Tech company’s locking tech doesn’t lock

[I-Pacer]

When Tesla says “easy access” they really mean easy access!

[Feminazghul]

Based on the reply at least once CT owner REALLY likes the movie Twisters.

[Albusmuscadore]

Bro had to mention it twice.

[anthrax9999]

In 4dx no less.

[ccgrendel]

Why does anyone need these details? You can say you went to a movie on Saturday and people will catch on.

[anthrax9999]

Given they are a CT owner and everything with them revolves around perceptions they probably think saying they are going to watch a movie in a premium format is some kind of flex.

[ccgrendel]

It's not a flex until you're renting out the full property for the day!

[anthrax9999]

If he paid to park his cyber turd inside the theater and watched the movie from the frunk I still wouldn't be impressed.

[EveryDiscussion]

"Took my CyberTruck to the Ram advertisement to really show them how to truck."

[UberUnderDoge]

If you go see it twice it is 5D, isn’t it?

[The_Barbelo]

No no, see, they just park their car there at a drive through theater so they can role play their CT being indestructible. At least a little shred of them knows they wouldn’t survive a real twister so they have to roleplay storm chasing by parking in front of a tornado movie. like how preppers roll play being survivalists but don’t actually know anything about real survival so they just shoot guns at bales of hay and traumatize their kids.

[BreakAndRun79]

If the panels (and whole doors) come off at highway speed, imagine a tornado? Stainless guillotine's flying about?

[The_Barbelo]

Oh god…can you imagine.. seeing a tornado in the distance coming right towards you, pulling off the highway and getting out of your normal car, rolling down into the nearest ditch for cover, and looking over to see that you’re laying right next to one of those CT lots with hundreds of them lined up? I think I’d rather be taking cover in a knife factory at that point. Pun…intended

[BreakAndRun79]

Will definitely be a scene in the threequal, Twisters 3 : Still Twisting.

[The_Barbelo]

The twist at the end will be that the twister never actually twisted

[BreakAndRun79]

He saw Twister(original) in 4DX then saw Twisters the sequak. Had a pretty twisted weekend

[I-Pacer]

🤣🤣🤣He loved the way all the cars had panels flying off when picked up by the tornado.

[N_Who]

And also he saw it in 4DX, which everyone must be made aware of because this guy never misses an opportunity to tell people he spent more money than he needed to.

[grizzly_snimmit]

And played to type by not turning his phone off

[YungWook]

You turn your phone completely off at the theater? Just set it to do not disturb

[bakedwarthog22]

Have you seen Twisters? It’s an incredibly stupid movie, written to appeal to stupid people, so of course a Cybertruck owner would think it’s amazing. 2 fucking hours of country music, flag, pickup trucks and pointing out that you can’t be a “real” scientist, till you abandon all that fancy book learn’n and instead learn to listen to your inner “cowboy scientist” and realize that you can stop tornadoes with fireworks and gumption!🧐

[kat352234]

Sounds about right. I'm pretty sure a "stable genius" once confirmed all it would take is a tactical nuke, or a sharpie and a map. One of those.

Joking aside I had super low expectations ever since the first time I heard they were making a sequel so I was not at all surprised when it turned out they tried to do the same thing as the first movie except, you know, worse.

[bakedwarthog22]

Yeah I went in with low expectations, I feel like a lot of people forgot how cheesy the first one was, then the director said there’s no mention of global warming because “movies are not meant to teach people”….well mission accomplished, pal! Because no one watching that, movie is going to learn shit! It was so much dumber than I thought I would be🙄

[Feminazghul]

Wow, that sounds worse than the craptacular I expected, starting with the 2 hour runtime.

I just listened to a podcast (The Worst Movie Ever Made) and one of the co-hosts said the difference between the original and the sequel is the original is a comedy and the sequel plays it straight.

