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Tesla Cybertruck turns into world's most expensive brick after car wash
(www.theregister.com)
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this post was submitted on 23 Apr 2024
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Not washing it could fuck it up. Got it.
Also washing it could fuck it up.
What does car wash mode do?
I don't know about the Cybertruck or its charging port, but cars do have rain sensors to activate the wipers automatically when it rains. Car wash mode likely turns those sensors off to prevent damage to the wipers.
It must be something more substantial in this case, tearing the windshield wiper off wouldn't brick the truck
Or maybe it does, who knows. It's the Cybertruck afterall
CRITICAL FAILURE. WINDSHIELD WIPER DETACHMENT DETECTED. PLEASE CONTACT ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE IMMEDIATELY. DRIVING HAS BEEN DISABLED FOR SAFETY REASONS.
FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE PLEASE DRINK VERIFICATION CAN
CYAN LOW, REPLACE CYAN TO TURN OFF EMERGENCY BRAKE.
If I saw that on my car, I'm not sure I could restrain the urge to take a baseball bat to it
Water gets into the body, which lacks fluid drains and accumulates water, which can potentially reach wiring.
I seriously don't understand how this could be possible. How does the car manage rain water?
I don't think it's meant to be driven in the rain
I don't think it's meant to be driven.
I mean... It's not even meant to be a vehicle, tbh. It's an ego trip, status symbol, or virtue signal (pick up to 3) in the form of a vehicle.
The part where it can propel itself and it's occupants from place to place is, in fact, a bonus feature.
It folds the mirrors in and puts the car in neutral. Stuff like that.
So things normal people do to normal cars but with extra steps and Elon.
Have you seen other people in a car wash? Park, reverse, drive but they start holding the brakes when the track pulls them along, leaving antennas up, not closing windows, opening fucking doors... A vast majority of the human population is some level of braindead.
Fuck me, I've seen someone pull up into a manual car wash bay, open all their doors, and wash the INSIDE of their car. This was not a washable interior like a Jeep Wrangler or something, it was a typical sedan with carpeted floors and cloth seats.
And these people (theoretically) are licensed to drive, right next to you.
Yeah, but the car still ran afterwards.
I’m curious how many menus deep the car wash mode is too
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Oh boy. I should proof read before posting lmao.
Fixed
Also locks the charging port, turns off the AC, locks the doors and windows. Still nothing that should prevent the car from breaking in a car wash....
Also, upon reading the article, seems like the car was fine after a reset, it just took 5 hours. Didn't have anything to do with the car wash it seems.
But what if there is heavy rain? Are you supposed to put the car in car wash mode then? Why wouldn't those things be sealed all the time?
Car wash mode always is the solution.
I believe it also closes vents
It does
It's worse than that, washing the car even in wash mode will damage the car because the fucking thing is made out ~~aluminum~~ stainless steel, you know, a mineral that corrodes if exposed to water long enough. It's mind boggling how badly designed this car is.
Edit: sorry, confused my minerals there.
jesus christ marie, they're alloys!
I'll pretend I understand there's a difference. :)
Breaking Bad. Macho man starts collecting minerals. His wife (Marie) refers to them as rocks. He ends up shouting something similar.
I think Macho man’s ends up shouting “snap in to a slim jim” but I could be wrong
There's a few things wrong here. First, it's made of steel, which is iron and not aluminum. Second, neither of those is as mineral. Third, aluminum has pretty good corrosion resistance in terms of metals.
None of that is to say that Tesla had any idea what they were doing when designing this monstrosity.
Neither of those are minerals.
They could have solved this with a layer of clear coat.
Without that, every single one will eventually patina.
To be fair patina looks cool on certain things, I just wouldn't feel comfortable with it on any loving object, who knows what it could damage.
Edit: err um I meant moving not loving. Unless?
Come again?
I bet they meant "moving" but it is a funny typo.
It’s a $6000 upcharge. I think you have to make an appointment for it?
What if it rains?
Fucks it up
FYI you're supposed to remove all that from normal cars too, it's not good for the clear coat/ paint