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Originally Posted by NOHOME

Wife and I buy new cars simultaneously every ten years. Previous to the FRS, we both had 2002 Mazda Proteges.

Wife Unit did not do any rust control
I oil sprayed (Krown) every fall.

About year six her car started to show signs of rust. By the end of the ten years, it was what I would call a "Rusty car" but still good enough to pass an Ontario Safety inspection.

My car lagged by about 3 years with rust becoming evident around year 8.

Funny enough, when we went to replace the cars, the dealers only offered $300 in both instances. We just donated them to friends who needed a car and they lasted another 3 and 4 years.

So, all else being equal, the Wife-Unit had an extra $1200 in her new-car account compared to me since she did not spend it on oil spray.

Did yours have the anti rust modules installed? My son in laws did and it obviously didn't help since his was very badly rusted after only 5 years. His one front tower was almost rusted through.