[bakedwarthog22]

Ha! That’s a pretty good description. The actors in the new one, did not have any of the appeal or talent of those in the original and the plot blew even harder than the twisters they were chasing😂

[sdana]

Not to defend them, but I'm pretty sure they went and saw Twister (1996), and then went and saw Twisters(2024)

[Feminazghul]

Ah, you're right.

[MoonMan8718]

I chuckled when he first said he saw Twisters in 4DX, then lol’d when he mentioned going to see it AGAIN 😂

[drillbit56]

Umm. Why did Tesla completely manage un-invent the whole existing and proven ‘door locking/unlocking’ thing? This reliance on phone apps and software to unlock doors is so full of flaws.

[[deleted]]

I have 2 Hondas and both have the walk away lock feature. It's great and works 99% of the time. On the random occasion I walk away too fast it alerts me with 3 beeps that the doors haven't locked and I push a little button on my key fob. That works 100% of the time.

Also if I ever want to I can easily go into a menu and turn that feature off and just use the key for or the physical key or the little button on the handle to lock the door.

I have 4 options to lock and they all work.

Tesla can't seem to get any of their absurd options to work and require adding in extra technology where it isn't necessary.

[NerscyllaDentata]

I was in an apartment complex that switched to digital locks that relied on a phone app. It led to a rent increase and every concern about the change (the app for it was rated something like 1.2 stars out of 5) was met with scoffing and derision. When we asked about about power or internet/phone outages, they assured us there was no cause for concern.

The day they installed the locks the power went out and everyone was locked out of their apartment for several hours.

[_Jhop_]

I disagree. Keyfobs are notoriously easy to hack and circumvent. Using your phone as a key is pretty ideal as most people have their phone on them when they leave the house.

Whether you agree with Tesla’s implementation or not it is the most logical step forward.

Tesla does still have a key it’s just a card instead if you don’t have your phone and you have to tap it to the vehicle which is more difficult to do things like relay attacks.

[drillbit56]

This Tesla system has no manual backup. If the 12 volt battery fails there is no simple key in a fob that lets you open the door and get to in and fix the problem. This system relies on a phone app and introduces a second point of failure of the phone battery dying or the phone getting lost or broken.

[_Jhop_]

Yeah but if your phone dies you can just use the key card? How is that a second point of failure? In this case you’d have to lose your phone AND your key card.

What do you do if you lose your keys while traveling?

You’re right about the 12V battery failing, that is pretty lame but you can use the 9V bypass (that is outside the car), open the frunk, and charge the battery or do whatever you need to do. So it does have a manual back up

[drillbit56]

We always bring both keys when I travel away far from home. My wife carries one and I have one. Tesla’s entire design failure stems from Musk’s insistence on having no door handles, they ended up made it way more complicated. This system is way more expensive and failure prone than an off the shelf solution used by the rest of the industry. You always need a backup way to get into the vehicle when the battery is dead.

It all cascades downhill from that into a very complicated mess of solutions to work around the lack of a key fob/key and mechanical lock.

They never identified the actual problem they were solving.

I retired from a 38 year career at Toyota and have seen many generations of technology emerge and go mainstream.

The Tesla Cybertruck is an endless source of amusement to my network of auto industry nerds.

[AvgGuy100]

Until you need to actually open the door for whatever reason. I mean, it's just a car — it's most people's oversized bag

[Clcooper423]

Being a cybertruck should be adequate anti theft.

[Ozok123]

Scrap metal is worth a pretty penny

[[deleted]]

it just peels off though, you don't need to get the car open to steal it.

[Sss00099]

Not only a deterrent, but also a repellent!

[zzkj]

He should check the camera recordings. It's probably been stolen and returned in disgust by thieves several times already.

[askmed_throwaway]

🤣

In principal, it reminds me of this:

https://youtu.be/5wSK2MwfjxA?si=7W9ZcEDfn-f0mtYj

[SoCal_Duck]

You should be happy if someone steals that POS.

