A question to the B5 owners....how has the body fared with rust forming? have any of u guys with cars 8-10 years old have any rust..does audi generally hold up vs the domestic cars??? thankx!

 

i got no rust on the body but the suspension and brakes are rusted. so is the exhaust but that's a given. ma car was originally sold in vermont where it snows like no tomorow so i think our cars are made very well compared to my dad's toyota which is a 02 and has rust all over the engine bay. he barely has any rust under the car cuz he got an undercoating and rust protection done. his suspension and brakes are rusted too but not as bad as mine. well he only has 28k on the clock and i have 114k lol

 

cool thnakx 4 the comments...anyone with an older car??..like a 98 or older

 

mine has about a dime size spot on the rear passenger door where the bottom clatting is on the door. other than that i dont really think of any b5 that i have seen rust on..hmm guess i never really thought about it...

 

I'm driving a 99 without a spot of rust on it, dont think i've ever heard of any Audis with serious rust problems at all, and I know my 98 BMW had some rust problems. So i'm impressed this Audi has none, not a spot!

 

not a spot of rust on my 99.5 either, and it's originally a colorado car so I'm impressed.

 

well that's good news..I rust checked my car anyways..just to be sure!!!

 

rust now there is a big onebut im sure your on about perforation rust which is body related only ( lets say you have a stone chip and dont get it repaired and it creeps all over as they do ) your not covered,

why dont alloy wheels have the same warranty

 

yeah..well most rust is surface..but not all comes from stone chips....I'm a correct saying that audi's bodys are strong & that the use better paint then other cars?

 

no you are wrong but the body is better galvanized not like the bimmer which is a rust bucket