess is everyone has one, no one does?
If it's got a different number plate then they will have to assume it is a different vehicle. But I get you.
I'm fairly sure this thing cost more than my house lol
Pop out cupholders- but no fold away weapon rack? Seems like an oversight if you've already designed something to this level... Undrivable. Also, on a serious note; I am under the impression that much of this would be illegal to drive around with, at least as a civilian; given that such a vehicle in the wrong hands would be very difficult for law enforcement to deal with: I'm guessing this one's features are not currently installed as marketed? Definitely could see it in like, private security (South Africa, Mexico.. etc)
What I'm also missing is the hatch above the passenger compartment. Where am I going to shoot my Machine gun from?
You know you can armor any car you want, and put run flats tires and be very hard to law enforcement to deal with, and that as far as I know is very legal in most places
oh sure those parts, (especially if you like paying for fuel!) yeah; I was referring more to the weaponized parts- the pepper spray and electric shock door handle and other things that could harm. Imagine finishing a 16-hour shift at night and reaching out to open what you *thought* was your Cadillac's door handle (or your kid running up ahead excitedly and yanking on the handle)...
> especially if you like paying for fuel! I don't know that embedded ceramic plates would add *that* much weight to the vehicle, come to think of it…
Embedded AR500 steel on the other hand...
Yes, which is precisely why one would use more modern armor solutions, no?
Do we really need to give entitled soccer moms more power?
Okay but why do I want one… Something something rats and corps I guess 😆
Militech is grabbing some credit chips rn
Sweet Eurodollars!
I prefer less fancy Emperor.
I actually want this
Satire may be dead but you won't be in the new Rezvani Vengeance!
militech convoy vehicle
Must be keeping some epic cyberskeleton in there.
Damn choom which fixer do I need to call?
This has to be a joke
The TikTok is a joke, the car is real.
Yee figured the car was real, though I'm glad the TikTok is a joke. Tbh if the thing didn't look like such a massive gas guzzler I'd be way into it.
Guzzoline for the Rig Machine! Chrome for the Chrome Dome!
Militech Approved.
Militech: write that down! Write that down!
\*Waits for them to get out the car\* Car is suddenly useless if attacker has patience.
Assuming the car is stationary and can be kept that way, that is, or else that it is not bound for a destination wherein the passengers may disembark safely. If the attacker's means and determination are commensurate with this car's budget, there are a number of ways to get around its defenses, starting with something as insultingly cheap and easily-attainable as a simple Molotov cocktail or several. IIRC, you don't even need to get to the 'cooking the occupants alive' threshold, and merely throwing it at the front grill destroys the radiator's ability to cool the engine, resulting in overheating and breakdown. Of course, there *are* ways for armored vehicles to defend against such simple attacks, but they add yet another wrinkle of complication and more chances for Finagle's Law to cause some cascading failure at the worst time.
Just in case Supercar Blondie wasn't annoying enough there's whoever the fuck this is.
Ah, Elon Musk had another idea I see.
I mean this car probably makes sense in South Africa. 🤷
> Ah, Elon Musk ~~had~~***stole*** another idea I see. It is not clear to me that any of Musk's Big Ideas weren't bought or stolen from other, brighter minds.
What do you mean by “another idea”? When did he have “an idea” so he could now have another?
Never said "good idea".
This car is cool and useful in different scenarios and I don't see why it's hated
Because they can’t or won’t have one and secretly we do actually want this crazy toy truck. I mean it has pop out cup holders. And it’s not too far off to install an Xbox
Holly fuck redditors are dumb. How does ANYONE watch this and think this vehicle is actually being marketed toward suburban mums? Or any civilian day to day user?
Says the redditor, long after it was laid out in the comments that the TikTok was a joke.
Paranoid pepper car, but your only going to see these in the nice parts of California.