zafira 2001 corroded brake pipes

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Vauxhall, innit... My father had an A-reg Cavalier estate which failed it's first MOT on rusty brake pipes.

Seriously - I'm very surprised. I'd have thought they'd be plastic coated. Ask them to put the car up on the ramp and show you.

You normally get that in places where they will do repairs aswell as MOTs. Managers in fast fit garages often pressurise the staff to make as much money out of customers as possible. With women they give it the brake treatment saying how dangerous it is, with men it is the shock absorbers. don't forget sales people LIE to earn a living.

ive failed a 4 year old car on rusty brake pipes, the guy used it to trailer a boat in and out of the local slipway, the whole of the under neath looked like it had been dipped in a salt bath !!!!

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Ummm, it *had*...

That's bad, I have to say. I'd expect any car to reach at least it's

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Si

You have put the wind up me as mine is in that age bracket, what area did brake pipes fail ? Front, rear, running front to back by sill etc ?

Gio

This does seem rather soon. It can be easy to mistake the flaking plastic coating on modern pipes for rust and would normally give them a light scraping to satisfy myself one way or the other

I've just acquired a 92K Cavalier 1.8 with 201,000 miles showing and 9 months MOT which has never had brake pipes, and they still looked okay. Even the electric aerial still worked properly. Can't say the same for the rear wheelarches and the petrol tank though..................... :-)

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You poor sod...

And how many not showing?

LOL! It's a stop gap for my brother who sold his proppa mota ready to emigrate at the end of the month. I drove it from Southampton to Worcestershire, gave it a service and he's now running around Cardiff in it. I wasn't expecting much (and it's white!) but it's surprisingly good. It stops, goes and steers well, and when he goes I'll give it to someone else. Bizarrely I've already got two people wanting it!

The last owner had it 10 years, only two owners from new. The first keeper sold it at 4 years old with 80,000 miles and a stamped up service book. I've got every MOT and bill since then so I know it's genuine, but with cars worth less than a couple of hundred does mileage matter if it goes and has MOT?

I have a '90 carlton and all the pipes are fine even though the rest of the car has rust on almost every panel.