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I'm in Halifax, and you would be lucky if you see any 81s on the road here. The few that are are rust buckets. Even most 89+ cars here have significant rust in the usual places. They get attacked from all sides here. Yes they use a ton of salt on the road in the winter. The salt air attacks them. Our climate is terrible for cars. We get well below freezing with snow and the next day is +8 with rain and slush. It is a loosing battle. If you value your car here, get a beater and store the good car in a nice heated garage for the winter.
That said there are a couple of guys around Halifax that no Volvos inside out and they rustproof 240s. They use fluid film and it seems to work ok. I just keep the rust spots on my cars coated with oil (fluid film). I have found the paint jobs don't hold up here, and the paint just puts a barrier between the metal and the oil. In NS 240s rockers rust, they rust behind the rear wheels, the drivers floor rusts out, the bottom of the doors dissolve usually starting at the leading edge, they rust out under the rear taillights, the cowls are prone to rust, the rear end of the fenders rust. Those are the worst spots, but there are others. It can be kind of discouraging tring to keep a car rust free here.
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