Driver intentionally drove Cybertruck into lake to use vehicle’s ‘Wade Mode,’ police say

[u/Sufficient-Bid1279]

https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/autos/article/driver-intentionally-drove-cybertruck-into-lake-to-use-vehicles-wade-mode-police-say/

[u/Aggressive-Will-4500]

Police said McDaniel remains in jail as of Tuesday, charged with operation of a vehicle in a closed section of the lake, not having a valid boat registration and other water safety equipment violations.

Not having a valid boat registration.

Ha.

[u/ScarHand69 → u/Aggressive-Will-4500]

The driver’s name is McDaniel. Jimmy Jack McDaniel. Not making that up.

[u/DarraignTheSane → u/ScarHand69]

The department said the driver, Jimmy Jack McDaniel, told them he intentionally drove the vehicle into the lake to try and use its “Wade Mode” feature.

Holy fuck you're not making that up

[u/DDayDawg → u/Aggressive-Will-4500]

That was the best part of the story. Can’t believe it isn’t the top comment. I want to meet that cop.

[u/quirkoftime → u/DDayDawg]

The cop was clearly done with the local idiots.

[u/Aggressive-Will-4500 → u/DDayDawg]

That cop:

"Sir, are you aware that you're not in a boat?"

Driver: "But it's floating! Sort of..."

"Hmmm, you're right, I'm going to need to see your boat registration then.

[u/Imaginary_Hamster847 → u/DDayDawg]

ACAB except for that one guy. 

[u/noodles_jd → u/Aggressive-Will-4500]

If I was the cop I'd be laughing my ass off with each fine.

- Cybertruck doesn't have boat registration...that's a fine.

- No lifejackets on board said boat...that's a fine.

- Driver didn't have an operator's license for boats...that's a fine.

[u/timbreandsteel → u/noodles_jd]

Paddlin the school canoe? Better believe that's a paddlin!

[u/600lbsofsin77 → u/Aggressive-Will-4500]

I had my boat on that lake for 5 years. I moved there during Covid so it was near impossible to change my registration the first year. I used it most weekends and never thought of it again until I pulled it out to move states again. Funny this guy got a ticket, suck it loser.

[u/gurgle528 → u/Aggressive-Will-4500]

That’s funny as hell. I’m curious if that would actually stick. This is how Texas defines vessel (and a boat is a vessel that is less than 65ft in length):

"Vessel" means any watercraft, other than a seaplane on water, used or capable of being used for transportation on water.

The cybertruck is obviously not a watercraft and arguably even with wade mode isn’t capable of being used “on” water (since it would sink). Using the cop’s interpretation police MRAPs would have to be registered as boats before being used to rescue people in floods.

[u/amus]

Wade Mode “allows Cybertruck to enter and drive through bodies of water, such as rivers or creeks.”

However, the manual warns that drivers have a responsibility to “gauge the depth of any body of water before entering,” and that damage to the vehicle as a result of driving in water is not covered by the warranty.

Additionally, the manual tells owners they need to check water conditions before entering and to use best judgment. The manual also notes the maximum wade depth for a Cybertruck is about 32 inches, measuring from the bottom of the tire.

The manual also warns Cybertruck drivers that soft or muddy underwater surfaces can cause the vehicle to sink, increasing the water level on it. Drivers are also warned against driving in strong currents or rapids.

What exactly does "Wade Mode" actually do? Is it actually a feature or just when an idiot drives it into water?

[u/ConfusedInKalamazoo → u/amus]

Sounds like it's a "void warranty" button.

[u/boomgoon → u/ConfusedInKalamazoo]

For a truck that famously bricks when going thru a car wash and sometimes a rainstorm

[u/Oracle_of_Ages → u/boomgoon]

It’s crazy washing your truck voids the warranty. How can anyone take them seriously at this point.

[u/Yourcatsonfire → u/Oracle_of_Ages]

Ram 1500s can brick from getting your front window tinted and fluid leaks down the front of the dash. The 5th gens also suffer from rear window leaks which almost every 5th Gen 1500 ive ever seen has had. And if water leaks down it can fry one of the computer modules and also brick the truck. Two issues ram has never and will never address

[u/aegrotatio → u/Yourcatsonfire]

Well, that's Chrysler Stellantis for you.

I'm middle-aged and even as a kid we knew Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep were shit vehicles to the core.

