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Rust is still taking cars in the northern states. It takes longer, but if you make it to around 15 years rust will start reaching important things like brakes a
by slackingoff2017 9y ago
Rust is still taking cars in the northern states. It takes longer, but if you make it to around 15 years rust will start reaching important things like brakes and suspension.
- lucaspiller 9y agoSame here in Northern Europe, but those are commodity parts and relatively easy to replace (although can be labour intensive). I just replaced the calipers and springs (half destroyed by rust and half by potholes) on my 2002 Lexus IS200 and it's as good as new after 210,000km. When I was young my parents had a Renault and after around 12 years the bodywork started going rusty under the passenger footwell. They had it patched up, but eventually the rust spread. Nowadays something like that is pretty uncommon.
- ghaff 9y agoI've also had all the brake lines and power steering lines rust out in a Ford Explorer though. That's probably my one really big failure of not getting rid of a vehicle when it had the first of those expensive repairs.
- ghaff 9y agoYeah, I have a ~20yo Honda Del Sol that I bought in the last model year. I haven't driven it in winter for a while. (I have another vehicle.) At this point it creates something of a sensation at the local Honda dealer when I bring it in because there aren't many on the roads any longer (because of rusting out) and it was a somewhat unique vehicle. Still, this is 15-20 years vs. 5 years.
- slackingoff2017 9y agoDriving in the winter is what kills cars up North. I live down south US now and it rains plenty, probably more than up north. The difference is that the heat dries things up quick and most importantly no salt. If you drive a car up north only when it's sunny it will never rust.