Re: Rustophobia

["Ian" <e@sbbs.se>]

I wouldn't worry too much, my car has lived it's whole life (it's an '87) in
the PA/NJ area and is showing absolutely no signs of rust anywhere, granted
I hand wash it almost every week and wax it about 4-6 times a year, and
usually go to one of those wash it yourself high pressure washer places
after the winter and thoroughly clean around the wheels and as much of the
underneath as I can reach (never touch the paint with that thing).

ian

-----Original Message-----
From: Wm. Josiah Erikson <josiah@gsinet.net>
To: J. McReynolds <sigmac@portland.quik.com>
Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Date: Tuesday, December 01, 1998 1:23 AM
Subject: Re: Rustophobia


>Hey, you guys ever oil undercoated your cars? It only costs $30, and if you
>don't mind wiping down the rocker panels and stuff afterwards, it really
saves
>cars! My dad had a '67 Volvo that he drove all the time, had well over 250K
on
>it, in New England, that had almost no rust because he oil undercoated it.
>After your factory undercoating deteriorates, it's the way to go. Get it
done
>once a year, it'll save your car.
>    -Josiah
>    '84 GTi
>    '86 Scirocco (buy me!)
>    '87 QSW
>    http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah
>
>J. McReynolds wrote:
>
>> I don't know--you guys are scarin' me with your sordid tales of
>> rust and Mk1 body deterioration.  I used to live where it was very
>> dry.  The culture was dry, the social life was dry, but mostly the
>> climate was dry.  Now I live in a city where they've had the third
>> wettest Nov. in history and it's only going to get wetter.  I am
>> doomed.  My '79 is doomed.  OK, I'll try not to panic, but I do
>> feel the beginnings of.  .  .  .  .  .  .  rustophobia.
>>
>> Excuse me while I go out and check for any chips, dings,
>> undercarriage exuding this cancer.  Damn, I was just beginning to
>> like this city!
>>
>> Jennifer
>>
>>
>>
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