# Is this rust really bad? **URL:** \ **Category:** Buying/Selling\ **Tags:** grand-cherokee, buying, jeep\ **Created:** [July 25, 2020, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-rust-really-bad/167869 "2020-07-25T23:33:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gropinggilbertsgrapes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac8455/32.png) [@Gropinggilbertsgrapes](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Gropinggilbertsgrapes)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-rust-really-bad/167869/1 "2020-07-25T23:33:26Z")
![Screenshot_20200725-181752_Facebook](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/b/0/b0048b3f24701bbbc63f26ddd33001f9e7c8099e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-rust-really-bad/167869/2 "2020-07-25T23:35:47Z")
If you can poke a screwdriver through that… and I think you can, yeah it is pretty bad. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 11:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-rust-really-bad/167869/3 "2020-07-25T23:47:56Z")
Looks typical for a 15 year old vehicle in the rust belt. I wouldn’t accept this on a 5 year old vehicle. ---
**Author:** ![Gropinggilbertsgrapes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac8455/32.png) [@Gropinggilbertsgrapes](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Gropinggilbertsgrapes)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-rust-really-bad/167869/4 "2020-07-25T23:51:38Z")
I haven’t looked at the Vehicle in person yet here’s the description. ![Screenshot_2020-07-25-19-46-38.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/7/f/7f2650f5a246c437ddd89fea8f12690a71403fe5.png) ---
**Author:** ![Gropinggilbertsgrapes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac8455/32.png) [@Gropinggilbertsgrapes](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Gropinggilbertsgrapes)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-rust-really-bad/167869/5 "2020-07-25T23:53:53Z")
06 grand Cherokee laredo 92,000 3.7 v8 $4000 ![Screenshot_2020-07-25-19-46-12.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/e/2/e2a3baed3ee4f2f491bb64be1f4b008145881128.png) ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-rust-really-bad/167869/6 "2020-07-25T23:57:00Z")
> [@Gropinggilbertsgrapes](#): > > I haven’t looked at the Vehicle in person yet here’s the description. Don’t you think that would be the first thing to do ? The pictures can either show the rust worse then it is or not as bad as it looks. ---
**Author:** ![Rusty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f17d59/32.png) [@Rusty](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rusty)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-rust-really-bad/167869/7 "2020-07-26T01:51:27Z")
If you’re questioning the amount of rust, I’d not purchase it if I were you. There are plenty of used vehicles out there in better shape. ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 4:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-rust-really-bad/167869/8 "2020-07-26T04:41:06Z")
That would be considered light rust in my part of the rust belt for a vehicle driven in the winter since 2006. 2006 cars driven in the winter here are mostly being scrapped now.