Tesla Cybertruck bricked after car wash, claims user
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Bulletproof? Is it waterproof? Ts&Cs say: 'Failure to put Cybertruck in Car Wash Mode may result in damage'

Bulletproof? Is it waterproof? Ts&Cs say: ‘Failure to put Cybertruck in Car Wash Mode may result in damage’

    • db2@lemmy.worldEnglish
      501·
      8 months ago

      So things normal people do to normal cars but with extra steps and Elon.

      • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.worldEnglish
        377·
        8 months ago

        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.

            • Cyborganism@lemmy.caEnglish
              131·
              8 months ago

              Doesn’t it say that the vehicle was bricked, meaning it wouldn’t run after going through the car wash? Isn’t that what happened?

              • just another dev@lemmy.my-box.devEnglish
                42·
                8 months ago

                Yeah, that’s what the headline says. In the article it states that it worked again after a service request and a (redidulously long) reboot.

                • techt@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  151·
                  8 months ago

                  So then it didn’t run after the car wash – unless we’re ignoring the mandatory steps needed to get it working again, the headline is pretty accurate. Or are you considering “bricked” a permanent condition?

                  • TexMexBazooka@lemm.eeEnglish
                    111·
                    8 months ago

                    That’s what I think of when I say something is bricked- that’s it fubar, irreparable, fukt, yaknow that kind of thing

                  • Cyborganism@lemmy.caEnglish
                    2·
                    8 months ago

                    Bricked is a permanent condition. And if they were able to get it working again, I wouldn’t say it was bricked. More like broken or crashed in the software sense.

                    Still, it wouldn’t run after the car wash either.

                    I meant more like, even if you wash a car with the doors open and water goes in everywhere and damages the car, you can still turn the key and it will start.

                  • just another dev@lemmy.my-box.devEnglish
                    31·
                    8 months ago

                    Other people have already addressed the main issue here, so I think you’re sorted there.

                    But yeah, I consider “bricked” a permanent condition - something broken beyond repair, so it’s as useful as a brick. See also “paperweight”.

                    What do you think it means? Temporarily unavailable?