No rust, always in the garage,came from an area where they had no ice and snow.

This is one of the cleanest cars that I have found. It has really been taken care of. Thats why I bought it. It had been backed into the drivers door in a parking lot. I found a door from a 98 the same color and body shop took it from there. And because of that dent in the door cost 575. dollars it has a prior sanvage title. It runs perfect and has plenty of spunk with the 2. 5 engine and will go anywhere. The spare has never been on the ground. I took the Subaru in on trade for an Audi. There is no rust on the Subaru and very solid car. worth the money and economical too.