The Global Cost of Corrosion

Re:The Global Cost of Corrosion by jacquesm on Monday July 25, 2022 @02:17PM (#32228610)

That may well be so, Japanese cars had an absolutely terrible reputation for being rustbuckets in the 70's so they had to do something about it. Given the number of them that were manufactured the fact that they are so rare today is as far as I know uniquely due to the rust problem.

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Re:The Global Cost of Corrosion by petre on Monday July 25, 2022 @02:31PM (#32228828)

Mazdas are still rustbuckets today.

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Re:The Global Cost of Corrosion by kube-system on Monday July 25, 2022 @04:03PM (#32230186)

Mazda mostly sorted out their rust issues by the 2010s depending on model. A couple decades late, but they're pretty good now.

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Re:The Global Cost of Corrosion by BolexNOLA on Monday July 25, 2022 @02:41PM (#32229024)

Isn't the Mazda 3 a really, really popular and pretty well-regarded car?

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Re:The Global Cost of Corrosion by petre on Monday July 25, 2022 @02:47PM (#32229113)

Yeah, it's a good car. Until it rusts. Supposedly they've fixed the rust problems in the new Skyactiv models, but I'd be weary of any Mazda before 2018.

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Re:The Global Cost of Corrosion by BolexNOLA on Monday July 25, 2022 @02:49PM (#32229148)

Oh so you mean it quite literally - that's it's very rust prone.

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Re:The Global Cost of Corrosion by jacquesm on Monday July 25, 2022 @02:57PM (#32229265)

Interesting! Any information on what they did wrong?

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