Composite Plastic Body Panel Care (Cleaning, Protecting, Waxing, Coating)

[AZFox]

True, but I just pulled a CC stock photo of a 'car broken plastic fender'. The detail of the particular pic is irrelevant to my point.

Relevance arises from it being a completely different kind of fender material.

Also, impact from another vehicle is more significant than errant snowball impact.

 

[Doctors Do Little]

Relevance arises from it being a completely different kind of fender material.

Also, impact from another vehicle is more significant than errant snowball impact.

Highly dependent on the thrower, Sir. There’s some MLB talent hidden up there in the Great White Yankeelands….

 

[Daemoch]

Saturns were infamous up here for not surviving long enough to get rusty. Snowballs were the claimed issue. I just dont want repeats.

No bets on how many kids were actually packing ice balls or rocks.

 

[ScooterAsheville]

I have always washed my trucks once each decade. My Slate I think once each century. It's a truck. Let it fade. Let it crack. Let it look like 1,000 angry cats used it as a scratching post. Because it's a truck. Not a Corvette.

 

[Doctors Do Little]

I have always washed my trucks once each decade. My Slate I think once each century. It's a truck. Let it fade. Let it crack. Let it look like 1,000 angry cats used it as a scratching post. Because it's a truck. Not a Corvette.

It’s funny that my dad’s farm trucks were filthy like that but he washed my mom’s wagons/sedans religiously on Saturday evening to look appropriate for church on Sunday! Farmers are unique.

 

[Mac-Tyson]

Apparently Slate Auto isn't expecting owners to have OCD about keeping body panels pristine.

Slate's design philosophy is equally unconventional. The company's head of design, Tisha Johnson, describes the inspiration as a "battle-scarred shark," a motif that embraces visible wear and tear rather than hiding it.​

I agree with that for Pick Up Trucks wear and tear as long as it's nothing vital to functionality of the truck just adds to the character to it. My hope is that the Slate develops the reputation of being the EV equivalent of the Toyota Hilux's of old.

 

[Mac-Tyson]

I have always washed my trucks once each decade. My Slate I think once each century. It's a truck. Let it fade. Let it crack. Let it look like 1,000 angry cats used it as a scratching post. Because it's a truck. Not a Corvette.

Exactly I'll handwash my Luxury Sedan since I felt pain when I noticed the car wash scratched it. But a Pick Up Truck that type of stuff just adds character.