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?

                  • techt@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    2·
                    8 months ago

                    Yeah I got the impression it was a recoverable condition after a search found a bunch of guides for “unbricking” (Android phones). Semantics are the true enemy it seems