$70k Hellcat Challenger. Unsold. Already rusting (from Reddit)

"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle) 01/29/2015 at 11:48 • Filed to: None

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interesting. and discuss

ceanderson920 > MonkeePuzzle 01/29/2015 at 11:50

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It's a Chrysler what do you expect? And depending where it is located could have something to do with it.

thebigbossyboss > MonkeePuzzle 01/29/2015 at 11:52

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Although it's not great to see on a new car that little minor rust in that area ain't nothing to worry about. If it's been driven a bit, especially this time of year that's expected. It's like minor rust on drum brakes, it makes near enough no difference.

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > MonkeePuzzle 01/29/2015 at 11:53

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Can I go back to openly hating new American cars now? It's been bottled up since they released the hellcat, but if this is an actual problem I might've found my voice again. Now, instead of shutting up the moment someone mentions the Hellcats, a normal interaction could possibly go something like:

Me: New American cars suck

Internet Commentator: Hellcat

Me: Rust

I.C.: :'(

Party-vi > MonkeePuzzle 01/29/2015 at 11:53

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You mean to tell me that unpainted (and barely painted) iron surfaces meant to generate a protective coating of iron oxide are doing so on an unsold car!?!? Son of a bitch!!!

This isn't rust. Whole lotta nothin' going on here.

Edit: I get rust on my brake rotors if I don't drive my car I guess that means my car is a piece of shit.

Edit edit: Not meant to sound inflammatory, but anyone who thinks this is "rust" in the general sense of the word should not be allowed to own a car.

TheHondaBro > MonkeePuzzle 01/29/2015 at 11:56

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That's not rust. It's General Motors tears.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 01/29/2015 at 11:59

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qq all day lol

WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe > MonkeePuzzle 01/29/2015 at 11:59

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After I dented in the fender on my Durango a couple weeks ago, scraping paint and exposing bare metal, it started showing rust within a matter of days, and is now pretty much covered in rust over the bare spot in the dent. It happens. Take something metal, and let it just sit outside for a week, uncovered, and it'll have rust on it in no time.

Leon711 > Party-vi 01/29/2015 at 12:00

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anotherburner111122223333 > MonkeePuzzle 01/29/2015 at 12:02

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I don't mean to thread jack, but I don't have Oppo rights and needed to tell someone....

Sitting here half listening to The Price Is Right, a lady just won a Ford Fiesta... with a MANUAL transmission!

That is all.

crowmolly > MonkeePuzzle 01/29/2015 at 12:02

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If this is troublesome to you stay away from doing any paintwork.

BigBlock440 > MonkeePuzzle 01/29/2015 at 12:03

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Unsold? Is it a media car? That's been driven, see the rock chips and brakes.

Rock Bottom > Party-vi 01/29/2015 at 12:04

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In the right conditions, I can get rusty rotors like over night. I guess my car is shitty, too.

MonkeePuzzle > anotherburner111122223333 01/29/2015 at 12:05

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reply over here http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/club-openings-…

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 01/29/2015 at 12:06

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Upon further inspection, this is just surface rust and I am the one who will be QQing when people remind me that, no matter how much most new American cars suck, the Hellcats are still awesome.

Party-vi > Rock Bottom 01/29/2015 at 12:12

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Yes it's because Chrylser made your brake rotors so they rust and are shitty also because Chrysler is an American car company funded with fancy Italian dollars so everything they touch ends up rusting.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > MonkeePuzzle 01/29/2015 at 12:17

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Every car I looked at on the new car lots we visited had "rust" like this under it from sitting. It's nothing to freak about, like at all.

Rock Bottom > Party-vi 01/29/2015 at 12:17

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But my brakes aren't even American, they're Chinese! Does this mean Chinese quality is poor? Why didn't anyone tell me Chinese stuff is junk??? What next, they're copying our shit and flooding the market with unlicensed products? Never!

AutoSavant > MonkeePuzzle 01/29/2015 at 12:33

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Normal for cast iron parts. Especially where salt is used on the roads.

MHunter905 > Rock Bottom 01/29/2015 at 12:45

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There isn't any rust on these rotors, just on the LCA and stabilizer links. Plus I don't think this car has American brakes either. They're likely Chinese made of crappy metal, poorly painted and probably designed by an Italian :)

anotherburner111122223333 > MonkeePuzzle 01/29/2015 at 12:45

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Thank you.

Rock Bottom > MHunter905 01/29/2015 at 14:06

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I was making a point that ferrous metal, regardless of country of origin, will oxidize when not protected by something like a layer of paint or oil. The fact that there is a light dusting of surface corrosion on the completely unprotected parts of this particular car is not a surprise, and it is not unique to Chrysler products. It's a feature of ferrous metal. Because science.

MHunter905 > Rock Bottom 01/29/2015 at 14:43

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Would that also apply to steel? I would be surprised if suspension components are made of iron.

MHunter905 > Rock Bottom 01/29/2015 at 14:46

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And its the quality of metal used in China that is widely regarded as low quality compared to their North American counterparts. Not necessarily the build quality. I have had some C clamps (Made in China) that broke and I noticed air bubbles in the metal. They were much weaker than the American made C clamps that I bought to replace them.

Rock Bottom > MHunter905 01/29/2015 at 14:48

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"Ferrous metal" includes steel. And I see lots of stuff in that pic that I bet is iron. It's more common (and useful) than you think.

Fun fact: The Honda S2000 used cast iron control arms. In fact, most cast parts in a car that aren't aluminum, are iron.

Rock Bottom > MHunter905 01/29/2015 at 14:49

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Thank you for proving that sarcasm is a lost art.

MHunter905 > Rock Bottom 01/29/2015 at 16:21

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No worries, I am always happy to learn new things and help others learn too :)

MHunter905 > Rock Bottom 01/29/2015 at 16:25

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Just be warned, on Gawker media sites sarcasm is often mistaken for stupidity/ignorance. Not that I thought that of what you wrote. I But I am glad I now know that its likely most cars have bits of cast iron suspension parts.

The Compromiser > MonkeePuzzle 01/29/2015 at 20:47

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well just look at that rust... the caliper has gone completely red with rust.

pip bip - choose Corrour > MonkeePuzzle 01/30/2015 at 07:42

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surface rust , nothing to worry about.

Rock Bottom > MHunter905 01/30/2015 at 09:19

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:)