MOT history - corrosion as advisories

[AlphaQuail]

been doing a lot of MOT history checks recently ahead of a shed purchase and I've got a bit obsessed. I'm literally canning any car with anything on the advisory list in the past 2 years beyond tyre and pad wear. and any mention of mild corrosion to sills etc as advisories.

Am I being to strict? any ghost stories? I'm aware mild corrosion will turn to rot if untreated but if something has been addressed is it a safe buy?

Cheers

Lee

[lucido grigio]

A shed with zero rust is a rare thing.

[AlphaQuail]

lucido grigio said:

A shed with zero rust is a rare thing.

I guess so. Im hoping for too much sub 1k really. Ill only have the car 18 months

[Momentofmadness]

Way too strict....

[anonymous-user]

my car i bought thought i didn't have rust but i do inside rear doors, nothing structural. maybe if i had noticed it might have put me off, but had a look nothing structural and a few hundred quid would sort it. yes rust is going to more likely on older cars but depends where it is to decide if you don;t want the car.

For a grand lets be honest beggars can't be choosers, the cars are near end of life, so just get something that is the best that you find.

Edited by The Spruce goose on Thursday 3rd August 20:04

[M4cruiser]

It's just "the opinion of the tester".

I had a whole list of advisories 2 years ago, including rust, then the next year I took it somewhere else and had only 1 advisory "car had 4 wheel covers" or something.

I hadn't touched the "rust" in that year.

[AlphaQuail]

I read a couple of shed posts and thought id need to be shed ninja based on what people were saying. Im just trying to avoid 300 quid+ payouts in the first 6 month/until the MOT

If its decent i might even keep it past that point. Just a hard come down from what ive just sold.

[bitwrx]

Go french. 306s have generally excellent corrosion protection, but even that is starting to wear off now. Or at least it is on mine, a 99 model.

Not sure about later cars, but they're ste anyway.

[Momentofmadness]

bitwrx said:

Go french. 306s have generally excellent corrosion protection, but even that is starting to wear off now. Or at least it is on mine, a 99 model.

Not sure about later cars, but they're ste anyway.

Galvanised on the top, but rust underneath (still great cars though!)