Dodge Sprinter

"Boxer_4" (Boxer_4)
12/28/2019 at 10:37 • Filed to: None

Just a tad rusty...

DISCUSSION (25)

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Boxer_4
12/28/2019 at 10:51

Oooh that one’s unusually clean

OPPOsaurus WRX > Boxer_4
12/28/2019 at 10:52

I think I caught something just from looking at it.

atfsgeoff > Boxer_4
12/28/2019 at 10:53

Did it spend its life driving behind a salt/brine truck??

For Sweden > Boxer_4
12/28/2019 at 11:10

That's not rust, that's Mopar Magic

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Boxer_4
12/28/2019 at 11:10

Imagine what the underside looks like then. Probably pretty unsafe to drive at speed.

Boxer_4 > atfsgeoff
12/28/2019 at 11:12

Northern state living is hard on these. And PA isn’t that far north.

fhrblig > atfsgeoff
12/28/2019 at 11:14

I’ve seen a lot of rusty old Sprinters like that here, and usually cars don’t rust that much in Colorado.

Thomas Donohue > Boxer_4
12/28/2019 at 11:19

Sprinter van gets shot up with gunfire. Rust ensues.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Boxer_4
12/28/2019 at 11:35

My University bought a handful of these about 4 years ago for the mail service on campus. Vermont winters mean they don’t look much better than this. These are vans that don’t even see public roads and can’t have more than a couple thousand miles.

shop-teacher > Boxer_4
12/28/2019 at 12:23

Sprinters rust hilariously badly.

jimz > atfsgeoff
12/28/2019 at 12:42

Daimler made those pieces of shit out of compressed rust.

jimz > For Sweden
12/28/2019 at 12:54

They were all manufactured in Germany, regardless of the badge, and they all rusted like that, whether badged Mercedes, Dodge, or Freightliner.

jimz > Thomas Donohue
12/28/2019 at 12:58

Sprinter van gets shot up with gunfire . Rust ensue s.

FTFY.

Tareim - V8 powered > Boxer_4
12/28/2019 at 13:11

The only time you’ll see a non rusted sprinter is just before it leaves the production line

RacinBob > Boxer_4
12/28/2019 at 13:56

Yep, they rust just like that here too . Note that this rust is from the outside, not the inside. If I were CEO, somebody would be packing their desk for approving that spec.

Instead probably everybody got bonusses. And then they moved on to neat new jobs cost reducing software supply chain costs at Boeing.....

MultiplaOrgasms > jimz
12/28/2019 at 14:23

Difference being that, in Germany at least, they’ll fail inspection and get taken off the road long before they reach this stadium.

MultiplaOrgasms > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
12/28/2019 at 14:24

Body on Frame, the frames usually are nowhere near as prone to rust.

oldmxer > Boxer_4
12/28/2019 at 14:35

bullet holes?

Boxer_4 > oldmxer
12/28/2019 at 14:52

Found in a larger town in PA. It’s certainly a possibility!

MM54 > MultiplaOrgasms
12/28/2019 at 16:13

As a former resident of PA I assure you this does not in any way pass the annual safety inspection requirements they have.

VincentMalamute-Kim > Boxer_4
12/28/2019 at 16:23

I’ve seen the 2002-06 gen do that but not the later ones. From a van forum - Internet doesn’t believe it:

“One thing that the guy did on purpose was cover up the VIN when he was showing the door data sticker. Would have liked to get the VIN from that van to see the history on it and where it had been. Could have been a flood vehicle that caused a lot of that rust and the area around the windshield looked to have been under a tree for a long time and got leaves and dirt around it”

nafsucof > Boxer_4
12/28/2019 at 17:24

it’s even a newer sprinter

SmugAardvark > Boxer_4
12/28/2019 at 18:47

I’d say that would buff out. But I’m guessing that applying any amount of pressure to a body panel will result in your orbital buffer (as well as your arm) being suddenly inside the van.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Boxer_4
12/28/2019 at 23:40

never seen one with rust

Boxer_4 > pip bip - choose Corrour
12/29/2019 at 09:40

It’s fairly common in areas with snow and salt. This is one of the worst ones I’ve seen though.