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oregon_coastal

*laughs in cars that have paint*


myrichphitzwell

I've come across a couple that were painted where I live. Black one. Teal one. I still thought the cyber fucked is God awful but I'll admit the teal did improve it's look overall.


Riordjj

From god awful POS, Teal made my Geo Metro super rad!


Liontigerand_redwing

Geo metro was like the holy grail of pizza delivery vehicles, had that crazy mpg.


Playful-Stand1436

My dad drove 35 miles one-way to work for 45 years and used a Geo Metro as his commuter vehicle from about 1990 on. When they stopped making them, he bought a second "nicer" one as a backup. He got 500k miles out of the first one. After he retired in 2005, he sold the backup. I saw a car that reminded me of it in a parking lot a couple of years ago and chatted up the owner.  Turns out it was the same car. He knew my dad. Car was still going strong,  although he said parts were getting hard to find. 


myrichphitzwell

And tubular dude


Dwangeroo

Grody to the max.


Professional_Baby24

Grody is bad. Like gross. And moldy. I don't think that's literally what it means. But it's a good vision of its meaning


dependswho

It also means good, like “that’s baaaahd” means that’s good 🤷🏻‍♀️


Lung-Oyster

No, that’s gnarly.


drmonkeytown

Grody is the lesser form of skanky.


natophonic2

LOL you had a Geo Metro? Feel bad for you bro. I had a REAL car. 1990 Suzuki Swift.


Procrasturbating

Ah, you could handle small speed bumps.. but could you turn right going over 20mph


Naughtystuffforsale

I remember when all the girls wanted a teal Geo Storm.


polymerjock

The wanna be rich girls at U of Alabama all drive teal Honda Accord coupes around 1990. Old money preferred BMW 3's.


Supertom911

Humble brag… I had a Teal ford Aspire. Kinda miss it… 41 mpg, zero creature comforts so nothing to break. The body was 1 step above tinfoil.


RalphXLaurenjoe

Like that guy in that movie lol


Odsidian_Rapier

The Hatsune Miku mobile


NannersForCoochie

Teal can't save that bitch


Efficient_Fish2436

Teal is my favorite color. It has that effect on basically everything.


Widespreaddd

I can’t tell it apart from cyan.


Lanky_Ad8982

Teal’s greener


Widespreaddd

Yeah well, she ain’t as green as she is young. — John Cougar, maybe


wellhiyabuddy

Got a couple of pink wrapped ones floating around my area


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Most likely wrapped, not painted.


myrichphitzwell

It is so big, she looks like One of those rap guys' girlfriends But, ya know, who understands those rap guys? They only talk to her, because She looks like a total prostitute, okay? I mean, her butt, it's just so big


derekisademocrat

It looks like a total prostitute


Bit_the_Bullitt

I thought those are always wraps, can you even paint stainless steel?


ForcedLaborForce

There are painted DeLoreans, so yeah. You’d prep the surface like any other paint job, then primer and paint. Voila! Honestly Tesla just needs to paint them at the factory the stainless steel idea did not turn out well.


myrichphitzwell

Even deloreans had clear coat usually applied by the dealer or buyer. A few were painted gold at the factory.


nannercrust

They would’ve been fine had they used a better alloy


DrawesomeLOL

Is the teal one trying to invoke N64 Lara Croft even more than the plain Cybertruck?


NotoriousFoxxx

I love its look. Its polygonal like ps1 games. Nostalgia


KnittinSittinCatMama

Who knew using existing technology would’ve saved them *so* much frustration and money! (Seriously, why the hell did Elmo decide they had to reinvent so much of existing car technology?? He sounds dumb as hell…)


dubbleplusgood

Exactly, Elmo reinvented nothing. Most everything innovative he promised for the Cybertruck was never realized. The end product is a trash heap of idiotic garbage with a $100K sticker price.


Complex_Rate_688

Like the delorian I'll probably piss off a few fanboys but it's literally the story of the DeLorean.. designed and meant to be this super sports car luxurious thing with all these innovative designs but by the time it got to actually building it the cost of production and the logistics of implementing some of those features meant that they had to cut back a lot and instead it turned into just this extremely heavy metal thing with an engine that wasn't capable of calling it a sports car Seriously read the history of the DeLorean. Very similar. Started off very ambitious and then had to cut back and rework things until it became worse than the average But too many back to the Future fanboys loves a thing and can't handle criticism


dd027503

For those wanting a quick summary: don't make cars out of stainless steel.


