Re: Does a car rust quicker, garaged
On 6 Dec 2005 12:49:14 -0800, sleepdog@optonline.net wrote:
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Re: Does a car rust quicker, garaged
TP wrote:
> Here in the western New York we use salt on are snow covered roads. > True or False. Driving daily and garaging your car. Does a car rust > quicker if garaged with the salt slush and moisture on it (dripping on > the floor)? Or is it better to keep the car outside the garage in the > natural frozen winter elements? > Of course the driver does routine maintenance on the vehicle. Maybe > even a few commercial (undercarriage rinse) car washes from time to time… > > Has there been any studies done? > Will it matter if the garage floor is epoxy coated or natural concrete? > Insulated and unheated garage and other combos... Here in Montreal'surbs we get even more salt than you do... CW says keep the car away from heated garages. There may be an electrical effect if the garage floor is bare concrete (which does conduct) and this might affect rusting. Might not. I kept one Accord in an appartment garage many years ago and it did not have any effect that I could tell ... there was a little rust after 8 years. I did wash the car every couple weeks, however and that surely helped (though not underneath). I sometimes put my car in my garage in the winter, but I've blocked off the heat so the temp is usually just below freezing. The best is an unheated garage. That keeps the snow off. If it's really cold, use a block heater for an hour before you use the car in the morning and it heats up pretty quick afterwards. White cars seem to rust quickest. I believe it's because moisture behind the panels stays longer whereas darker colours heat up in the sun and evaporate the moisture quicker. Cheers, Alan |
Re: Does a car rust quicker, garaged
I live on Long Island, NY.
We use a nice mix of 30% salt and the rest sand. Yeah our cars rust nicely and all turn white when we drive in the winter (hint, its not the snow that makes the cars white) I have a 92 sentra that has always been garaged. What I found is that between the cars I own (altima and infiniti) the 92 sentra which was always garaged DOES show very little rust on it. The other cars are newer and do have more corrosion on the undercarage. Just my 2 cents. Tom |
Re: Does a car rust quicker, garaged
The speed of corrosion is increased with temperature. The theory is you
drive in salty roads and then when garaged the vehicle is subjected to above freezing temperatures and allows more corrosion. When salt spray tests are performed the temperatures are elevated to promote corrosion to speed up testing. I do not know if being garaged will in fact be worse but I guess it could. The fact is a warmer vehicle vs. a colder vehicle with the same corrosion environment will corrode faster where it can. Tom <BocesLib@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1133931867.301729.301580@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com... >I live on Long Island, NY. > > We use a nice mix of 30% salt and the rest sand. > > Yeah our cars rust nicely and all turn white when we drive > in the winter (hint, its not the snow that makes the cars white) > > I have a 92 sentra that has always been garaged. What I found > is that between the cars I own (altima and infiniti) the 92 sentra > which > was always garaged DOES show very little rust on it. The other cars > are newer and do have more corrosion on the undercarage. > > Just my 2 cents. > > Tom > |
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