"Matt Whiting" <whiting@epix.net> wrote in message
news:_MYng.27$Pa.3894@news1.epix.net...

>
> I meant things like how many miles are on the car. I've seen 99 cars
> with 300,000 miles with 200,000 of those on salty NY or PA roads. If
> you wash your car often in the winter with salt on the roads, this is
> NOT good for it. Adding water to the salt is a recipe for rust.
>

This was much more true in years past than it is now. Seldom do you see
much rust on cars even in NY where we use a lot of salt. Galvanized metals
and plastic fender liners have done much to make those problems more of a
thing of the past. We wash our cars regularly all winter long and we don't
suffer major rust problems. If we didn't wash our cars in the winter we'd
all be driving white cars. Today, the fears of heated garages, washing,
etc. are a non-entity. My garage is heated and we've never had a car suffer
any advanced rust problems.

--

-Mike-
mmarlowREMOVE@alltel.net

 

On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:51:49 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
<mmarlowREMOVE@alltel.net> wrote:

>
>"nothermark" <nothermark@not.here> wrote in message
>news:r9pt925pcmccd246ochvp0leabif36t9ec@4ax.com.. .
>
>>
>> Ditto - almost - I know that in upstate NY out attached garage is just
>> warm enough to melt the snow down to a nice brine. I expect a really
>> heated garage would then evaporate the brine down to salt. Brine is
>> the problem.
>>
>
>Where in upstate?

down the road fro you - roughly rochester

 

On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:51:49 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
<mmarlowREMOVE@alltel.net> wrote:

>
>"nothermark" <nothermark@not.here> wrote in message
>news:r9pt925pcmccd246ochvp0leabif36t9ec@4ax.com.. .
>
>>
>> Ditto - almost - I know that in upstate NY out attached garage is just
>> warm enough to melt the snow down to a nice brine. I expect a really
>> heated garage would then evaporate the brine down to salt. Brine is
>> the problem.
>>
>
>Where in upstate?

down the road fro you - roughly rochester

 

On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:51:49 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
<mmarlowREMOVE@alltel.net> wrote:

>
>"nothermark" <nothermark@not.here> wrote in message
>news:r9pt925pcmccd246ochvp0leabif36t9ec@4ax.com.. .
>
>>
>> Ditto - almost - I know that in upstate NY out attached garage is just
>> warm enough to melt the snow down to a nice brine. I expect a really
>> heated garage would then evaporate the brine down to salt. Brine is
>> the problem.
>>
>
>Where in upstate?

down the road fro you - roughly rochester