• CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    That seems like a real mode but mostly around convenience? Rolling up windows, turning off wipers, neutral/free roll are all things you’d naturally do manually before entering a wash… I can even understand charging capabilities damage from not locking the port and having water forced into it, but none of this explains why a wash would completely kill the truck.

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      7 months ago

      The huge panel gaps and central wiring harness would explain a car wash being lethal to the cyber truck.

      You’ve got panel gaps as big as your thumb on some of those $100k “trucks” and from what I understand, every wiring harness in the car feeds back to one central harness. Get water anywhere on a live contact and it’s going to short something.

      “Thermonuclear explosion proof glass” but it can’t handle a standard gas station car wash. Put away your guns and hydrogen bombs, guys. All you need to bring down the Pedestrian Crusher 9000 is a super soaker with some salt water.