I wash my cars in the winter more than in the summer. They use lots of salt
here in Canada. But you have to be careful that the car-wash don't use
recycled water, otherwise you wash more salt in the small niches the you
wash off

KARL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Beidel" <tbeidel@MAINE.RR.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 9:06 PM
Subject: East Coast Salt

> Bill in Illinois wrote:
>
> > I don't put my van away either.  I do get it ready for winter, just like
> any
> > other car, but it is my primary vehicle and I drive it anywhere, any
time.
> > It's a tough old beast, and has lasted 19 years/280,000 miles with
plenty
> more
> > to go.  Just wash the salt off once in a while.
>
>
> Is there a qualitiative or quanititative difference between Illinois road
> salting and New England road salting?
>
> I have a rust-free 1987 Syncro, just driven back from the West Coast, and
> some have urged me to seal it up for winter or be faced with poking my
index
> finger through the body panels in a year or two.
>
> The original idea had been to Syncro to the ski slopes in it, so this is a
> drag<g>.
>
> Does washing off the salt once in a while (or more assiduously) do the
> trick?
>
> Tim Beidel
> South Portland, ME
> 1987 Syncro Westy