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I remain shocked how relatively rust free my 2002 Accord has remained, compared to others I've seen in parking lots. Only a little bit at the hood leading edge like you mention, where the seam is rolled over and salty water can get into the crevices and do its work. The car's spent all but 6 months of its 12 years parked outside on the street in the freezing weather amongst the salt and crap. Maybe its staying frozen for the majority of the winter and avoiding many thaw/freeze/thaw cycles that could happen with slight warmer garage parking actually helped keep the icy salt sludge "in suspension" and away from eating into and rusting the edges? Who knows!Edit: I will say though that the winter salt has completely terrorized the alloy wheels. Wow. I've thought several times about investigating bolting up 4 of my 6 spare 15" front wheel fat fives to make the car look less like someone's college car. After a wash and wax, from 15 feet away my Accord looks like a guy wearing a new grey suit and a homeless man's Birkenstocks.Anyone here have good luck w/reliability with a VW CC or Touareg, or is that just a nonsensical question?
I remain shocked how relatively rust free my 2002 Accord has remained, compared to others I've seen in parking lots. Only a little bit at the hood leading edge like you mention, where the seam is rolled over and salty water can get into the crevices and do its work. The car's spent all but 6 months of its 12 years parked outside on the street in the freezing weather amongst the salt and crap. Maybe its staying frozen for the majority of the winter and avoiding many thaw/freeze/thaw cycles that could happen with slight warmer garage parking actually helped keep the icy salt sludge "in suspension" and away from eating into and rusting the edges? Who knows!
Edit: I will say though that the winter salt has completely terrorized the alloy wheels. Wow. I've thought several times about investigating bolting up 4 of my 6 spare 15" front wheel fat fives to make the car look less like someone's college car. After a wash and wax, from 15 feet away my Accord looks like a guy wearing a new grey suit and a homeless man's Birkenstocks.
Anyone here have good luck w/reliability with a VW CC or Touareg, or is that just a nonsensical question?
