I agree in the long term cars involved in a fairly serious accident that have been repaired often show signs of rust at spot welds some distance from the original repair as the strain of impact has opened the joints a little and the rust gets in. At the end of the day it is the owners choice and as has been mentioned, many cars have been involved in accidents that the current owner is unaware of and have no issues for the full time of ownership.
My brother bought a nearly (brand new) 3 month old Ford escort in 1995 which was "pristine" and to all intents and purposes "brand new" that car was a dog and he had no end of problems with it. Turned out much later down the road when the gearbox lunched itself that it had been involved in quite a heavy impact in its first few months on the road. Never recorded, but the damage done had a knock on effect on other components such as the engine, suspension and then ultimately the gearbox. It had been repaired extremely well but it was the internal damage to the complex mechanical components that kept cropping up.I agree in the long term cars involved in a fairly serious accident that have been repaired often show signs of rust at spot welds some distance from the original repair as the strain of impact has opened the joints a little and the rust gets in. At the end of the day it is the owners choice and as has been mentioned, many cars have been involved in accidents that the current owner is unaware of and have no issues for the full time of ownership.
I recall many years ago an old boss of mine bought a nearly brand new Ford Orion with less than a 100 delivery miles on the clock from a Ford Trade Auction site, it turned out that it had genuinely fallen off the transporter and had been re body shelled.
Something I have seen frequently down at the local harbour, rich guys in brand new Range Rovers , the tide is out so they go almost to the mouth of the harbour where the soft sand is to launch their new speed boat, once the boat is floating they then go to park the vehicle only to find it is up to it's axles in soft sand, so being sh*t for brains they apply full throttle, lots of sand and sea water spraying everywhere but no movement. If lucky one of their pals turns up with another 4x4 and a few more brain cells and a long rope so he stays out of the soft sand, much engine screaming and Range Rover is extracted, car is pressure washed off and later some poor sod buys it nearly new as his forever car, to love and to cherish, only it rots out early from all the salt water, plus a good chance the salt water and sand has also got into the running gear and swears never to buy another Range Rover.
My Range Rover (1986) was previously owned by a boat builder on the norfolk broads. When ever you shut (you know those old cars shutting the door required specific slamming to get the latch to work) the door about a ton of mud would fall from somewhere under the car. this never stopped the whole time I had it. Every crevis of the car must have been packed with pete from the norfolk broads.Something I have seen frequently down at the local harbour, rich guys in brand new Range Rovers , the tide is out so they go almost to the mouth of the harbour where the soft sand is to launch their new speed boat, once the boat is floating they then go to park the vehicle only to find it is up to it's axles in soft sand, so being sh*t for brains they apply full throttle, lots of sand and sea water spraying everywhere but no movement. If lucky one of their pals turns up with another 4x4 and a few more brain cells and a long rope so he stays out of the soft sand, much engine screaming and Range Rover is extracted, car is pressure washed off and later some poor sod buys it nearly new as his forever car, to love and to cherish, only it rots out early from all the salt water, plus a good chance the salt water and sand has also got into the running gear and swears never to buy another Range Rover.
I don't get it. Why would rust appear faster on a categorised car?
I think any distrortion and straightening has a subtle effect. I ve seen a few repaired cars in the family look sad after a few years it was aparent which bits had been repaired. Any welding really changes long term in my opinion I had a car axfew years back mullered in a shop car park. It was repaired by a top local place but two years later where the rear quarter had been repaired, no cutti g or welding, it stated rusting to the extent I pxd it before value was affected.
If you read what I said, after an accident spot welds/joints, etc. outside the obvious accident damage that is repaired, are strained this results in rust getting in via fine paint cracks in the original factory body protection.
And I've seen this happen on repaired secondhand cars many times.
All depends on the price Sir….but again that’s just me
Personally I'd rather overpay for a good car, than underpay for a bad one.
Yep can’t really argue with any of that
I have a job remembering the names of my children and grand children, so no way would I find names for the well over 200 cars, commercials and motorbikes I have had over the years.
That’s because your grey matter is full of wise quotes oh FF YodaI have a job remembering the names of my children and grand children, so no way would I find names for the well over 200 cars, commercials and motorbikes I have had over the years.
I tend to only name the cars I really bond with, but I don't remember them all unless something happens to trigger my brain.I have a job remembering the names of my children and grand children, so no way would I find names for the well over 200 cars, commercials and motorbikes I have had over the years.
I buy my vehicles cheap as all I can afford, do them up and use for as long as possible, but unfortunately sell them before the start to go up in value.I've bought various old cars over the years that have been through emotional incidents of varying intensity. I keep most of them till they die, then resurrect them and keep them going for longer.
My old Alfa 155 was a bit of a warhorse in that respect.. it had been involved in various emotional moments, judging by the variable paint quality.. but the main PITA was that whoever had fixed it had not bothered to re-fit various clips, plugs, grommets and whatever else. That old beast reached 212,000 miles in the end, so I worked on most parts of it... slowly re-routing cables, replacing all the missing pieces; I bought so much stuff that the local dealer's computer assumed I was a trader and automatically started giving me a discount..
It didn't have any structural issues (the sills vs the lifting factory shutz ans rust around the rear arches and boot floor... are common 155 issues) but it still took a very long time to get it all sorted.
Ralf S.
Me too, dads old Accord 20 years old and 200k+ miles only died due to a critical part no longer available anywhere, my old Mazda everything worked but rust killed it, mot mans jack just went through "the car"I've bought various old cars over the years that have been through emotional incidents of varying intensity. I keep most of them till they die, then resurrect them and keep them going for longer.
My old Alfa 155 was a bit of a warhorse in that respect.. it had been involved in various emotional moments, judging by the variable paint quality.. but the main PITA was that whoever had fixed it had not bothered to re-fit various clips, plugs, grommets and whatever else. That old beast reached 212,000 miles in the end, so I worked on most parts of it... slowly re-routing cables, replacing all the missing pieces; I bought so much stuff that the local dealer's computer assumed I was a trader and automatically started giving me a discount..
It didn't have any structural issues (the sills vs the lifting factory shutz ans rust around the rear arches and boot floor... are common 155 issues) but it still took a very long time to get it all sorted.
Ralf S.
