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Psst, you have to do this to normal cars too, or it eats through your clear coat.

Plenty of stupid things about the Cybertruck if you want to be a hater. This isn’t one of them.

Personally, I want one.

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Difficult to eat through something that isn’t there:

> The stainless steel body panels have no translucent “clear coat” paint.

Which might be fine depending what their blend of stainless is made from.

Plenty of stainless steel has been outdoors for 30 years and shows no sign of degredation.

You are not acknowledging what Tesla says in their own handbook.

yes... but the handbook says exactly the same about all their other models of car, and has done for years. Clearly it wasn't written for/about the cybertruck specifically.

Absolutely. But it feels a bit to me like you’re missing the point. If their blend of stainless was designed to last 30 years, then it wouldn’t need to be cleaned per the owners manual. It also seems that clear coat would be a good protective step against the concerns they raise. So it seems as though your argument spins in quite tight circles.

That text in the owners manual has been there since ~2012 and applies to all their cars... It isn't new for the stainless cybertruck.

TFA makes a point of how weird it is that Tesla just say “Cybertruck” not “the Cybertruck”, so whether it was written for the Cybertruck or not, it has at least been updated for the Cybertruck.

Bird poop will etch its way through clear coat though. Ask me how I know :(

But theirs obviously doesn't

The acidity of bird droppings causes deterioration in clear coatings _and_ corrosion.

I’m not making a statement about clear coats that don’t exist on Cybertrucks.

bird shit caking on a 20 year white toyota corolla has done zip to the paint surface. so, no. you are entirely incorrect.

hope you get and enjoy your truck though

I used to wash my truck once a year, then I just ran out of time.

Yeah because you have 20-year old white Toyota Corolla, you wouldn’t see it.

It’s likely you barely have any remaining non-hazed clear coat to begin with.

It’s still happening. You’re just oblivious.

Ask someone who actually owns a new car with nice paint.

you know who owns new cars without nice paint? cybertruck buyers

gl;hf

You'll get to enjoy a really dystopian vehicle out if Mad Max once bird poo and tree sap do their job.

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