Is this rust ok to drive with?

Based on that picture, I’d say drive on. Where I grew up, that wouldn’t be described as “rusty”.

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Is that the front end of the car? I’m wondering what that rusty part is? And why do the two wheels seem to be pointing in different directions? … lol … Maybe that’s just an photographic illusion. I concur that the rust doesn’t look like a showstopper to me. What about the wheel wells and the sides of the car, rocker panels, near the wheels?

It is the front end and everything else seems ok

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Looks like a hole rusted thru on the left side of the component.

Take a hammer and bang around the hole to see if it gets bigger.

Tester

That looks to be a front cradle, imo

I’d take a flat-head screwdriver and try to poke through

If you can easily poke through . . .

what about the rest of the car?

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One ambiguous photo posted to an internet forum is no way to answer such a question. Take it to a shop for a full inspection.

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It is the suspension cross member/subframe or sometimes called the engine cradle… The engine, transmission, lower control arms, rack-n-pinion etc can all be attached to it…

The tires look like that due to the angle of the picture…