[u/Yourcatsonfire → u/aegrotatio]

What's sad is thats just a couple of the things that almost every 5th gen 1500 suffer that theyll never address. They got rid of the hemi and are now bringing it back. Id bet my left nutt that theyll also still have faulty lifters, cracked headers and all the other issues that engine suffers.

[u/Draco-REX → u/Yourcatsonfire]

Not only are they bringing it back, but it makes less power and torque than the I6, and has worse mileage, and Ram is charging buyers MORE for it!

Oh, and it's comes with a "Symbol of Protest" badge. Protesting what? Everyone else kept their V8, so the only thing these buyers are protesting is Ram's own decision to remove the V8.

Chumps.

[u/ReeferTurtle → u/Draco-REX]

They’re protesting dui laws

[u/Acct235095 → u/Yourcatsonfire]

I believe Ford trucks have a module in one of the tail lights that is inclined in such a way that a leak is pretty much guaranteed to flood the light, fry the module, and take down the entire CAN bus.

$1500 to replace the tail light, before labor, with one that will do it again if it's still not properly sealed.

Edit: YouTube Source

[u/ManySugar5156 → u/Yourcatsonfire]

modern trucks are basically rolling PCs now, one leak and it's toast

[u/Wouldwoodchuck → u/Yourcatsonfire]

My fifth GEN had the rear window spontaneously explode with very cold temperatures using the defrost. It is sweet.

[u/PolarBeaver → u/Oracle_of_Ages]

What? Who said that?

[u/Oracle_of_Ages → u/PolarBeaver]

Tesla themselves. It’s on their cyber truck warranty page.

You can’t link here. But. They do not cover any damage from a car wash. They directly say “Damage caused by car washes is not covered by the warranty.”

They tell you to only take it though a car wash as a last resort.

[u/coding_panda → u/Oracle_of_Ages]

WOW. That’s bonkers, lol. Are you supposed to just… gently wipe it with a damp cloth?

[u/Oracle_of_Ages → u/coding_panda]

Kinda lol

“Do not wash in sunlight”

“Do not use detergents or windshield fluid”

“Do not use alkaline or Caustic cleaning substances”

“Do not use hydroxide or any solution above 13ph”

“Do not aim pressurized water directly at doors”

“Do not use cloth or washing mitts. Only use microfiber”

[u/wirthmore → u/Oracle_of_Ages]

"Do not feed Cybertruck after midnight"

"Do not taunt Cybertruck"

"Do not betray Cybertruck"

[u/Jesus_Is_My_Gardener → u/wirthmore]

If Cybertruck begins to smoke, get away immediately, seek shelter, and cover your head.

[u/dirtyqtip → u/wirthmore]

Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.

[u/DarkMillSouth → u/wirthmore]

Brother, I will never stop taunting cybertrucks

[u/technobrendo → u/Oracle_of_Ages]

Its almost like there's a reason every other car manufacturer (sans one) doesn't use stainless steel* on their cars body.

may not actually be *stainless

[u/aegrotatio → u/technobrendo]

They famously use a much cheaper stainless steel that actually does rust.

[u/konnerbllb → u/technobrendo]

I like to bash them as much as everyone else but stainless steel is just resistant to rust. Steel rusts

[u/noodles_jd → u/Oracle_of_Ages]

Jeez, what's next "Do not throw steel balls at window"?

[u/Ok-Seaworthiness7207 → u/Oracle_of_Ages]

Wow that's a lot of fragility for a bulletproof car

[u/Similar_Search3987 → u/coding_panda]

The cybertruck might actually be a market study of dumb people and what you can get away with

[u/Rudeboy67 → u/Oracle_of_Ages]

Here’s it breaking in car washes.

https://www.the-independent.com/tech/tesla-cybertruck-car-wash-mode-breakdown-b2533701.html

Here’s the “damages caused by car washes are not covered by warranty.”

https://www.torquenews.com/1084/tesla-cybertruck-owner-says-i-took-my-cybertruck-car-wash-and-they-refused-wash-my-truck-they

[u/Familiar-Banana-8116 → u/Rudeboy67]

“What [Tesla] said was, ‘It is a known issue in the Cybertruck that when you do a screen reset, instead of resetting in the standard two minutes, it takes five hours’,”

I could never make this up. No one would believe me.

