Please don't take it personal, I've had better luck with Ford products than any other and still have a Ford van and Lincoln sedan as my daily drivers. That said, my friends' experiences are what they are, and theirs (both in SE Wisconsin) rusted to death with under 80k miles on them. Despite the, "I got Rusty Jones with Quaker Coat sprayed OVER it." and, "I wash mine 20 times a week, especially underneath" stories, there is nothing you can do about vehicles that were prone to rust by poor design, materials, and/or manufacturing. My much beloved 1996 Celica GT would still be in my garage now if it weren't for the fact the tops of the strut towers rusted up from underneath with 86k miles of year round use (and weekly car washes). One day bubbly paint appeared, next you know, the hood was hard to latch. After a few horror stories of how at some car washes you are washing with saltwater, and how under car washes can dissolve and drive salt up where it'd seldom get from driving, I quit using the "chassis wash" feature at car washes. Car washes re-use water, after filtering...except when they toss the cartridges and media out and even save on electricity for the pumps. I'm glad you had a great experience with yours, really. Am I part of the usual negative crowd if I mention all three of my 60's Ford wagons completely rusted out behind the passenger rear tire at the bottom of the spare tire well, and so did thousands of others?
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