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Normal amount of rust for a 13?
Over all the car is super clean, engine is flawless, not a spec. However looking under the rear this caught my eye.
http://i.imgur.com/aJEmIP0.jpg http://imgur.com/aJEmIP0 Is this something I should be concerned about purchasing? Thanks |
No, mine looked a lot worse and it's also a 2013.
That stuff under there is not stainless. |
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The rest of the parts in the pic look super clean! |
OP: You're fine, trust us northerners.
Side story--Years ago, my sister moved to Las Vegas from Cleveland, and took her 1999 Ford Escort cross country. I've heard some had reliability problems, but I had one as well and they were tanks. She and my parents had the car checked over and repaired stem to stern, and it was in as good a shape as possible when she left. She made it there fine, fast forward a couple months when she took her car in for an oil change and scheduled maintenance, and received a frantic phone call an hour later that the mechanics were convinced the car was totaled due to being "rusted out." They actually refused to work on it for fear of breaking it! These geniuses had never seen what a few northern winters will do to a car, and had to actually talk to a mechanic back here to convince them that the car was safe to work on and roadworthy. We all got a good laugh out of that one. |
That's like one month's worth of winter and salt
OP don't worry about it |
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I give these cars 10 years in the salt-belt until they are done.
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Thanks so much for the reassurance guys. Much appreciated!
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We just had to replace all the stainless panels in the washroom at work since several were eaten right though from piss. Apparently our guys have accuracy issues. |
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