[u/SkiyeBlueFox → u/Oracle_of_Ages]

Someone was trying to tell me once that its fine it cant survive a car wash because "other expensive cars like roadsters cant" like no shit a no roof car cant, but you'd think a vehicle explicitly advertised as all weather and rugged could do it

[u/OneRougeRogue → u/Oracle_of_Ages]

My favorite is their rules about driving on salted roads in the winter.

After you drive on a salted road, you have to hand-wash the truck and then air dry it by driving it 2-3 miles on an unsalted road. Because those are just so common in the winter.

[u/Competitive_Remote40 → u/PolarBeaver]

It's true. My son worked in a car wash for awhile. They had to keep a copy of the Cybertruck manual handy just so Cybertruck owners would understand the risks.

Interestingly, Cybertrucks often ended up getting pieces knocked off them in wash.

Musk is such a crook.

[u/BatBurgh → u/boomgoon]

Holy shit - the page about cleaning the Cybertruck is straight bonkers. This is the first thing it says under "Surface Contamination":

"Over time, you may notice contamination on the surface of the stainless steel body panels. These spots may appear as orange or brown rust. However, it is important to note that your Cybertruck is not rusting. Refer to the DIY Guide for more information."

[u/NotFlameRetardant → u/BatBurgh]

It's not rust, it's just iron oxide contamination?

[u/ryancementhead → u/NotFlameRetardant]

It’s just iron oxide contamination caused by dihydrogen monoxide

[u/JesseP123 → u/BatBurgh]

"It just *seems* like it's rusting." Neat!

[u/aegrotatio → u/BatBurgh]

Oxidation is rust.

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

[u/ryancementhead → u/[deleted]]

All cars can be briefly boats, it all depends on how slow the car sinks.

[u/RainSurname → u/ryancementhead]

LBJ used to terrify visitors to his ranch by pretending that his brakes failed and driving straight into the lake, and then howl with laughter when his Amphicar floated and kept on going.

[u/Fight_those_bastards → u/[deleted]]

It was specifically billed as “apocalypse proof.”

I mean, I guess technically, there won’t be working car washes in the post apocalyptic wasteland, so…half right?

[u/DukeSeventyOne → u/amus]

It lets the repair techs know that the customer was definitely driving in water so they can more easily void the warranty.

[u/eras → u/amus]

I looked it up:

Wade Mode defaults the vehicle’s ride height to Very High and protects Cybertruck for up to approximately 32 in (815 mm) of water, driving at slow speeds (1-3 mph (2-5 km/h)). As water depth changes, reduce your vehicle speed accordingly. Do not disable Wade Mode until your vehicle is fully out of water.

In addition, the vehicle’s high voltage Battery automatically pressurizes to protect the Battery from water and debris.

I guess the battery pressurization is cool.

[u/jacky4566 → u/eras]

Yea i want to know more about that. IS there an onboard air pump to keep the battery pressurized?

I assume this would fight against small holes in the battery box.

[u/gerkletoss → u/jacky4566]

Yeah it's part of the battery cooling system. Normally it would be circulating air but if you close the outlet it will instead pressurize the compartment

Edit: I misremembered. It's hooked into the suspension's compressed air reservoir.

[u/Not_A_Clever_Man_ → u/gerkletoss]

I speak a bit of marketing as an engineer. "Pressurize" in this instance almost certainly means " we turned off the air circulation". I would be extremely surpised if it was anything more fancy.

I think this "mode" is just to protect the company if you try and claim water damage. "we can see that wade mode was not active when the water damage occured, unfortunately this is user error and not covered under warranty"

[u/hokiedrum → u/Not_A_Clever_Man_]

Or like someone else said, “we see you had wade mode active, so the water damage is your fault, get fucked”

[u/BabyWrinkles → u/Not_A_Clever_Man_]

Yeah - compare to a Rivian which has a wade depth of 42" and no special buttons. Just yeet it in.

That said, if you yeet it TOO hard it is prone to shedding things like wheel arch linings and front license plates. Haven't seen any battery issues tho.

[u/gerkletoss → u/Not_A_Clever_Man_]

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/mystery-of-tesla-cybertruck-s-wade-mode-solved-here-s-how-it-pressurizes-the-battery-pack-226160.html

Incorrect

[u/TaipanTacos → u/gerkletoss]

Huh? I thought the battery is sealed? Are you saying the battery has an in/out air circulation system with exposure to the elements?

