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09-30-2016, 07:34 PM
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Drives: 2013 Dusk 2ss/RS conv. Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Western Illinois
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Rust
Just thinking today that I haven't seen any gen 5's with rust. Maybe I'm wasting my time putting her away for the winter. Lol
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09-30-2016, 08:03 PM
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The bodies may look good, but I'll guarantee there's plenty of rust underneath the car if they use salt on the roads. If you can afford to keep putting her up for the winter, do it. Winter driving also GREATLY increases your chances of being involved in a wreck.
I lived in Rock Island for a couple of winters and surely would not want to be driving my Camaro there during the winter.
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09-30-2016, 09:28 PM
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Drives: 2012 2SS INFERNO ORANGE Join Date: Apr 2015
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they rust underneath badly...seen a high milage dd 2010 here and was rotten.
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09-30-2016, 09:32 PM
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Drives: 2013 Camaro ZL1, 2006 Chevy Equinox Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Ontario, Canada
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Oil spray keeps the rust controlled. I sprayed my old 2010 1lt every year but it still had rust by 2015.
Problem areas of the body were inside the quarter panels on the flat sport where the bumper attaches to the quarter. Fenders where the bumper attached. And drain holes of doors. If you dont have the splash guards then the front of the rockers and back of fenders.
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09-30-2016, 09:32 PM
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Drives: 2014 Red Hot LS3 Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: SF Bay Area, CA
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What is this winter you speak of?
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09-30-2016, 09:36 PM
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Drives: Miss Con Ception Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Chicagoland
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I drove my 1990 Beretta for 14 years in Chicago winters and there was no more than some surface rust on the underside.
If GM could do that 25 years ago I don't know why they wouldn't do it today. |
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09-30-2016, 09:52 PM
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Drives: 2013 2SS/RS Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Barrie, Ontario
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I've used the electronic rust inhibitor for years. Never have rust problems. We get lots of snow here. Get it tested every year to make sure it's still functioning. Lifetime warranty against rust.
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09-30-2016, 10:21 PM
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Drives: 2011 Black SS/RS M6 Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Edmonton, Canada
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I bought an 05 grand am gt new and had urethane undercoat sprayed on and again five years later... not one spec of rust was on it and it sat outside 24/7/365 right up till I traded it 3 months ago when I bought the Camaro ( which also got sprayed). Now I have a garage to park in so I fully expect it to be rust free for a long time.
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09-30-2016, 11:55 PM
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I bought my 2010 a few months ago and it had some big rust holes in the subframe. Thankfully the dealership cut it out and welded new metal in place but I had to be a pain in the ass to get it done.
Annnnnd, my front bumper crash bar has some pretty bad rust on it.
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10-01-2016, 09:59 AM
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2010, from last winter in new england
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10-01-2016, 10:29 AM
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Drives: SUMMIT WHITE 2SS/RS CAMARO Join Date: Feb 2008
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in the rain and driven in the winter here in New England. There is no rust to speak of anywhere on my car after 45,000 miles and 7 years.
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10-01-2016, 11:16 AM
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Is is a generally held misconception that "winter" is a Wampanoag word which means "land in which it snows". It actually means "season during which freeloading European visitors stole my salted cod". Oddly, although in the State of California it snows every "winter" and last "winter" hundreds of thousands of people went to Squaw Valley, CA., one of the largest ski resorts in the USA, many folks from California claim to not know what "winter" or even "snow" is. Truly, California is a land of mystery.
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10-01-2016, 11:46 AM
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Drives: SUMMIT WHITE 2SS/RS CAMARO Join Date: Feb 2008
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10-01-2016, 11:57 AM
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Drives: LT W/2LT,blue metallic Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: central florida
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last winter i was swimming at the beach in january.no road salt here...
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