I Didnt Think A Car Could Get So Rusty So Fast.

"Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis" (Dwhite95)
05/01/2014 at 16:48 • Filed to: None

This thing is 10 years old at most. Shitty pic, but the entire tailgate is rusty, you can also see a hole in the wheel arch. EDIT: It also smelled nasty as fuck

DISCUSSION (20)

ttyymmnn > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
05/01/2014 at 16:52

Because Michigan.

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > ttyymmnn
05/01/2014 at 16:54

Even then, that much older Lexus a little further up is perfect.

Jagvar > ttyymmnn
05/01/2014 at 16:54

Hmm. It might have been resprayed (poorly) at some point by a cheap-o place like Maaco.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
05/01/2014 at 16:54

like ttyymmnn said, because michigan, also because always parked outside in michigan, and they prolly never clean the snow off it.

GeorgeyBoy > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
05/01/2014 at 16:54

They all have it in the same spot. Rear quarter panels and tailgates.

505Turbeaux > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
05/01/2014 at 16:55

man those Dodges are terrible. Bet the rear wheel arches arent much better...

camaroboy68ss > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
05/01/2014 at 16:56

Its a mopar product nothing has changed. Their bodies were always the worst. They rust faster and in more places. Their muscle cars are notprius for basically just falling apart

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > 505Turbeaux
05/01/2014 at 16:56

You can see a straight up hole in the one on the left.

505Turbeaux > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
05/01/2014 at 16:58

Kinja'd!!!

bet that frame looks like this too

zeontestpilot > ttyymmnn
05/01/2014 at 17:12

Because Michigan + salt.

E92M3 > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
05/01/2014 at 17:14

That's pretty typical Chrysler (except for jeeps). If you don't take care of them the paint will start peeling in less than 5 yrs. I see sooo many around here that are left outside all the time with paint missing from the tops, trunk, and hood before they are even paid off. I'm sure the owners probably never waxed them though.

Mercedes Streeter > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
05/01/2014 at 17:17

The Lexus is much better made than the Durango. I live in Illinois and see this all the time. Even fairly recent Mazdas, Chryslers, Mercedes, and GM vehicles can be peppered in rust, yet some late 90's Japanese luxury cars will shine like they lived their life in California.

Build quality and rust protection make all the difference in the salt states.

On top of that, car care also makes a huge difference. Several years down the road, a car washed weekly will almost certainly look better than a car washed monthly.

TotallyThatStupid > ttyymmnn
05/01/2014 at 17:21

Because Minnesota. Oh, wait...

Frank Grimes > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
05/01/2014 at 17:34

All cars should be corrosion dipped I really dont get why they aren't Put some freaking zinc on that crap!

Birddog > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
05/01/2014 at 18:48

I went to a stealership to check out an unbelievably cheap 2008 F150 a couple days ago.

I wish I took pics, the wheel arches and gas door area were rusted through. Like it was sitting over a vat of acid and sprayed with salt water for 6 years straight.

The worst part was that someone got matching touchup paint and sprayed right over the rust..

Agrajag > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
05/01/2014 at 21:45

That's weird. I've seen two of that generation Durango just in the past month with horrendous body rot.

Kickplate > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
05/01/2014 at 23:36

Its been in salt water. No joke. I went beach driving in my dads Wrangler back in 1990. Well, I got too close to the water an was hit by a large wave. Six months later, the exhaust was toast and rust spread like cancer.

Mattbob > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
05/02/2014 at 07:32

Chrysler has a knack for making things that do that.

As Du Volant > zeontestpilot
05/02/2014 at 08:50

+ never washing it.

zeontestpilot > As Du Volant
05/02/2014 at 09:01

I spent a whole summer not washing my parents '00 chevy malibu. I borrowed it while working on a campgrounds (dirt roads). I was curious to see how dirty it can get. I got pretty far until my dad had to borrow the car for a short business strip, thus he had to wash it.....i got so far too.....