Which "modern" cars rust badly?
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I'm talking about cars from about the mid 90s onwards , a time when I thought rust was meant to be a bad memory from the 70s/80s.
How many owners have been suprised when there car failed its MOT on structural (or other) rust?
Year or date range would be appreciated.
So personal experience or trade/ MOT station experience welcome.
My 71 viva , 79 Dolomite sprint both suffered very badly, my 87 528i was much better but still not great.
Why do I ask ? Its because I only run old cars as I never see the point of paying the huge running costs of modern cars as my annual mileage is only about 5000 so depreciation and annual dealer servicing makes it too costly.
How many owners have been suprised when there car failed its MOT on structural (or other) rust?
Year or date range would be appreciated.
So personal experience or trade/ MOT station experience welcome.
My 71 viva , 79 Dolomite sprint both suffered very badly, my 87 528i was much better but still not great.
Why do I ask ? Its because I only run old cars as I never see the point of paying the huge running costs of modern cars as my annual mileage is only about 5000 so depreciation and annual dealer servicing makes it too costly.
Edited by redstu on Sunday 18th October 20:15
[quote=redstu]I'm talking about cars from about the mid 90s onwards , a time when I thought rust was meant to be a bad memory from the 70s/80s.
How many owners have been suprised when there car failed its MOT on structural (or other) rust?
So personal experience or trade/ MOT station experience welcome.
My 71 viva , 79 Dolomite sprint both suffered very badly, my 87 528i was much better but still not great.
Why do I ask ? Its because I only run old cars as I never see the point of paying the huge running costs of modern cars as my annual mileage is only about 5000 so depreciation and annual dealer servicing makes it too costly.
Mercedes, although they claim to have got the rot licked we are still seeing rust on examples as little as a year old!
How many owners have been suprised when there car failed its MOT on structural (or other) rust?
So personal experience or trade/ MOT station experience welcome.
My 71 viva , 79 Dolomite sprint both suffered very badly, my 87 528i was much better but still not great.
Why do I ask ? Its because I only run old cars as I never see the point of paying the huge running costs of modern cars as my annual mileage is only about 5000 so depreciation and annual dealer servicing makes it too costly.
Mercedes, although they claim to have got the rot licked we are still seeing rust on examples as little as a year old!
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