"Yeah there's a little rust but that should be easy to handle"

Nope.

I was completely wrong on the subject of rust when I came to own the first car that I had ever bought for myself, a 1994 Mazda Miata.

First, I would just like to point out that no, I am not gay, and no, I am also not a girl. However if you are actually reading this, then you are probably an "enthusiast" and understand that Miata's aren't just for guys who like interior decorating shows and those mythical creatures I have never talked to because I was too busy trying to fix all the problems my car developed after I had purchased it.

I freely admit to being possibly the world's worst mechanic, and if you happen to read any posts after this one (while bored in your college accounting class I'm sure) then you will come to realize that a monkey with a wrench is a better mechanic than I. 

OK I'm off topic. The point is that I bought the car knowing that it had rust issues and I thought to myself "oh a little bondo, a little paint, that will be an easy fix", and I was so wrong. The rust was worse than I had ever imagined, like I swear this car spent half of its 190K miles underwater and the other half in a salt pile. Maybe I'm just complaining because I'll have to replace the body panels and that is going to take $$$$ and they will just get rusty again in a year because Nebraska, but I believe there is a lesson to be learned here.

If a car you want to buy has rust issues, dont think you can fix it with $10 and some tin foil. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to apply my tears to the affected areas in hope that maybe the rust will take pity on me.