it's a SFbay area truck. CC's are not taken care of on the outside for a couple of reasons. One, there's no place to park them inside on a regular basis. The sun beats down on them all the time. Two, unless you live in the western part of SF or Pacifica, you can have exposed metal and there is no rust forming at all. Three, a nicely painted and cared for truck invites vandalism from the greenies. When I bought my CC dually back in 2004, it was in top shape. The paint on the front of the truck is now sandblasted from commuting from CA to TX and back, where the sand hasn't killed, the clearcoat is falling off. Still, I have no body rot or surface rust and imho that's what really matters.