I used to eyeball rust on a car frame from ten feet away, then a $900 Civic taught me to bring a screwdriver

Grant Cooper · 2026-10-05T09:30:02.663589+00:00

Last spring I poked through the rocker panel on a 2003 Civic in a Buffalo driveway and the screwdriver went in up to the handle, water pouring out. Now I never drive out to look at anything under $3k without poking the frame, jack points, and floor pans first. How do you all check for hidden rot without ripping the car apart?

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