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’

  • just another dev@lemmy.my-box.devEnglish
    4·
    10 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
      15·
      10 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?

      • just another dev@lemmy.my-box.devEnglish
        3·
        10 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·
          10 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·
        10 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.