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Bulletproof? Is it waterproof? Ts&Cs say: ‘Failure to put Cybertruck in Car Wash Mode may result in damage’
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish62•2 months agoI 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish66•edit-22 months agoIt must be something more substantial in this case, tearing the windshield wiper off wouldn’t brick the truck
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish53•2 months agoOr maybe it does, who knows. It’s the Cybertruck afterall
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish53•2 months agoCRITICAL FAILURE. WINDSHIELD WIPER DETACHMENT DETECTED. PLEASE CONTACT ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE IMMEDIATELY. DRIVING HAS BEEN DISABLED FOR SAFETY REASONS.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish25•2 months agoFOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE PLEASE DRINK VERIFICATION CAN
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•2 months agoCYAN LOW, REPLACE CYAN TO TURN OFF EMERGENCY BRAKE.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•2 months agoIf I saw that on my car, I’m not sure I could restrain the urge to take a baseball bat to it
minus-squareDarkThoughtslinkfedilink5•2 months agoWater gets into the body, which lacks fluid drains and accumulates water, which can potentially reach wiring.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•2 months agoI seriously don’t understand how this could be possible. How does the car manage rain water?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoI don’t think it’s meant to be driven in the rain
minus-squareThurstylarklinkfedilinkEnglish6•edit-22 months agoI 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.
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.