• Dultas@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    Did this idiot believe Elon’s remark that it can function as a boat for short periods?

  • 𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Is this dumbass trying to load a jetski in the waves or something?

    I have operated heavy equipment, mostly front end loaders. Beach sand below the water line is scary as fuck to me. Like no one needs to tell me that one, not even a little bit. That shit is instinctive. I’d get a little closer with an excavator if I had a few points of hard rock to push and pull with the bucket. A wheeled vehicle that creates vibrations of any kind… that is insane. Not to mention the effects of seawater and electrolysis will wreck that thing. These vehicles really do seem to attract some of the dumbest people in addition to the terrible ethics and politics of a Tesla. Like if Elon was on the moral high ground Left, cyberfruck would still be an idiot’s billboard of a wheeled boat.

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      7 hours ago

      I remember seeing a guy get his truck stuck in the sand as the tide came in and watching it sink like feet.

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      11 hours ago

      I assumed they tried beach driving without basic recovery gear, got stuck, and now we’re seeing the tide come in.

      It’s something regular cars can do on simple beaches, but without knowing the basics, this can happen easily.

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    12 hours ago

    I have zero time for Tesla schadenfreude, but that movie quote is backwards and it annoyed me enough to click through to mention it.

    Good clickbait, would click again.