From: Noddy on 29 Sep 2009 05:34 "the_dawggie" <the_dawggie(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:295b07e7-4212-4f42-96d1-fac69aed005c(a)v23g2000pro.googlegroups.com... > Abused vehicles. How do you abuse a side window? I've seen plenty of 10 year old or so Hi-Ace vans with shitloads of rust around the tailgate window. -- Regards, Noddy.
From: jonz on 29 Sep 2009 05:36 Noddy wrote: > "Kev" <kevcat(a)optunet.com.au> wrote in message > news:4ac1c239$0$5424$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au... > >> Weird but I Agree with the Dawg nuts here >> But it's not just Toyota >> many new vehicles have good rust preventative coatings applied >> and not many vehicles from the early 90s rust like they used to > > They're generally pretty good these days, but more often than not it's a > case of keeping water out of where it's not supposed to be rather than the > material being significantly better at corrosion resistance. That said > they're a damn sight better today than they were 20 years ago. > >> My cuiser has been on the beach many times and only ever had nothing more >> than a rinse with fresh water on returning > > Personally I don't care what vehicle it is you're talking about, but > *anyone* who exposes one to salt water should consider it expendible. > >> It has rust >> but the rust is only in places where the protective coating has been >> damaged(stone chips and a few minor offroading scratches) >> other than that there appears to be no rust in body or chassis >> and I can't remember the last time I saw ANY post 1990 Landcruiser/patrol >> etc. with rust > > A few weeks ago when I was up your way helping a mate look for a crew cab > ute one of the things we looked at was a late '90's Navara turbo diesel that > had obviously spent a shitload of time at the beach. The whole underside of > the vehicle was rusted. Not to the point of perforation, but it was clearly > a problem, with the chassis being the worst of it. ~~~~~~~~ and/so...... > > -- > Regards, > Noddy. > > -- jonz "Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind - boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." - Gene Spafford,1992
From: Noddy on 29 Sep 2009 05:46 "jonz" <fj40(a)diesel.com> wrote in message news:4ac1d522(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au... > and/so...... And/so the point is that salt water is very bad for tin bodied cars, regardless of what "treatment" the factory may have prepared the tin with. If you're finding this all a little too hard, then perhaps you might try here: http://www.abc.net.au/children/play/ -- Regards, Noddy.
From: jonz on 29 Sep 2009 06:21 Noddy wrote: > "jonz" <fj40(a)diesel.com> wrote in message news:4ac1d522(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au... > >> and/so...... > > And/so the point is that salt water is very bad for tin bodied cars, > regardless of what "treatment" the factory may have prepared the tin with. > > If you're finding this all a little too hard, then perhaps you might try > here: http://www.abc.net.au/children/play/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WHooooSSSHHH........ > > -- > Regards, > Noddy. > > -- jonz "Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind - boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." - Gene Spafford,1992
From: jonz on 29 Sep 2009 06:21
Noddy wrote: > "jonz" <fj40(a)diesel.com> wrote in message news:4ac1d522(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au... > >> and/so...... > > And/so the point is that salt water is very bad for tin bodied cars, > regardless of what "treatment" the factory may have prepared the tin with. > > If you're finding this all a little too hard, then perhaps you might try > here: http://www.abc.net.au/children/play/ > > -- > Regards, > Noddy. > > -- jonz "Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind - boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." - Gene Spafford,1992 |