Why cars rust

67Dart273 said
You sure seem to be able to infer things that were not meant, said, or implied.

My comment was as I thought you meant it--you were talking about rusting cars, and so was I, not "growing up in general."

I never said there was NOT a solution

What I SAID was my perceptions as to how things WERE

I can STILL remember JUST AFTER I bought my 70 sixpack RR--a car that had been bought from Oregon and spent it's short life to that point in CA----the car was only a couple of years old, and one morning I left the barracks early at Miramar to see what turned out to be---a 70 Satellite from the E--New York or New Jersey--and against the rising sun I could see LIGHT completely through the quarters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!! WHY !!!! Because this 2 year old (or less) car had holes completely rusted through the sides of the rear quarters INTO THE TRUNK and the SUN was shining in one side AND OUT THE OTHER.

I also remember helping a nice young gal tune up her 70? Chivvy Vega, and we were ready to shut the hood. "Wait" says she, "I need to get my special tools." Out from the back she comes with 4 huge cheap "bin" screwdrivers. The car was already starting to rust, and the fenders were "falling inwards!!!!! You had to shut the hood some, then jam the 4 drivers in the slot to wedge the hood between the fenders!!!

Vegas would rust on the showroom floor:angry7: and I agree it has a lot to do with how the car is made, my neighbor bought a new impala, a few years ago, she kept it clean, one day she gets in and her high heel goes thru the floor, the car was about 2 years old at this time, she takes it to the dealer, the factory forgot to seal the seams, they wanted to give her a new car, and she told them to go over to the dodge dealer and buy one, it took a lawyer but she got her money back and has been driving a mopar since, in fact she still has her advenger r/t that she got when she gave up gm, she keeps it clean and drives it in the winter and the car still looks new.