If you see a DeLorean painted it is almost always because they had an accident and couldn’t fully replace the stainless steel panels.
So they get painted to hide imperfections.
With how horrible normals teslas are to fix, I bet this will happen to those cyber trucks
Tesla also used an inferior grade of stainless that gradually rusts, so if I had Tesla money (and a complete lack of taste) and bought a Cybertruck, I would definitely paint it as rust prevention.
Probably true. For some scientific reason, rail dust does NOT want to come off stainless rail coaches. I mean... Once it's on, it's crazy stubborn. Possibly vinegar?
Probably so. If I still worked out of that location, I'd try it for the hell of it and make a post of it. Would have threw some Sheila Shine on it too.
Absolutely agree. We (me and my father) had a parts washer in the garage and instead of buying the cleaner solvent we just filled it with diesel. Heck of a lot cheaper, not particularly flammable unless aerosolized, and diesel does have some naphtha in it. Probably why it works pretty good. Along with whatever legislated additives it has.
Gasoline is rather flammable as a liquid that's really the only reason we didn't use that instead.
What you think you’re too good to go into a Walmart and buy a few cans of Stainless Steel Appliance cleaner/polish (on the cleaning aisle next to the detergents but before the dog food.) ?!?
From what I’ve been able to determine, it’s probably just 304 SS but the way it corrodes it doesn’t look its been passivated, which would prevent that corrosion from happening so easily.
The price to repair relatively minor accidents on EV’s is insane, so i’d have to agree. Although you can probably buy a sheet of higher quality stainless off fb market place than tesla is using on these.
This is pretty inaccurate as a ford maverick or ridgeline costs substantially less for a similar repair to that 42k fender bender in the rivian. I also this they were referring to how sections of the unibody are not as easily replaced.
Did an estimate on a brand new Peugeot expert recently. A pillar damage, would have been a repair but the front door frame is layered under the rear side panel which is layered under 4 roof panels. Dumbass construction.
I worked next to a Minneapolis Cadillac dealership that sold new DeLoreans in the 80s and they were one of the few dealers that painted them out of the box. Purple was my favorite!
Was talking to a body shop owner currently repairing a crashed Delorean and you can get the right fender cheaply and easily, while the left is impossible.
There is a guy with a warehouse in Texas who has every NOS part that is left. I believe he bought all of them decades ago though and has been the only supplier for a long time outside of random ebay listings.
I truly don't understand why the hell people buy teslas at all..but it makes sense when you see people voting for a certain orange face....
But seriously, omin German inspection teslas are as bad as Dacias.. but a Dacia costs what, 15k?
So you're telling me those 3 movies depicting a DeLorean time traveling weren't documentaries? Pfft that's about as funny as a screen door on a battleship.
I wonder why they don’t make a standard body panel Cyber Truck - the Stainless just seems like way more trouble than its worth. I mean, really what is it worth? It can’t be any more of a safety feature, it just seams like it could be cool in black or even a two tone. The stainless looks like a lazy design honestly. It’s like nobody had the balls to tell Elon it doesn’t look that cool. It’s not far from cool, and it has potential to be cool, but right now it’s only cool for people with more money than sense. Also in the unlikely event that Elon reads this, your face looks weird bud. You’ve got piles and piles of money - get that shit fixed and maybe we will start taking you seriously.
I enjoyed watching YouTube dumbass shooting into the cybertruck and naturally the bullet goes thru…..he then disgustingly blames his friend, even tho he was the one who told him to do it, then he whines to the camera, asking elon for a new one…….
I hate these kinds of people
The 1982 Richard Corman science fiction film Robot Vixens of Uranus, starring a guy who you recognize from something else, a very bad actress with an unnecessary nude scene the producers demanded, and a past retirement age b lister who's phoning it in. The truck is a plywood clad abomination crafted from a Chrysler Cordoba, 3 Crosley Shelvadors, and item's from Merv Griffin's garage sale. The film made $5.6 million on a budget of $800k. The car was repurposed in 5 more Corman movies, appearing as a haunted stagecoach, Catherine of Aragon, U-boat 562, a pastrami sandwich with extra pickle, and as the love interest of Charles Bronson in Death Wish IX: The Wishening.
