Texas man buys one of the first totaled Tesla Cybertruck listings to see if he can get it running again

After buying a totaled Tesla Cybertruck to see if he could save a small fortune, this Texas man was given a run for his money to try and get it running again.

The Cybertruck has begun to find itself as a common listing on second-hand sites this month, as many of the early recipients of the pickup have seen their annual no-sell clause come to an end.

With some people looking for an upgrade, and others who have enjoyed the EV for a short time looking to save a few pennies, the futuristic machines have been swapping hands quite frequently.

But this one totalled Tesla Cybertruck was short on buyers, until one Texas man with a dream stepped up to the plate.

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Texas man pledges to fix a totaled Tesla Cybertruck

Getting a good fixer-upper is a great way of buying a car for cheap. But finding a totaled Tesla Cybertruck is much harder than you may think, if you planned on getting one of the sci-fi EVs for a bargain price.

In fact, there’s only a handful around, as most of them were owned by Tesla and demolished by the company.

But others have shown that the futuristic pickup can be fixed.

So, YouTube personality Corey Funk – who is an expert at restorations – bought a Cybertruck from Copart, and hoped to get it back on the road.

The damage was all on the front end of the vehicle, causing a range of bent parts and mechanical failures, and was described as a ‘brick’, given it wouldn’t even start.

Kicking things off, the creator started by trying to power it up and diagnosing any faults. But this was a mission in itself, as the car refused to power up despite four days of charging.

With a final effort, Funk gave it a bit of CPR with jumper cables, and it slowly kicked into life.

In the meantime, he ordered a new bumper, which turned out to be bent too. A second bumper arrived and was miraculously clipped into place and held on by tape.

However, the electronics were far too busted and showed ‘critical errors’, at which point, it all got too technical for Funk.

Admitting defeat, for now

Having admitted defeat, he was resigned to the fact that he needed to call Tesla.

He hopes that the manufacturer can at least reset the systems and make the car power up properly, leaving just the mechanical parts left to restore.

He will have to get the totaled Tesla Cybertruck into the shop, though, as the new feature that orders parts would have had a meltdown diagnosing itself.

Tesla is notoriously an expensive garage, however, which might be why very few people have found success in restoring the EVs.