It was a nightmare just because of our smog laws. I had to ditch it after getting one too many tickets for driving an extremely polluting vehicle, that I absolutely adored. My 1992 weird Chilean spec Nissan Pathfinder YD21.

I agree with this, I’m betting the typical renter of these cars probably could not have abused them too much. And, I think it’s a screaming deal and I can afford $18K for a third car that would be a great commuter...but it’s a hard pass because their CEO is who he is. And I don’t say that to be sensationalistic, I…

the ferrous wheel

You mean it’s not completely bulletproof & otherwise impervious to all manner of hostile treatment*?

They’d hear “furries” and lose their minds (even more).

Most people don't know what ferrous means. 

The Cybertruck has taught me that most people don’t seem to have even a very basic understanding of chemistry, or for that matter what stainless steel is.

I’d bet most of those trump voters would struggle with the word ferrous. 

No, no they didn’t. Most people likely remember virtually nothing of their high school chemistry class, if they even had it. I don’t know that I’d have thought of it, and I went through undergrad Organic chem (but I’m an immunologist by trade, not a chemist).

dammit... I have no better possible response.

They bought a cybertruck.

Yes, people did not know that.  Cybertruck owners didn’t know that.  Maybe they’ll know if they read this?  Who can say if they can even read?

Did people really not know that putting ferrous iron on stainless steel out in the weather would result in rust?

Well, it's safe to say that cybertruck owners are not smarter than the average bear.

Even without magnets, the Cybertruck is still pretty polarizing...

Another day another “The Tesla Cybertruck is not very good” story. Yawn. Did people really not know that putting ferrous iron on stainless steel out in the weather would result in rust? I feel like this is that Costco butter recall because they didn’t put that it contains milk on the package.

When I got a rental Model Y, I had to sit at the airport rental lot watching YouTube videos to find out how to start the thing. Apparently you wave your hotel room card over an unmarked section of the arm rest.  Obviously. /s

That front release is well designed and intelligently placed. The rear one is fucking stupid, and makes me wonder if they had 2 separate departments designing the front and rear doors. 

“something that most owners, let alone a passenger in a panic, aren’t likely to have.”

“...EMERGENCY RELEASE LATCHES FOR THE MODEL Y’s REAR DOORS ARE HIDDEN BENEATH A MAT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR POCKET. ONCE THAT’S REMOVED, A RED TAB OPENS AN ACCESS HATCH THAT REVEALS AN EMERGENCY RELEASE CABLE...!”

The last words your fast-googling friend will scream in the seconds between the crash and you all burning…