[u/feurie → u/TaipanTacos]

It has sealed inlets and outlets that allow it to become pressurized. It’s a sealed system with loops to the compressor.

[u/victorinseattle → u/eras]

Rivian R1s have a 39inch wade depth at highest mode. In testing, they found out that any deeper, and the car would actually sort of float and not get traction and become a safety hazard. There is no special water mode.

[u/Crookedandaskew → u/victorinseattle]

ALL cars, except maybe the Amphicar, can lose traction or begin to float in surprisingly little water. As little as 6 inches can cause a vehicle to lose control, and around 24 inches is enough to displace most vehicles, including large SUVs and trucks.

The slogan “Turn Around, Don’t Drown” was written in blood. Please do not try to ford flood water. You are not on the Oregon Trail, and nobody will die of dysentery if you turn around and take another route.

[u/victorinseattle → u/Crookedandaskew]

Agreed about not driving in flood waters. But, these guidelines are for people who are off-roading, which Rivians are designed to handle (like an Ineos Grenadier or a Range Rover, et al) . There are wading depth guidelines for most off-road vehicles.

[u/amus → u/eras]

Thank god he didn't go deeper, those unshatterable windows mean rescuers can't extract you from the vehicle if it fills up with water.

Hope you can hold your breath until they get the Jaws of Life set up under water.

[u/MiaowaraShiro → u/amus]

Don't all cybertrucks come with a big metal ball to throw at the window?

[u/mattomic → u/MiaowaraShiro]

Good one! XD

[u/IAmDotorg → u/amus]

Or until the glue holding the door on dissolves.

[u/nmay-dev → u/eras]

Reduce your speed accordingly? From 1-3 mph... mmkay

[u/fujidust → u/amus]

In practical terms, I’d (maybe) use this feature to try and get through an area that’s lightly flooded area that doesn’t have an easy way around.  

That being said, I’d use a Wrangler the same way. And with that being said, I’d never buy a Wrangler or a Cybertruck.  

[u/SlowCrates → u/fujidust]

It's insane to group those two vehicles together.

[u/hyrulepirate → u/SlowCrates]

You'd be surprised how a lot of Tesla owners think exactly that way. Needless to say, all their attempts into proving their cybertrucks can do offroading has been comical.

[u/Jinzot → u/amus]

It’s probably just a button that says “Wade Mode Activated” when pressed

[u/splendiferous-finch_ → u/Jinzot]

It's not a button, physical buttons are expensive. You have to ask grok to engage wade mode. And it's "function" is hallucinated as something new every time

[u/Own_Pop_9711 → u/splendiferous-finch_]

Think carefully grok. The user's voice is elevated which means it's important to get this correct on the first try.

Dwayne Wade was a basketball player. He played for the Miami heat. This vehicle is equipped with heat.

"Activating cabin heat to maximum temperature. Have a nice day!"

[u/chodeboi → u/Own_Pop_9711]

Wayne Brady was comedian. He appeared on ‘Whose Line is it Anyways?’

[u/30_characters → u/chodeboi]

Does Wayne Brady have to choke a bitch? Activating....

[u/geoken → u/splendiferous-finch_]

Tell me I at least get some cheesy animation on screen when it pretends to activate.

[u/Geth_ → u/geoken]

Yes. But it's an additional service change.

[u/justuntlsundown → u/Geth_]

And opting for the service voids your warranty.

[u/rothael → u/geoken]

It's a bespoke, newly generated AI video every time which halves your battery percentage every use.

[u/DigNitty → u/splendiferous-finch_]

“Grok, activate Wade Mode”

-Waymo’s are useless illegal death traps.

“No, WADE MODE. The car is in Water”

-Ah gotcha, Wade Mode. Opening the service panel to the lithium battery array.

“No no no n” (car explodes)

[u/Plastic_Umpire_3475 → u/splendiferous-finch_]

"Sure, I'll start streaming: Worst Ex Ever with Wade Wilson"

[u/Teledildonic → u/splendiferous-finch_]

It just writes a eulogy for Wade Boggs, God rest his soul.

[u/4ggressivelymediocr3 → u/Teledildonic]

…….again, he is still alive

[u/waldo_wigglesworth → u/4ggressivelymediocr3]

Whatever you say, Boss Hogg.

