Bengmobile is rusting

This morning, as I was about to get out of the car,
I noticed drops of water on the middle console. As
it rained quite heavily last night, I first began to
suspect that I did not close the car windows the
night before. But then again, the seats would have
gotten wet too. So, After searching and eliminating
all other possibilities, I looked up........

Only to see the courtesy light LEDs submerged in
water. On and off, it flickered and I thought nothing
of it. Why, just last week, I took it out and cleaned
the contacts and repositioned the LEDs again.

Well, the cover is filled with water and ......... rust!

Thank goodness the LEds are still OK. Or I
would have wasted RM25.00 for nothing.

Back to the story. Apparently, I did not look hard
enough because there are rusts everywhere. This
is a bad sign because it means the roof is in a very
bad shape. And so, I have to see how much this is
going to cost since they would be cutting the roof
out and getting a transplant for it.

So, I am suspecting, the water could be from
this hole.....

Or this hole.....

Or this hole. Or maybe, it could just be from the rubber
seals on the windscreen which we discovered and plugged
it in 2003. Stupid workers at Proton most probably start
applying the seal from the top instead of the bottom as
over time, the join would shrink and so, creates a gap for
the water to seep in. This happened to my Wife's Wira.

As for the the bonnet, it can be replaced easily. But not the roof. Lets see how things are by next week since its still school holiday. And when its sent to the workshop, I won't have a car to move about.

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