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Huh, interesting. It would be hilarious* if these cars really had a serious rust problem, and all the hipsters with their 60-100k cars will explain how rust is

Huh, interesting. It would be hilarious* if these cars really had a serious rust problem, and all the hipsters with their 60-100k cars will explain how rust is completely normal on a 3 years old car. Or that it is "cosmetic tarnishing". * hilarious in the abstract, if it happened to you and you take a financial hit, I'm sorry As one reddit comment mentioned, if people start wrapping this car, but the "wrapping" company is not doing a perfect job, moisture and dirt under the wrap can wreck the car without owners noticing it for a long time. However, I'm not sure if the issue is really widespread, I'd imagine we had more photos if it were. I guess we will see.

qwerpy 3y ago
I haven't decided if I'm going to wrap my Cybertruck, lean into the Mad Max rust aesthetic, or lovingly wipe it clean every week like my neighbor and his pristine Shelby. Most likely, option 3 until I get bored, followed by option 2 until the wife gets embarrassed, then option 1. Ah yes, I'm well aware of the financial hit. I'm buying a new car after all!
Terr_ 3y ago
> Or that it is "cosmetic tarnishing". I'll give it a pass if it turns out it was made with weathering steel. :p https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weathering_steel https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weathering_steel
- D13Fd 3y ago
  That would be an incredible mess. If it's not pre-weathered, weathering steel leaves rust stains everywhere during the weathering process. You would have thousands of people suing Tesla for the damage to their driveways and garages. I don't think it's weathering steel :-)
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Volundr 3y ago
> cosmetic tarnishing We call that patina.
- xnx 3y ago
  Post-apocalyptic nano-hydro-scarring
- agumonkey 3y ago
  it's 80s retrofuturism, 1880s
phone8675309 3y ago
> if it happened to you and you take a financial hit, I'm sorry I'm not. The people who bought the Cybertruck either knew or should have known that there'd be issue like this given the well documented Tesla QA issues and the fact that this is a completely new product so they're the beta testers.
ThrowawayTestr 3y ago
You don't know what a hipster is.

qwerpy 3y ago

I haven't decided if I'm going to wrap my Cybertruck, lean into the Mad Max rust aesthetic, or lovingly wipe it clean every week like my neighbor and his pristine Shelby. Most likely, option 3 until I get bored, followed by option 2 until the wife gets embarrassed, then option 1. Ah yes, I'm well aware of the financial hit. I'm buying a new car after all!

Terr_ 3y ago

> Or that it is "cosmetic tarnishing". I'll give it a pass if it turns out it was made with weathering steel. :p https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weathering_steel https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weathering_steel

D13Fd 3y ago
That would be an incredible mess. If it's not pre-weathered, weathering steel leaves rust stains everywhere during the weathering process. You would have thousands of people suing Tesla for the damage to their driveways and garages. I don't think it's weathering steel :-)
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Volundr 3y ago

> cosmetic tarnishing We call that patina.

xnx 3y ago
Post-apocalyptic nano-hydro-scarring
agumonkey 3y ago
it's 80s retrofuturism, 1880s

phone8675309 3y ago

> if it happened to you and you take a financial hit, I'm sorry I'm not. The people who bought the Cybertruck either knew or should have known that there'd be issue like this given the well documented Tesla QA issues and the fact that this is a completely new product so they're the beta testers.

ThrowawayTestr 3y ago

You don't know what a hipster is.