Date:         Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:11:33 -0600
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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From:         Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Jump on this one!
Comments: To: mordo <helmut.blong@GMAIL.COM>
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No, but is sure is an efficient accelerant. If a car around here is
in good shape (meaning no missing paint or undercoating) you just
don't see rust.

I used to see runs on the british cars I messed with, with 80 percent
of it on the passenger's side. I wondered about that for years before
figuring out that the passenger side ran in the gutter/puddle side of
the road, unlike the driver's side that runs on the crown of the
road, and that poor design and materials allowed water to stay where
it shouldn't.

But that's not been a problem on my VWs.

Jim

On Oct 31, 2006, at 10:21 AM, mordo wrote:

> But salt isn't the only thing that causes rust, yes?
>
>
> Joe, if you're talking about where you live, you may be right. But in
>> the south where we don't salt roads, you don't normally see rust on
>> local cars. When I say my 90 Carat has zero rust, I mean just that...
>> not one single flake anywhere, top, bottom, inside or out.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>
>
> --
> mordo
> 1990 Carat
>