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Enough Musk Spam

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 8 months ago (3 children)

The Cybertruck’s owners manual does caution against ever washing the truck in direct sunlight, and there is a section expressly mentioning that the truck has to be switched into “Car Wash Mode” before washing to avoid damage to parts of the vehicle.

Da fuq!?

[–] [email protected] 54 points 8 months ago (2 children)
  • Do not expose the steel gremlin to water
  • Do not expose the steel gremlin to sunshine
  • Never ever feed the steel gremlin after midnight
[–] Kyle_The_G 19 points 8 months ago

PLEASE DRINK VERIFICATION CAN

[–] homesweethomeMrL 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Do not taunt Ridiculous Steel Gremlin

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"Why? Can it hurt me?"

"No. It's just tacky."

[–] FlyingSquid 3 points 8 months ago

Oh, no, it can hurt you. Badly. It's needlessly heavy and has a pointy front bumper. Hope one never gets behind you.

[–] redditron_2000_4 10 points 8 months ago

Car wash mode shuts off the automatic braking, folds in the mirrors, closes the windows, and puts it in neutral. It isn’t to protect the steel or anything silly like that.

[–] nezbyte 7 points 8 months ago

You really should be careful about washing any car in direct sunlight if you want the best result/paint longevity. For the cybertruck I would think it would matter much less.