In article <2bqab516fc6uhbt381g0i1jn1qh6liufk2@4ax.com>, clare@snyder.on.ca   
   wrote:   
   >On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:55:41 GMT, someone@some.domain   
   >(someone@some.domain) wrote:   
   >   
   >>In article , clare@snyder.on.ca   
   > wrote:   
   >>>On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:52:30 GMT, someone@some.domain   
   >>>(someone@some.domain) wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>In article , "M. Balmer"   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>You did not indicate where you live. Look for rust on the frame. 98's (and   
   >>>>>others around that year) are notorious for rusting. Of course with the   
   crap   
   >   
   >>>>>they put on the roads back in the NE it is no surprise. If you live in a   
   > dry   
   >>>>>climate that will not be an issue.  I have a 98 4X with 153M on it and   
   it's   
   >   
   >>>>>been very good to me.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>not a truck, but i have an 86 1/2 supra with zero rust anywhere.   
   >>>>sunburn, yeah, a little, but no rust. dry is the way.....   
   >>>>i had an 85 pu in boston and it was a wind chime. any way the wind blew...   
   >>>   
   >>>An '85 ANYTHING in Beantown is more likely to be a sand sifter.   
   >>>Bad enough up here in Ontario - and we don't have salt in the SUMMER.   
   >>>   
   >>>My '53 dodge wagon was from California and was rusted through the roof   
   >>>where a roof rack had been installed. The rubber pad helr the salt   
   >>>spray and it was just like a hole saw.   
   >>   
   >>they don't really salt in the summer. after mid july it even washes away.   
   >>i rode a rat bike one winter and it lost bits every ride. but the motor   
   always   
   >   
   >>ran and the wheels stayed on. it aged 20 years that winter. it was so ugly   
   and   
   >   
   >>so ratty looking a guy had to have it.   
   >>now it's a pussy summer bike and doesn't age. if you don't know bikes, you   
   >>can't even tell the maker.   
   > I wasn't saying they salt the roads - it's the salt in the AIR from   
   >the Atlantic Fog. Gets into and onto EVERYTHING.   
   that's a fact sometimes. it wasn't so bad in boston because of the wind.   
   cold air often blew out to sea. they also didn't salt heavily in poor   
   neighborhoods, so you could avoid some of the rot.   
   the worst was seeing the plow/spreaders throwing chunks of salt onto   
   your car. the shlubs in back bay/beacon hill got it bad.   
      
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