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Originally Posted by ~el~jefe~
These cars have a 5 year rust warranty. Uh... I never bought a car under 10 year rust warranty. The GTI and Mini cooper clubman all4 S I am looking at have 12 year rust warranty. The GTI has unlimited mileage 12 year, and the mini has something similar.
I know warranties do not necessarily mean things will last long, but... +7 year gaurantee could be meaningful.
Thoughts?
(I cant believe that the whole line has 5 year rust warranty!)
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The competitors have a better rust warranty.
1. If the Subaru/Toyota sell theoretically 150,000 of these cars but save $75 on each unit by using these vulnerable parts, the accountants will have a potential realized savings of a million dollars.
2. It could be possible the plant manufacturing these tin components may just have been drinking too much sake and Suntory. Thus, possible junk.
I remember a Knight Rider episode where KIT was dumped in either an acid or salt bath. That was a sad week but that image falls under my understanding of what a rust bucket is.
3. It could be also that the standardized salt spray test have different industrial standards trilaterally?
An Toyota FJ Cruiser would be a decent courtesy car if I find any rust in the next few months. Charming, but I don't even know what the fine would be to drive along a wet sandy ocean beach in one of those things.