Rusting early?

[chebbyfan]

Okay friends I have a question. I just purchased a 2006 ecsb off of autotrader from Florida. My friends at work are giving me a bunch of shit about buying a truck from a coastal state saying it'll rust real fast. I seen tons of pics of this truck and didn't see any rust, but will it rust prematurely because of the area its been in? The previous owner said he took immaculate care of it and its only got 30k on the odometer, but now I'm nervous as hell about it rusting fast.

[slinden]

Tell your friends there fucking idiots

[22sierra22]

they are morons

[Ginger]

granted things by salt water rust faster, if its clean now, it wont keep getting worse, since your taking it to wherever, it will age the same as any other truck in your area.

[85-bowtie]

In the Neb City area (I'm not too far from you) The truck will be fucked in a few winters anyways. If it's clean now don't worry about it, it will be 100x's better than one you find locally.

[chebbyfan]

Thats the way I felt about it too. However, I try and wash my trucks several times in winter anyway (have access to a heated shop and wash bay anytime needed) so I will keep it fairly clean here in the midwest as well. Thanks for the replies.

[HuckZ71]

my dad says the same damn thing...dont worry about it. it's certainly no worse than buying one from one of them damn yankee states

[Ginger]

Originally Posted by HuckZ71

my dad says the same damn thing...dont worry about it. it's certainly no worse than buying one from one of them damn yankee states

nah, what you do is you buy a brand one up here with the undercoat, then it will never rot down south

[HuckZ71]

Originally Posted by Ginger

nah, what you do is you buy a brand one up here with the undercoat, then it will never rot down south

this man speaks the truth

[Tiki]

You will get more rust on a costal city, than inland (given similar weather conditions). It pry would not be very noticable unless your truck was sitting in say Galveston for a few months at a time.