will ocean front property kill 914s, RUST Options

[porbmw]

So
We are trying to figure out a semi retirement plan, and have happened across a rather stunning ocean front property.

It faces west, at the tip of Vancouver Island, and has a couple of channels funneling onto a small beach

The plan is/was to buy the property, and in time build a nice, comfortable home WITH (finally) a sturdy, well insulated garage that would store the 2 teeners and some other old stuff, some of which is already rusted and patiently waiting resto

As we were about to leave the vacant property, we chatted with the next door owner, who built there within the last 2 years.
Apart from confirming that we would experience severe storms, he noted that his less than 2 year old aluminum/powder coated railings (for glass panels) were getting severely pitted, through the paint into the aluminum, as were his exterior lamps (i anticipated degredation, but NOT to the degree he showed
AND
he said that even metal stored in his insulated garage, at the rear of the property, well away from ocean spray, was rusting considerably.

No interest in buying, if old cars stored in an insulated (but likely unheated garage) will turn to rust/

Any experience/thoughts?
Thanks
Paul

[914 Ranch]

Hey Paul,of course you know that rust never sleeps. I live 30 miles from Daytona Beach. Moved here from from Huntington Beach, Ca. 3 miles from the beach. Forty years there. Things in my roll-a-way rust much faster here than there. But the cars are holding up fine. I keep them warm and dry. Unless you're cars are in real trouble already they will probably out last you. I am sure mine will out last me. Just my opinion but I'm always looking for a folded teener to make a Bar-B-Q out of. Cooler in the front trunk grill in the back. One of my cars is an ongoing project and I may not see it completed as I am approaching 75, but I still keep trying to work on it everyday.
Do what ever keeps you going, don't let anything keep you from doing what you want. Nobody is going to appreciate your cars as much as you.
I turn the A/C on here more for the humidity than cooling.



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