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Ready to Buy a Tesla Cybertruck? – Long-Time Owners Say These Are The Unusual Things to Watch Out For – “Don’t Unbuckle Your Seatbelt During a Car Wash, & Watch Out for the Motors Magnetizing Your Watch”

Veteran Tesla Cybertruck owners have shared a list of unusual advice to new buyers. The unexpected recommendations include what not to do during a car wash.

Early Cybertruck owners have collected a list of unusual and unexpected things new customers should know about their all-electric truck.

This thread was started by an early Cybertruck owner on X who goes by the username “The Cybertruck Guy.”

The Cybertruck Guy started the thread by sharing the first unexpected advice, writing…

“What is some unusual advice you’d give to a new Cybertruck owner? 

I’ll start:”

His first advice…

“Don’t unbuckle in a car wash. The truck automatically shifts into Park and stops rolling 😂.”

Tesla has implemented this feature in accordance with Elon Musk’s mantra that “all input is error.”

This means if you were driving your Cybertruck and then came to a stop, you could simply unbuckle your seatbelt and leave. You don’t need to fiddle with the center touch screen to put the vehicle in park.

This is a good idea; however, this feature appears to have also caused unintended issues.

Naturally, this has scared some people. If unbuckling the seatbelt automatically shifted into Park, people wondered what would happen if they unbuckled their seatbelts while driving at high speeds.

In response, the Cybertruck Guy says not to worry since this feature only works at very low speeds–less than 5 miles an hour.

Here is what he wrote…

“Seatbelt unbuckle only shifts into Park at slow speeds, under 4-5mph.”

The second piece of advice comes from a Cybertruck owner, Lewis Withrow, who says to leave all your windows down overnight in the first week you take the truck home.

Lewis writes…

“If you park in a home garage, leave all the windows down for the first week or so. This will minimize the new vehicle's outgassing haze that otherwise clouds the windshield. You need an $8 wand window cleaning tool to reach the front bottom inside of the windshield.”

This is interesting, and over the past year, I have seen several Cybertruck owners complaining about the unusually high outgassing, creating a haze over the windshield.

Staying in the theme of the Cybertruck windshield, several long-time owners share their frustration with the single-blade “Giga Wiper.”

As a piece of advice to new buyers, @TesObs writes…

“Don't be surprised by how poorly the windshield wiper works for such an expensive car...

They really dropped the ball on this one.”

Another Cybertruck owner, Kimberly McKimm, seconds the windshield wiper concerns, writing…

“Don’t use the wipers when there’s snow on the windshield! Our wiper just fell apart and started flopping in the middle. Scratched the glass, too.”

Kimberly’s experience is similar to another Cybertruck owner’s story we covered a few weeks back. The owner shared that his Cybertruck’s windshield wiper had shattered into pieces while he was driving in the middle of a snowstorm.

Going back to the thread, another surprising piece of advice I found was things you should do before handing your Cybertruck to Tesla service.

A Cybertruck owner, Melinda Lopez, writes…

“Make sure you have ‘Valet Mode’ on BEFORE you drop it off at the service center (if you have Tesla insurance)!!! They drove my Cybertruck without a seatbelt on, and it made my Safety Score go down for a whole month even though it was in “service mode.”

As Melinda points out, the Safety Score is particularly important if you use Tesla Insurance. Tesla uses the Safety Score to calculate your insurance premium, and if the Tesla technicians drive your truck in a manner the software deems unsafe, you’ll be stuck with a higher insurance bill.

An additional helpful tip is concerning the Cybertruck’s mud flaps. Tesla has chosen to outfit the Cybertruck with hard plastic mud flaps. This is for aerodynamic and aesthetic reasons; however, when taking the vehicle off-road, these plastic parts easily shatter into pieces.

Cybertruck owner Bruce LeSourd advises…

“Before you go off-roading, remove the wheel fairings and tow hitch cover. Otherwise, you’re going to lose those bits the hard way.

If you’re going down a jeep trail, remove the side mirrors. It’s easy.”

The Cybertruck Guy seconds this advice, writing…

“I have broken off all four of my wheel fairings. Learned that one the hard way.”

Another helpful piece of advice is regarding towing with your Cybertruck. A long-time owner says to expect closer to a 120-mile range when towing.

John Leeuw writes…

“Towing: the smart electrics is overly smart; some trailer lights don’t work because they are too sensitive

*Towing: plan on closer to 1mi/1%batt (aka 1.2kWh/mi).”

These are all very useful pieces of advice; however, there were also a couple of head-scratchers. One Cybertruck owner advises not to store an antique watch on the truck bed because the Cybertruck’s motors are prone to magnetizing it.

Local Max writes…

“Don't use the compartment in the bed to transport a vintage Rolex. I think the motors magnetized the watch, which now runs crazy fast. (I could be wrong, though.)”

Overall, it’s interesting to see the advice of real Cybertruck owners. Please let me know which ones stood out to you. Share your ideas by clicking the “Add new comment” button below. Also, visit our site, torquenews.com/Tesla, regularly for the latest updates.

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Tinsae Aregay has been following Tesla and the evolution of the EV space daily for several years. He covers everything about Tesla, from the cars to Elon Musk, the energy business, and autonomy. Follow Tinsae on Twitter at @TinsaeAregay for daily Tesla news.

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