Rust Bucket Engineering.

['01LS1]

 

 

The little Volvo might be down on power, and not the most stylish thing on the road, but at least it was built with PRIDE. Something that ALL automakers in the 21st century have long since forgotten. This one was engineered to LAST. Too bad even today's Volvo is a pile of dung - nowhere near what it used to be.

 

 

It is ironic what you are saying considering what you have the car parked next to in the photo you chose.

[Grumpy Bear]

I'm not sure which one of your examples I like the most. How many blood vessels have you popped over this? Have you every really looked at a Corvette? I can tell you for a fact that the metal structure under the glass does rust like all vehicles. Sounds like you should sell the vehicles and take the bus. Or move to Arizona....

 

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I owned a 76 Stingray for nearly 30 years. Over half that in Illinois. I had no rust issues with it. None! Mechanical issues, yes but not rust. Thing was a money pit. Lost in a divorce. Best thing that ever happened to me. You pick which one.

 

Of the nearly 40 years I spent in oil/gas and chemical nearly 15 of that was in coatings. 5 of that in R&D. I've made oceans of Chrysler water born clear coat base resin. Was the lab tech in R&D converting solvent born alkyd to water. I knew the people assigned to engineering parts and finish failure. I don't have to Wiki my prose.

 

I don't break blood vessels. I laugh my butt off over it. Man on the moon. Single cell radiation targeting. Atom splitting and yet people are willing to accept some idea rust proof isn't doable. Not one thing on this planet moves an inch that does not put a dime in some one percenters pocket.

 

It kind of like watching a drunk tell everyone he isn't and refusing to believe drinking is unavoidable.

 

JSdirt. Love the Volvo. Perfect example.

[It's Tim]

 

I owned a 76 Stingray for nearly 30 years. Over half that in Illinois. I had no rust issues with it. None! Mechanical issues, yes but not rust. Thing was a money pit. Lost in a divorce. Best thing that ever happened to me. You pick which one.

 

 

At a minimum the A pillars are notorious for rusting in half just below the windshield, don't get me started about the rear suspension, lol.

[j-ten-ner]

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Take about $3K in useless ego-tech out of a car and apply it toward something that actually is consumer pocket book useful.

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Word.

 

so long

j-ten-ner

[pickmeup]

GM took a Giant step forward in rust control with coated rear brake lines .

[diyer2]

Where's the old timer Michigan guys?

Grew up in the 60's, 70's in that state. Salted roads to this day and rust back then was rampant.

[Colossus]

They all died as a result of bad drinking water

[CadillacLuke24]

Rust is relavitely easy to avoid.

 

It's called washing your vehicle and hosing off the undercarriage more than never.

 

Also doesn't hurt that WYDOT and local municipalities use rock, not salt, for road traction

[Jsdirt]

That's a major factor right there.

 

My dad bought this '02 Silverado 2500 HD spankin' new at the end of '01. Washed and waxed this thing RELIGIOUSLY. He was the only one in the neighborhood with the hose out in 20° daytime temps.

 

This pic was taken in '15 - exactly 14 years to the day he bought it, minus being off the road for about a year for electrical problems ...

 

No matter what you do, the end result is inevitable when driven in road salt.

 

[pickmeup]

Saw a 14 silverado with Vermont plates and peeked underneath. It was a mess the frame wax was gone and it was a orange colored rust haven under there.

[Jsdirt]

Exactly how my '07 looked by the beginning of 2009.

 

I've been oiling the crap out of it yearly since. Just slowing down the inevitable ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

[pickmeup]

Its just like a cancer !!!!

[pickmeup]

Is it too late to clay bar and wax the car to get a few more years out of it ??

[Jsdirt]

[white1500]

It's best to think of vehicles as disposable in high rust prone areas. Or don't keep them longer than a few years?

 

I can't imagine seeing this happen to something I care about as much as my truck.

 

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