WILLDOGS

For a 2008 subaru from Pennsylvania?
http://db.tt/wcR1rAdG

I'm at the dealership now and just want to make sure thnaks

dallison

You sending pics of spam? I don't see anything. Rust shouldn't be normal on a three year old car, esp on sheetmetal.

WILLDOGS

Try this
http://db.tt/wcR1rAdG

My dropbox acct

Rust is not on the body, on exhaust piping and a bit on control arms

silver3.5

Normal rust for any car in snow climate.

teranfon

Anywhere salt is used you'll see surface rust on some components. Admittedly, the exhaust tubing looks a bit much for an three year old car, but again salt will usually cause a little deterioration. And most people don't want the underside of their vehicles on a regular basis.

As long as there isn't any rust on the body panels, and all suspension and frame mounting points are fine, I wouldn't be overly concerned about it.

fsttyms1

Most likely the car wasnt driven much, or had shorter drives often not really getting the moisture burned off the exhaust. When things sit periods of time they rust like that.

Legend2TL

That's too much rust to me for a 3 year old car, I'd pass since most of the fasteners I can see in that picture (suspension, rear diff mounts) are also corroded. Find another less rusty Subaru.

BigPZ

I had a 2003 mazda protege 5, and by 2007 it had rust holes through the rear quarters...I've seen 15 year old Tauruses with a lot less...long story short, never going to touch a Mazda again EVER...warranty was useless, but rust like you showed from Japanese car makers no longer surprises me

WILLDOGS

Thanks All. I decided to sleep on my decision. Gotta do some investigating on the rust cause im getting mixed info on here and from friends lol.

dallison

look at some other 2008 and older subarus to see what they look like for comparison.

combat mediC

iTrader: (1)

Come buy one in Texas, and drive it back. We are rust free here.

HeartTLs

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You chose the wrong one.

WILLDOGS

I havent chosen anything yet. Check my other thread

Legend2TL

This is a 9 year old Honda Pilot (2003) with 192K miles spent the vast majority of it's service in Maryland including rain/salt/snow. Some corrosion (noticeable on the welds) but pretty good considering the age and mileage. A 3 year old car should look better than this.

WILLDOGS

^^ Yup Thanks. My 2001 Cl also looks similar, thats why when I looked under the subie I was a bit shocked

ttribe

I'm certainly no expert in automotive undercarriage rust given that I live in Phoenix, but that Subaru looks like it's been at the bottom of the ocean. The amount of corrosion on the rear diff is scary enough to me. Comparing that to the picture of the Pilot above, that seems even more definitive that something's wrong with that Subaru.

WILLDOGS

Thanks again all.

Im leaning towards buying a G35X anyway https://acurazine.com/forums/car-talk-5/having-dilemma-help-me-buy-my-next-car-834605/

Thanks again!!

RaviNJCLs

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Seems a bit extreme. The underside of my TL looks a lot better than that. Hell, the underside of my 2003 Pathfinder looks better than that.

fuzzy02CLS

iTrader: (2)

That is extreme. Look at all the nuts. My 88 Bronco II I bought from NJ & it was nothing like that. Even my aunts former 92 crown Vic lived in NYC & was only driven on weekends had less then that car.

silver3.5

My RL with 145K miles and has spent its entire life in WI, the snow and salt crazy state, have a prettier underbody than that! Subies must use cheap metal!