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Tesla will sue you for $50,000 if you try to resell your Cybertruck in the first year::Tesla may agree to buy the truck back at the original price minus "$0.25/mile driven" and any damages and repairs.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't know if you've ever owned anything with brushed stainless panels, but ding-proof they are not, and they're generally WAY more noticeable. They also still need to be clear coated, otherwise every panel will become discolored over time.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

otherwise every panel will become discolored over time.

Yeah I don't care about that. My issue with my current truck is many of the places (50?) where I've scratched the paint off, and cleaned/re-painted it as soon as I could, have started to rust - which is probably going to result in the car being sold for scrap metal even though it's still perfectly drivable. Eventually that rust is going to become more than just a cosmetic problem and the car definitely isn't worth the time required to fix it properly (cut out the rust and put new sheet metal in it's place).

I won't be buying a cybertruck... but I definitely would prefer stainless steel over mild steel body panels. I'd like aluminium even better (stainless steel does still rust, just not as easily).