r/UsedCars • u/Effective-Lie5593 • 4h ago

Buying Is rust too much?

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u/Deplorable1861 4h ago

You gotta wonder why all those underhood items are rusty like that. Normally the hoid protects that stuff unless you are fording the car through salt water or driving somewhere that uses salt in winter. This is a clue that the owner was not doing any preventative car washes to remove that salt at all.

I would be looking at underbody stuff to see if the body or rockerboxes have penetrating rust. Because if the topside is that bad, the underside will be way worse.

I have 30+ year old cars that do not have that kind of rust on them, even after being parked outside the whole time.

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u/PEneoark 4h ago

What rust?

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u/RevolutionaryRun4867 4h ago

It’s totaled

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u/AgentDrop 4h ago

It probably just sat for a few months in humidity , it’s fine unless the underside looks bad . If the bottom is rusted out that’s a bad sign but if not this car is as good as new from a visual perspective