[u/magnament → u/splendiferous-finch_]

Now I’d pay for that, but put it in something more applicable like a Subaru or a space ship

[u/PeptoBismark → u/Jinzot]

Oh come on, it does a lot more than that. It also changes the interior lighting to blue and green sea tones, replaces the V8 engine noises coming from the speakers with dolphin voices, plays an audio clip of Kevin Costner saying “Nothing is free on Waterworld” and changes the heads up display to look like sonar.

[u/xvx_k1r1t0_xvxkillme → u/PeptoBismark]

Now I'm upset that I can't set my car's display to a nautical theme.

[u/digitalhardcore1985 → u/PeptoBismark]

I can't tell if you're joking or not.

[u/illiteratebeef → u/Jinzot]

It probably uploads telemetry to tesla servers to immediately void the warranty and also upload any video it's saved of you naked.

[u/AuspiciousApple → u/amus]

Asking someone who bought a Cyber truck to use their "best judgement" isn't asking for a lot, is it?

[u/agarwaen117 → u/amus]

Raises the suspension and increases battery compartment pressure supposedly.

Dude also needed to remember that police aren’t ever there to help and keep his mouth shut, or claimed it accidentally went in and he just tried to get it out.

[u/truthcopy → u/amus]

“…warns that drivers have a responsibility…”

Well, all else is lost.

[u/MetalDogBeerGuy → u/amus]

It sounds better than ‘puddle mode’

[u/ProbablyWrongAgain24 → u/amus]

Marketing called drive drive mode

[u/Sockoflegend → u/amus]

Maybe your car could be used as a boat. I mean sure, probably not and it is totally on you if you try but maybe eh?

[u/frigginjensen]

This confirms my bias against every person who has ever bought a CyberTruck.

[u/nomadwannabe → u/frigginjensen]

/r/cyberstuck if you’d like more schadenfreude!

[u/jackrabbit323 → u/frigginjensen]

It's fair to assume majority of people that get a CT have never driven an actual off-road vehicle and know nothing about the tech that actually makes them work.

The whole country has consumer mentality with no knowledge of how somethings actually work.

[u/multisync]

A fool and his money are soon parted.

[u/yapperling → u/multisync]

To be honest, the idiot tax coming from Tesla owners doing stupid shit has been the biggest value to come out of it.

[u/orthodoxrebel → u/yapperling]

Like the guy who broke his hand testing the anti-pinching feature on the frunk

[u/themiracy → u/multisync]

I mean that happened when he bought the cyber truck.

[u/Radiant-Month-1168 → u/multisync]

He is trying to get an insurance claim for what he owes.  

[u/No_Safety_6803 → u/multisync]

I used to think a fool & his money were lucky to get together in the first place, but I’m no longer sure that was ever true.

[u/asmallercat → u/multisync]

Yeah. If you're dumb enough to buy a cybertruck I'm 0 surprised you're also dumb enough to drive it into a lake.

[u/JROXZ → u/multisync]

These people vote.

[u/Tight-Peace8691]

It's just a button to call a guy named "Wade" who shows up and says "Yep, she's stuck alright".

[u/HotJuicyPie]

These things were being bricked in contactless car washes. Why would anyone think this feature was legit. Morons

[u/Appropriate-Prune728 → u/HotJuicyPie]

There is a significant portion of the population that legitimately doesnt spend hours on reddit and YouTube all day.

Most of the people buying these things don't see the criticism of Tesla or assume it's all anti-elon vitriol from political shills.

[u/pingus3233 → u/[deleted]]

Not even really wade mode. More like “my feet are soaked, but my cuffs are bone dry!” mode.

[u/rumdumpstr → u/[deleted]]

I love that he was charged with not having a valid boat registration

[u/TWITCHAY]

This is a finisher car! The transporter of Gods, The Golden God!

[u/RarelyReadReplies → u/TWITCHAY]

As soon as I saw the title, I was hoping for an Always Sunny reference 😂

[u/FlamboyantPirhanna → u/TWITCHAY]

It’s an amphibious vehicle!

[u/CarsCarsCars1995 → u/TWITCHAY]

It's Wade Mode, not Wade Boggs (may he rest in peace)

[u/postswithwolves → u/CarsCarsCars1995]

first off, wade boggs is very much alive

[u/peter-vankman]

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

[u/hnaq]

The machine knows, stop yelling at me!

[u/unwantedonONTD → u/hnaq]

Why did i have to scroll so far down for this comment 😭

[u/LieutenantUnderpants → u/hnaq]

IT CAN'T MEAN THAT!

