Tesla Cybertruck May Have A Rust Problem::One of the more standout qualities of the Tesla Cybertruck is its bare stainless-steel body. The stainless-steel body gives the Cybertruck a unique design, but

  • Donjuanme@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I saw one in the bay area Sunday, it absolutely had a distinct mud/baby-poop patina. Couldn’t believe how much it stood out, how non-practical it appeared to be as a truck (I’d take a Rivian r1t any day for functional truck), and just how rusted it appeared to be (I thought it had driven through mud at first, but it was way too evenly dispersed), it couldn’t have been a year old, or seen more than ten days rain.

    • Kbobabob@lemmy.world
      English
      4·
      5 months ago

      I think I’d prefer a patina over the bare stainless. It would make it look like something out of mad Max. There are steels that will form an oxidizing layer that actually protects the metal.

      • Raxiel@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        5 months ago

        Weathering steel, we used it for bridges all the time a few years ago, although it seems to have fallen out of favour recently. Asset owners liked it because you don’t have to repaint it every few years (good for both reducing disruption and avoids having people work at height).
        The patina can look quite nice (in my subjective opinion) but it’s not particularly resistant to impact, and requires a thicker section size than painted steel.
        Automotive application could certainly be… Interesting.

    • taiyang@lemmy.worldEnglish
      62·
      5 months ago

      Lol; now to be fair (and I’m by no means a truck guy), I find the Rivian absolutely adorable with it’s unique headlight design. Makes me think of Megaman every time I see one, for some reason.

      Ok, adorable might not be what a truck driver wants to hear, but I’m the kind of person who yells “tiny dick” to himself every time I see a F-250 or bigger, in pristine condition and nothing in the back. Adorable = not insecure = cool dude or dudette.

      • Guest_User@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        5 months ago

        Do specific cars actually make you think of other men’s cocks? I too think pavement princess trucks are a joke but I just don’t understand why other people seem to think of genitals when they see vehicles.

        • taiyang@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          5 months ago

          It’s mostly a joke, and my wife laughs when I see a mini or something and say “that dude must have a huuuuge cock!”-- a line I say less now that I have kids, haha.

          That said, there is a certain kind of guy who most certainly takes offense most when genitalia are brought up. That, I believe, correlates with pavement princesses. (And while I hate to admit it, I’ve also kind of enjoyed co-opting the term “cuck” use since it tend to cut the deepest against the very same kinds of people who use said term. Has zero effect on my more liberal friends, too.)