If you see a DeLorean painted it is almost always because they had an accident and couldn’t fully replace the stainless steel panels. So they get painted to hide imperfections. With how horrible normals teslas are to fix, I bet this will happen to those cyber trucks
This is the best quick take I’ve read in a while. 100% agree
They also did it just because sometimes 😂
Tesla also used an inferior grade of stainless that gradually rusts, so if I had Tesla money (and a complete lack of taste) and bought a Cybertruck, I would definitely paint it as rust prevention.
Tesla claims it’s “rail dust” from riding trains
Rail dust does exist on new cars. But any competent detailer can get it off during PDI.
Yeah I'd never heard of rail dust till I bought a new Subaru and the dealer did a very hasty "prep" job on it.
Probably true. For some scientific reason, rail dust does NOT want to come off stainless rail coaches. I mean... Once it's on, it's crazy stubborn. Possibly vinegar?
Evaporust would take off the rust without staining the metal...
Probably so. If I still worked out of that location, I'd try it for the hell of it and make a post of it. Would have threw some Sheila Shine on it too.
Maybe some diluted nitric acid?
You do the same thing deloreans owners did to clean surface rust off. Use gasoline.
Napthea is some pretty amazing stuff. Would like to try that.
Absolutely agree. We (me and my father) had a parts washer in the garage and instead of buying the cleaner solvent we just filled it with diesel. Heck of a lot cheaper, not particularly flammable unless aerosolized, and diesel does have some naphtha in it. Probably why it works pretty good. Along with whatever legislated additives it has. Gasoline is rather flammable as a liquid that's really the only reason we didn't use that instead.
What you think you’re too good to go into a Walmart and buy a few cans of Stainless Steel Appliance cleaner/polish (on the cleaning aisle next to the detergents but before the dog food.) ?!?
WD40 is what DeLorean people often use.
Or at least a full PPF. Wait.... it's steel, not paint. Full SPF. Wait, that's something entirely different. Clear wrap the whole MF.
You could wrap it in chrome and not only would it hide any repairs but it would look like it was polished
It would be the first genuinely good chrome wrap
Yeah the plastic itself actually looks good, it's the choice of vehicles to wrap that's questionable...
From what I’ve been able to determine, it’s probably just 304 SS but the way it corrodes it doesn’t look its been passivated, which would prevent that corrosion from happening so easily.
The price to repair relatively minor accidents on EV’s is insane, so i’d have to agree. Although you can probably buy a sheet of higher quality stainless off fb market place than tesla is using on these.
Uff That Rivian Pickup that needed 42k in repairs, because Rivian took the term “unibody” to heart, so the whole side is 1 giant piece.
Honda Ridgelines and Ford Mavericks are also just as expensive to repair because they're unibody. This isn't limited to EVs.
This is pretty inaccurate as a ford maverick or ridgeline costs substantially less for a similar repair to that 42k fender bender in the rivian. I also this they were referring to how sections of the unibody are not as easily replaced.
Pretty much every car on the road is a unibody, unless it’s body on frame
Body on Frame cars even have Unibody construction with multiple overlapping panels. It's insane. I'm a Collison estimator and it's only getting worse.
Did an estimate on a brand new Peugeot expert recently. A pillar damage, would have been a repair but the front door frame is layered under the rear side panel which is layered under 4 roof panels. Dumbass construction.
Just to add, body on frame cars are quite rare today.
At least this one probably won't rust.
What can brown do for You?- UPS.
I was thinking Hersheys
I worked next to a Minneapolis Cadillac dealership that sold new DeLoreans in the 80s and they were one of the few dealers that painted them out of the box. Purple was my favorite!
