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06-21-2021, 07:37 PM | #2 |
Someone pass the antifreeze
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Miami (North Cuba)
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Yes, it’s like an iceberg you can only see 10%.
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06-21-2021, 07:50 PM | #3 |
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Join Date: Jul 2011
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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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06-21-2021, 08:02 PM | #4 |
Mod Team
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Valley of the hot as ****
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See Burt for a used car.
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06-21-2021, 08:04 PM | #5 |
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Who knows?
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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 | #6 |
Psycho Bag Of Squanch
Join Date: Sep 2001
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Think of it as a little bit of cancer.
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06-21-2021, 08:18 PM | #7 |
What's up braj?
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Placencia, Belize
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Think of it this way - Would you rather have vaginal sex with Jennifer Lawrence or get a blow job from Billay?
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06-21-2021, 08:27 PM | #8 |
Admitted Planet Junky
Join Date: Oct 2000
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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 | #9 |
fides quaerens intellectum
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: United States
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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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06-21-2021, 08:53 PM | #10 |
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Scott City KS
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Oh ****. You live in Iowa?
Run. BTW. Good to see you around Jenson. |
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06-21-2021, 10:51 PM | #11 |
Curmudgeon
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: North by Northwest
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I'd echo what Hometeam said. That little bit of rust may be the only visible sign of something amiss, but not the whole story. True enough it could be just a small ding that got salt into it, but it could also indicate the car has been in water. You don't want any part of that.
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06-22-2021, 04:13 AM | #12 |
MVP
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Location: KC
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06-22-2021, 05:31 AM | #13 |
Banded
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Oz
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Is it a Chevy?
It's a Chevy isn't it? |
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06-22-2021, 06:40 AM | #14 |
It's Five O'Clock Somewhere
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Billings, Montana
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Yeah, take a hard pass and keep hunting.
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06-22-2021, 08:35 AM | #15 |
Draconian Warlord
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Drakonia
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We had a 5 year old truck on the lot, that was perfect and beautiful. Guy stopped to look at it, then he got on his back and inspected the under carriage. I thought he was a bit over zealous. WRONG!! It looked like someone put a new truck on the chassis of a 30 year old junk yard truck!! I was shocked that it made it's way to my lot. Guy gave it a hard pass, and I didn't blame him in the least. I refused to sell that truck.
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