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Tcoat · 07-22-2016, 10:40 PM

Does salt affect the cars? Yes, but this is not a 1985 Kcar and will not be rotted out to the door handles in 3 years. Mine has seen two very salty Ontario winters and other than untreated bolt heads and fittings underneath my car is rust free. Even a huge gouge on my front fender has just developed a slight haze of surface rust after two winters. Modern cars stand up to salt way better than most from the past. Contrary to popular belief salt on it's own does not cause rust. Salt and moisture combined does. For most of the winter (here) it is cold enough that there is no free moisture for the salt to draw in so it isn't a problem. When it warms up and there is moisture then just run the car through a touchless wash with a under carriage spray every week or so and all is good. As already said though what will take a shit kicking is your front bumper. This could be avoided though if you stay well back from and never pass salt trucks. That stuff hits you like it was fired from a cannon. A clear bra would take care of some of that.

As far as this whole "RWD sucks in the snow" thing goes keep in mind that all cars for about 70 years were RWD and people didn't park them in the winter.
*Sorry to the regulars here but:
Your Mother drove RWD
Your Grandmother drove RWD
Your Great Grandmother drove RWD
and if young enough
Your Great Great Grandmother drove RWD
They all lived long enough that you are here now so....

*Sorry again guys:

1.7 inch drop, inexpensive (f'ing cheap) snow tires, driven 4,500 miles a month year round.

07-22-2016, 10:40 PM	#54
Tcoat Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Drives: 2020 Hakone Location: London, Ont Posts: 69,841 Thanks: 61,656 Thanked 108,295 Times in 46,456 Posts Mentioned: 2499 Post(s) Tagged: 50 Thread(s)	Does salt affect the cars? Yes, but this is not a 1985 Kcar and will not be rotted out to the door handles in 3 years. Mine has seen two very salty Ontario winters and other than untreated bolt heads and fittings underneath my car is rust free. Even a huge gouge on my front fender has just developed a slight haze of surface rust after two winters. Modern cars stand up to salt way better than most from the past. Contrary to popular belief salt on it's own does not cause rust. Salt and moisture combined does. For most of the winter (here) it is cold enough that there is no free moisture for the salt to draw in so it isn't a problem. When it warms up and there is moisture then just run the car through a touchless wash with a under carriage spray every week or so and all is good. As already said though what will take a shit kicking is your front bumper. This could be avoided though if you stay well back from and never pass salt trucks. That stuff hits you like it was fired from a cannon. A clear bra would take care of some of that. As far as this whole "RWD sucks in the snow" thing goes keep in mind that all cars for about 70 years were RWD and people didn't park them in the winter. Sorry to the regulars here but: Your Mother drove RWD Your Grandmother drove RWD Your Great Grandmother drove RWD and if young enough Your Great Great Grandmother drove RWD They all lived long enough that you are here now so.... Sorry again guys: 1.7 inch drop, inexpensive (f'ing cheap) snow tires, driven 4,500 miles a month year round. Attached Images __________________ Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar, because Racecar.