this is why Southern cars > Northern cars
09-15-2010, 10:26 PM
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this is why Southern cars > Northern cars So i looked at a 97 camaro for a friend of mine today. The car is only $2300 so i wasn't expecting a perfect undercarriage but it amazes me how different 2 similar cars with similar mileage can look like underneath.
1997 camaro 128k mi northern indiana car (i'm guessing)
my 1995 t/a with ~ 127k mi at the time the photos were taken last fall. My car was sold in hawaii, then was in north carolina, florida, arizona and now indiana but has never been driven in winter up here.
and yeah thats a brand new muffler on my car but i mainly am referring to the floorpan right by it.
1997 camaro 128k mi northern indiana car (i'm guessing)
my 1995 t/a with ~ 127k mi at the time the photos were taken last fall. My car was sold in hawaii, then was in north carolina, florida, arizona and now indiana but has never been driven in winter up here.
and yeah thats a brand new muffler on my car but i mainly am referring to the floorpan right by it.
09-16-2010, 02:08 AM
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My '98 has lived in Chicago for it's entire life. The undercarrige is in excellent, rust free condition. What's my secret? It's never been driven in rain or snow. 
09-16-2010, 10:58 AM
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mine has been drove in the snow one time and the only reason i had to drive it in the snow was because i was workin for a construction company goin all over this side of the U.S and i would leave on sundays and get back on fridays and when i got back there was snow every where and i had to get home one way or the other so when i got home she got cleaned up from top to bottom and i didnt care how cold it was outside lol
09-28-2010, 09:25 PM
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i once had a 01 monte carlo from va...car had a shitload of rust i will never buy a car from up north again unless the seller has proof of no rust underneath the car
10-05-2010, 06:30 PM
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oklahoma alot of Oklahoma cars are like that too !
you will see red clay under the car that looks like rust at first glance
but isnt!!
we have that red dirt out here
I have even found a few old mopars out here with intact floor boards lol
and thats saying ALOT!
you will see red clay under the car that looks like rust at first glance
but isnt!!
we have that red dirt out here
I have even found a few old mopars out here with intact floor boards lol
and thats saying ALOT!
10-05-2010, 06:34 PM
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my undercarriage has no rust either 
I wont buy a steal car farther than OK north. Arizona is the best place I have seen. No humidity or salted roads and it rains only on blue moons lol
I wont buy a steal car farther than OK north. Arizona is the best place I have seen. No humidity or salted roads and it rains only on blue moons lol
10-05-2010, 06:36 PM
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oklahoma alot of Oklahoma cars are like that too !
you will see red clay under the car that looks like rust at first glance
but isnt!!
we have that red dirt out here
I have even found a few old mopars out here with intact floor boards lol
and thats saying ALOT!
you will see red clay under the car that looks like rust at first glance
but isnt!!
we have that red dirt out here
I have even found a few old mopars out here with intact floor boards lol
and thats saying ALOT!
10-06-2010, 09:16 AM
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I think it has to do more with how the car was taken care of.. Mine was purchased in Germany, but the owner took very good care of the car..It was all "mint" when I got it 3 years ago..
10-17-2010, 09:57 PM
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Alaska cars are just as bad. They used to salt the roads like crazy up here (years ago), but have stopped now. Still, I see some DD cars up here in the winter that make those "rusty" cars you guys posted look like they're in show room condition. It's the summer when all the nice ones come out...
