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by calciphus 793 days ago
All Teslas have this. There are several "helpfully automatic" features that do not make for good times in a car wash: windshield wipers, folding mirrors, touch to open charging port, regenerative/automatic braking (on the moving track car washes). Can even temporarily disable the touch screen for cleaning. Car wash nice just disables a bunch of stuff so the windshield wipers and charging port don't get ripped off by spinning brushes and you don't have to remember where all the settings are.

Lots to make fun of on the Cybertruck but this is actually handy.

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Disabling the touch screen for cleaning is amazing - I've long desired a simple switch or button that would do that, for both touchscreens and keyboards.
Amazing? You can power off the screen in every car I've ever owned to clean it..or do it with the car off.
Most commercial touch screens for the last 20 years have that. I've watched janitorial staff activate it, scrub the screen, and deactivate it. (not in cars obviously)