Was it April 1st listing? No pic? What does google say? Do new cars rust? Haven't seen rust for many years.
gmphil,
Apr 22, 10:10am
had something similar attached to the firewall of this rusty rusty falcon I wreaked out .
richardmayes,
Apr 22, 11:11am
There are anodic / cathodic protection systems used in steel structures (and in the reinforcing steel in concrete structures) that incorporates a DC power feed, to force the galvanic reaction of the sacrificial zinc anode to be more effective. (I.e. by making sure the corrosion occurs at your sacrificial zinc lump, not elsewhere in the steel structure.
I bet that's NOT what this snake oil product is, though!
No mention of a zinc anode anywhere.
lookoutas,
Apr 22, 3:39pm
You're kidding - right?
intrade,
Apr 22, 5:03pm
The question is what is causing the electrolosys to start with ? Like acid cooling water etc you better fix the problem
mrfxit,
Apr 22, 6:15pm
The Cat The Cat . . . .&
No No No
Hate the style of advert
2sheddies,
Apr 22, 7:02pm
Most definitely! In some cases worse than old cars it would seem. Mazdas (Atenzas/6's) and some Fords are apparently very rust prone. Has been a thread or two in the past about rust in modern cars if I remember correctly.
bigfatmat1,
Apr 22, 8:20pm
They are used in some electric f/lifts that work in salty conditions.
tamarillo,
Apr 22, 8:27pm
Eh no. I haven't seen a rusty car newer than 10 yrs, and even older and rough ones aren't actually rusty in the way cars of 70's and 80's rusted. Most cars have great rustproofing and lots of galvanised parts. Is it a jap import problem mainly? Less protection on home market cars due to little expectation of long life maybe?
whqqsh,
Apr 23, 2:13am
Big contracting firm we get in at work have a fleet Ford Rangers that were all suffering from rust in the slam panel, especially where it joins the front guards, they were about a year old when the first one failed a WOF because of it
_peas,
Apr 23, 5:01am
I expect bombardment with stories of Jap imports doing well into the hundreds of thousands of Km any moment.
thejazzpianoma,
Apr 23, 5:01am
With the odd exception it's pretty much an Asian + Ford problem IMO.
Like you, rust is really a thing of the past for me. Of the post 1990 vehicles I have owned, it's only been the Japanese stuff that rusted and most of my cars have lived outside.
Galvanised body's are a fantastic thing, I don't get why people don't put more stock in to it when purchasing a car. They seem to be so eager to hand over top dollar for an imported Nissan Tiida that already has extensive serious rust repairs to gain complaince. all because it's a "Nissan" and has a chain driven engine. No logic.
Also yes, a lot of those popular imports are very much a disposable vehicle with about a 5 year life cycle in mind. Why else would you not galvanise a vehicle you know is going to be used on salt roads? (actually they barely even have undercoat type rust protection)
Likewise they fit them with transmissions that don't last more than 130K and rubbishy plasticy parts that you would expect on a budget Chinese vehicle.
thejazzpianoma,
Apr 23, 5:11am
Ford are shockers for this, Transits were the same (hopefully the new one is better). Transits are the L300 of Europe, buy one new as cheap as chips and then flog the snot out of it and run up the km's for a few short years then it's scrap.
Interestingly Mazda (even Mazda cars) are also one of the worst modern rust offenders, right up there with cheap Nissan's, not sure how much if any of this came from the Mazda/Ford partnership.
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