Tesla Cybertruck Owner Discovers Truck Bed Isn't Actually Waterproof, Water Is, In Fact, Wet
Look, I know we’ve all been living in a dystopian hellscape where the rich get richer, the planet gets hotter, and my landlord just raised my rent because he “felt like it.” But every once in a while, the universe serves up a piping hot slice of schadenfreude that makes you believe in cosmic justice again. Today’s helping? A Tesla Cybertruck owner who just discovered that his $100,000 stainless steel dumpster on wheels isn’t, in fact, waterproof. And by “discovered,” I mean he filmed his truck bed filling up with water like a goddamn bird bath and posted it on the internet for the rest of us to point and laugh at.
Yes, folks. The truck that looks like it was designed by a 12-year-old who just finished a Halo marathon and an architect with a grudge against curves has a new feature: a built-in wading pool for your groceries. The owner, a brave pioneer of the future (read: someone with more money than sense), decided to test the Cybertruck’s vaunted “water fording” capability by, get this, washing it. He sprayed water into the bed, and lo and behold, it didn’t just sit there like a normal truck bed. It pooled. It collected. It formed a small, stagnant ecosystem where, I’m convinced, mosquitoes will soon be breeding and planning their takeover.
The video, which is currently making the rounds on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter, because Elon Musk also hates names), shows the owner standing there, looking genuinely confused, as water swirls around a drain that clearly isn’t doing its job. “That’s not good,” he says, in what might be the understatement of the year. No, sir. That’s not good. That’s a lawsuit waiting to happen. That’s a $100,000 paperweight. That’s the automotive equivalent of buying a luxury mansion and finding out the roof is made of cheese.
Now, let’s talk about the truck itself for a second. The Cybertruck is already a masterclass in “cool idea, terrible execution.” It’s a vehicle that promises to be bulletproof but can’t handle a hose. It’s a truck that’s supposed to be the future of utility, but you can’t put a bag of mulch in the back without it turning into a swamp. It’s a rolling monument to the hubris of a man who thinks he can solve traffic by digging tunnels and solve climate change by selling flamethrowers. And now, it can’t even handle water. Water! The thing that’s been around since before dinosaurs. The thing that literally falls from the sky. The Cybertruck is defeated by a garden hose.
The irony here is so thick you could cut it with one of those weird stainless steel panels that don’t fit together properly. Musk spent years hyping this thing as the ultimate apocalypse vehicle. “It’s tough,” he said. “It’s rugged,” he said. “It can go anywhere,” he said. Well, apparently “anywhere” doesn’t include a car wash. Or a rainy day. Or a slightly damp driveway. The Cybertruck is now officially less waterproof than a cardboard box. At least a cardboard box will disintegrate gracefully. The Cybertruck will just sit there, full of water, looking like a giant refrigerator that’s been left outside after a hurricane.
And of course, the internet is doing what the internet does best: being absolutely ruthless. The comments are a goldmine. “Elon Musk invented the world’s first self-watering truck bed,” one user wrote. Another suggested that Tesla should rebrand it as the “Cybertemporary” because it can’t handle a splash. My personal favorite: “It’s not a bug, it’s a feature. It’s for keeping your fish alive on the way to the lake.” The AITA subreddit is probably already debating whether the owner is the asshole for expecting a truck to do truck things. Spoiler alert: yes. YTA for buying a car that looks like a low-poly model from a PS2 game and expecting it to function.
But let’s zoom out for a second. This isn’t just about one idiot with a hose and a bad financial decision. This is a symptom of a larger problem with the EV hype machine. Car companies are so desperate to sell you the future that they forget to make sure the present works. Tesla’s build quality has been a joke for years. Panel gaps, paint issues, doors that don’t close properly. And now, a truck bed that doubles as a kiddie pool. The whole industry is sprinting toward a fully electric, self-driving, cyborg utopia, but they can’t be bothered to make sure the windows don’t leak.
Meanwhile, my 2005 Honda Civic with 200,000 miles on it is sitting in the driveway, covered in bird crap, and it still starts every time. It’s not bulletproof. It can’t go 0-60 in 2.9 seconds. It doesn’t have a toaster in the glovebox. But you know what it can do? It can handle water. It can drive through a puddle without turning into an aquarium. It can even handle a car wash. Take that, Elon.
The Cybertruck owner is probably already back on X, tweeting about how this is actually a “feature” that allows for “rapid drainage” or some other marketing bullshit. But we all know the truth. The emperor has no clothes. Or in this case, the truck has no drain. And for a brief, beautiful moment, we can all laugh at the guy who spent six figures on a vehicle that’s afraid of a garden hose.
Final Thoughts
Having covered the auto industry for decades, it's clear that the true revolution of electric vehicles isn’t just about swapping a gas tank for a battery—it’s the forced rethinking of the entire automotive supply chain, from mining to software. The technology is here, but the real story unfolding is a brutal test of infrastructure, equity, and political will, where a two-car garage in the suburbs faces a fundamentally different reality than a renter in a dense city. Ultimately, the EV transition will succeed not when the last combustion engine is built, but when charging is as boring and reliable as turning a key.