Brand New CyberTruck - Rusting!

[ChipChop]

Really, your actually on about the windscreen wiper now.

If tesla had designed a fabulous articulating pantograph clap hands jobbie in an effort to clear a bit more of that ginormous flat windscreen i would have been most impressed. But they did'nt. Must be beyond their pay grade.

 

[SmartAmg]

If tesla had designed a fabulous articulating pantograph clap hands jobbie in an effort to clear a bit more of that ginormous flat windscreen i would have been most impressed. But they did'nt. Must be beyond their pay grade.

Does it really matter in the big scheme of things. I presume it cleans the windscreen perfectly well, not perfect perhaps, but certainly good enough. Job done.

 

[clk320x]

Does it really matter in the big scheme of things. I presume it cleans the windscreen perfectly well, not perfect perhaps, but certainly good enough. Job done.

Imagine being bothered about a windscreen wiper on a car that isn’t even sold in the country you live in, never mind have any intention on buying…

 

[SmartAmg]

Imagine being bothered about a windscreen wiper on a car that isn’t even sold in the country you live in, never mind have any intention on buying…

Yep, says it all really. Nuff said.

 

[markjay]

.....The triangle of doom on the passenger side of the screen must be massive. Clown engineering at its finest....

It doesn’t look too bad, actually...:

Lots of videos on YouTube explaining how the wiper on the Cybertruck works, BTW.

 

[ChipChop]

It doesn’t look too bad, actually...:

Lots of videos on YouTube explaining how the wiper on the Cybertruck works, BTW.

If that screen was dirty it would show just how poor the wipe area is. Bad enough that if the Cybertruck was sold in RHD form the monowiper would have to be moved to the other side of the screen to allow the driver any chance of seeing the road in poor weather conditions. Compare that to the 35+ year old Mercedes centrally mounted articulated monowiper. Minimal triangles of doom in RHD or LHD form thanks to 86% screen coverage. But it is a very expensive design to engineer. When it comes to monowiper design Mercedes wins, Tesla fails.

 

[clk320x]

When it comes to monowiper design Mercedes wins, Tesla fails.

Blimey - well done to Mercedes I guess.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

If that screen was dirty it would show just how poor the wipe area is. Bad enough that if the Cybertruck was sold in RHD form the monowiper would have to be moved to the other side of the screen to allow the driver any chance of seeing the road in poor weather conditions. Compare that to the 35+ year old Mercedes centrally mounted articulated monowiper. Minimal triangles of doom in RHD or LHD form thanks to 86% screen coverage. But it is a very expensive design to engineer. When it comes to monowiper design Mercedes wins, Tesla fails.

I’ve never heard of the “Triangle of Doom” in the context of windscreens and wipers, but it turns out that it’s a little-used and not-even-slightly sensationalist way of describing “the bit of the windscreen that the wipers don’t reach”.

At MBClub it seems that we’re blazing the trail in the use of this pioneering term. If you Google Triangle of Doom windscreen the then this very thread appears as the 6th search return. Coming to a Daily Mail headline near you soon.

 

[SpikyMikey]

I’ve never heard of the “Triangle of Doom” in the context of windscreens and wipers, but it turns out that it’s a little-used and not-even-slightly sensationalist way of describing “the bit of the windscreen that the wipers don’t reach”.

At MBClub it seems that we’re blazing the trail in the use of this pioneering term. If you Google Triangle of Doom windscreen the then this very thread appears as the 6th search return. Coming to a Daily Mail headline near you soon.

remember, you heard it here first folks............and I thought The Triangle of Doom was made by Dairylea.

 

[ChipChop]

I’ve never heard of the “Triangle of Doom” in the context of windscreens and wipers, but it turns out that it’s a little-used and not-even-slightly sensationalist way of describing “the bit of the windscreen that the wipers don’t reach”.

At MBClub it seems that we’re blazing the trail in the use of this pioneering term. If you Google Triangle of Doom windscreen the then this very thread appears as the 6th search return. Coming to a Daily Mail headline near you soon.

Sensationalist term? What are you on about. If anything it is a comedic term used to describe the unswept screen area due to poor windscreen wiper design.

Par for the course that the EV evangelists who consider anything Musk related to be beyond reproach get defensive.

 

[markjay]

....Bad enough that if the Cybertruck was sold in RHD form the monowiper would have to be moved to the other side of the screen to allow the driver any chance of seeing the road in poor weather conditions....

I have to agree with you there. All RHD cars have their wipers location moved and direction reversed - apart for the Renault Megan Scenic II that I had for 5 years. Insanely, Renault did not change the location or direction of the windscreen wipers, which meant that as a driver of the RHD car I had to endure the 'triangle of death', as you put it. Totally stupid implementation, that can't be excused, not even by claiming French quirkiness.

 

[markjay]

Note how this UK-spec RHD car still has LHD wipers:

No idea how Renault got away with this 'penny pinching' idea, it should have been illegal for them to do that.

 

[SpikyMikey]

I have to agree with you there. All RHD cars have their wipers location moved and direction reversed - apart for the Renault Megan Scenic II that I had for 5 years. Insanely, Renault did not change the location or direction of the windscreen wipers, which meant that as a driver of the RHD car I had to endure the 'triangle of death', as you put it. Totally stupid implementation, that can't be excused, not even by claiming French quirkiness.

My old Morris Marina had wipers set up for LHD as well. Never understood why

 

[Mactech]

remember, you heard it here first folks............and I thought The Triangle of Doom was made by Dairylea.

I would just like to point out that the area on the windscreen or a product of Dairylea, can not legally be described as a triangle with one side formed by the arc of a radius.
Now, the area around Bermuda has every right to call itself the triangle of doom....

 

[del320]

My old Morris Marina had wipers set up for LHD as well. Never understood why

Money and BL crap design

Triangle of Doom and Dribble of Disappointment

 

[SpikyMikey]

I would just like to point out that the area on the windscreen or a product of Dairylea, can not legally be described as a triangle with one side formed by the arc of a radius.
Now, the area around Bermuda has every right to call itself the triangle of doom....

Thank you, Professor Pedantic

 

[SpikyMikey]

Money and BL crap design

Triangle of Doom and Dribble of Disappointment

I don't think we should pursue The Dribble Of Disappointment any further......

 

[markjay]

I don't think we should pursue The Dribble Of Disappointment any further......

Windscreen wipers are important..........

 

[Mactech]

Thank you, Professor Pedantic

A legacy of reading (and writing ) motorsport regulations.....

 

[Ted]

Perhaps they ARE triangles if you are using non-euclidean geometry.

Just sayin’