In places that salt the roads in winter, are all cars doomed to rust out at 10?15?20? years old. I come from a place where rust in cars stopped being an issue in the 1990s. So seeing pics of modern cars rusting to pieces blows my mind.

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In places that salt the roads in winter, are all cars doomed to rust out at 10?15?20? years old. I come from a place where rust in cars stopped being an issue in the 1990s. So seeing pics of modern cars rusting to pieces blows my mind.

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Rust from road salt can be mitigated, just depends on how much time, effort, and money you put into it. Regular and frequent car washes (especially undercarriage) during winter will go a long way. You can also have some sort of protective barrier applied to the bare metal, such as paint or wax.