Rust...or the threat of it!

Submitted: Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 at 20:40
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How do you stop your van rusting away in coastal neighbourhoods?
We live about 12 houses from the ocean (as the seagull flies). Life is idyllic if you ignore the constant corrosion of your possessions!
We have a double garage and a carport that has a 6' fence between it and the salt winds, but things rust over time in the carport... Our motor for our split system air con was rusty and yuk looking after 18 months.
We'd hate to invest hard-earned cash on a van of any sort and watch it rust away...and neither of us is prepared to park our cars outside and watch them rust instead of the van...!
We could hire a storage unit in the nearby town but that isn't always practical ("just want to fine tune the way we packed the...ooops, I'll drive 15km to get the van first..")
Those of you who have vans in corrosive neighbourhoods, how do you do it?
Is a caravan cover the solution, or do they rust under there as well?
Do you religiously hose it off on some sort of regular basis?
Or do we simply stay with a rust-proof tent (heehee)



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