Road salt and car rust.
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Re: Road salt and car rust.
I'd always worked from the premise that the more cr@p you can layer on the car, the better the protection.
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I may be wrong but I think a 3 year old Mazda 2 (= Ford Fiesta) will have a galvanised body shell,
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I lived in Ontario for 35 yrs ; 20 yrs in Sudbury, and 15 yrs near Guelph. I had the underneath of my car sprayed with oil each year. I owned it for 28 yrs and it was still in very good condition when I sold it before moving to BC. No rust even though in Sudbury it was parked outdoors winter and summer
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Re: Road salt and car rust.
I lived in Ontario for 35 yrs ; 20 yrs in Sudbury, and 15 yrs near Guelph. I had the underneath of my car sprayed with oil each year. I owned it for 28 yrs and it was still in very good condition when I sold it before moving to BC. No rust even though in Sudbury it was parked outdoors winter and summer
#20
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If it's a long term keeper the rust proofing is probably worth it. Krown is (I think) the original and I paid $135 for this last year, but there are cheaper similar treatments around that are closer to $100.
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I know it all comes down to cost, but would be nice if they used non-corrosive materials on roads like they do at airports, since using salt or high corrosive substances is a no no at those places.
But it all boils to cost I suppose.
But it all boils to cost I suppose.
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Car Washing downtown is bitch this time of year. I usually wait out for the spring. I don't mind driving a dirty auto mobile. Makes me look rugged when I don't shave and put my Timberland boots on :-) Oh wait this isn't the red kneck thread :-(
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#24
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Had my truck for 2 years (almost). Never washed it yet. Will do so before it gets returned at the end of the lease in March I suppose.
Road salt & associated corrosion is one reason why I choose to lease rather than buy.
Road salt & associated corrosion is one reason why I choose to lease rather than buy.
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But we live semi-rural and isolated, and my commute alone would put on 20,000km a year, and from what I know, they usually don't go above 24,000km on a lease?
We just do too much driving for a lease and I'd be too nervous about going over the allowed limits.
This time around we really had no choice but to buy, only 1 bank approved us and it was for a purchase and only for a used car, we don't have high income, and no credit other then student loans, so banks are not eager to do business with us.
#26
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I have seven year old Mazda 5 that is rusting in the wheel wells here in Calgary and I paid for extra coating when I bought the car. We also own a six year old Mazda 3 with no sign of any rust. Both have have been treated the same and driven in the same conditions so I don't know why one is rusting and the other isn't.
Of course I don't believe they use much salt on the roads around here, mostly just sand and gravel.
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I've seen salt, salty liquid, as well as sand being dumped onto the highway, sometimes just one of the 3 and sometimes 3 trucks in a row, with each truck dumping something different.
The sand/gravel makes a complete mess of everything as well.
#28
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Yes. I remember something in a news story last year when we had a big (~20 vehicles) crash due to icy roads where the city guys said it was too cold for salt to be effective.
#29
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We get a car wash seasons pass in the winter. Petro Canada sells them at $180 for 95 washes in 95 days. (Limit 1 wash per day.)
The SuperWorks (highest level) wash you can get for $9 per wash if you load up a reloadable card (otherwise about $14 at the pump), so that makes your break even point $180/9=20 washes... or one wash every 4-5 days.
We split the card with our neighbour and pass it back and forth every 3 days. We both have two cars, so we average usually 4-5 washes every week... we have already passed 20 washes in about 30 days, so washes for the next two months are effectively free.
Not a bad way to spend the money. Keeps the cars clean as they are regularly going through the wash, keeps the salt off, keeps the undersides rinsed. Works for us.
The SuperWorks (highest level) wash you can get for $9 per wash if you load up a reloadable card (otherwise about $14 at the pump), so that makes your break even point $180/9=20 washes... or one wash every 4-5 days.
We split the card with our neighbour and pass it back and forth every 3 days. We both have two cars, so we average usually 4-5 washes every week... we have already passed 20 washes in about 30 days, so washes for the next two months are effectively free.
Not a bad way to spend the money. Keeps the cars clean as they are regularly going through the wash, keeps the salt off, keeps the undersides rinsed. Works for us.
#30
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0 degrees F = -17.8 degrees C.
Below that salt is useless.