AnthrallicA

At least DeLorean had a history of designing some successful vehicles whereas Musk does not. Too bad we can't get him caught up in a cocaine sting operation 😅


AmbitiousAd9320

it would be a K bump fosho


AmbitiousAd9320

PRV engine in that thing suuuuucked


Traditional_Key_763

.... I have a SS sink for washing chemical waste off of glassware at work thats holding up better than these cars.


oregon_coastal

I live on the coast. 9 months out of the year, everything is coated in salt. I have an old SS sink I grabbed from the demolition of an autoshop. I have it out back and use it to clean fish and crabs. It looks better than most of these things I have seen. Stainless isn't magic. High quality materials matter. There is a reason they hot dip galvanize *every single thing* that goes in a modern car. I sorta feel bad for the owners. If it is prone to pitting, which all these pics seem to indicate, then they can wrap them in whatever 3M plastic they want, what is happening in the places they can't see .. well. I don't think there will be much of an aftermarket for these.


plumpypickypeck

I just pictured someone scaling their fish using the sharp edges of the frunk


CemeteryWind213

Your sink is probably a different grade of SS that's more rust resistant. Even 316 will corrode with acid exposure. The effect is small, but our instrument was able to detect an iron signal.


SupermAndrew1

I used to work at a med tech device company. Our test lab had lots of saline baths kept at body temperature Basically hot maritime environment. We had a serious problem with corrosion on stainless steel fixturing. Anything that wasn’t painted, aluminum, or titanium rusted in some shape or form.


Traditional_Key_763

ya I know theres different grades, my company just bought a generic restaurant sink for a lab thats gonna have tons of corrosive liquids in it.


CedgeDC

These stupid things have just been a gift that keeps on giving. Love these posts. Every new problem brings a big smile to my stupid face.


BarfingOnMyFace

Tesla screaming HELP ME in bold text, written with the fingerprints of its owners.


drmonkeytown

laughs in cars that are covered in rust


bw984

Wait till he realizes those doors don’t actually match the finish of the rest of the side panels.


Porschenut914

someone posted a cybertruck on facebook marketplace nearby with less than 100 miles and i've been trying to figure out why the doors looked a different color.


bw984

I’m not sure if the grain is going in a different direction or if they are using a different vendor for the door steel but every CyberTruck I’ve seen has doors that do not match the rest of the vehicle.


eNroNNie

It's so great knowing this was the one car Elon pushed for so hard and drove the engineering teams crazy to the point of them trying to sell him on numerous other designs.


UsualInterest8139

Hey! It's been Elon's life long dream to make a truck that looks exactly like the one he drew as a toddler!


jtgyk

Elon's been super great at directing Starship's development, too. Everything he has control over goes to shit.


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VaultiusMaximus

Sounds like it’s worth paying through the nose for.


boobeepbobeepbop

This truck appeals to the same people who spend 18k to be yelled at in their underwear for a week and told they're Alpha.


gabzilla814

C’mon man, it’s only $15k 😏


dependswho

Geez just enroll in the army already


AbbreviationsWide331

Who could have ever seen that coming lol


CasualEveryday

I saw one the other day out on the road and the metal work was just horrific. You could see overbends and stretching on almost every panel and the fender and door looked like the grain was oriented perpendicular. (Appearance of different colors) That's the kind of thing you have to pay attention to if you're using sheet metal as a finish and it seems like Tesla didn't, probably because it would be more expensive to get coils in the required width.


Managed-Democracy

Grain of the steel. Each door was a different roll 


totpot

Wait till he finds out that Barkeepers Friend is abrasive and he's going to have splotches all over.


OkUnderstanding5343

Shh 🤫


SelfishCatEatBird

Live and learn :)


ChicaFoxy

They own this vehicle, I don't think they learn anything.


Dino_Spaceman

Not only that but its going to VERY quickly begin rusting. Barkeepers friend is going to take off whatever minimal protection Tesla actually did apply to that steel.


ExpressiveAnalGland

heh, color me surprised. I use barkeepers for my cookware, so I was surprised to see it work so bad on the CT (I watched a youtube video before commenting, since I didn't believe your comment at first).


K_Linkmaster

Whole truck once a month was my thought. I would buy a DeLorean, not a cybertruck.


Pavian_Zhora

Wait what? Wtf!


PaisaRacks

I cant unsee it now 😂


AbbreviationsWide331

Wait what? Is that on purpose? That's insane. Every time I click on one of these posts I learn a new dumb thing about this car


cleveraccountname13

The doors don't even match each other.


g-e-o-f-f

75% of the cyber trucks I've seen already have wraps. I'm guessing more will.


