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Originally Posted by Ecky
The truth is, though, that not all steel cars will rust out before they've fulfilled their usefulness, and not all steel cars rust at the same rate.
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If you live in California, or a lot of the West, where a) it doesn't rain & snow a lot, and b) the government doesn't spend money spreading corrosive chemicals on the roads, then steel-bodied cars will last a lot longer.
Just anecdotally, I remember that when I was in high school back in the northeast, a friend's Mustang, which couldn't have been more than 5 years old, was so rusted out that you could see the road going by under your feet.