Cdn owners: Rust Check or No?

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Hi all,I have a 2001 GTi I purchased pre-owned in march. I was to lazy to worryabout oiling it that winter, so I just left it.Now as winter approaches, my gf's 1978 sage westfalia will definitely needcoating - ontario winter, salt on roads, old van from the praries can't takeit, blah, blah, blah. Rust check is not optional for this vehicle.So...is it worth it to do the GTi at the same time?My parents own a 1998 NB and 1999 Passat, neither of which have ever beencoated. They both look pretty nice, even on the underside, where there isbarely even any surface rust. This is after 4 and 5 years hard winterdriving. Is this indicative of my not needing to worry about my GTi??-AL

Rob Guenther · Accepted Answer

We have never oiled any of our cars, and they look great. Our Volvo has held up the best, but it is garaged and not driven much in the winter (I mean in snow, if the roads are wet or dry in the winter it is taken out... if the snow is still on the streets we exclusively use the VW's as they are front wheel drives) - it does get exposed to the flying salt like our VWs tho.

The 91 Golf has some fender rust (not bad) and a bit on the drivers side doors (where the two meet), again not bad.

Dave · Answer

I have a 94 Jetta in the NE USA.I took great car of the car and it is quickly rusting out EVERYWHERE,even the roof near the windshield.

Richard Potato · Answer

Visible seams. Or maybe a bad day in the paint bay.And not Canooks. Canucks. We live in Soviet Canuckistan.

Gilles Ouellet · Answer

I suggest you to wait before adding some stuff because this will invalidateyour corrosion warranty from the manufacturer."Andre Levac"  a écrit dans le message news:bjilna$ei4$

Rob Guenther · Answer

Nope, my car is perfect, not a spec of rust, and its been thru 4 nice hardwinters, loaded with road salt..... VW rust proofing is guaranteed for 12 years, this is longer then anyother car, they aren't going to rsut out in 4.

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