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Tesla Cybertruck turns into world's most expensive brick after car wash (www.theregister.com)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Bulletproof? Is it waterproof? Ts&Cs say: 'Failure to put Cybertruck in Car Wash Mode may result in damage'

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

It's worse than that, washing the car even in wash mode will damage the car because the fucking thing is made out ~~aluminum~~ stainless steel, you know, a mineral that corrodes if exposed to water long enough. It's mind boggling how badly designed this car is.

Edit: sorry, confused my minerals there.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

jesus christ marie, they're alloys!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'll pretend I understand there's a difference. :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Breaking Bad. Macho man starts collecting minerals. His wife (Marie) refers to them as rocks. He ends up shouting something similar.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

I think Macho man’s ends up shouting “snap in to a slim jim” but I could be wrong

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

There's a few things wrong here. First, it's made of steel, which is iron and not aluminum. Second, neither of those is as mineral. Third, aluminum has pretty good corrosion resistance in terms of metals.

None of that is to say that Tesla had any idea what they were doing when designing this monstrosity.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Neither of those are minerals.