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Related: About this forumCanadian 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
Doesn't rain cause rust, as well? I'm asking as a desert dweller who knows nothing about this.
LauraInLA
Aug 2024
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mahatmakanejeeves
(60,915 posts)1. can't say about Vancouver, but my limited experience in the PNW says
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
(1,304 posts)2. Doesn't rain cause rust, as well? I'm asking as a desert dweller who knows nothing about this.
KS Toronado
(19,565 posts)3. Well yes on unprotected/unpainted surfaces.
But road salt is like warp speed.
LauraInLA
(1,304 posts)4. That I get -- we inherited an suv from in-laws in Ontario, Canada, and they must not have protected
their underside .
Old Crank
(4,635 posts)5. If you buy get a good inspection
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.