I love how they prioritized gimmicks like bullet proof doors and "bioweapon defense mode" but simply driving through a carwash can fuck your car.

That's because it was built by amateurs. Auto industry pros would never make this mistake.

Bullets: no worries

Squirt gun: oh shit, hide the jewels!

Weirdest goddamn timeline

I am glad I canceled my Cybertruck reservation. Getting margin called and a bricked $100k tin can at the same time would probably be too much. Now about that margin call, I have to deal with…

I can imagine someone being in a rush and forgetting to put on Car Wash mode. 100k down is a rough way to go.

Seems like detecting "hey, I'm in a car wash..." would be substantially easier for AI than full self-driving.

Jesus... "Do not wash in direct sunlight"

That’s pretty standard advice for washing any car. A lot of the chemicals in the soaps and polishes and waxes you use you don’t want drying on the surface of your paint, or at least not in the quantities you apply it in. But if you’re washing in direct sunlight, there’s a high chance the water will evaporate and leave dried residues before you get to rinsing / buffing it away.

Yep, just standard detailer wisdom. Washing in direct sunlight requires extra care, especially when using chemicals that aren't ph-neutral.

This... actually makes sense. But I think the stakes are higher with brushed steel. And when it comes to lampooning bad decisions in car design, Cybertruck is in good company with DeLorean which had similar issues and enjoyed a similar comedic reception.

There are a few DeLoreans in my area. They look really nice. I've owned one before, the finish was a little finnicky and very fingerprint prone, but ultimately held up better than painted finishes from the era. The plastics on them tended to degrade pretty badly, though.

For a truck, stainless might turn out to be a pretty good choice. Fingerprints will always be problematic, though.

> For a truck, stainless might turn out to be a pretty good choice. Fingerprints will always be problematic, though.

I dunno, I've never been much of a gearhead but the few times I've owned a truck I didn't really care if there was moss* growing on the damned thing. But those were pickups, and I used them for pickup things. I dunno how to square that with the notion that a truck is ruined by a fingerprint.

* for those of you who don't live in the rainy bits of the pacific northwest, this is not an exaggeration

In US desert states that makes sense. I've never heard of it in NW Europe.

Didn’t listen to the blind old Chinese man that sold it to him I guess.