Seattle’s Cyberstuck Tesla Cybertruck has Become Cyberjunk

[WBHG NEWS – Seattle, WA] – The Seattle-area abandoned Tesla Cybertruck, known on the internet as “Cyberstuck,” ended up in a Copart junkyard waiting to be sold at auction.

Back in early September, pictures were shared on Reddit about the Cybertruck parked on Martin Luther King Way. The $90,235 Tesla, with its love-it-or-hate-it looks, had its license plates removed and its rear wheel twisted in an odd way. In the following days, news articles spread around the world, and the truck even became a listed tourist attraction on Google Maps called “Cyberstuck.”

A Redditor claimed to have spoken to the owner in early September, who said that his Cybertruck had “a kid hit [it]…a few weeks ago and was still trying to figure out the insurance to get it fixed.”

The fun of the Cyberstuck tourist spot didn’t last long. On the night of September 10, the City of Seattle had the Tesla towed away. A video showed the Cybertruck, with its unique suspension damage, being towed by Lang Towing, Inc., which has been providing “towing and storage services in District III” for the Seattle Police Department since 2001.

Video credit – Reddit user CartographerFun69

Even though the visible body damage was limited to some plastic pieces by the driver’s side rear wheel, the Cyberstuck turned into Cyberjunk, ending up at a junkyard in Arlington, Washington. In mid-November, it was listed on Copart’s website with 12 photos. The company says the salvage value of this once $90,000 truck is now down to $31,156. The mileage is officially listed as “zero,” but there are no keys, so no one can check the odometer.

Photo credit – Copart

Claims on social media that the Seattle Cybertruck was vandalized are untrue. Pictures that recently circulated claiming to show the windows smashed and other damage are from a different wrecked Tesla in a Texas Copart yard.

Many reviews of the Cybertruck, which started selling in November 2023, have pointed out that its suspension might not be strong enough for its 7,000-pound weight, especially considering Tesla’s marketing claims. Owners have posted photos of bent or broken parts of the rear suspension. These issues are often seen in photos and videos where some of the wheels are twisted, just like Seattle’s Cyberstuck.

However, the photos raise more questions than they answer. The only clear damage is around the driver’s side rear wheel, with just a bit of rust on the front trunk from sitting in the rain. Today, Copart has 21 salvage Cybertrucks up for sale across the U.S. Three of these are totaled because of front or rear suspension damage, but they have more damage than the famous one in Arlington.

It will remain a mystery how Seattle’s Cyberstuck Cybertruck ended up as Cyberjunk unless its eventual new owner shares more information.

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