Tesla Cybertruck bricked after car wash, claims user
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Bulletproof? Is it waterproof? Ts&Cs say: 'Failure to put Cybertruck in Car Wash Mode may result in damage'

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

      • Cyborganism@lemmy.caEnglish
        131·
        2 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@lemmy.my-box.devEnglish
          42·
          2 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.worldEnglish
            151·
            2 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.eeEnglish
              111·
              2 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

            • just another dev@lemmy.my-box.devEnglish
              31·
              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.worldEnglish
                2·
                2 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

            • Cyborganism@lemmy.caEnglish
              2·
              2 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.