Craig Stowell owns a car dealership, Flying Wheels, in Danville, New Hampshire. He also runs a YouTube channel of the same name. Last year, he paid $102,000 for a Tesla Cybertruck Foundation Series…and loved it. However, after six months of ownership, the numbers weren’t looking too hot. While he drove the EV truck to the auction to see what it would fetch, he explained some frustrating quirks. One I hadn’t heard before is the nav system’s whiff on getting Stowell to a real Supercharger location.

“There’s one reason I’m happy to be getting rid of this thing.”

Stowell explains that the night before driving the Cybertruck to the auction, he forgot to charge it. He dropped his mother-in-law off at the airport, and when he got home, the EV said it had 130 miles remaining, or 23% of its full range. He estimated that by the time he’d get to the auction, it’d be down to 19%.

Thinking he’d do the auction staff and highest bidder a favor, he decided to just go ahead and charge it. He hit the mic on his screen and said, “Tesla Supercharger near me.” The Cybertruck indicated there was a Supercharger location 9 minutes away.

“I’m going to be late to pick up my kids.”

Stowell follows the nav system, only to find out that the destination is actually a random person’s driveway.

After realizing the discrepancy, Stowell prompts the Cybertruck to show him the next-closest Supercharger. It’s another 10 minutes away. “I’m going to be late to pick up my kids, I can’t even do it.” Stowell aborts the charge mission. “I’m going to drop this thing off at, like, I don’t know – 17 or 18 percent range…”

He has trouble selling the Cybertruck, taking a $20,000 loss after 6 months and just 6,500 miles

At auction, Stowell needs two days of bidding – over two separate YouTube vids – to ultimately accept an $83,250 offer. Since he’d owe the auction a cut, he landed at a $20,000 loss. “Lesson learned,” he sighs.