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I was watching a Cybertruck driver “test the truck’s wade mode,” and was treated to some accidental comedy.
He manages to break a wheel well cover off, fry the electronics for the bed, and flood the frame. Like, enough water in the frame that he can hear it.
In short, definitely ready to be a boat. Propeller accessory when?!
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snooggumsThe casual playing off of a bunch of damage, failed buttons, and water sloshing around in the body is comedy gold!
I had a Camry and yeah, that amount of water is easy peasy for the average sedan so the Corolla wouldn't have had any problem.
For the record, the Cybertruck manual states that Wade Mode is rated for “approximately 32 inches” of water. Love when the manual approximates. “Approximately” 32 inches is also the stock tire height. But our guy’s tires? Nowhere near submerged. And yet, here we are.
That's actually hilarious how shallow that is for wade mode.
Approximately.
Like JFC the manual doesn't even tell you the EXACT amount of shallow water that will brick your truck in the purpose built "wade" mode XD
Also, if you're taller than a typical 10 year old, you're not wading in 32 inches. That's, at best, "Puddle Stomping" mode.
Ehhh, the OG air intake on my RAV4 with 30" tires isn't much higher than that from the ground. Just a little bit of water sucked in that way could cause problems.
Having said that, a simple snorkel solves that and I don't have to flip a switch to use it.
+1 for adding a snorkel/d-breather. Costs something like $150, easy weekend project, then you have a permanent "wade mode" that actually works.
AatubeThe article skips over some stuff that actually looks pretty impressive starting at 6:20, but I agree with the author of this blog that theguy's "no biggie" is quite funny.
SoftestSapphicWe drove it through a couple feet deep water and it only lost 2 panels and broke the buttons that open the trunk.
"No biggie, a bit of a bummer but a great car!"
This is seriously cult behavior. He's in so much denial constantly his whole time being concious, the mental gymnastics must be exausting.
I find it funny that all of these "extreme" tests done by "cybertruck" owners to try to prove their overpriced, oversized, toy car is a "beast" always show how little understanding and experience these soft handed urbanites have with actually doing "truck stuff" with real trucks.
They almost always do some mundane activity, which doesn't even require a truck, and then act like it is somehow breaking world records by doing it.
This second puddle is MUCH DEEPER!!
Look at cameraman who appears to be standing in roughly the same depth of water.
It’s a real shame we have no way to measure the depth of water beside la how much of a beast and tank something is.
The wheel well cover is one thing (and they’re usually held in by clips, not bolts) but that “severe test” was the real comedy. I’ve done that in a compact hatchback with less damage.
You can straight up see a Toyota Corolla backed up next to the "extreme" water that they crossed. XD
Classic comedy
I'm pretty sure my Altima could make it through that water. And even if it was damaged afterwards, at least parts wouldn't literally just start falling off.
I did exactly that in my old
tank1996 volvo without any damage. And I'm pretty sure my 2019 volvo would handle it even better.I find it hilarious that the buttons on the back shorted out and he's still apologizing for the truck saying it's awesome. Two places where it broke on the body, too. Plus water swishing around in the truck somewhere. What a beast. /s
It's in the frame. Literally they do not have drains in the frame, it's all solid metal. So the second you get water anywhere in the frame, it's there forever.
This is just anti-Tesla propaganda. Everyone knows you can just drill some holes in the bottom to let the water out. Or you can flip it over and let it drain overnight.
lol at needing electronics just to open the tailgate on that thing.
Having become accustomed to cybertruck demo videos, I was actually surprised that he could close it manually.
I did get a little of that Schadenfreude when he learned on camera the "close cover" button was also broken. Like, the truck just kept sustaining water damage as he was recording.
🎵Choke me in the shallow water; before I get too deep🎶🎶
Thought you were singing me Electric Citizen, and I got real excited before I realized the lyrics were similar but different.
"In the shallow water, watch me slowly drown" does sort of fit for the truck tho...
I stopped listening to new music around 2010! :)
I was quoting “What I Am” by Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians, from 1988.
https://youtu.be/tDl3bdE3YQA
I looked it up (because I'm trying to keep up appearances as the world's worst automotive journalist).
I dug it, was my first time hearing it, it's a bop :D
I like how fuelarc said he bombed in it. I mean don’t go fast, but he wasn’t going that fast. If you go slightly faster than you should, you might hydroplane a little bit, but that was no water. I’ve waded that in a sedan because I was too lazy to go around. And my car still worked. All of it.
The amount of copium this guy has just taken is enough to kill a small country.
This is the funniest cybertruck video I've seen. It would be believable as a parody, but the guy seems so sincere. I'm still not sure if I believe he really thinks it's good, or if this is just well-executed engagement bait, but it really seems just real and dumb.
Sorry, I can’t get into my truck bed without my phone.
Oh, I drove through a puddle earlier.
$100,000, why do you ask?
I laughed out loud XD
The article skips over some stuff that actually looks pretty impressive starting at 6:20, but I agree with the author of this blog that theguy's "no biggie" is quite funny.