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Yes, salt is awful for cars. Period.
I'd like to join Ultramaroon and Cole in disagreeing with the poster who seemed to think that RWD isn't an appropriate drive system for winter driving. What total crap. You have MORE control with a RWD vehicle over a FWD vehicle, by a long shot. If you don't have any experience driving RWD on icy or snowy roads, it may be a little weird feeling at first, but once you learn how to do it, you have a much greater chance to correct a bad situation than you do w/ a FWD car.
In a FWD car, the engine is over the drive wheels... good for traction. However, if you lose traction, you've lost drive AND steering. In a front engined RWD car, if you lose traction, you've lost traction, but you can still steer (assuming, of course, you don't panic and stomp on the brakes.. never do that). Once you get the hang of steering into skids and backing off the gas a bit, you'll find that RWD is, at least in my decades of driving, a MUCH more predictable and controllable system for winter driving than FWD. I live near Syracuse, NY.. we get a ton of snow. I bought the FR-S SPECIFICALLY because it was one of the few remaining RWD/manual cars still made, and I wanted that drivetrain for winter use. YES, you UNEQUIVOCALLY need to mount snow tires on your car. There is no discussion there. Once you have them on (and go to a very large snowy parking lot and do some fun practicing if you're not experienced w/ RWD), you'll love driving it in the winter.
Enjoy!
Barry
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