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[Crab Spirits]

Does anyone know where the 1/4 rust comes from really? Does it only happen on sunroof cars? On a dry day, I can see she damp in the waist like a bitch in heat be sittin in the passenger rear seat.

[Mo]

I don't really understand what your asking, but if your asking about where rust comes from on the rear 1/4 panel, its from accumulated dirt and debris. You live in Illinois and IL uses salt on their roads. Thats a no brainer.. In the owners manual of every car, the manufacture recommends the operator to give a car a thorough wash under and outside the vehicle in these areas. Shit, I wash my rig every time I leave the salt areas just so I can have a lil peace of mind. Any areas that don't have ways for water to drain out because of accumulated dirt will rust, like a sunroof on a X7. Toyota designs water drains in quarter panels but they wont work if they got dirt in them.

My 2 cents.

[Hater]

front mudflaps trap a lot of shit in there. Mine had like quarter size rust spot there from that. Suck I had to take them off otherwise they are covered.

[brian]

whats rust?

[Crab Spirits]

That brown stuff that forms in the exact same spot on every cressida because of a design flaw that apparently, nobody is aware of.

[rayray]

you're just living in the wrong place!

[Mo]

Lmao, design flaw.. sure buddy. The only flaw is the area you live in. We have Cressida's older than yours and we don't got no design flaws.

[brian]

That brown stuff that forms in the exact same spot on every cressida because of a design flaw that apparently, nobody is aware of.

i have no rust. at all.

you have to remember, cars in the southwest do not rust. the chassis and body last forever. our paint just fades away and our interiors turn to dust.

[lonelywanderer]

my old x8 and a friends were rusting on the top of the roof by the back glass

[Crab Spirits]

It's a design flaw. I can accept rust on the edge of a panel especially on a car from around here. When shit rusts from the inside out because water enters, never to come out then it's pointless to fix it unless I know why.

Some examples...
Z31-The t-top drains will crack or the tube will just fall off. Water runs down the seat belt and rots the floor. Poor sealant job behind LR wheelhouse results in rotten tool kit area.

S13-Bare holes open to wheel well on strut tower and brake line. There are sticker things that go over them, but they fell off long ago. Frame rails are notorious. No drain holes to let water out.

[Mo]

You ever bother to even look into your rear 1/4 panels? You got drain holes where your spare tire and jack are to let water drain through there if the trunk was to get washed out. Your shitty salt crap gets in through there and rusts your shit. But if you guys in the mid west and east coast bother to fucking maintain your vehicles, you wouldn't have such a fucking problem. Obviously, if your guy's shitty ass cars were well maintained you would've seen the fucking drain holes in the fucking first place, but since the cars weren't maintained, the holes turned into rotten looking pieces of shit that convinced you that they weren't there therefore causing you to make your stupid ass assumptions. It's not a fucking design flaw, its a lack of responsibility from the fucking owners that just drive cars without ever fucking bothering to maintain them.

[Crab Spirits]

You guys make me laugh.

I will now clear out the already open drain holes and then wash my car with your "magic water" to reverse the rust.

[Mo]

If you don't like it, quit complaining then pull your VaGina out of your Cressida and put it back in a Nissan rust bucket it came out of.

[Crab Spirits]

Who's complaining? This was a legitimate thread before you came in here and got all butt-hurt.

[Keith]

Crab...don't you dare badmouth anything on the Cressida. Don't you know it's sacred and perfect?

Get off this wagon that was here before you and go back to the heinous 240sx, we all thought Cressidas were the bee's knees before someone else did!!!!!

Golly gee gosh darn it!

[Mo]

You No-Coasters suck ass. Quit bitchin and move to a real part of the world or put up with the shit and quick complaining. Nobody told your sorry asses to live out in the middle of fucking bumfuck eg..err.. chicago. You guys blow just like your windy city. A legitimate thread would be helping people take precautions on how to prevent corrosion, not to fucking bitch and blame the manufacture for your laziness.

IF you want to make a complaint, please speak to management, Mr. Kitty Pussy and see if he can help you.

Mr. Kitty Pussy speaking:

[Keith]

The only thing worse than Cressida people?



Cali people.


p.s. My car has no rust.

[Mo]

Cali people > rusty people. We found ways around stringy cops and tough emission control, you guys can't even find ways to defeat rust by simply washing salt and other corrosives off your vehicles. Lazy? VERY!. You guys suck and we rule you.

[Crab Spirits]

Keith,
Can I please borrow your time vehicle so that I too can travel back to 1989 and rivet the following note on a metal plate to my cressida's dash in a manner similar to the Voyager space probe.

"Dear Sir or Madam,
I would like to inform you that in the year 2008, I will take possession of this vehicle. It is with deep regret and profound sadness that I must notify you of the future death of your HG. While you may exhibit extreme frustration and ill will towards your salesman and the Toyota brand in general for being sold a "lemon" automobile, I implore you to not take it out on me. The matter at hand is that this vehicle will exhibit an extreme amount of corrosion in relation to such little usage during it's lifespan. A Californian has recommended a preservation strategy, and I would be eternally grateful if you followed the following to the letter.

-After and during the 4-month period of road de-icing , the vehicle must be washed according to the owner's manual.
-Since the salty water/wash solution will sit within the body due to leaks, I would recommend using a fire hose to dilute the body brine solution as best as possible.
-During the many years that this vehicle sits inoperable, I would like the Cressida to be covered in a plastic sheathing. This is how most items are preserved in the future.
(You can find an example of this procedure in the Tom Petty video "You Got Lucky" which can be found on MTV in your present time.)

Regards,
Crab

[Mo]

I'd like you to write a letter to the person that sold you the car in Indiana when you travel back in time and tell them not to sell you the car because you were going to subject it to the de-icing crap that is used there, but you also let it sit for a whole year out in the open exposed to seasonal climate changes in shitty ass Illishittynois. A majority of cars have drain plugs all over the chassis all positioned in the lowest point of each channels for a reason. But of course people that are completely clueless like you two are going to sign it off as a flaw because no car should have holes in it.. I'm still wondering why Crabbby Patty and Keister, a couple of Datsun fanatics even bothered to own a "design-flawed" Toyota. Nit-picking already?

Give it up or stfu.