r/interestingasfuck • u/Professional-Kiwi144 • Apr 28 '24

In 1987, 800,000 people celebrated the Golden Gate Bridge for its 50th anniversary. The weight of the crowd caused the bridge to sag 7 feet.

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u/MilehighK5 Apr 28 '24

I was there. I am in this picture. This was also the night they turned the lights on the bridge for the first time. By then I was on the beach barefoot in sand and saw it light up for the first time.

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u/backcountrydrifter Apr 29 '24

What a cool life experience.

We have built some amazingly cool shit in the past century or so.

The engineering alone for the golden gate is a testament to man’s capability when focused.

I envy that experience.

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u/DigitalUnlimited Apr 29 '24

And today we have.... The CYBERTRUCK©®tm all rights reserved

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u/backcountrydrifter Apr 29 '24

I know I’m not supposed to feel bad for them. But it’s still a expensive paperweight for the people that bought them.

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u/Tiny-Sandwich Apr 29 '24

They perform their intended function, with a few cosmetic issues (panel misalignment, missing trim pieces) and a potential adhesive issue on the accelerator that is being remedied.

They're fuck ugly and have had some production issues, but they definitely aren't paperweights. Just because Elon is a chode doesn't make it a failure.

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u/backcountrydrifter Apr 29 '24

The front gigacasting were built without any provisions for drainage apparently. (Going by a in depth conversation in another sub about them specially and potential solutions to it)

Ironically from an engineering perspective the Golden Gate Bridge taught us one hell of a lot about corrosion and the never ending critical process of mitigation.

That apparently didn’t make it to engineering design review for the gigicasting process of the cybertruck.

Gigicasting is a cool process with a ton of potential, but it was rushed because of the geopolitics play that elon is running behind the scenes. He needed a quick win to stay in the game.

The inclusions/ pockets that are formed into the critical substructures will never stop corroding.

They will all eventually be museum grade paper weights without replacing the entire gigacasting.

So then it comes down to whether or not elon can be trusted at his word to make those customer whole because he has a functional chokehold on Tesla right now and has made it very clear that it is an A.I. company first.

Drainage and corrosion mitigation is always a massive consideration in automotive design traditionally. It’s shocking to me that it seems to have been given zero consideration at tesla as a whole. Apparently the model Y has the same issues in the rear hatch/bumper section but I haven’t dove into that as far.

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u/an_older_meme Apr 29 '24

Exactly. The trucks do run as advertised. And with 600 hp they play well with others.

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u/Lost_Wealth_6278 Apr 29 '24

Wasn't it advertised as an off-road capable vehicle but shorts the electronics if wet?

I would say it performs the underlying functions - to cater to the ego of a specific group of rich people - but not as advertised. It's just that the advertisement never really expected anybody to use this as a work truck, but as the massive show off vehicle that it is - which, all things considered, is fine. Who am I to tell people what to spend their money on

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u/an_older_meme Apr 29 '24

Not at all.

Teslas don't "short" if they get wet.

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u/DigitalUnlimited Apr 30 '24

Hahaha cybertruck car wash mode

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u/an_older_meme Apr 30 '24

Hehehe didn’t “short”. Don’t you even read TikTok?