I look after an otherwise superb Micra of this age with a genuine 30,000 miles. At each MOT the tester and I comment that the wax/underseal gun was moved very quickly across the bottom of this car, huge areas are missed and starting seam rust.
David
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About a year ago I had to fit towbars to three new Renault 'people carriers'. Can't remember the model but they were all the same. To fit the bar, blanking plugs have to be removed from the ends of both front to rear 'chassis' members. On each car at least a cupful of water ran out of each member when the plug was removed. I suppose it had gathered during outside storage. It made me wonder about corrosion problems when the car is with it's 2nd or 3rd owner and the anti-perforation warranty has expired.
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David Woollard wrote:
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> I look after an otherwise superb Micra of this age with a
> genuine 30,000 miles. At each MOT the tester and I comment
> that the wax/underseal gun was moved very quickly across the
> bottom of this car, huge areas are missed and starting seam
> rust.
>
That's true enough with these - mine (a '95) had no underseal and looking at newer ones I see they don't either. I recently gave mine a healthy dose of Hammerite Underbody seal AND a spraying of Waxoyl, to be on the safe side. I should say though that there was no rust evident anywhere, but had I not done this then the story might well be different in a year or two...
Unfortunately I have seen this 'forgetting' to underseal is a common feature on many other new cars. I can only assume that the manufacturers want their cars to last no more than about seven years.
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