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06-21-2021, 07:33 PM | Topic Starter |
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Rust on pre-owned vehicle
I understand very little about vehicles or other things with a motor. I found a good pre-owned vehicle from 2013 for the right price and it checks every necessary box. However, an acquaintance of mine holds the opinion that I should pass on the vehicle because of some rust on the inside lower frame of the driver's door. It's unnoticeable from the outside. But the acquaintance says that in a year from now, the rust will spread and the vehicle will look like trash.
The rust is not a tiny spot on the frame, but rather kind of spread out on that door. I don't care about the rust as it is, so if I can do some work to maintain it rather than fix it, I'm good with that. Should this be a deal-breaker? |
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06-21-2021, 07:37 PM | #2 |
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06-21-2021, 07:50 PM | #3 |
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If I am appraising a vehicle, and there is any visible rust whatsoever, it is instantly a wholesale vehicle, no matter how nice. Can not retail it. Huge value deduction.
Rust can only be truly fixed by cutting the vehicle apart and welding new sheet metal in, and even then you better hope they did a good job because if a speck is left behind it will soon be a spot, then a bubble, then full blown cancer. Shit I just bought a new truck and ended up with an aluminum truck partly because so many even pretty new trucks had rust. For me both in my business, and in my personal life, rust is an absolute deal breaker for any vehicle. |
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06-22-2021, 05:49 PM | #4 | |
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06-21-2021, 08:02 PM | #5 |
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06-21-2021, 08:04 PM | #6 |
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8 year old vehicle with rust?
Hell no. That car has seen some shit. |
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06-21-2021, 08:06 PM | #7 |
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Think of it as a little bit of cancer.
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06-21-2021, 08:18 PM | #8 |
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06-21-2021, 08:27 PM | #9 |
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Rust is just like cancer. You do not want a vehicle that has rust as it will spread fast and destroy everything in its path.
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06-21-2021, 08:34 PM | #10 |
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Well shucks - I was hoping the acquaintance was being a bit dramatic. Sounds like I better keep looking.
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06-22-2021, 04:13 AM | #11 |
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06-22-2021, 05:31 AM | #12 |
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06-22-2021, 06:55 PM | #13 |
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06-23-2021, 10:49 AM | #14 |
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I have a 2017 Pacifica limited, its going into the shop for a galvanic corrosion problem (under warranty). Hood and sliding drivers door. Body guy said if they tried to fix the aluminum panels, they just have to fill the repair and it wouldn't last. Probably $5000 repair for Chrysler, said they have done a bunch of hoods
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06-21-2021, 08:53 PM | #15 |
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Oh ****. You live in Iowa?
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