RTFM: Cybertruck Fails Miserably In Doing Donuts At Street Takeover

This Tesla owner needs to take a dive into the EV’s various off-road settings if they want to impress the crowd

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by Brad Anderson

February 18, 2025 at 21:00

  • The driver of this Cybertruck pulled off some uninspired circles while trying to break traction.
  • Interestingly, Tesla even provides owners with official instructions on how to do donuts.
  • To spin the rear wheels, the truck must be in Baja mode with power shifted to the back.

Street takeovers in the US are usually home to powerful homegrown muscle cars, like the Dodge Charger, Ford Mustang, and Chevy Corvette. However, during a recent takeover, someone showed up in a Tesla Cybertruck and tried to do donuts in the middle of a large intersection. It didn’t go well.

It’s unclear if this Cybertruck is the entry-level All-Wheel Drive version or the flagship Cyberbeast, but regardless, it has AWD and an advanced traction control system that helps minimize traction loss. This comes in handy when you’re driving on slippery surfaces, but not when you’re trying to impress onlookers at a takeover.

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In this clip shared to social media, the driver of the white Cybertruck can be aggressively driving in circles in the intersection, eager to kick out the rear end of the electric truck. Even though the road is wet, the tires of the Tesla refuse to break traction, making for a lackluster display. At the same time the driver tries and fails to do donuts, cars can be heard revving in the background, many of which are probably easily capable of kicking up tire smoke and pirouetting on the spot.

While the driver of this Cybertruck failed to do donuts, the truck is actually capable of performing them – you just need to know the correct mode to switch into. In fact, Tesla has even created an off-road guide for the truck that reveals the ideal settings to do donuts.

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According to the carmaker, the Cybertruck needs to be in Baja mode with power biasing the rear wheels, stability control set to ‘Minimum’ and the Terrain slider set to ‘Smooth.’ With these settings engaged, it’ll happily spin up the wheels and send plumes of thick tire smoke into the air.

It’s probably a good thing the driver in question didn’t know how to kick out the tail of the Cybertruck. Had they known how, they could have easily lost control, and careened into the spectators crowding around the intersection.

 RTFM: Cybertruck Fails Miserably In Doing Donuts At Street Takeover
Tesla’s instructions for doing donuts in the Cybertruck

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