Originally Posted By: Tegger
Originally Posted By: HawkeyeScott
been in NYC area pretty much all of its life. It only has 51k miles, so it hasn't been on the road a ton.
That means lots of short trips and sitting around unused; all bad news when it comes to rust.
I would want to inspect such a vehicle personally before taking a chance; it could be a corroded mess underneath.
There's no sure formula. I bought my current daily driver in Connecticut back in 2009. It was 7 years old with 22,000 miles....obviously driven very little, maybe even short tripped all its life. There was no history with it, other than it was picked up at another dealership on trade in from some old guy and then flipped to this used car lot as a "favor." I couldn't care less if the story was true or not, as the car looked perfect. Wasn't a spot of rust anywhere. The car looked 2 years old. There "should" have been rust on it, but there wasn't. I've had it 7 years now and there's some light rust on the undercarriage and frame now that I will apply some POR 15 to next summer. When I did a trans pan removal in June there was some light rust on it which I attended to with POR 15. Even after 15 years in New England, the car is generally rust free. I don't know why everyone is so scared of northern cars. I'd be leery of a Florida car that sat anywhere near the coast. And constant summer humidity isn't exactly a blessing for keeping rust at bay. There are good and bad cars everywhere. You can buy an abused, short-tripped car just as easily in Florida as anywhere else.
Originally Posted By: HawkeyeScott
been in NYC area pretty much all of its life. It only has 51k miles, so it hasn't been on the road a ton.
That means lots of short trips and sitting around unused; all bad news when it comes to rust.
I would want to inspect such a vehicle personally before taking a chance; it could be a corroded mess underneath.
There's no sure formula. I bought my current daily driver in Connecticut back in 2009. It was 7 years old with 22,000 miles....obviously driven very little, maybe even short tripped all its life. There was no history with it, other than it was picked up at another dealership on trade in from some old guy and then flipped to this used car lot as a "favor." I couldn't care less if the story was true or not, as the car looked perfect. Wasn't a spot of rust anywhere. The car looked 2 years old. There "should" have been rust on it, but there wasn't. I've had it 7 years now and there's some light rust on the undercarriage and frame now that I will apply some POR 15 to next summer. When I did a trans pan removal in June there was some light rust on it which I attended to with POR 15. Even after 15 years in New England, the car is generally rust free. I don't know why everyone is so scared of northern cars. I'd be leery of a Florida car that sat anywhere near the coast. And constant summer humidity isn't exactly a blessing for keeping rust at bay. There are good and bad cars everywhere. You can buy an abused, short-tripped car just as easily in Florida as anywhere else.