Cybertruck engineer pushes back on claims that Tesla EVs rust in the rain — “It’s surface contamination only and can be cleaned off easily.”::A Cybertruck engineer, Wes Morrill, addressed claims Tesla’s truck rusts in the rain and said the specks of rust were the size of a “pinhead.”
The Tesla Cybertruck washcloth:
Contaminated by what? CONTAMINATED BY WHAT MOTHERFUCKER
Most likely metal dust, called fallout by detailers and “flying rust” by some. Mostly comes off brake discs and railroads and other things that grind ferrous metals.
Common pest for anyone washing their car. There are chemicals that are useful. Mostly those smelling of eggs and turning purple on contact with iron.
You can buy versions of it that don’t smell like eggs, though they never smell good. That it turns purple is convenient when you spray it off, imho at least.
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I wouldn’t call polishing your car every three days “clean off easily”
You don’t polish stainless steel. That’s something you do to correct paint.
Get a SS appliance and get back to us.
Of course you do. You can polish anything.
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Surface contamination from stuff getting on your car (like iron particles) while driving it.
Cybertruck engineer pushes back— by admitting it is rust
And this is why you don’t buy stainless steel sinks and cars, unless you want to polish them regularly they will look like shit even just from water stains.
Edit: Stop telling me your sink doesn’t have rust on it. I’m not talking about rust. Most stainless steel will not rust. I’m talking about how stainless steel can become ugly from residual water marks, staines, water with high mineral content, etc Unless you take care of it, clean it and polish it regularly. Maybe ideal for a kitchen surface but not for a big ass ugly car.
Never seen any rust on my stainless steel sink
30 years of a stainless steel sink without any rust
Never seen a rusty de lorian… just sayin’
Have you ever seen a rusty Cybertruck? All this talk is based off one single forum post from an owner who didn’t even know what he was photographing.
It happens, and it’s a very sad sight indeed.
Edit: Yeah, that one is a fake. Sorry about that.
Doing an image search, there are a lot of real ones in various states of decay or oxidization. Certainly takes a lot more time (and straight up abandonment) for a DeLorean to show damage.
Yeah but like outside of this AI image have you ever seen a rusty DeLorean?
That’s because the Deloreans you do see are typically pristinely restored. LOTS of Deloreans had rust.
surface contamination only
That’s my engineer LOL
Didn’t he know that the surface is the most important part? Surface is everything!
Rust grows once it’s punctured down, everyone knows this, no? I guess they only test cars in Texas and California. Still like the trukk
What do you like about it?
I live rural and driving a big ol electric brick is my dream XD
Me too, better options than a stainless steel liability though.
