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apfelwoiSchoppen ,
@apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world avatar

They should have went with weathering steel instead, and just leaned into it. This is literally Delorean all over again. Beginning to think Musk microchipped his own brain.

ebits21 ,
@ebits21@lemmy.ca avatar

The owner must immediately remove road salt? The rust belt is nothing but 3 piles of road salt in a trench coat for half the year…

Voroxpete ,

Almost all of Canada is a no go zone for that thing at least 3 months of the year.

topinambour_rex ,
@topinambour_rex@lemmy.world avatar

They should have used C#

lando55 ,

Should have repurposed the Apollo 11 source code

Ghostalmedia ,
@Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world avatar

From what I hear, the panels of that car are sharp as fuck.

Lobotomie ,

Can someone share some information on the actual steel they use? This linkedin thread says they use 301, someone in this thread says they use a proprietary steel? (Can someone share the chemical analysis in this case?)

linkedin.com/…/why-tesla-cybertruck-uses-301-stai…

Asudox ,
@Asudox@lemmy.world avatar

Thought it was Rustlang lol

tourist ,
@tourist@lemmy.world avatar

Same, but I’ve heard nothing but good things so I thought this was strange.

filefly ,

Yeah, but when the hell is it going to get wet? You don’t drive these things outside.

ExLisper ,

But isn’t Rust supposed to be great and memory safe?

jerrythegenius ,
@jerrythegenius@lemmy.world avatar

Shoulda used nim or something

csm10495 ,
@csm10495@sh.itjust.works avatar

Rust proofing. Wasn’t that something dealers would add in as a scam for a few bucks?

Once again, there is a Seinfeld reference here.

I need a Seinfeld reference bot.

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/54e2fb0e-a3a9-45b9-a4fa-5621a87070af.png

Donjuanme ,

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.

taiyang ,

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 ,

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 ,

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.)

Guest_User ,

Huh I guess there isn’t an age limit to dick jokes lol thanks for sharing!

Kbobabob ,

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 ,

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.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA ,
@HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world avatar

“remember when cars rusted like shitballs? What if we sold trucks that did that?”

“people buy our cars and their panels have these gaps you wouldn’t see in any other manufacturer. And our cars, they seem to have a taste for the blood of children. People keep buying the cars though. We’re doing something right and it’s sure as hell not making cars”

“yeah but look at the stock price”

“good point”

Money fight!

dragontamer ,

“yeah but look at the stock price”

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/248b9533-9931-4745-a44e-7ec66e468c25.png

Uhhhhhh…

I think the stock market noticed this was a shit car guys. Look at that steep drop from December / January into February.

Voroxpete ,

But the good news is that if they give Musk 25% ownership he’ll agree to keep running the company.

vanontom ,
@vanontom@lemmy.world avatar

What a deal. Save 25%, get rid of the cancer that’s killing Tesla.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA ,
@HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world avatar

Uh but when you look at the graph upside down it, um, I mean sideways it, uh shut up

(shitposting aside ♥️❤️♥️)

Gazumi ,

Just as with the battery issues, owners will be out with warranty for driving in the rain

PrincessLeiasCat ,

Great news! Tell me - does he happen to make spaceships as well?

archomrade ,

I think a lot of people who bought this expected stainless steel not to rust

It wouldn’t surprise me if musk thought this as well

camelbeard ,

Musk probably said something like they used a revolutionary new type of stainless steel, designed for spaceX rockets. Have you ever seen rust in space? No because it’s that revolutionary, and we all know space is filled with water and oxygen.

anubis119 ,

Oil…can…

zurohki ,

I’m not sure Lemmy has many users old enough to get that reference.

anubis119 ,

Most people that can afford a Cybertruck should get it. Then again, not many Cybertruck owners are on Lemmy. But if they were on Lemmy, they’d probably pose as non-owners of the Cybertruck, thus meaning they’d pretend to not get it… Oh no, I’ve gone crosseyed…

tmsbrdrs ,
@tmsbrdrs@vis.social avatar

@anubis119 @zurohki after seeing the cybertruck in the wild, I can say with 100% certainty it is even uglier irl

Etterra ,

Just now realizing this are we?

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