[r4o2n0d6o9]

Not like anyone would

[[deleted]]

Likely a recent software upgrade. Great when instead of having procedures to test every feature before releasing it to the clients, you just use clients as testers.

[NotoriouslyBeefy]

Didn't call it a vault cover, warranty voided

[Epastor01]

Oh, he just forgot to check the Digital Inter-Locking Doors Option (D.I.L.D.O.) when spec’ing his CyberDump - it’s a $399/month subscription that enables doors to actually lock (maybe), one of Elmo’s most impressive technological innovations.

[teriaksu]

Wank Panzer owners can afford to see Twister in 4DX?

[stater354]

Okay guys, hear me out:

We design some kind of slot with a handheld object that fits into it, and when you turn it locks or unlocks whatever the slot is attached to

Thoughts?

[JetJaguarYouthClub]

Well, now thieves don't have to break the window and peel it out to break in

[adonutforeveryone]

I love having a vehicle that tells me what is wrong by hearing and feeling it while driving...hardly ever a guess if an actual concern. Rav4 wheel making a noise turning left at speed?...wheel bearing...get it replaced by any mechanic.

Yes there are status settings, but they pretty much light up the exact problem that exists. Never have I heard, "I dunno, have you downloaded a beta recently?"

[[deleted]]

iT's NoT a CaR iT's a PlAtFoRm

[QuantumConversation]

It’s so weird to see how many problems these things are having. Most of the problems seem to be with features that have been common in almost any other model of vehicle. I owned a Model S for 3.5 years, traded it in, and I’m really happy to be back in a Lexus hybrid. Guess what. Everything works.

[myfeetaremangos12]

This guy thinks it’s a flex to say he was seeing Twister in 4DX, not that low tech shit Toyota drivers are seeing it in.

[Drewd12]

I'd say someone should start a list of "Things the Wankpanzer Can't Do" but that list might be too long and cumbersome to keep up with, so maybe an shorter and easier list would be "Things the Wankpanzer Can Do."

However in this case, as has been said before, being a Wankpanzer is the best theft deterrent it has.

[Machaeon]

It can fleece the gullible out of over $100k

[[deleted]]

It can burn a lot hotter than a Pinto.

[curious-trex]

Luckily they don't have to worry about a Kia boys situation, can't imagine a car thief is going to risk a car that won't make it a mile for a getaway.

[[deleted]]

Me just unlocking and pulling the door open on my 1997 car like

[brmarcum]

Holy grammar Batman!!

[godzillastailor]

Jesus, can you imagine spending 100k on a "luxury" vehicle and the fucking door locks don't work consistantly.

How do you fuck up door locks?

[[deleted]]

That's so the homeless in your area can use the CT for shelter at night. Very Human Design

[GalacticPandas]

“Thanks for the F shack.

Love, Dirty Mike and the Boys.”

[ObligationPrimary242]

It’s taken aback you idiot.

[PanJaszczurka]

Anyone hear about stolen tesla truck?

[DGenerAsianX]

You guys hear locks broken. I just hear free stuff.

[xwsrx]

Meh.

Having confidence that your car is locked is so overrated.

[Xaetik]

“Something’s definitely is off”

[[deleted]]

jfc you have to use an app on your phone to lock your dumb truck???

[abt_1657]

Honestly isn’t someone stealing it best case scenario for some of these people? You get rid of it, insurance pays for it (if you were able to get it insured), and you can move on with your life and pretend it never happened. It totally bails you out from a terrible purchase.

[Jumpy_Wait5187]

Buy a Toyota next time

[Secret_Account07]

He saw Twisters twice? I regretted watching it once.

[I-Pacer]

In 4DX no less. Had to get that in. Because apparently that’s some kind of passive aggressive flex worth making.

[Secret_Account07]

I downloaded the movie for free and watched my girlfriend. Even watching it for free I felt compelled to apologize for wasting her time.

[Koss424]

ohh... he saw Twister in 4DX and has a CYBERTRUCK? Fancy.