On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 21:54:15 +0000, John Rumm
wrote:

Kat wrote:

On all the cars I've had, (British and Japanese) , it's been body rust
- especially the sills - (even though the engines still had about 200K
miles of life left in them)! How are the 10-15 year old Volvos with
regards rust problems? I once drove a 740 when they first came out in
the 80s, and was quite impressed.

Something like a 10 year old Subaru Legacy estate is a similar size and
will go forever. Not as easy to find, spares cost a bit more but you
won't need em often! (They had corrosion licked by the time they
produced the Legacy - especially '92 onward). If you get and estate with
the built in roof rails and stick a decent set of roof bars on them it
would carry 100kg+ on the roof.

Thanks for the tip. Was that one of Subaru's 4-wheel drive cars? If so
I'd be especially interested.

K