I believe many manufacturers also look at data from people like Munro & Associates who tear down cars, figure out what they're made from, and how they were made.
Also, in my experience, it’s road salt/ice melt chemicals that really exacerbate rust rather than just rain. I assume that is why I see a lot more old cars everyday in PNW compared to the northeast.
Cars are galvanized now so they don’t rust. Is that truck running bare stainless with no finish?
Are you going to stick to it during the winter?
It has been a legitimately awesome purchase for me so it’s pretty easy to be positive.
I live in New England, neighbor has a cybertruck that lives in the (outside) driveway. Every panel has a like....brown tinge to it.
2 years from now it will be manhole covered.
paint is a bit more than just corrosion protection at this point, otherwise mfgs would just slap on the thickest toughest machine-tool grade enamel and call it a day.
why don't they? because it looks terrible.
For me the cybertruck looks like something out of a low budget'70s Sci-Fi movie. Who knows in 10 years maybe it will start to appeal to me but for right now it doesn't.
I love my Honda Element, but even I admit it’s not a great looking vehicle.. it’s old enough that it’s no longer sticks out, though easy to find in a parking lot as few cars are shaped that boxy.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Element
62 page pdf about how the design of vehicle came together which is kind of interesting. (Function driving design)
Stop trying to tell people what they should think.
I laughed, it was worth it.
It never gets old how ridiculous they look.