View Poll Results: Do you daily drive your X?
Yes, year round.
145
81.01%
Yes, but it sleeps for winter.
13
7.26%
No, not a daily driver.
21
11.73%
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Is the X your daily driver?
Jul 25, 2010, 07:06 AM
#36
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Jul 25, 2010, 07:17 AM
#37
The salt will get into every nook and cranny, and do its thing. At first the damage will appear as minor surface corrosion easily discounted a minor wear and tear. However, the fun is just beginning. Over the course of a several years, the salt will begin to eat away at the little-seen parts of the car. Once that corrosion is discovered, it's too late. There's only one solution that works - don't expose the car to salt.
Last edited by FJF; Jul 25, 2010 at 07:28 AM.
Jul 25, 2010, 07:37 AM
#39
Or fix it the trouble spots. 
. Easy work for anyone bodywork competent
I've driven my car through like 5 winters now in the NE. In fact I don't even DD the car anymore but when the weather is crap I'm in the EVO. AWD and snow tires it's a beast.
But I don't care about my car right
. Easy work for anyone bodywork competentI've driven my car through like 5 winters now in the NE. In fact I don't even DD the car anymore but when the weather is crap I'm in the EVO. AWD and snow tires it's a beast.
But I don't care about my car right
Jul 25, 2010, 08:02 AM
#41
I've driven my car through like 5 winters now in the NE. In fact I don't even DD the car anymore but when the weather is crap I'm in the EVO. AWD and snow tires it's a beast.
But I don't care about my car right
Last edited by FJF; Jul 25, 2010 at 08:49 AM.
Jul 25, 2010, 08:40 AM
#43
Sure, everyone wants to cutoff body panels, weld-in other martial, block, sand, and paint. Sound very easy and rewarding. A nice weekend project. Even when it's finished, there's still all the other rust to deal with, but what does that matter? We're all fully willing and capable of rebuilding the entire car from its floor pan on up, and the expense is surely minimal. Brilliant.
I know you no longer drive the +100,000 mile RS that you stopped listing under your username. I imagine the car to be in superb condition. The TB is your girlfriend's car, correct?
AFAIK, you don't live in Upstate, NY.
I know you no longer drive the +100,000 mile RS that you stopped listing under your username. I imagine the car to be in superb condition. The TB is your girlfriend's car, correct?
AFAIK, you don't live in Upstate, NY.
Yea I don't live in Upstate NY. They salt in NJ (nothing too crazy). In PA they use cinders. My car is back and forth between those two states.
The RS is hers she's no longer my GF (hence not in my sig. Someone elses issue now
) but the car is in great condition last I saw it I own the 120k mile TB VIII and have for the past what 6 years now and yes it is still great condition. I bought this car as an only car for it's all year round capabilities and drove as such until last year when I bought a new DD.
I understand that anywhere water will go salt will go and that is a potential rust spot as the salt water sits there. Deal is if I see something that is a trouble area with the car I'll address it early and fix it as I did behind the rear bumper beam which is a trouble spot on all CT9A's. Addressed early the extent of work you mentioned is not needed.
Luckily for my car restoration is not new to the family so...
That said nothing wrong with not wanting you car subjected to harsh winter conditions, road salt, grime etc... I fact I have taken the advise of you and your detailing gods to try new car care products instead of grabbing the same old bottle of Megguires of the shelf at autozone
Jul 25, 2010, 09:05 AM
#44
The RS is hers she's no longer my GF (hence not in my sig. Someone elses issue now ) but the car is in great condition last I saw it
I own the 120k mile TB VIII and have for the past what 6 years now and yes it is still great condition. I bought this car as an only car for it's all year round capabilities and drove as such until last year when I bought a new DD.
) but the car is in great condition last I saw it I own the 120k mile TB VIII and have for the past what 6 years now and yes it is still great condition. I bought this car as an only car for it's all year round capabilities and drove as such until last year when I bought a new DD.
I understand that anywhere water will go salt will go and that is a potential rust spot as the salt water sits there. Deal is if I see something that is a trouble area with the car I'll address it early and fix it as I did behind the rear bumper beam which is a trouble spot on all CT9A's. Addressed early the extent of work you mentioned is not needed.
