Originally Posted by
RichieST
I guess where they live plays a big part. Something that spends its life on the coast in the sea air will be worse than a car from the middle of London. We have just come back from a weekend on the coast in Devon, the car had a fine layer of salt all over it. The last thing a ford needs is a salt bath
My old mk7 fiesta was a 61 plate, I bought it at 5 years old and the back box had to be replaced as it was rotted through.
I defo think her old focus lived near the sea. I didn't think it was as badly rotton as it was. Both rear inner arches,back of both rear sills.