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.

Click here to see the results of last week's contest: Culture fraud

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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