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’

  • 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