like I said...if you've had good luck with others, then weather wont
explain it.



"Steve Stone" > wrote in message
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> On 1/24/2013 8:41 PM, Rob wrote:
>> some of your issues sound weather related but if you didn't have these
>> issues with your older cars, then the weather cant explain it all.
>>
>
> Road salt use in my area causes issues over the long term, however over
> the past 30 years I've never seen salt damage to the body of my autos
> until a car is at least 10 years old (1985 T-Bird), 15 years for 1988 New
> Yorker.
>
> I have a 1995 T-Bird, purchased new and a 12 year old 300M with no body
> rust damage from road salt.
>
> The PT Cruiser body failing at 3 years and 25,000 miles is in my mind a
> manufacturing point of failure.
>
> I did not have similar problem with a 3 year old 2006 PT Cruiser.
>
> Steve
>
>