Virginia Beach is one of the most beautiful places in the country to own a truck. You have got the oceanfront, the Chesapeake Bay, Naval Station Norfolk next door, and a lifestyle that practically demands a capable pickup for hauling boats, beach gear, kayaks, and everything else that coastal living involves.
But owning a truck at the coast comes with a tax that dealership salespeople rarely discuss in detail, and that tax is corrosion.
Salt air is relentless. It does not take vacations, it does not care what you paid for your truck, and it does not wait for your coastal lifestyle to be inconvenient to start working on your frame rails and suspension components…