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Ok chaps, what's the low-down on rust on Mk3 Astras? I've just got an R-reg 1.4 LS and I want to know where, if indeed anywhere, I need to be treating with Waxoyl/Underseal to keep the rust at bay.
At the moment, the car seems rust-free, but it's not a local car (reg plate indicates it was registered at Luton) so it's not used to Blackpool's salty winds & rain (poor bugger; it soon will be).
Perhaps there's no weak points at all on Mk3 Astras? I notice that the tailgate has no drainholes at all ... is Vauxhall being over optomistic or does it really never rust?
You'll have to forgive me if I seem to have a bit of a 'rust paranoia': my recent cars have been an MG Metro and numerous MG Maestros (I still have a Turbo) and chasing the grot on these cars is a full-time job, if they haven't been looked after really well when new. My Turbo is miraculously still mint, but that's only because it's mainly used as a show-car, and covered up with a cotton cloth in a dry garage for 300+ days of the year...
At the moment, the car seems rust-free, but it's not a local car (reg plate indicates it was registered at Luton) so it's not used to Blackpool's salty winds & rain (poor bugger; it soon will be).
Perhaps there's no weak points at all on Mk3 Astras? I notice that the tailgate has no drainholes at all ... is Vauxhall being over optomistic or does it really never rust?
You'll have to forgive me if I seem to have a bit of a 'rust paranoia': my recent cars have been an MG Metro and numerous MG Maestros (I still have a Turbo) and chasing the grot on these cars is a full-time job, if they haven't been looked after really well when new. My Turbo is miraculously still mint, but that's only because it's mainly used as a show-car, and covered up with a cotton cloth in a dry garage for 300+ days of the year...