Originally Posted by
ala_xfire
The price you pay for living where salt is used on the roads.
I have a 1989 Probe that I bought new and had for 20 years without a hint of rust or corrosion.
One week long trip to Dayton, Ohio in Feb 2009 saw to that.
I even stopped at a spray off car wash on the way home and hosed 'er down real good, to no avail.
Now the engine looks like crap and I can't clean it up.
Fortunately it only small dots, not even whitish to look at.
My car does not look like it was driven in salty conditions. Living by the ocean can also lead to corrosion, salt in the air settles on the car and attracts water.