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Cybertruck Self-Destructs in Shallow Water… Leaving Questions About the Promised “Boat Mode” (fuelarc.com)

submitted 1 day ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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If you can't safely take the Cybertruck to a car wash, I wonder how it will fare as a boat?

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

things that any AWD vehicle can do.

Not any AWD; you probably want high ground clearance too.

I wouldn't go fording streams in a Subaru Impreza, for instance.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A Subaru Impreza definitely could have done what the Cybertruck did in that video though.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Nah. The Impreza doesn't even have a weird roller top for its cargo bed, let alone a fragile and poorly-designed one. No way it could break as stupidly as the Cybertruck managed.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I don't know about an Impreza, but I know my '07 Audi A6 Allroad could easily take on this level of water. I'm fairly sure that a Subaru Outback could as well, they tend to be about the same height (US spec ones are even higher I believe - I owned one, it was about 2 cm taller than any EUDM ones of the same generation I've seen)

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

What I had in my head was something like this, a street-tuner Impreza that's been lowered:

The point was that just because something's AWD doesn't inherently mean by itself that it's a good idea to take it off-road.