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@TheBrick(Tommy)
Why are car chassis not hot dip galvanised? All good trailers are to reduce rust, it would prolong chassis life and hence car life. My last car was at 190 k miles and still going strong other than rust that meant repair was uneconomical, my Dad's put 250 k miles on his old van which was clocked to 5 k when he bought it at three years old so who knows what its full mileage was, rust was the downfall again.
As I understand it paint galvanised is more difficult but not impossible.
Is this purely a case of it's not in the interests for car manufacture having cars last a long time?