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The panels will not rust, which is the reason to avoiding scratches on other vehicles. You can beat the hell out of it and not have to care.
by gibolt 2y ago
The panels will not rust, which is the reason to avoiding scratches on other vehicles. You can beat the hell out of it and not have to care.
- serf 2y agomost people care about scratches because they look like shit. paint is a bit more than just corrosion protection at this point, otherwise mfgs would just slap on the thickest toughest machine-tool grade enamel and call it a day. why don't they? because it looks terrible.
- fastball 2y agoAnd most cars end up scratched anyway, and most owners do not take their car in for detailing every time this happens (if at all).
- IshKebab 2y agoMost cars don't end up scratched. They definitely don't end up scratched after 1 year.
- Eikon 2y agoWe are not seeing the same cars or not have the same definition of what a scratch is, lol.
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- avgDev 2y agoMy car is 5 years old, 0 scratches. Other than a ding and some rock chips.
- lttlrck 2y agoOh did they fix the rusting issue from the beginning of the year?
- qwerpy 2y agoI think that story turned out to be media sensationalism. I’ve owned one for over half a year, in the distinctly not dry PNW. No rust at all.
- refulgentis 2y ago[flagged]
- qwerpy 2y ago[flagged]
- refulgentis 2y agoSo is the media sensationalist, or what I need to read to understand the media was sensationalist? :) (sorry, I'm just cranky about Duh Media characterization in general. there's a wide set of experiences in this world, and its not nefarious to describe some of them!)
- BLKNSLVR 2y agoMy two cents from a disinterested party: Media sensationalism is a thing, and a thing that's growing (in order to compete for attention) and a thing that doesn't like Elon Musk for various reasons, some worthy, some not. One internet-person's anecdote is not trustworthy in and of itself. "The media" as a single mass is of equivalent trustworthiness to one internet-person's anecdote. Some media outlets are more trustworthy than others. Take the media reports and individual anecdotes as data points to form ones own opinion. If one person has a good experience, then they'll generally disregard "media reports" as sensationalism that, sensationally or otherwise, announce the opposite. Hmmmm. Reading that back, I'm taking the side of Duh Media characterization. I guess that's where I've landed. But I don't feel like I'm a declarer of "fake news" for every headline I disagree with. Hmmmm. This has ended up being a conversation with myself, sorry.
- randerson 2y agoStainless steel can definitely rust. Leave your favorite knife in the sink for a few weeks and watch what happens, especially if it has any scratches on it.
- JumpCrisscross 2y agoAnd then put some salt in that water.
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- Reubachi 2y agoWhat a statement to make. Tons of photo evidence of bare stainless steel panels rusting, cyber truck or not. I live in New England, neighbor has a cybertruck that lives in the (outside) driveway. Every panel has a like....brown tinge to it. 2 years from now it will be manhole covered.