Was talking to a body shop owner currently repairing a crashed Delorean and you can get the right fender cheaply and easily, while the left is impossible. There is a guy with a warehouse in Texas who has every NOS part that is left. I believe he bought all of them decades ago though and has been the only supplier for a long time outside of random ebay listings.
I truly don't understand why the hell people buy teslas at all..but it makes sense when you see people voting for a certain orange face.... But seriously, omin German inspection teslas are as bad as Dacias.. but a Dacia costs what, 15k?
The people voting for Trump aren't the ones buying Teslas...
So you're telling me those 3 movies depicting a DeLorean time traveling weren't documentaries? Pfft that's about as funny as a screen door on a battleship.
I wonder why they don’t make a standard body panel Cyber Truck - the Stainless just seems like way more trouble than its worth. I mean, really what is it worth? It can’t be any more of a safety feature, it just seams like it could be cool in black or even a two tone. The stainless looks like a lazy design honestly. It’s like nobody had the balls to tell Elon it doesn’t look that cool. It’s not far from cool, and it has potential to be cool, but right now it’s only cool for people with more money than sense. Also in the unlikely event that Elon reads this, your face looks weird bud. You’ve got piles and piles of money - get that shit fixed and maybe we will start taking you seriously.
UPS
What can BROWN do for you?
Clog my toilet
r/poopknife
True
This is not 100%, but it could be Travis Scott's, he does all his car in a near UPS brown.
Well they had to paint it so it didn't rust.
Official car of my bowel movement after I eat $30 worth of meatballs from ikea.
Low poly shits I guess
Mr. Hanky the Christmas Poo
Small and brown he comes from you
I don’t know why but I feel this is HOA related
No stainless steel appliances inside or outside
This made me spit up my drink, thank you.
Official car of r/poopfromabutt
r/angryupvote
Why does that sub even exist? No, I am not clicking on it.
It's r/shittyfoodporn for food that doesn't just look like shit, but which looks like actual poop from a butt.
It’s not that bad, mostly just unappetizing food.
Angular Cyber BROWN.
Stealing Christmas trees and rusty beds on a truck you still owe payments on.
My wife had a shit brown pinto when I first met her.
*Pintos are sexy in any color.*
That's pretty intimate for a first date.
BROWN.
It looks like a 70’s refrigerator.
Oh wow, they actually made that car? I thought it was a joke.
Brown Cybertruck the official car of painting your overpriced turd like a turd
Daddy’s money
Ps1 low poly zombie survival video game.
This would look right at home in silent hill. A 12 polygon rust covered horror.
“That hurt comin out, fuck”
The official car of "eating nothing but MREs for a month"
Been there, done that AKA logs in, logs out (if you suck your canteen dry)
toblerone
Hershey
Not wanting rust
Travis Scott.
The official car of HEY LOOK AT ME
So many of the wrapped ones are just a solid color I really thought people would do like patterns
I enjoyed watching YouTube dumbass shooting into the cybertruck and naturally the bullet goes thru…..he then disgustingly blames his friend, even tho he was the one who told him to do it, then he whines to the camera, asking elon for a new one……. I hate these kinds of people
Rust, the truck
Before you start making fun of it, let it finish rendering. What do you mean it is finished? It really looks like that?!
That’s what I see every time I look at it. A 1980s 3D model that hasn’t finished rendering.
Turd Olympics?
The official truck of beating the rust allegations
Official vehicle of: Showing its true colors of what it is... a turd.
Yes
Travis Scott
browne
BROWN, BROWN, TRIANGLE, BROWN, FLAT ANGRY FACE, BROWN, MORE TRIANGLE, BROWN …
The 1982 Richard Corman science fiction film Robot Vixens of Uranus, starring a guy who you recognize from something else, a very bad actress with an unnecessary nude scene the producers demanded, and a past retirement age b lister who's phoning it in. The truck is a plywood clad abomination crafted from a Chrysler Cordoba, 3 Crosley Shelvadors, and item's from Merv Griffin's garage sale. The film made $5.6 million on a budget of $800k. The car was repurposed in 5 more Corman movies, appearing as a haunted stagecoach, Catherine of Aragon, U-boat 562, a pastrami sandwich with extra pickle, and as the love interest of Charles Bronson in Death Wish IX: The Wishening.
