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British Cars of yesterday (comment)
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Re: British Cars of yesterday (comment) -
08-11-2009
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Remember the crap cars we had to put up with - that started to rust in no time? It makes me think that the industry was very arrogant not to come up with a fix - it wouldn't have been rocket science. It may even have saved some of the manufacturers from the onslaught of imports. In some cases firms like Ziebart and Endrust made a quick killing. Rust is not a problem now - so a fix was possible. The problem wasn't British cars it was British roads. All cars last |
Japanese MX5 imports are far more rust free than UK ones, for example.
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Remember the crap cars we had to put up with - that started to rust in no time? It makes me think that the industry was very arrogant not to come up with a fix - it wouldn't have been rocket science. It may even have saved some of the manufacturers from the onslaught of imports. In some cases firms like Ziebart and Endrust made a quick killing. Rust is not a problem now - so a fix was possible. The problem wasn't British cars it was British roads. All cars last much longer in countries that don't salt the roads. |
frost is threatened. So North of Scotland cars would rust more than those
from Cornwall.
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In article <4a81af35.38578390 (AT) news (DOT) virginmedia.com>, Shaun <shaun.jameson.spam (AT) ntlwolrd (DOT) com> wrote: Remember the crap cars we had to put up with - that started to rust in no time? It makes me think that the industry was very arrogant not to come up with a fix - it wouldn't have been rocket science. It may even have saved some of the manufacturers from the onslaught of imports. In some cases firms like Ziebart and Endrust made a quick killing. Rust is not a problem now - so a fix was possible. The problem wasn't British cars it was British roads. All cars last much longer in countries that don't salt the roads. That should have been easily proved since councils only salt roads when frost is threatened. So North of Scotland cars would rust more than those from Cornwall. |
on or go to the coast frequently. Sea salt air rots cars even better
than the few weeks of the year that roads are salted up North.
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On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:28:05 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)" dave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk> wrote: In article <4a81af35.38578390 (AT) news (DOT) virginmedia.com>, Shaun <shaun.jameson.spam (AT) ntlwolrd (DOT) com> wrote: Remember the crap cars we had to put up with - that started to rust in no time? It makes me think that the industry was very arrogant not to come up with a fix - it wouldn't have been rocket science. It may even have saved some of the manufacturers from the onslaught of imports. In some cases firms like Ziebart and Endrust made a quick killing. Rust is not a problem now - so a fix was possible. The problem wasn't British cars it was British roads. All cars last much longer in countries that don't salt the roads. That should have been easily proved since councils only salt roads when frost is threatened. So North of Scotland cars would rust more than those from Cornwall. but no part of Cornwall is very far from the sea and most people live on or go to the coast frequently. Sea salt air rots cars even better than the few weeks of the year that roads are salted up North. |
salted most of the winter months, so much so that they never really dry up
and remain salty, your wheels throw up all this damp salt which sticks
everywhere on the underside of your car. Unless you're actually being
splashed by the sea, I can't see how it could be worse than salted roads.
Z
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"Peter Hill" <peter.usenet1 (AT) nospam (DOT) demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:7kl385tvs3ksj1q6n8b2r61k1o2qesq5tv (AT) 4ax (DOT) com... but no part of Cornwall is very far from the sea and most people live on or go to the coast frequently. Sea salt air rots cars even better than the few weeks of the year that roads are salted up North. Wrong, wrong and wrong IMHO. Even around Edinburgh, the roads are regularly salted most of the winter months, so much so that they never really dry up and remain salty, your wheels throw up all this damp salt which sticks everywhere on the underside of your car. Unless you're actually being splashed by the sea, I can't see how it could be worse than salted roads. |
salt over the cars after a storm, but this is only on the upper surfaces
where it gets washed off easily. It's not from direct splashes, but from
salt spray that can carry for miles on the wind.
Salt from the roads that stays lodged around the underside is far more
damaging and less likely to be washed off.
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Zimmy wrote: "Peter Hill" <peter.usenet1 (AT) nospam (DOT) demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:7kl385tvs3ksj1q6n8b2r61k1o2qesq5tv (AT) 4ax (DOT) com... but no part of Cornwall is very far from the sea and most people live on or go to the coast frequently. Sea salt air rots cars even better than the few weeks of the year that roads are salted up North. Wrong, wrong and wrong IMHO. Even around Edinburgh, the roads are regularly salted most of the winter months, so much so that they never really dry up and remain salty, your wheels throw up all this damp salt which sticks everywhere on the underside of your car. Unless you're actually being splashed by the sea, I can't see how it could be worse than salted roads. Totally agree. We're pretty close to the sea and often notice a film of salt over the cars after a storm, but this is only on the upper surfaces where it gets washed off easily. It's not from direct splashes, but from salt spray that can carry for miles on the wind. Salt from the roads that stays lodged around the underside is far more damaging and less likely to be washed off. |
My father always had new cars from work and they were changed every 5
years or so. Ordinary ones like Morris Oxfords. And none had structural
rust in that time. Or indeed any visible anywhere.
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