Salty winters == rust!

[ejfluhr@austin.ibm.com (Fluhr)]

How do you people with salty winters keep your cars from rusting out?!?

I went and looked at an '86 4Kcsq during lunch.  It had spent its first
7 years in NY, and showed it.  There were little rust spots or rust
stains in lots of nicks and crannies (e.g. door jambs, trunk area, etc.)
, even though the body looked to be in excellent condition.  Also, much
of the engine showed signs of rust, especially the fuel system, heater
hoses, ISV, basically anything that wasn't alloy was corroded.  Yuk.

Shame, too, since the interior was in good condition.  Car only had 116K
on it, never hit, original paint looked real nice.  Engine looked like
it was at 216K, though.

Is in unreasonable to expect to find a 4Kq with virtually no rust on it?

Bummer.

Eric
'85 Coupe GT, not in perfect condition, but stellar by comparison
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