...you discover that the awesome unobtanium car you thought only had some superficial quarter panel and door rust actually has rear frame rust starting.
(wife's Protege5, by the way)
Ouch!
Mazda went through a spell where structural rust was an issue. Coworker essentially had his Mazda3 rear-clipped with new metal by Mazda to address this. It was a 2006.
I did not actually believe it until I went out to look. Must have cost them a fortune. Also one of the reasons I did not buy the Mazda3 even though I like the car.
My mum was looking at Protege5s when they were still selling new (2004~5 I think?) She was looking for a second hand one that was 1-2 years old but ALL of them had started rusting already at that age! She passed and bought a 2.5RS instead. Granted this was in Ontario (the Road Salt Capital of the Universe) but that's still no excuse.
Jay wrote: She was looking for a second hand one that was 1-2 years old but ALL of them had started rusting already at that age! She passed and bought a 2.5RS instead.
Out of the frying pan and into the fire 
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