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Originally Posted by Bob Bidonde
Tom,
Use common sense and avoid driving when the roads are salty. That leaves a lot of fall and winter days when it is fun to drive a Model A. So I stick to my recommendation of not storing any Model A.
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I dont know what they do in NY but the first snow or sometimes even threat of snow they dump salt on the road that stays there as a white salty layer till spring...Our roads turn white every winter - not because of snow either...Interstates and main highways around here get caked up so bad when it is dry it looks like white dust from a gravel road getting kicked up from every vehicle going down the road.
Its not the driving on snow with salt mixed in, its the melted snow and mostly salty spray that gets in every little crack and destroys cars.
Unless you own your own carwash and wash it top to bottom with a pressure washer and every crevace on the underside and body panel seam after every drive its much better to just park it and wait till after the 2nd heavy rain in the spring. Then you get to play the "dodge the landmines" game with potholes in the roads.