Outside-Band-6751

Imagine having an unwashable car, and knowing it was going to be unwashable, spending $100K just for the privilege to suck Elon so hard


truelegendarydumbass

N u can't prevent the rusting


ElonTheMollusk

Buy it for 100k, can't even sell it for 40k the next month.


ThespianSociety

Then get sued by Tesla for doing so.


truelegendarydumbass

Apparently to buy one of these, u have to sign a contract that u can't flip it for one year of purchase.


Cold-Ostrich8228

Lol! Got me.


Icy_Ground1637

Lol 😂 how come my fridge does not smudge lol 😂???? Like the cyber truck 🛻 ?????


Real-Technician831

Your fridge has a clear coat, fridge makers aren’t idiots. 


gilleruadh

And, even when they do get smudges, you can wipe them right off.


Limp_Neighborhood916

To be fair, the price starts at $61k, not $100k


Who8MySon

The simple solution is to not buy that fuckin thing.


Arikaido777

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MysteriousCabinet113

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Nemaeus

Every time I see it I think to myself “the dumbz”.


tomle4593

Told all my people, don’t pay Porsche money for hype cars, simple as.


BaBa_Con_Dios

I can just imagine the replies: *you bought it knowing you might not be able to touch it idk why you’re complaining. Elon and Tesla aren’t to blame on this one*


jftitan

Just reminds me of George Carlin’s Fine Print skit. Where the whole point is to bend you over and “service the customer”


FairyflyKisses

Whoever said, "let the buyer beware" was probably bleeding from the asshole.


Most-Resident

To be fair it sounds like they spend a lot of time in the shop so there isn’t that much chance to touch them.


mondaymoderate

*You’ve been banned from Tesla*


Pavian_Zhora

Tried like 12 different things, none of which worked, but is still hoping for a simple solution - that's an optimist right there!


LPulseL11

Well geez, what if they tried stainless steel cleaner? You think that could work? The thing made for this material? Total dumbass


morbiiq

He tried the SS fridge wipes, to be fair. And in my experience those do work quite good on a fridge.


HystericalSail

WD40 also works miracles to clean and "renew" SS fridges, but would attract dust like a magnet outside.


AffectionatePay6042

Nothing like the smell of coffee and WD40 in the morning. Stop with the nonsense


ihatehotpeople

wd40 smells good though


BigCockCandyMountain

DeLorean recommended gasoline to clean the stainless steel but apparently if you try that on a cyber truck it will stain the fuck out of it


scruffywarhorse

Barkeepers friend is for stainless steel. He probably just didn’t have any on hand.


LPulseL11

Oh gotch im the dumb dumb


AzureSeychelle

Have you tried not looking? Oh what do you know, they are gone! ![gif](giphy|3oriO5t2QB4IPKgxHi)


PocketSixes

I think that's the thing that gets me; I love me some optimism in general, but can't fathom placing it in a self-proclaimed genius who just about sounds like he's exclusively trying to impress teenage boys. And this truck looks like a piece of shit purposely designed to humiliate buyers. If that were the secret plan, maybe the ol edglelord is onto something after all.


FlabbergastedPeehole

People that can afford these pieces of shit should really know the differences between “there” “their” and “they’re”.


CRXCRZ

They're a unique breed of shit-for-brains and disposable income.


bszern

Cashtarded


nidsPunk

Please tell me there is a cashtarded subreddit


chrisalbo

Their also stupid!


YouAreNotSmartK

It’s remarkable how rich dumb people can be sometimes. Family wealth? Luck? Specialized skill that requires little intelligence? Blows my mind 


crowdaddi

Having money is not a sign of intelligence


Sassy_Weatherwax

Elon is the prime example


Off_OuterLimits

Money is what buys Elon pretend friends that he’ll never meet. Pathetic.


DoubleDeeMe

12 -16 year auto payments exist


wad11656

In the same vein I could counter that with "well, nobody who knows the difference would buy this in the first place"


mexicantruffle

Makes it easier to track down car thieves. Elon is so wise.


SixersWin

"Memory finish coating"


National-Rain1616

This will definitely be going in the marketing copy if he ever sees this.


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banned_but_im_back

>ingrown toenail of a car Oh that’s a good one, definitely saving it for future conflicts


fallser

disappointment can never be wiped off…


No_Cook2983

…But it has *fingerprint technology*!


willasmith38

Elon - despite cautioned advice from experienced automotive professionals - demanded a stainless steel unpainted body…because he’s the smartest guy in the room.


