Re: Rustophobia

["Ewan Hopkins" <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>]

I don't want to sound like a total doom merchant, but over here in not 
so sunny Scotland, MK1 sciroccos are VERY scarce, thanks to the demon 
rust.  The first VW I had was a '75 Passat which looked OK on the 
outside but was a rust-bucket underneath - you live and learn!

VW did, however,  supposedly improve the anti-rust coating on all models 
around '79, which would tie in with the fact that virtually all the MK1s 
I've seen here are about that age or newer.  Same goes for MK1 
Golfs/Rabbits.  If you are lucky, maybe yours is one of the better 
protected ones.  


The MKIIs are a completely different story - they seem to resist major 
rust better than any of the other comparable age VW models. Most of the 
ones I see in the yards have either been crashed or junked because 
people don't want to spend the money getting the engine/clutch/brakes or 
whatever fixed. Or,  because they haven't been looked after, they look 
scraggy and people don't want to spend the money.  Considering that 
there were relatively few sold over here, a remarkably high number of 
them seem to have survived.

Cheers,

Ewan.
'85 2.0 Storm
'86 1.8 GT


>Reply-To: "Ian" <e@sbbs.se>
>From: "Ian" <e@sbbs.se>
>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: Rustophobia
>Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 09:15:22 -0500
>
>I wouldn't worry too much, my car has lived it's whole life (it's an 
'87) in
>the PA/NJ area and is showing absolutely no signs of rust anywhere, 
granted
>I hand wash it almost every week and wax it about 4-6 times a year, and
>usually go to one of those wash it yourself high pressure washer places
>after the winter and thoroughly clean around the wheels and as much of 
the
>underneath as I can reach (never touch the paint with that thing).
>
>ian
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Wm. Josiah Erikson <josiah@gsinet.net>
>To: J. McReynolds <sigmac@portland.quik.com>
>Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Date: Tuesday, December 01, 1998 1:23 AM
>Subject: Re: Rustophobia
>
>
>>Hey, you guys ever oil undercoated your cars? It only costs $30, and 
if you
>>don't mind wiping down the rocker panels and stuff afterwards, it 
really
>saves
>>cars! My dad had a '67 Volvo that he drove all the time, had well over 
250K
>on
>>it, in New England, that had almost no rust because he oil undercoated 
it.
>>After your factory undercoating deteriorates, it's the way to go. Get 
it
>done
>>once a year, it'll save your car.
>>    -Josiah
>>    '84 GTi
>>    '86 Scirocco (buy me!)
>>    '87 QSW
>>    http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah
>>
>>J. McReynolds wrote:
>>
>>> I don't know--you guys are scarin' me with your sordid tales of
>>> rust and Mk1 body deterioration.  I used to live where it was very
>>> dry.  The culture was dry, the social life was dry, but mostly the
>>> climate was dry.  Now I live in a city where they've had the third
>>> wettest Nov. in history and it's only going to get wetter.  I am
>>> doomed.  My '79 is doomed.  OK, I'll try not to panic, but I do
>>> feel the beginnings of.  .  .  .  .  .  .  rustophobia.
>>>
>>> Excuse me while I go out and check for any chips, dings,
>>> undercarriage exuding this cancer.  Damn, I was just beginning to
>>> like this city!
>>>
>>> Jennifer
>>>
>>>
>>>
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