Eli5 How cars can go through car washes, drive through rain and shallow puddles, etc without the water wreacking havoc on the electrical systems, or turning it into a pile of rust on wheels?

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Title says it all, just something I’ve wondered

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Good engineering.

Electrical components are insulated and metallic components are protected by paint (among other things). However they do eventually rust, as the paint wears off. It just takes several decades to turn a vehicle into “a pile of rust”.