Old School vs Generation Y

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Originally Posted by ratter

I've been working on cars now for over 30 years so I guess that makes me a little qualified to voice an opinion on something I see day in and day out.
Rust is not the only thing that will cause a car to deteriorate.
But speaking of rust, Only 2 weeks ago I had a territory on the hoist, it was rusting around the front rails near the firewall, this was a 2 year old car that does not tow a boat at all, speaking of territories, we see quite a few rusting under the bonnet near the firewall, what do you think these will be like in 5 or even 10 years time?

I'm not living in the past thinking that old cars are better than new cars, far from it and in fact have been known to preach to some die hards that think a car with chrome bumpers is far superior than a car with plastic bumpers.

I'm definitely not questioning your qualifications. This rust that people talk about on Territories is not the same kind of rust that the old cars have i.e. you can't poke your finger through the firewall? What, a bit of surface rust? My AU has that on the boot where the paint has worn off on the inside edge. Big deal, it will never go beyond that where I can actually break a bit off!

Don't get me wrong, I love old cars and I'm actually looking for one now. But I can remember my dad saying 'they don't make cars like they used to'. He said this to me over 25 years ago. Meanwhile, my XF and NC kick along while the older cars have been resigned to the rust heap.