Cybertruck driving on......SALT WATER..... (in ocean tide)

[ldjessee]

It is amazing that after 100 years of automotive and chemistry advances that someone would not have created some kind of coating to protect cars from rusting...
Oh wait, they did.
Next to the ocean and salted roads in the winter... will definitely rust the under maintained or poorly designed vehicles...
I have never seen an 80s Toyota truck not rusted out by the late 90s... but I live in the midwest.

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[Cyberman]

I'd love to see an oceanfront DeLorean, and what the ravages of time may have done.

 

[CyberGus]

“That’s a wiper blade right there”

 

[CyberGus]

I'd love to see an oceanfront DeLorean, and what the ravages of time may have done.

Stainless holds up well, but the frame has been known to rust through due to water intrusion via the tiny cracks that developed in the epoxy coating.

 

[Cyberman]

Stainless holds up well, but the frame has been known to rust through due to water intrusion via the tiny cracks that developed in the epoxy coating.

I suspected as much, even with a lotus-designed frame.

 

[rizvend]

Really bad choice if that's a vehicle you want to keep, and drive for many years.

Reminds me of a time I was camped out in Baja, 38 miles on a dirt road from the pavement. This was a popular windsurfing spot in the 90's. Anyway, one afternoon we're hanging out in camp and a new person comes driving by, and takes his brand new pickup down to the ocean. Everyone was blown away when this guy drove in the ocean and parks about 20 yards offshore. He gets out and proceeds to wash off all the dirt on his pride and joy. The consensus around camp was that the guy had just destroyed his truck.

Hopefully this was a throwaway RC Cybertruck (if not, it will probably end up being a throwaway).

Faded away after, "reminds me of..."

 

[davelloydbrown]

what about this? Actually I think Elon bought this at one point.

 

[CyberSleuth]

This is one of my favorite sightings. It just kept ramping up:

• omg a Cybertruck
• It's driving on the BEACH
• OMFG IT'S DRIVING INTO THE OCEAN?!!

Killian!!!

 

[Crissa]

Really bad choice if that's a vehicle you want to keep, and drive for many years.

Reminds me of a time I was camped out in Baja, 38 miles on a dirt road from the pavement. This was a popular windsurfing spot in the 90's. Anyway, one afternoon we're hanging out in camp and a new person comes driving by, and takes his brand new pickup down to the ocean. Everyone was blown away when this guy drove in the ocean and parks about 20 yards offshore. He gets out and proceeds to wash off all the dirt on his pride and joy. The consensus around camp was that the guy had just destroyed his truck.

Hopefully this was a throwaway RC Cybertruck (if not, it will probably end up being a throwaway).

Just rinse it off.

If you're anywhere near the beach that has an onshore flow, you're going to get a salt rime.

It's like the #1 thing that triggers a wash for my car. Because unlike pollen, it doesn't just wipe or blow off.

-Crissa

 

[Cyberman]

what about this? Actually I think Elon bought this at one point.

Yes.

 

[TheLastStarfighter]

lol@ worrying about salt exposure from some ocean water.

*proceeds to sip coco, look outside Canadian window at roads completely covered in salt.

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