Franco’s Italian Cucina

The one in California. Tons of sunshine

Thanks for the rec!

Classic Auto Refinishing in Murrysville did all the rust repair on my 1998 Jeep Cherokee Classic. They take their time and do it right. They are not cheap either but they did great work.

Canton is steeper than Rialto, but a hell of a lot shorter.

Pittsburg is in TX, KS, and CA. Pittsburgh is in PA. We are very adamant about the h even though it’s silent and it’s not pronounced picksburg. 😂

damn that's fast. it spent most of its life in CA and then maybe a year or two in the midwest before coming to pgh a few years ago.

And minutes from the mall

Logan Ave. is one of the steepest on the "Dirty Dozen". Its right behind my house. That and Rialto. I haven't seen Canton yet but if its steeper than those two it has to be insane.

Driving down that in the snow was crazy. At least they had the advantage of no traffic on the cross street at the bottom while they were filming.

My map tells me it's in Kansas

Seriously, whatever neighborhood has the smallest buildings, widest streets and/or fewest trees. Near the busway is good. Every bit of sun makes a difference. Swissvale comes to mind.

Is your car new to the salt belt here?

Anecdotally, last year I bought a 2010 Honda from my brother in Virginia, had never seen salt. Just one winter and there is visible rust on the undercarriage. I'm not super vigilant about washing it, but did get it full undercarriage washed after the salt was off the roads last year and it's still rusting faster than I expected. I kind of feel bad that I didn't undercoat it, but it was an inexpensive first car for my new teenage driver so I didn't want to put too much into it.

I have not. I was on the fence about undercoating as well and was going to get through the winter and see how regular car washes went as far as preventing rust.

I can't even imagine.

Me and a buddy used to love going down that hill haha felt like a rollercoaster! Amazed nobody has run into the house at the bottom of the hill

We recently checked it out on a random Saturday, it’s pretty cool.

Hell yeah. I still regret getting rid of my '04 Camry (namesake of this account) because the rust issues became more to repair than it was worth. Metal itself becomes a wearable part up here in the salt belt.

Have you done anything proactive on yours, like undercoating? Most discussions about undercoat are split 50/50, some swearing by it and other swearing it can create more problems than it's worth.

You said TINY. Dealer have Tiny spray cans that exactly match your 2005 car they use to do this sort of repair and still charge you 1000+ don’t be afraid worst case you go get it done somewhere it won’t cost you more because you sanded away the rust Youtube it unless you’re a girl then ya you don’t want to spray that stuff in your eyes.

I rode my bike up it once. Once was enough:)

Thank you for the recommendation! Edit: oh yeah this is the place that doesn't do paint. If I go with them, then I'll need a paint recommendation lol. I guess I can start with them to get an idea of what needs to be done.

Humans have been walking year around for their entire existence. Is it really that hard to imagine? Seriously, i'm baffled at how walking could seem unimaginable to anyone. ;-)

Fair point. I think that's possible. It may actually be the rocker panel.

It’s were all the Yintzers in the know and behind on payments drive down on a icy day and wreck their cars to collect

Lol no I actually like this car and want it to look good.