Forget rust spots — handprints are the bigger headache for Tesla Cybertruck drivers

You've been waiting years for the truck of your dreams, languishing on a waitlist while the tech billionaire behind your futuristic automobile cements the finishing touches on the world's most exclusive new electric vehicle.

But when your nearly $100,000 Cybertruck finally arrives, the doors smudge when you open them, and specks of rust mar the stainless steel exterior.

Sounds like a recipe for disappointment, no?

But for some members of the first class of Tesla Cybertruck owners —many of whom have previously owned Teslas — little can outweigh the excitement of being among the first to drive the new vehicle.

Six Tesla customers who spoke to Business Insider said reports of rust specks and smudges have not detracted from their enthusiasm for the truck.

«I think Tesla gets away with a lot of stuff because the driving experience is that good,» Donald Green, a new Cybertruck owner based in League City, Texas, told Business Insider. «Once you start driving Tesla, you never go back.»

Tesla delivered its first dozen Cybertrucks in November, but most people only began receiving their vehicles earlier this year. The electric pickup has a price tag between $60,990 and $99,990, depending on its trim level. The premium version of the truck includes an estimated 320-mile range and can go from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 2.6 seconds.

A few months after deliveries began, some members of a Cybertruck-owners forum started complaining about rust spots on the vehicle. Forum users shared photos of the small orange specks and asked for advice about how to clean current spots, as well as stave off future grime.

A Tesla engineer quickly jumped on X, formerly Twitter, to explain that it wasn't the Cybertruck's metal itself that was rusting, saying the car was simply picking up surface contamination. The engineer, Wes Morrill, said the orange spots were apparent rusting from metal particles that may have collected from the factory or via railway transportation. He assured worried customers that the surface contamination could be cleaned off easily. Tesla CEO Elon Musk responded «yeah» to Morrill's post.

As more and more eager Cybertruck owners started receiving their vehicles, Facebook groups and