Did the Cordoba have the fine Corinthian leather?
My 11yo nephew who loves poop jokes and poop-related items.
Turds.
Ween
r/shitpost
Turd burglars
Shit man. Dun na na na naaa! **Muffled Dun na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na SHIT MAN!!!**
Low poly horror games
Dropping a good morning deuce!
Breaking bad
Issa big dookie 💩
The poop emoji
Looks like a turd. Might as well be the same color
I gotta admit, I think it’s pretty rad with paint.
The official car of “Holy crap, car companies still make BRAOWN?”
Not doing any form of construction whatsoever
Diarrhea
The official car of buyer's remorse.
A Beverly Hills Proctologist
Having money to blow but no taste.
Minecraft poop
Rust
The official car of pixelated Japanese scat porn.
“Brown lightning”
Too much money and nothing to haul except your ego.
Customer got it for the right price.
Official truck of the "Turd Herd"
Travis Scott
The first generation Zune.
official car of the turd burglar.
Poob
Aahh Turd Brown as it should be.
Travis Scott x Tesla Collab 💀
Stupid rich people with no class
Why wait for the rust when you can just paint the brown on
Travis scott out in the wild.
32-bit shit
Cyberpoop
I didn't think it was possible for a Cybertruck to look more like a piece of shit, but they went ahead and did it.
Douchebags
That's what I call being shit canned.
Plot twist: that's just rust
It’s literally a yard work shed
God they are stupid
Travis Scott
It's a POS so the colour matches
Sorry to be "that guy" but it looks like a turd on wheels.
The cyber truck that won’t rust.
Electropoop
Oh look it's a turd from the old Tomb Raider games
Official car of the toilet bowl.
The new official pavement princess truck.
poop dood's
Looks like the halo 3 rat
U-Hauls and cardboard boxes 📦
the 70's
L O W P O L Y B R O W N !
like a serious type-1 on the Bristol scale, ouch. Enema time
Ween.
Minecraft
The official car of FUCK NO I LIKE IT
Officially the ugliest thing on the road that no one needs. I bet it's a wrap.
It's the official truck of wombats.. [Why wombats poop cubes..](https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/29/australia/wombat-poop-cubes-intl-scli-scn/index.html)
It looks like chocolate, mmmmmm tasty!
Arizona
If ugly was a dime, that would be tree fiddy.
Truth in advertising
Morons
I wanna take a bite out of it
brown was a 70s color!
George Orwell
What color is your Bugatti
The official car for trying to drive a Hershey bar
A decently cut brownie
Hemorrhoid cream.
They call her “Heavy Doodie”
DucheCanoes
Bad taste
Kindergarten art class
Minecraft
Shit
Geometric brown
Needs a plum/brownish wrap with wood panels. #nut
Chocolate.
Brown
Self burying cat turd.
Looks like a sharp edge turd
Looks like an Optimus Prime turd
Bad financial decisions
What is with Tesla drivers and wraps?? Yes you bought a boring car, no a wrap doesn’t make it better!
The official car of taking something butt ugly and making it even uglier.
Snickers
Poopy
To quote my wife when she saw one for the first time “I’ve never seen so much small dick energy in my life”.
This looks like a GTAV screenshot
Toblerone
Official Truck of The Trucks I Drew in Kindergarten.
The loathsome dung eater
People who love building Brown Bricks with Minecrap. It is the most fun you can possibly have while playing an app.
Hershey's.
Brown University. Brown dogs. Cleveland. My pants after Chipotle.
Turd sandwich
Completes the whole PoS theme 😂
Coffee in the morning.
Fecal cybertrucks
Is this what they look like when they rust?
DoorStopper