Originally Posted by hpmotors

All of the advice on being proactive is excellent.
However, I think it would be more than the NE. Anyone living in states that use salt to remove snow and ice need to look out for this. I major league endorser the POR15 products - used them for years. I would add that spraying a rust inhibitor INSIDE the blind box sections of the car are critical if you plan to keep the car.

Having lived near Pittsburgh PA, Queens NYC and many years in Germany - I have an idea of what corrosion can do to cars that folks who live in the south where I am now cannot relate to. We have gotten so used to working on "southern" cars that when we get one in that is from up north it is a real shock. Of course the rustiest Miata I ever worked on had spent many years in Hawaii - so folks who live near the ocean also have to beware.