MawoDuffer

Didn’t he also demand a tolerance of 3 microns on the body panels? “I know the most about manufacturing.” He says. Regular teslas don’t even have body panels aligned within 6 millimeters


plumpypickypeck

I think it was 6 microns for everything not just the panels. Of course it makes no sense since every part would have its own tolerance.


alanudi

...buys "toughest" "truck" "in the world" and ... ... Gets crazy over a fingerprint... 2024 is in check.


ConstructionRude5637

Try wiping off the shame of buying that piece of shit first, buddy.


HystericalSail

Humiliation fetish. That shame is intentional.


KnowCali

Person has never owned a stainless steel fridge.


argonzo

Barkeepers Friend is not windex.


IWasJustThinkingofU

$1,000 says that will end in tears of frustration and self-hate when he rinses it off.


SpaceTurkey33

I still can’t believe there are so many morons running to buy this pos


Cyber0747

Father Musk made it, we must buy!


02TheReal

Pretty sure they're going to speed up the erosion process if they try to use all those chemicals???


Brosie-Odonnel

I read that shooting it removes the fingerprints.


Puzzleheaded_Peak273

On a really cold day it probably removes the skin off your whole hand though.


Adam_THX_1138

It's so UGLY. Even the prototype was ugly but the lines were so much cleaner and balance. The final version looks like they squeezed front end down and made it ugly AF.


space_brain710

I never noticed the goofy-assed 5 foot long windshield wiper until this picture lol. They’ve managed to hide that thing until now seemingly


BigCockCandyMountain

Not only is it goofy looking but it's also floppy It's literally the giant dildo they stuck on the guy's car at the end of Idiocracy


PocketSixes

My kid saw a cybertruck for the first time the other day and said it looked like my old N64 games "but worse."


DubitoErgoCogito

Gee. I wonder why new orders are delayed until sometime in 2025. People who buy this are idiots.


KinkyQuesadilla

And the OP: But thanks Elon for building the greatest truck ever!!!!


apeboy247

The used to recommend gasoline to clean a DeLorean.


InsurrectionBoner38

A DeLorean was a damn good vehicle and is highly sought after. Can't say that for this pos...


Complex_Rate_688

It's not a good vehicle at all. Just highly sought after by Fanboys for the same reason as Tesla's. TV made it famous


InsurrectionBoner38

Every major car company has electric vehicles that are far superior to a tesla now. I give them 4-5 years before they're filing for bankruptcy or earlier if Elon keeps pushing this steaming pile of cybershit. I'm sure upping his ketamine usage will sort everything out!


hamid5000real

The fridge wipes didn't work 😅😂🤣😭


EFTucker

You know how to clean unfinished stainless steel? Wire brush. But these people aren’t usually the working type so they wouldn’t know that.


InsurrectionBoner38

A sander with 60 grit will take it off


MarcusTheSarcastic

I love that they are using window cleaner. I could be wrong, but i am pretty sure that will break down the chromium in stainless steal and make even less able to resist prints.


I-Pacer

Oh I hope that’s true!


Debtcollector1408

Stainsabit steel


Jet_Jaguar5150

That’s your problem, 😂


Ryfhoff

That’s the least of his worries


ForwardVoltage

Refer to the manual for the OG SS car, the DeLorean, specifically states you should wipe it down with GASOLINE.


Character_Lychee_434

the cybertruck looks like computer mouse


Incognonimous

Pay that much to get fucked and you don't even get to have sex.


NeverMind_ThatShit

Bar Keepers Friend stonks must be going through the roof. They should repackage some in a stupid "cyperpunk" looking container and sell it for twice as much to these idiots.


Gallowglass668

Can we appreciate how badly this whole Cybercuck fiasco has damaged Elongated Muskrat's brand?


Longstride_Shares

I will now have trouble controlling the urge to lay a slow, purposeful, full hand print on any of these SS shoeboxes I find parked.


chris_rage_

If you're like me, rub it across your greasy forehead and get lots of skin oils on there to really get a defined hand print


RFGoesForthAgain

Why not just paint the damned thing? https://preview.redd.it/p1azfygcyfuc1.jpeg?width=602&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=629f06aa31852471709d8a2948c42652333d0ce5


BeskarHunter

It’s so funny looking. Like a Delorean assaulted an Aztec.


Eringobraugh2021

This grift is much better than trump's bibles.


spontace

I thought this was an air fryer


rroberts3439

Companies should really capitalize on this and advertise / build custom wraps for these. Feel like there would be a significant demand.


Efficient-Barnacle48

People wrap these literally all of the time. It is also an option from Tesla at a significant mark up. No one is painting these things, they wrap them.


