• mean_bean279@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    A cyber truck had a major malfunction and stopped working because it went into a car wash without being in “car wash” mode. The joke is that Cybertrucks cannot get wet.

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        6 months ago

        Because the stainless steel is not stainless and a protective coating is optional, not standard like… you know, on every other car.

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          Stainless steel that gets coated is no longer stainless steel. Stainless steel requires exposure to sufficient oxygen in order to maintain the protective oxide layer.

          These are rudder bolts from the same gudgeon on my sailboat. The black stuff is anoxic corrosion.

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            6 months ago

            TIL.

            I suppose that’s why nobody makes car body panels out of it.

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          Well, it’s very meaningful to continue to support your emotional support corporations. They need us as much as we need them. That’s why you need to buy the product, and the “continued use” package. They’re not charging extra for standard things just to charge extra. It’s about the continued closeness in your relationship with daddy Tesla.

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        Except it doesn’t. It’s not the body panels that are rusting. It’s the airborne iron particles (mostly) from brake rotors that land on the stainless steel and react with it causing rust but it’s actually just surface contamination and cleans up rather easily. This is in no way issue exclusive to the Cybertruck. It just doesn’t react like that on a painted surface. Fallout remover is a commonly used product among car detailers.

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      Ah… If I remember correctly; not being in a carwash mode caused the screen to freeze and because of a bug the hard reset took hours instead of minutes. The car was back up and running the next day and I believe the bug has been patched as well

      EDIT: Imagine the bubble you’re in when downvoting factual information is the norm.

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          Technically a car wash is not the road. Checkmate, atheists.

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            Waiting for the day we see the advisement to put the Tesla into carwash mode during heavy rainfalls.

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            But the Cybertruck is advertised as an off-road vehicle. Elonvangelists in shambles.

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          It did not. The vehicle was in the owner’s garage. I believe it was water in the charging port that caused the front screen to freeze up. Everything else was working normally.

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            That doesn’t improve things.

            And by production car on the road I mean “by a car that is in production and allowed to drive on the road” though I admit it was vague and easy to take literally in that regard.

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        wow. does the factory that made it have absolutely no quality control processes in place? I would be embarrassed to own a vehicle that did that, and more than a little worried about its safety.

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          It’s not the downvotes that’s the issue. It’s the insanity of being blinded by hatred to the point of not being able to think straight anymore.

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            you might disagree with me here, but IMO hating Musk (or any billionaire) is morally right though

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              Hate is a toxic emotion. It poisons your own mind but leaves the target of it unaffected.

              Also as I don’t believe in free will, hate is an uncompatible concept with my world view anyway. It assumes the person I’m directing my anger towards is personally responsible for who they are. In my view they could not be otherwise. I wouldn’t hate a bear for being violent so I also don’t hate Musk for being an asshole.