Others are in favor of their Cybertrucks developing orange stains, saying that they’re looking forward to the patina the stainless steel may develop.

LOL - that's some straight up 🤡 shit.

To be fair, a patina of rust will make it easier to imagine oneself as some kind of grimdark postapocalyptic warlord or something.

In particular, oil and acidic soiling, such as tar or bird droppings, should be cleaned immediately with an alcohol-based solvent. Immediately afterwards, rinsing with clear water or a pH-adjusted soap is recommended. This type of cleaning should be necessary after every longer ride.

Nah.

Uh.... they're Stainless not Rust-less, duh.

Anyone who's worked with stainless could have told you that would happen 🤷

About the same level of quality as their software, it seems.

Never buy the first version of anything, especially something from musk.

Send any complaints to:

Quabbity Assuance Dept.

c/o Creed Bratton

So you have to treat it like a mogwai?

What if they covered the metal in some sort of protective coating? Perhaps even a colored waterproof coating. I think I heard of something like that once. It's called paint.

They bought their stainless from the bargain bin...

I guess it's safe to say the stainless steel is not marine grade 316.

From Tesla's owners manual, referenced in the article:

Immediately remove corrosive substances (such as grease, oil, tree resin, dead insects....

I find it really funny that the folks at Tesla consider grease to be "corrosive".