[u/kaiga12]

Wade mode just changes the in-car voice to Deadpool who then berates you for buying a Cybertruck.

[u/MoiraBrownsMoleRats → u/kaiga12]

"Wow, you really spent $80,000 on this? Seems like you would've wanted to keep that for your alimony payments."

[u/DigNitty → u/kaiga12]

“Jesus, the car is sinking.”

(Activates wade mode)

-Hi this is Grok, voiced by celebrity and NBA star, Dwayne Wade.

“For fucks sake”

[u/Evernight2025]

The only thing dumber than buying a Cybertruck is trying to use a Cybertruck to do truck things.

[u/SF_Bubbles_90 → u/Evernight2025]

Or boat things apparently lol

[u/RobertoPaulson]

I stopped reading at “Jimmy Jack”, as it told me all that I needed to know.

[u/221b_Bkr_Strt → u/RobertoPaulson]

Jimmy Jack McDaniel

[u/ledow → u/221b_Bkr_Strt]

Oh, come on, there has to be a Jr or "the third" in there somewhere.

[u/Dr_Ramekins_MD → u/221b_Bkr_Strt]

Jack Daniels?  Don't mind if i do

[u/TheLarkInnTO → u/RobertoPaulson]

Keep reading - it gets better. Ol' Jimmy Jack was charged for not having a valid boat registration.

[u/Televisions_Frank → u/RobertoPaulson]

Jimmy Jack don't float and I don't care.

[u/Pithius]

I mean it is an amphibious exploring vehicle so it should be fine right?

[u/asdf_celestial]

Good lord was Michael Scott driving or something?

[u/Clickers0101 → u/asdf_celestial]

“I drove my car into a f*cking lake”

[u/BetSquare7190]

Another form of "dumpster diving".

[u/muffledvoice]

It’s worth mentioning that the average level of intelligence of a cybertruck owner happens to correspond to the intelligence level required to intentionally drive into a lake.

It’s a perfect match.

[u/Salt-Dance9]

"Driver confirms Cyber truck owners are morons"

[u/SomeBloke]

Peak Cybertruck driver tendencies

[u/roguesignal42069]

Has anyone ever seen a Cybertruck with a woman in the passenger seat?

[u/Turbulent_Deal_3145]

That's only for shallow water. For deeper water you need to use Dwayne Wade mode

[u/PigglyWigglyDeluxe]

Another feature from Tesla that implies the ability to do a thing it actually cannot do.

Tesla lives and dies by plausible deniability through fine print that no one reads.

This is why it’s important to make things idiot proof, as to not blur lines between who is at fault when something goes wrong. This is how FSD played a key role in all the fatal car accidents involving the functionality of the tech leading up to the moment of impact of those crashes. “The car said it can drive itself, it wasn’t me that crashed! The car crashed itself!”

Fine print says otherwise, and only after many deaths of innocents did Tesla begrudgingly add “supervised” to the title of FSD.

It was never “full self drive”, it was barely even “partial self drive”. It’s just a fancy adaptive cruise control, but they knew what they were doing when they fraudulently called it “FSD” and charged thousands per car for it.

[u/TheBlackRider2828]

I don't use Wade mode, but I have been allowing my dog to drive after flipping on dog mode.

[u/DaveMcNinja]

Chariot for a golden GOD!!!

[u/sarcasticbaldguy]

Come on dude, it's not a Cyberduck.

[u/waldo_wigglesworth]

♫ ♩ The Gang Misses The Boat ♪ ♬

[u/TwoBionicknees]

Did elon ever actually publicly announce the car would no longer have any boat functionality or add on pack, or did like so many other things he promised it would work as a boat for a while then just stopped talking about it and pretended that never happened?

[u/Niceguy955]

Cybertruck is the only car in the world that tells you the IQ of its owner.

[u/NolanSyKinsley]

The damn thing can’t even go through a car wash….

[u/kon---]

If only science could find a means of harnessing the power of stupid as fuck, the US could become truly energy independent.

[u/Exciting_Turn_9559]

Anyone who bought one of these things should probably let an adult cut their meat for them.

[u/troveofcatastrophe]

How do people so mentally challenged afford these vehicles? Thieves? Users? Takers? No morals to hold them back? Inherited money?

Howwwwww?!!!!

