“My cybertruck wouldn’t stop as I mowed through pedestrians until I wrapped around a telephone pole. The doctors say I may never walk again. Still love the truck, though.”
: and the next time you talk smack, it'll be a gas station not a telephone poll
Holy shit, the problem occurred because of
“An unapproved change introduced lubricant (soap) to aid in the component assembly of the pad onto the accelerator pedal. Residual lubricant reduced the retention of the pad to the pedal,” the NHTSA wrote in the recall document.
They got Dawn all over the pad. Extremely unserious car company.
literally exactly what boeing was doing too lol (though not the worst of it)
Boeing type manufacturing process.
Someone though it was very big brained to save a couple bucks on cheaper lubricant?
afaict there wasn't supposed to be any lubricant but sliding on the pedals during assembly was probably difficult and they "innovated"
We accidentally replaced all the pedals with banana peels
We always used hairspray or gel for sliding bike grips on. Figured a bit of sticky wouldn't hurt.
That said, for something like a fucking car pedal I'd expect loctited bolts, or an interference fit, or at least a fucking pin.
I have to assume this was not the original design. It reeks of beancounter bullshit. You can't be an automotive engineer without learning about the Ford Pinto. Did they fucking hire the Challenger program managers to oversee this?
Then again, given that this was 
's design, maybe "no screws or bolts" was a dumbass requirement. But, interference fits.
Ugh, this is just stupid as hell.
Was listening to some YT clips from The Majority Report talking about how shitty these are.
I was completely unaware that washing the vehicle with water could 1) void the warranty and 2) brick the vehicle.
I was completely unaware and in awe of the silliness of also learning that tinting the glass can also void warranties for certain parts of the cybertruck.
I was completely unaware that washing the vehicle with water could 1) void the warranty and 2) brick the vehicle.
problem is that this was a known issue with the dolorean, how do they make this mistake again?
At least the Delorean was cool. Might be worth pulling that out once or twice a year if you're a car person.
The DeLorean was a total failure that nobody wanted with panel gaps out the ass and quality assurance issues, until the CEO got arrested. So...you know, here's hoping the cybertruck becomes cool.
The Cybertruck is ugly though. Im nit saying the Delorean is a good car made by good people. Just that it looks neat. If you're the type of person to keep an extra car just for show and baby it, there's a point to the Delorean. The Tesla truck is only good as a museum of curiosity discussion piece that will be k iwn only for how rare it is to find a well kept one
Why would cold water brick the truck?
You notice how the truck is silver? that's because it's made of stainless steel and it doesn't have a protective coat or paint on it, something that is expected to be on a car
Perhaps we could paint the car with silver metallic paint, and make the body from standard automotive materials?
No way, it's gotta be stainless steel for reasons. Now pass me my ketamine, it's therapeutic I swear!
Not cold water specifically--just water. The waterproofing on the electronics is uneven (especially on earlier models). It has a "car wash mode" (lol) that is supposed to lock all that down, but some Teslas have been bricked by just driving in the rain. Also, the water seems to rust the stainless steel body. As I've said before, it seems like it was engineered for California weather and they never considered that people might drive it in other climates.
especially on earlier models
They've only shipped 3800! They're all "earlier models"!
Fantastic point.
It's not water proof, so rain has a chance of frying some of the electronics.
let's be fair with Tesla, being impossible to drive in the rain has always been a problem for cars in general, as we all know
Gonna guess Elon lives in LA
i expected this be an enormous shitshow ever since it was announced but I have to admit elon really exceeded my expectations
I expected like, early model 3 bad, not "make the 737Max look like a Toyota Hilux" bad.
Don’t worry everyone, I’ve seen Tesla’s next innovative and revolutionary car model and I can safely say that the company will be back on its feet very soon
Hire fans
But how will me and my family die in a firey and preventable crash without my expensive suicide cart?
Lock yourself in the car and drown?
Gonna be an uphill battle to fix, uh, everything else
Take it out of the bonus he wants to give himself, maybe?
God I hope this tanks his stock and puts his dumb ass out of business
He's already announced that Tesla will fire 10% of its workers and will chop down a forest to needlessly expand the factory near Berlin that keeps polluting the local water supply, so the stonks should be fine.
Concerning.
I can't believe they sold that many honestly. I figured there were only a few hundred of these death traps on the road.
https://proxitok.lunar.icu/@el.chepito1985/video/7357758176504089898 video of the issue
I get A HTTP 200 error
I edited it to a less flaky proxitok mirror
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