The Week contest: Tarnished truck

This week's question: Owners of Tesla's new Cybertruck are reporting rust-like stains on their vehicles; a Tesla engineer says the blemishes on the stainless steel body panels are merely "surface contamination." In seven or fewer words, come up with a message for a bumper sticker that might appear on one of these tarnished behemoths.
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THE WINNER: I suffer from corrode rage
Rick Torrence, The Village, Oklahoma
SECOND PLACE: In Musk we trust, despite the rust
Matthew Kohler, New Haven, Vermont
THIRD PLACE: Teslas don’t rust — they pick up Grimes
Michael Broad, Lakewood, California
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
I’d complain on Twitter but, you know…
Daniel Hicks, Randolph, Massachusetts
At least these doors have bolts!
Janine Witte, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Honk if you have WD-40
Joshua Bloomberg, Encino, California
Odd flecks appear grosser than they are
Joe Ayella, Wayne, Pennsylvania
Don’t worry, I got my tetanus shot
Jeff Veis, Saratoga, California
Crashes to crashes, rust to rust
Don O'Hair, Elk Grove, California
Orange is the new gold
Liz Ullman, Denver, Colorado
Honk if you’re feeling schadenfreude
Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, California
My other car is a DeLorean
David Beeghley, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
Corrode warrior
Dave Grossman, Petaluma, California
What, for $80K you were expecting perfection?
Rob Huffman, Fredericksburg, Virginia
You Musk be kidding me
Judy L. Groat, San Luis Obispo, California
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