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My dads Toyota Hilux was a rustbucket when he bought it 20 years ago. Still runs "fine", despite lots of use in the intervening years carrying highly corrosive NPK fertilizer on the farm.

A bit of rust isn't anything to be scared of so long as you know it's there.

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The old TopGear trio put a hilux threw hell, ocean, on top of an imploded building, and more. It "ran" still at the end of it.

https://topgear.fandom.com/wiki/Toyota_Hilux#Indestructible_...

Engine starts, car moves. Good enough for me.

I had a Jeep Cherokee where the only thing separating my feet from the road was the carpet. Would that satisfy your standards?

that is when you pull the carpet lay some cardboard over the hole and put down some fiberglass and sell the vehicle. Old car salesman trick

Here in Finland the classic way was to wait for winter, slip a wet the rag rug under the carpet and let it freeze and then just sell the car ASAP.

Did you call it the Flintstone mobile?

I HAVE a Jeep Cherokee, and now you've got me worried... XD

If you're only getting worried now, this must be your first Jeep Cherokee!

Hehe... It is my first! It's also the most... interesting, vehicle I've ever owned.

I love it though, it's really fun to drive.

Playlist of attempts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnWKz7Cthkk&list=PL81Jb1_MsN...

Part 3 with the 23-storey drop from a collapsing tower block is worth a watch

Old Toyota trucks were basically indestructible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9Yy5P6FUes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBN3IuVCxl8

That said, it's generally good advice. You just chose one of the most overbuilt, reliable vehicles of all time - not great for generalizing to other cars.

I had an MR-2 for seventeen years. Near the end of its life, the passenger floorboard rusted through, so that if I hit a deep puddle the rug would be pushed up by the water, and you could watch the rug slosh back and forth. Big fun.

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