As a former NYer now in AZ who has seen more than his share of vehicles rot away, I am stuned to my Beeber that a 12 year old ANYTHING is still on the road up there and not a brown pile in the snow, considering the tin foil they make new vehicles with.
My last project, a 79 F250 sat fully sanded to the metal outside for 2 months before I got back to it.
Not a speck of rust. I love AZ ;)
“As a former NYer now in AZ who has seen more than his share of vehicles rot away, I am stuned to my Beeber that a 12 year old ANYTHING is still on the road up there and not a brown pile in the snow, considering the tin foil they make new vehicles with.”
I still live in the snow belt of NY.
You would be amazed at how little rust you see on vehicles now. They really are better than they used to be. I rarely see rusty vehicles that are less than a dozen years old, and even then they are just beginning to show small holes. Some vehicles just seem to go on and on and never show rust.
It sure is a big change from the rusty crap from the 70s and early 80s. As you know, back then we were lucky to get 8 or 9 years out of a car before it was rusted beyond being structurally sound and was junked.