A new video posted on X and TikTok shows firefighters attempting to break the Cybertruck’s windows. However, despite wielding heavy axes, it takes three blows to see the first crack and over 12 blows to break the window completely.

  • Eheran@lemmy.world
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    29 days ago

    Your first bullet point is why your way of doing this is “FUCKING STUPID”, which one look at the picture would have told you.

    • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      29 days ago

      No, it doesn’t, though I understand why you would think that. I didn’t note what you’d do with laminate without a frame, it highlighted what you would do which is remove the entire window if its damaged.

      With a laminated window, like a windshield, you want it as much in one piece as possible. Given that its a laminated window, what you’d want to do is remove the whole assembly - and in this case its a single pane - I’d want to remove the whole thing in one piece, not smash it to pieces.

      If the windshield is damaged, what you’d be doing is removing as much of it together as possible, not swinging an axe at it to drive pieces in. So instead I would punch it at the corners and pull it out using a halligan to pry it.

      If there is no time, and given that its laminated, I’d skip the window entirely and just use the spreaders on the door. Can’t say I’ve used them on a cybertruck obviously, but I can guarantee they have the power to pop that door off.

      If the door gap isn’t enough to get the spreaders in for a bite, I’d drive a halligan in first, pry it open, an shove the spreaders in.

      Obviously this is all my opinion, but I stand by mine that driving an axe at a window like that would be really stupid to do.