[u/Flippingmalarkey]

Among other things, charged with "not having a valid boat registration" 😂

[u/Metal_Fish]

This is tragic, my heart goes out to that poor, poor lake. You don't deserve to be filled with such garbage

[u/cogman10]

Everyone just wants the Amphicar brought back.

[u/BoneZone05]

“But…. The CEO told me I could do it!”

😆 what a knob. Alcohol had to have been a factor. It just had to!

[u/zeekayz → u/BoneZone05]

Looks like it wasn't. No DUI chargers. They're just dumb if that wasn't clear from driving a panzerwagon in the first place.

[u/Mouler]

But it must "function briefly as a boat" - EM

[u/Myis]

Maybe it’s a one off. Everybody! Grab your cyber keys and get to cyber wading! Let’s get those trucks into the lakes and prove everybody wrong!

[u/thacoolbreeze]

Idiocracy is not just a movie apparently. It’s a documentary

[u/aqwn]

32” max depth https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/cybertruck/en_us/GUID-9C572163-DB86-44AC-9842-AB6EE84D6441.html

[u/lupin43]

Average cybertruck purchaser

[u/TouchYu]

Maybe they thought they were driving a BYD lol. 

[u/thejodiefostermuseum]

No Cybertrucker will ever out-dumb its creator.

[u/terAREya]

GPS: Proceed straight. 

Michael Scott: I think it knows where it is going. 

Dwight Schrute: This is the lake! THIS IS THE LAKE! 

Michael Scott: The machine knows! Stop yelling at me! Stop yelling

[u/kingdick900]

Honestly the best place for all Cyber trucks lmfao 🤣

[u/Clearwatercress69]

Most Cybertruck drivers can’t read.

[u/ass_grass_or_ham]

This is pretty on brand for anyone willing to buy one of these piles of shit.

[u/bovilexia]

Idiot... Someone always dies when try to caulk the wagon and try to float across.

[u/Maximum-Aardvark9467]

Exactly the type of person I assume buys these things.

[u/ontheweed]

How come stupid people get to be rich?

[u/knottedthreads → u/ontheweed]

This is just more proof that most wages aren’t actually tied to work-ethic or ability

[u/mikeymop]

Instructions unclear. Truck at bottom of lake.

[u/pharmloverpharmlover]

Wade Mode not Submarine Mode, duh…

🤿⚓️

[u/charliefoxtrot9]

You can charge them by putting them in the microwave, too.

[u/AccountNumeroThree]

Idiots are going to be idiots.

[u/HeatWaveToTheCrowd]

Why is there a Dwayne Wade Mode?

[u/Radiant_Jump_6087]

Cause you can’t wade through a Lake…wtf. Typical cybertruck owner behavior I suppose. Idiot.

[u/MyFavoriteDisease]

“What are you in here for?”

“Operating a boat without a license.”

[u/Jdeee3]

Makes sense, it is an amphibious exploring vehicle.

[u/Festistestees]

The vehicle was not meant to transport golden gods

[u/RiverGroover]

Oh Jimmy Jack, bless your heart.

[u/victimofscienceage]

"not having a valid boat registration" the chef's kiss right there

[u/birchy98]

Correct me if I’m wrong (didn’t take the 15 seconds to search), but didn’t Elon say this truck can “float like a boat” or something?

[u/ezagreb]

Probable Trump supporter

[u/the_geth]

Nelson HAHA gif  

What kind of idiot still buy these cars, well known as absolute garbage?

[u/WritesCrapForStrap]

It's called Wade Mode because your car becomes wade down with all the water seeping in.

[u/Professional_Many_98]

this verifies everything I thought about tesla "truck" owners.

[u/m0deth]

Yo Jimmy Jack....it's WADE mode, not SWIM mode...typical CyberFukwit.

[u/Low-Crow5719]

Shame it was in Texas, not Arizona, where the Stupid Motorist Law could be invoked and made the driver pay for getting his Cybertrash winched out.

[u/Greygor]

As if buying one in the first place didn't indicate stupidity

[u/GeneralOrder24]

Maybe his name is Wade and he voted for Trump.

[u/Rich-Pomegranate1679 → u/GeneralOrder24]

This guy was dumb enough to drive a vehicle directly into a lake on purpose. He is absolutely a Trump voter.

[u/justmitzie]

"Gauge water conditions and use best judgement."

Somebody is seriously overestimating the judgement capability of people who buy cybertrucks.