TR4/4A Rust free TRs

[Rut]

I get ebay notifications for certain Triumph parts and this popped up today. A rust free gas tank from a rust free AZ/NM Triumph...what does rust free mean, there’s a piece of it with no rust?

 

[TR3driver]

No, it means that the rust is free; you only pay for the part that isn't rust.

I'm convinced that "eBay" is shorthand for "Caveat emptor, quia ignorare non debuit quod jus alienum emit".

 

[Sarastro]

Dang, Randall, I had 5 years of Latin in high school and college, and I can't get it. OK, so it was half a century ago, but still....

Yeah, I've also been surprised at how easily sellers will say something is "rust free," then show pictures proving it is anything but. Perhaps they mean it's free of major rust perforation, but when you see a layer of extensive "surface rust," you can be sure there are at least deep pits and small perforations. Perhaps some people just paint over that kind of thing. Sigh.

 

[TR3driver]

To be honest, I just copied and pasted from Findlaw which translates it as:
"Let a purchaser beware, for he ought not to be ignorant of the nature of the property which he is buying from another party."

https://consumer.findlaw.com/consumer-transactions/what-does-caveat-emptor-mean-.html

 

[Geo Hahn]

Expecting rust free may be like the waitress said to the lady who wanted no Spam: "Well, there's Spam, egg, sausage and Spam, that's not got much Spam in it".