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

        • 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.

        • 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