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KS Toronado

(19,916 posts) Mon Aug 19, 2024, 02:14 PM Aug 2024

Canadian car question

Do vehicles in the Victoria, BC, Canada tend to rust out or stay rust free? Vancouver to be exact.
Looking at one from that area.

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Canadian car question (Original Post) KS Toronado Aug 2024 OP

can't say about Vancouver, but my limited experience in the PNW says mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 #1

Doesn't rain cause rust, as well? I'm asking as a desert dweller who knows nothing about this. LauraInLA Aug 2024 #2

Well yes on unprotected/unpainted surfaces. KS Toronado Aug 2024 #3

That I get -- we inherited an suv from in-laws in Ontario, Canada, and they must not have protected LauraInLA Aug 2024 #4

If you buy get a good inspection Old Crank Sep 2024 #5

mahatmakanejeeves

(61,946 posts)

1. can't say about Vancouver, but my limited experience in the PNW says

Reply to KS Toronado (Original post)

Mon Aug 19, 2024, 02:21 PM

Aug 2024

that they don't use road salt much there. Vancouver probably doesn't get that much snow. It's a coastal kind of a place, like Seattle. Seattlites driving in the snow have their own YouTube videos.

LauraInLA

(1,446 posts)

2. Doesn't rain cause rust, as well? I'm asking as a desert dweller who knows nothing about this.

Reply to KS Toronado (Original post)

Mon Aug 19, 2024, 02:59 PM

Aug 2024

KS Toronado

(19,916 posts)

3. Well yes on unprotected/unpainted surfaces.

Reply to LauraInLA (Reply #2)

Mon Aug 19, 2024, 04:41 PM

Aug 2024

But road salt is like warp speed.

LauraInLA

(1,446 posts)

4. That I get -- we inherited an suv from in-laws in Ontario, Canada, and they must not have protected

Reply to KS Toronado (Reply #3)

Mon Aug 19, 2024, 04:59 PM

Aug 2024

their underside .

Old Crank

(5,082 posts)

5. If you buy get a good inspection

Reply to KS Toronado (Original post)

Wed Sep 4, 2024, 09:10 AM

Sep 2024

Coastal cars can have rust problems. If it was garaged that helps. Coastal US cars can have rust issues also if near the ocean. The salt air is rough on surfaces.

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