From: Noddy on

"the_dawggie" <the_dawggie(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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.

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Noddy.


From: jonz on
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.
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and/so......
>
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> Regards,
> Noddy.
>
>


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From: Noddy on

"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/

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Regards,
Noddy.


From: jonz on
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
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
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