Newest car you have seen with rust

[Beeby]

Today I saw an 03 plate Ford KA with rust around the filler cap. Now I knew these KA's are rust buckets but to see rust on an 03 plate still shocked me. What is the newest car you have seen with visible rust?

[Blakewater]

Could have been a bodged accident repair or the owner being careless spilling petrol down it. 03 is 8 years old.

[Beeby]

Rust around the filler cap is a well known problem on KA's but to be showing an an 03 is really bad.

[paul26982]

We had a City Rover in the other week, around a 54 plate, it was absoloutely rotting, had to do the rear wheel bearing, was so tiny was funny, worst cars ever

[attym3]

Blakewater said:

03 is 8 years old.

Exactly, there should be no rust.

[hesnotthemessiah]

54 plate Alfa 156 lives at the bottom of our road and the exhaust is falling off.

[MNBrennan]

My dad had an 05 MX-5 about 2 years ago that had started to rot. Needless to say he got rid ASAP

[Jakg]

Ka's are terrible for rusting to be fair.

My ZT (2004) has a tiny tiny tiny tiny bit of rust on the front wing - I've removed the mudflaps (they sit wayyy to low and catch on most speedbumps) and they trap dirt (to scratch away the paint) and moisture (to make the exposed metal rust).

Many cars are similar.

EDIT - ZT's / 75's are very very good cars for not rusting fwiw.

[Beeby]

Jakg said:

Ka's are terrible for rusting to be fair.

My ZT (2004) has a tiny tiny tiny tiny bit of rust on the front wing - I've removed the mudflaps (they sit wayyy to low and catch on most speedbumps) and they trap dirt (to scratch away the paint) and moisture (to make the exposed metal rust).

Many cars are similar.

EDIT - ZT's / 75's are very very good cars for not rusting fwiw.

If they are very very good at not rusting then why does yours have rust?

[billzeebub]

young cars with rust surely always equals poorly repaired crash damage?!..

[Steffan]

Ford Ka's are dreadful for the propensity to rust.

My kids have had three from new in the last five years EVERY one rusted under warranty in year ONE. And continued to rust.

By year three all were showing serious body corrosion. They all buy VW or Toyota now. Never seen a rusty one of these.

Being ancient I had a new SD1 V8 in 1986.

The boot floor and outriders underneath were completely bare metal not even primed at all just bare metal. Dreadful quality but a great family car. Towed everything in site and cost a fortune in parts but they all did then.

I also had at times a new Stag and two new TR7's. All had bare metal in parts it was no surprise to me BL went under this level of non existent quality cannot be successful.

But again great cars I thoroughly enjoyed all three.

Modern cars are vastly better controlled in quality and consistency.

Even my Freelander has good paintwork.

And that car is NOT the best in quality control.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

I've seen FIAT Stradas come of the transporter with rust....

... but that was 1980, and things are different now

[poing]

Traded my old 52 plate MX5 almost exactly a year ago because I couldn't be bothered getting the rusty sills and arches sorted. It was also mentioned on the MOT about the rust underneath so I bought a 2007 mk3 instead.

I've seen 54 plate mx5's with bad rust, the mk2 mx5's are quite bad for it.

[Perd Hapley]

Kas weren't galvanised, of course they rust.

Most of the rust people whine about on modern cars is just cosmetic. No-one's needing new sills for their first MOT anymore.

[garycab]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

I've seen FIAT Stradas come of the transporter with rust....

... but that was 1980, and things are different now

You beat me to it!. I worked at the import center for Lancia back in the 80's.....say no more!!!

[Jakg]

Beeby said:

If they are very very good at not rusting then why does yours have rust?

Very good at rusting = virtually no examples(even 12 year old cars) of cars with serious rust problems (except those with poor repairs).

I mentioned the small rust point because it can happen to any car - if you look behind the mudflaps on a lot of cars you will find such horrors.

[hidetheelephants]

Defender doorhinges come with rust pre-applied in Solihull.

'They all do that sir.'

[Beeby]

Jakg said:

Beeby said:

If they are very very good at not rusting then why does yours have rust?

Very good at rusting = virtually no examples(even 12 year old cars) of cars with serious rust problems (except those with poor repairs).

I mentioned the small rust point because it can happen to any car - if you look behind the mudflaps on a lot of cars you will find such horrors.

This is true - I don't like mudflaps

[croakey]

My sister has a ka - 2 years ago it went into the bodyshop to have the rear tailgate replaced under warranty.


Its an 06 plate!

done 19k from new, my sister and one previous old dear owner - no repairs.

[littleandy0410]

I saw rust on the sills below the rear doors on an 06 reg Zafira the other day. Apparently the silver paint is water based, and water gets trapped in the rubber seal on the lower sill, et voila, rust!