2) Any idea which cars resist rust the best? I'm thinking of getting a new car. It will need to last *at least* 10 years. I would still have access to my lovely oldsmobile cutlass cierra had my son not totalled within a week of us giving it to him. :-( Damn good car, damn few repairs - in fact only one that fell outside of standard maintenance. It sadly was not crashproof during hydroplaning. It was the only new, as in not used, car I ever had. The one I have now and I like it muchly is a Chevy Malibu, BUT it is only 6 years old and the door is rusting. The fucking DOOR and the damn thing is garage kept! Dave's THREE y/o truck is doing the same. We say "WTF?!?!" Rust this soon is pure bullshit.
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Hyundai supposedly developed a metal that resists rust for 20 years. I can't find one of their car maodels listing that as the metal though. Maybe it isn't yet available.