At least that is how I think one spells it.

Rust! I was just out sitting in the garage staring at our 95 4Runner. It has just around 200K Kil so about 125K miles on it. Mechanically it is still reasonable but the demon rust has a hold of it. There are holes through the rear quarter panels over each wheel as well as down under the side parts to the back bumper. There are holes in the top edge of the tailgate. There are blisters on the front fenders above the trim strip.
I have been working on it a bit - cut some of the rust out of the driver's side rear wheel arch and pop riveted in some galvanized sheet metal. Plan is to put cloth and resin over that to seal it as best I can and then some bondo to smooth things out.

However, I sit there looking at it and thinking it is a butcher job. I hate to do junk repairs but I don't know if the truck is worth spending any big money on at the autobody shops. They do tend to charge an arm and a leg. I figure this thing is worth a maximum of $3 to $5K on a good day and don't want to spend $3 to $5K having it fixed. I don't think that is going to pay me back in the long run.
I'd like to get the patch panels and have them welded in properly but I have been down this road before with other vehicles and sooner or later you have to move on anyway. The rust always comes back.

What are the rest of you folks in the rust belt areas doing?

Randy