Same 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

Same 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.