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From: essachs@ihuxl.UUCP (Ed Sachs)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: new car rustproofing?
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Date: Mon, 19-Nov-84 09:46:23 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 19 09:46:23 1984
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When I bought a new car last year, I asked my neighbor who is in
the body-and-fender business if there was any difference between
the different brands of rustproofing.  His reply was,
"It's not what they use, it's how good a job they do putting it
on.  It will only rust in the spots that get missed."
I had him do the job in his own shop (Protector rust proofing,
complete with warrantee) for about the same price as the dealer
would have charged, but he did it the he would have done his own
car (used three times the normal amount of rustproofing compound,
spent half a day doing it, using existing holes where possible
instead of drilling new ones).  By the way, the rustproofing compund
and labor are relatively cheap, what you are paying for mostly is
the 5 (or 7 or whatever) year warrantee.  And once it starts to
rust, no amount of fixing will ever make it stop (I've had cars
with rust problems, wound up having to replace fenders, etc.).
Also note that Chrysler's 5 year rust-through warrantee on my
new car did not even make me think twice about not getting the
car rust-proofed.
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				Ed Sachs
				AT&T Bell Laboratories
				Naperville, IL
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