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

  • @wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world
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    302 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.

      • just another dev
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        -42 months ago

        So did this one, but if you include irrelevant details like that, the headline wouldn’t get as many clicks.

        • Cyborganism
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          122 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
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            22 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.world
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              142 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.ee
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                102 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
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                22 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
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                2 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.world
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                  22 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