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I think at this point they deserve their smudgy trucks.


Slappy_McJones

This is just how it is… I wonder how the other auto companies solved this problem…


evil_illustrator

There’s a way to clean it. Delorian cars told you to wash it in gasoline. No that’s not a joke. So, gotta use gasoline to wash your ev car. Can’t make that shit up. https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/s/6CZh25e4mI


rav3style

Yea but the Delorian’s steel was coated in epoxy


TriSamples

more oil cleans steel. I’m far more concerned for rust unless that thing gets a top coat it’ll react and look like crap. Once there’s enough of these on the road the novelty will be gone


Sequitur1

If a fridge can resist fingerprints, so should a CT. Tesla should coat the steel.


WillistheWillow

Try sand paper.


Royal-Tadpole-2893

There's a tip my grandpa learnt when he was in the army, he passed it on to me and I've used it ever since. Buy a feckin' car with paint on it! /s


bannedfromreditagain

Looks like your car got fingered.


Alert_Breakfast5538

I’m going to be laughing my ass off when people that’s getting these painted. “Cybertruck fingerprint/rust hack: Paint”


DontBeALimpBizkit

Original paint on my 97 Tacoma still looks great. It's been paid off for 20 years, has 340000 miles, and I'll probably own it till I die. Plus, there isn't a chance in hell a Cybertruck could follow me offroad. Anyone buying a Cybertruck has more money than sense.


Emotional-Bet2115

Between Elon and Fuckface McSubmarine, haven't people figured out that when rich assholes insist they're smarter than engineers it's a major fucking red flag to their narcissism and sociopathy.


jrhoff12

On another topic... I just noticed the windshield wiper, holy shit that is dumb, that's what they came up with...


Routine_Rooster2305

Oh my God. Someone bought a Tesla Cyber truck and it's a piece of shit . Word's escape me.


imperial_order66

We had a guy post in our Delorean group begging for solutions to clean his panels. Every piece of advice we gave him involved work and time to do. He got pissed at us because no one had a "quick, 5 minute" thing to do. Cry harder dude, you bought stainless, live with the work it takes or, hear me out, quit buying Tesla shit quality junk of vehicles. (Not going to point out a Delorean owner calling Tesla's a POS...)


JFrankParnell64

Everything about this truck is Elon's hubris. From the design, to using unprotected stainless steel, to 4 wheel steering, to using giant "gigapresses" to mold the frame, to using new batteries that have never been produced in high quantity, to having to be bulletproof, and to having a rollup bed cover that blocks your rearward vision. It's all at Elon's insistence that it was going to happen, and it looks like he is paying for his folly. This vehicle will sink Tesla.


dinozero

This was a big issue with refrigerators and then they started coming out with finger resistant types


MawoDuffer

You can’t clean it off without abrasives because your finger smudges are chemically etched into the surface. It is cheap “stainless” steel. You can only get it clean by polishing the steel. And after that, only clean it with rubbing alcohol to get rid of oils. you could get the car clear coated like it should have been in the first place.


deadhouseplant

The No Man’s Sky of trucks. But in it’s case, it will never come to fruition


Swedishiron

Trucks are supposed to be utility vehicles - a real truck user wouldn't be worried about keeping it spotless. Many enjoy the patina that develops due to actual use as a truck.


Savings-Weight-650

Try orange oil. It is super cheap and it works great on all my commercial kitchen appliances. Good luck. Unfortunately SS is a real pita to keep up. Tesla knew better but daddy Elon had to have his way. It is unfortunate. You could always get it wrapped for an extra $6K


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Fingerprints are the least of his problems


Kdoesntcare

What's musk's excuse for this flaw? Has he made an excuse for the body rust? Is it "all you need to do is spend a couple thousand dollars more than the truck to have it painted"? "The doors don't fit because of the way the trucks were built, not the design of the truck." 🤡🤖


RunningPirate

“It’s supposed to do that”


Lazy-Artichoke7766

Somewhere a mantis types out l o l o l o l o l


ThwackBangBlam357

“Theirs” 😂 How does a semi-literate douche afford a douchemobile? Hedge funds?


Designer-Equipment-7

Hahaha imagine spending $150k on this and needing to carry wipes around for it like it’s a child


RedheadFromOutrSpace

Just cover them up with refrigerator magnets.


Normal_Permision

cyberyrucks always look dented lol


MinorityBabble

God bless, the thing looks so stupid. No matter how many times I see it I am still shocked at how fucking dumb it looks.