I was not trying to suggest our car was indicative of all Mazdas, just that this has been our experience based on where the car has been located.
I've never looked at information on any of the Mazda forums regarding rust. I'll check it out. Dan Sent from my iPad > On Jan 8, 2015, at 10:11 AM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: > > I'm not knowledgable on the Mazda makes, models, years but it has been my > observation that Mazda 3 and 6 models made in the 2000s are quite rust prone. > Perhaps less than three years salt exposure not enough? Perhaps your model > year was not affected? This is just a general observation on my part. > Also if you do a web search on Mazda rust you will see that my observation > has some factual basis. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 8, 2015, at 9:52 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> Just as a data point, our 2005 Mazda 6 spent almost three years in the >> Midwest, and was exposed to the typical snow, sand and road salt. Other than >> some superficial surface rust on the undercarriage, there is no evidence of >> rust on any of the body panels that I've seen. >> >> Dan >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Jan 8, 2015, at 9:35 AM, dseretakis--- via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Mazda a is not a good match for New England winters based on my observation >>> of significant rust in 4-8 year old cars. Check out rear quarter panel >>> areas. Not good. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has >> no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
