If you read the actual forum where that conversation takes place, it feels more like clickbait from a few random posts than anything persistent.
It may be clickbait from poorly sourced information, but I believe it’s been established that the Cybertruck manual contains surprisingly insistent instructions for the care of the stainless steel surfaces including immediately washing off road contamination like mud or road salt residue. It’s not clear whether this is to prevent staining or superficial surface corrosion or whether the panels are susceptible to deeper corrosion issues. In any case, not the sorts of instructions you’d expect for something being touted as a virtually indestructible military-style vehicle.
If you’re not willing to wash salt from the undercarriage of your car a couple times a day in the middle of the winter, do you even deserve a Cybertruck?
You fool! You can’t just wash a Tesla. You’ll destroy the engine.
An update on Musk’s spectacularly idiotic attempt to sue Media Matters for defamation and disparagement:
Media Matters has responded, per the linked summary article.
The article’s conclusion:
Which explains why this was filed in Texas — the intent was to appeal up into the Circuit’s galaxy brains.
From the quoted article:
“This is the only car that I’ve ever heard of where a car wash can damage the wiring,” Lundeen told Reuters.
That’s about a Tesla, but one suspects similar restrictions might apply to the awesome bulletproof indestructible Cybertruck as well, to wit:
Wash your indestructible Cybertruck™ immediately if it gets any kind of road crud on it. Caution: never use water, which will corrode the steel panels. Use only ultra-fine microfiber cloths soaked in Tesla™ brand perchloroethylene, and rub very gently. Never, never take your Cybertruck™ through a car wash, and never expose it to rain. Whenever possible, avoid exposure to direct sunlight or strong air currents. For maximum longevity, your Cybertruck™ should only be driven at night in cool, dry weather.
If Cybertruck begins to smoke, get away immediately. Seek shelter and cover head.
Do not use Cybertruck on concrete.
Cybertruck may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds.
Do not taunt Cybertruck.
Maybe Tesla should recommend gently buffing the rust stains out of the panels with low-caliber gunfire.
Maybe Tesla could sell a Telsa-branded submachine gun for this purpose, to go along with the Boring Company flamethrower.
Cybertruck contains a battery core, which, if exposed due to rupture, should not be touched, inhaled or looked at.
No. No you don’t.
Very clever. Made me Happy there.
Terrorists buy blue checks on Twitter-X, potentially running afoul of US sanctions. Oops. Gift link.
Report by Tech Transparency Project:
X has taken premium subs from, “Hezbollah leaders, Houthi groups, and state-run media outlets in Iran and Russia.” Twitter-X reversed course from some of them today. Researchers identified 2 state affiliated accounts (Iran and Russia) with gold subs, costing $1000/month.
The Canyonero is starting to look pretty good by comparison.
Yee haw!
My crystal ball is telling me that when the Cybertruck fails, the Muskrats will be saying that it failed because Musk didn’t have much to do with it.
HAW HAW HAW AREN’T I SUCH A CLEVER BOY ANYWAY BACK TO MISGENDERING AND DEADNAMING MY OWN CHILD
If you were curious about how Elmo’s anti-bot crusade is going, just take a look at this bluecheck post and the bluecheck reaponses to it.
Joined in 2012, 42 posts, 1100 followers – alpha male!
There was an inadvertently hilarious moment during a discussion of this on NPR.
Radio announcer #1, obliviously: Yeah, so Musk had his hands all over his package!
Radio announcer #2, immediately, without so much as a snicker: Yes, Musk’s pay package.
He’s reportedly transferred SpaceX’s incorporation from Delaware to Texas, so that’ll show’em!