This man can afford just about any car out there. Real estate mogul Manny Khoshbin has recently built a larger garage to make space for the super expensive models that keep coming. However, he is now considering buying a Tesla Cybertruck, which would be by far the cheapest vehicle in his luxury fleet.
Manny Khoshbin is the one who owns two Bugattis, a Pagani, three McLarens, and has lost track of the number of Porsche cars he has in his garage. He also has a soft spot for the Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR, owning six of them and planning to buy more. He is also waiting for the Mercedes-AMG One to be delivered under a 'show and display' exemption, as the German hypercar is not legal in the United States and is restricted to driving only 2,500 miles (4,023 kilometers) per year.
However, Manny must be feeling that there is something missing in his fleet. He has recently driven the Tesla Cybertruck, and in the end, when he parked the vehicle, he said he would go online to check the waiting time. We've got bad news for him. Even though Tesla has just ramped up production at the Giga Texas, there are customers who reserved an electric pickup truck in 2019, soon after the official unveiling, and still haven't received it.
So, the real estate mogul will have to resort to driving his friends' Cybertrucks for the moment. The one he got his hands on is the world's first Cybertruck in metallic red, that we have already reported about. The model also sports aftermarket carbon fiber fender flares, which make it wider than it already was, and 20-inch wheels from Unplugged Performance. Size surprises Manny as well at first glimpse.
Manny starts by climbing up on the tonneau cover to check if Elon Musk was right about it being able to withstand as much as 300 pounds (136 kilograms). He is also speechless when he finds out that the range-topping Cyberbeast is as quick as any of his Bugattis, running from 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 kph) in just 2.6 seconds.
Once in the driver’s seat, Manny enjoys the impressive visibility provided by the large windscreen and high driving position, but immediately notices the serious blind spot on the right, created by the large A-pillar.
He finds steer-by-wire technology very awkward at low speed, and getting used to it takes some time. "This thing is doing the Macarena!" he jokes.
The owner, Dennis, says the range should be somewhere around 320 miles. But on his way to Vegas, he could not get more than 240 miles from that 123-kWh battery pack. Manny, who complains about back problems, finds the electric pickup truck way more comfortable than his Tesla Model S, saying that the air suspension is so much better.
The cheapest bulletproof vehicle on the market got Manny interested. "Find me one!" he asks of his cameraman.
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