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That video has a distinctive lack of people pointing and laughing and I am so disappointed.
Maybe everyone was tired from all the pointing and laughing when the Cyberidiot first turned up at the beach?
The cybertrash is the dumbest & ugliest vehicle i ve seen. Whoever bought one was very clearly in dire need to make a political statement, and only had a tangential need in a car
I was in Florida this lasr weekend and saw a CRAZY amount - like a dozen a day
It's either political or tgey fell fir the badass Armageddon vehicle that can drive over your vehicle if i want to schtick. Either way, it has to be some sort of IQ teat that people just failed. It's even more disappointing when they leave burger country.
I don't get why people use cars to drive onto beaches. Why not park nearby then walk a bit?
Usually beer, laziness, and american football tailgating culture
As someone who lives in a region that gets a lot of snow, I know that basically any vehicle can get stuck. When you get unlucky, or do something dumb, you can end up in a position where you simply don't have any traction.
But that's the thing, you can usually avoid the situation by not doing something dumb, like driving right up onto the beach. And if you are driving on an unstable surface like sand or snow, accelerate slowly and decisively, don't floor it and then stop or you'll roll back into the rut you just made.
I'd also assume sand driving is like snow driving in that appropriate tires are far more critical to performance than the vehicle drivetrain
Edit: holy crap I can write coherent sentences! honest!
I think I read at one point also lowering the pressure in the tire helps as well, but not sure how low you could safely go. You want more surface area on sand.
Edit: someone lower in the comments says 15psi
Yeah I've seen that for bikes but also sand and gravel works very differently from snow under tires
And weight is a factor too. The lbs/in on that things tires has to be far more than any other offroader, and wet sand is going to give far sooner than dry, packed sand. Snow and ice might actually be more stable than sand in most cases, the physics are different.
as usual, the answer is again, the people are retarded
Nah. Retarded people are too mentally slow to know better. These people are just entitled, lazy assclowns.
they think it can move on water or through it.
Source:
A mom in a Toyota Sienna pulls a Cybertruck out of a treacherous sandpit
What 4WD truck is unable to get out of this?
The Toyota probably has front wheel drive only.
And who didn't get the memo yet that Cybertrucks are notoriously useless in any real offroad situation.
Fuck Elon, Fuck TESLA and it's a disguised blessing because it helps other e-car manufacturers get a slice of market. Yay!
Any situation. Even the boot leaks water apparently, and the official solution is to use tubs
Torque vectoring. Is 10/10
The recent Toyota Sienna has 4WD option and can very good power by using the battery. After seeing the Technology Connections video I think if you want a bigger car the Sienna is the best.
I inherited an older Sienna last year and its been eye-opening just how incredibly practical minivans are for almost any use case where one might want/need a large vehicle. I keep saying that most truck drivers who actually want to haul shit don't realize that what they actually want is a minivan. Same goes for most large SUV drivers. Just get a minivan!
the Sienna has been the best choice for a couple decades now
The article says thats its one of the rare 2 wheelers
Yes, you only see the rear wheels spin. Also, the Toyota looks to not be in the sand pit.
Says that it Could be one of the <200 sold
Man that tow strap is going to a comically mysterious place inside the cabin. I cannot believe whatever it was attached to didn't break
they just used the seatbelt
And then the Swasticar exploded.
And everybody clapped.
I'm extremely impressed by everyone's actions in the video. Normally people who are stuck think you need to spin the wheels at 100mph to get unstuck rather than maintaining traction by using very little throttle. People using straps or chains typically think you need to "get a run at it" and take up the slack by accelerating away at 30mph, only to have their bumper ripped off. Here, both drivers did an excellent job.
I don't know why but I've been watching Matt's Offroad Recovery videos and they often do the fast yank with one of their vehicles.
Sounds like a great way to end up with a bent frame lol
they use "kinetic recovery ropes" which are basically fancy bungee cords - instead of a hammer blow when it pulls tight, it stretches like a rubber band so it puts a lot of pressure over time instead of all at once.
They use special "snatch straps" that are made specifically for that, not standard tow straps or chains.
People using straps or chains typically think you need to “get a run at it” and take up the slack by accelerating away at 30mph, only to have their bumper ripped off
If it was attached to the bumper, it was never going to work anyway.
"getting a run at it" often does work if slow and steady doesn't work (i.e the pulling vehicle doesn't have enough traction). But you need enough slack to get the pulling car moving. If you just give it throttle on the spot, you'll dig in and have two stuck cars, at which point you might as well get a tractor to save time on pulling them out.
If you're going off roading though, there's other equipment to help you out. Have a shovel in the trunk. Some sort of boards or something that you can put under the wheels so they stop digging deeper through the dirt. I reckon could've gotten that cyberdumpster out with no pulling, not that I'd take that thing off roading (or drive it in the first place).
What most surprises me is that in the video they actually put something under the wheels of the cyberdumpster so clearly someone there has previous experience getting vehicles unstuck. If it was the cyberdumpster driver, it begs the question of why he'd take such a ridiculous vehicle off roading anyway. I've had better luck in FWD sedans, let alone cars with torsen-based AWD (Quattro!) or proper 4wd with lockable diffs.
"getting a run at it" often does work if slow and steady doesn't work (i.e the pulling vehicle doesn't have enough traction). But you need enough slack to get the pulling car moving.
This is never a good idea as straps and chains have no "give" so all that energy you're putting into the strap will be released instantly once it goes tight, which will impart the same amount of force as if you were crashing into one another at the same speed (possibly worse since cars have crumple zones to reduce impact forces). Many people have died doing this when the part they're attached to shears off and gets launched through the window of the opposing vehicle along with the strap/chain.
They make recovery ropes that are specifically designed for this purpose that act like a giant rubber band and spread this force out over several seconds so you can pull with more speed safely.
Boonhet is correct on this. The rescue vehicle getting a running start, that works and does not damage the vehicle when done correctly (it's slower than you might think).
You can watch a Youtube video if you want to see it done correctly, but the straps designed for the purpose are cheap, I've got one in my Tacoma just in case.
Oh I've never seen ropes without "give". There's always been elasticity in every towing rope I've used. They're sold in every gas station so I've never seen the point in using some random ass rope that I don't know the strength of.
On one level i do have pity for anyone who got grifted by a nazi and wasted a bunch of money only to commit themselves to an endless stream of repairs and recalls while getting laughed at everywhere they go, all for a shit car with no resale value.
Regular Tesla drivers who bought their vehicle several years ago, before Musk showed very clear signs of being a Nazi POS? Yeah I have some sympathy for them.
But Cybertruck users knew exactly who they were buying from. They deserve no sympathy.
Pity, not sympathy. They still got grifted and will be laughed anywhere they go. I pity them that.
You mean in 2013?
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For a moment there I wondered how can someone be seen in this situation and not die of embarrassment but them I remembered only huge assholes own those.
Happy Alec Watson noise
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