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LOL. There were some areas of the frame that had completely rusted through, just the photo doesn't show it...It got worse when I got under!
So why is the NE worse for this? (And parts of Canada?) More days below freezing temps? Do some DOTs use different chemicals? I mean, states like Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho get plenty of snowfall as well. Is it a problem there as well? Or just not as bad? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Belt
I've only lived in SoCa and here, so I've never seen this. I've traveled SW and SE of the country, and only a handful of times up North, but never paid attention. Occasionally, you do see Northern cars driving around here. You really pick up on the white ones, LOL. Just curious...
LOL. There were some areas of the frame that had completely rusted through, just the photo doesn't show it...It got worse when I got under!
So why is the NE worse for this? (And parts of Canada?) More days below freezing temps? Do some DOTs use different chemicals? I mean, states like Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho get plenty of snowfall as well. Is it a problem there as well? Or just not as bad? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Belt
I've only lived in SoCa and here, so I've never seen this. I've traveled SW and SE of the country, and only a handful of times up North, but never paid attention. Occasionally, you do see Northern cars driving around here. You really pick up on the white ones, LOL. Just curious...
LOL. There were some areas of the frame that had completely rusted through, just the photo doesn't show it...It got worse when I got under!
So why is the NE worse for this? (And parts of Canada?) More days below freezing temps? Do some DOTs use different chemicals? I mean, states like Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho get plenty of snowfall as well. Is it a problem there as well? Or just not as bad? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Belt
I've only lived in SoCa and here, so I've never seen this. I've traveled SW and SE of the country, and only a handful of times up North, but never paid attention. Occasionally, you do see Northern cars driving around here. You really pick up on the white ones, LOL. Just curious...
A lot of the smaller mountain town and more rural areas use sand/gravel instead of chemicals too, which obviously helps. They use salt at most of the stop signs and steep hills here, and all over in town. It just gets worse the farther east you go from what I've seen.
I live almost DEAD CENTER of British Columbia on the west end of Canada. Corrosion is a reality in a world where melting the snow with salt is used to reduce snow to water instead of plowing it away or driving at a reasonable speed.
The consensus here is that an indoor garage creates an environment where your vehicle is kept warm all winter so salt and cathodic reaction are enhanced. To reduce corrosion on a daily driver a carport optimal. Car body is kept colder, corrosion is SLOWER (sadly, corrosion still progresses).
Very important to prevent or wash away the buildup of salty slush in the winter and mud in the summer. Clean water corrodes far less than salty slush. (Or calcium or any other "snow melting" media applied to roadways)
Here's my 88 from Los Banos CA (88 - 08) and then the desert in AZ (08 - present). Never been touched. I used to live in the "Rust Belt" (WI) - never again, LOL.My next truck will be from socal or the desert.