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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.

But theirs obviously doesn't

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 :(