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[–] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

and spend time at the body shop?

Fun fact: not only do Cybertrucks have bare stainless steel body panels, which are extremely difficult and expensive to repair because you have to bodywork them perfect since you can't use body filler, they have a frame made out of aluminum, which for various metallurgical reasons (work-hardening, forming a passivation layer that makes it much harder to weld, etc.) is also very difficult and expensive to repair.

In that sense, you're probably less likely to spend time at the body shop with a Cybertruck because it's designed to be damn near disposable.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Although, since most people seem to be keying, spray painting, and putting stickers on these cars, the stainless is very easy to clean. Just rub some steel wool in the direction of the stainless grain. Apparently they don’t have any clear coat. You can clean them like an industrial stovetop.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, the damage would have to physically displace (i.e. dent) or chemically corrode the surface of the panel in order to be difficult to fix.

[–] RichardDegenne@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Does burning count as any of these, by any chance?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Yes. High heat can cause the metal to corrode faster or even melt. (And, ya know, completely destroy the rest of the car.)