I got the same impression . . in reverse!:) I used to own a 87 Toyota supra turbo and found all these little hoses on the car that I thought made things un-necessarily complex. I compared to to my later 98 Nisaan Maxima wwhose engine I found to be sophisticated but still easy to work on and relatively easy to understand.
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Various people both IRL and automotive forums I visit. It's not a derogatory term, BTW, it just makes reference to the soft, Buick-y ride that most Toyotas/Lexii have.
Well, it is true that cars owned and used in northern states have lower resale than ones in southern states, with the exception of 4WD vehicles. I didn't mean to give you the idea that the "rust" you see on the underbodies of cars is fatal, in some cases it's not rust at all. See below.
Now technically, when metal oxidizes you get rust. I'm no engineer, but I've read that some of those components are made so that they rust to a certain degree (i.e. "surface rust") by design. This is so the resulting layer (e.g. aluminum oxide) actually protects the metal beneath, preserving the integrity of the part itself.
You'd have to ask someone who actually knows what the hell they're talking about if you want more detail. I'd kind of like to know myself why component mfgs do this.
I've read that some of those components are made so that they rust to a
That what they do with airplanes which have their entire body made out of aluminum. It doesn't apply to cars, unless its an Audi A8;) The most aluminum you usually see in a car is in the engine block.
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