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Oh screw you, look at the wheels in the video.
It looks like both the front and the back are about to fall off...
No they don’t? I don’t like Musk or Tesla but this happens all the time where I live because people don’t deflate their tires to ~15psi before driving on soft sand. Doesn’t matter what 4wd vehicle you use, if you don’t deflate, you are much more likely to get stuck.
I don't give a shit how fast you can operate a steering wheel, those floppy front tires simply cannot turn back and forth / left and right that fast under proper operating conditions.
The vehicle is clearly damaged, as are all Cyberdumpsters, by definition.
https://www.thedrive.com/car-reviews/the-tesla-cybertrucks-steering-broke-my-brain
Cybertruck steering doesn't work like other vehicles, it's a steer by wire system, which is how the driver can go from lock to lock like that.
I don't know why you're getting so hung up on this.
Wheels (under human control) simply cannot steer that fast.
Something is wrong, and I think the vehicle is being steered by a squirrel brain.
You ever been out on a field doing donuts and tearing the grass up? Yeah, I have, I grew up on a junkyard, and I promise you that no human can steer the wheel back and forth that fast.
So I assume AI/Autopilot was at play here to steer like a spazzed out squirrel brain, while the goal was to simply go backwards.
Something seriously fucking wrong here...
Didn't read the article, did you?
Don't need to. There's tight steering, there's loose steering, and anything in between. And then there's an AI powered fucking retarded steering that doesn't comprehend how to go in reverse, in a singular simple reverse direction, but would rather twist its wheels left and right as fast as possible, to try to bury itself deeper in the sand..
I'm getting the feeling that you may be an AI
They are “floppy” because they likely deflated them after getting stuck. But if you want to let hatred blind your reasoning, go ahead.
Oh fuck you and go learn how to work on a vehicle. The fucking RIMS are flopping at the same rate, that ain't got shit to do with the tire pressure.
Also note, Tesla recalled some of their Cyberfucks for the wheels falling off. Please try to stay up to date..
There’s nothing wrong with the rims at all. You are just a very angry, irrational person.
It's kinda weird. They want the Cybertruck to be the problem so badly, and it just isn't. And yet, they just keep arguing with everyone.
And insulting anyone who tries to explain it to them.
Just look at the recall list, it becomes obvious pretty quick.
Everything about the Cyberdumpster that's supposed to make for a safer vehicle, are the parts that fail the fastest..
No no, rational people know better than to purchase a Cyberfuck.
We do know how to read safety notices and recalls and such.
There's no reason that thing should have been turning the wheels left and right that fucking fast, unless it just wanted to bury itself deeper in the sand..
Goal is reverse, in a simple and straight direction, being pulled by another vehicle. There's no reason the wheels should have been turning back and forth so fast, and also humans cannot steer the wheel that quickly.
So, the Cyberfuck AI must have been in control of the wheel, in crackhead squirrel brain mode, trying to become a crab and dig itself deeper into the sand.
The Cybertruck doesn't have a steering column. They're steer-by-wire. That may explain why the wheels were able to move so quickly. The steering ratio changes dynamically depending on vehicle speed.
The driver is just wiggling the steering wheel to try to free the front tires.
If you're stuck in sand, the absolute last thing you do is start 'wiggling' the steering wheel. Might as well be a crab trying to bury yourself deeper in the sand..
IDK whether it was Autopilot or Human™ controlled, or if the vehicle was just damaged and malfunctioning, any which way this event was just straight fucking stupid.
Props to Toyota though 👍
Oh I'm sorry. I thought you said that the wheels were falling off. So they're not falling off then?
The cybertruck is steer by wire. You can program it to do whatever the hell you want. If you wanted you could make it so turning the wheel 1 inch turns them lock to lock.
Plus if you're stuck you're gonna be sawing like crazy on the wheel.
The range of motion of the steering wheel is a bit over 180 degrees, with steering angle change ramping up the further you turn the wheel.
It's genuinely fascinating technology actually, somewhat wasted on a vehicle as silly as the Cybertruck.
Goal is backwards, over the logs they jammed under the wheels. The vehicle should be cooperating with the humans and strictly drive in reverse, not to try driving with the steering control of a spazzed out squirrel brain on crack cocaine..
You're bizarrely upset by someone saying something you disagree with.
And they have rear wheel steering, which is why the rear wheels turn like that.
Why the front wheels floppy? 🤔
That shit is already broke yo, duh.