droo <03dakotaCC4.7_4x4@comcast.net> wrote:
: On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 21:08:59 -0500, Terrible Tom
: <SilverEightynine@aol.com> wrote:
:> Because we cherish our Dodges and don't want to see them disintegrate
:> under the 600
:> million metric imperial cubic megatons of salt that the D.O.T uses on
:> roads in the midwest
:> and north east.
: I live in NJ. Purchased a 96 dak in 98. Drove it until 2003. The truck was
: 7 years old and had no rust problems. I don't see how it's going to
: disintegrate unless you live by the ocean or park it under a salt pile.
Do they use salt in NJ? In many areas (including where I live in NY
and where Tom lives in WI) the highway department uses actual SALT - good
ol' NaCl, which is probably one of the worst things you can expose your
vehicle to - might as well just drive it into the ocean. Vehicle construction
quality has a lot to do with it, but I'm not surprised that a 7 year old
Dakota didn't have rust problems; in my experience, it starts to crop up
at around 10 years or so. Anyway, timeframe will vary depending on
vehicle quality as I mentioned, also driving patterns, temps, etc. but
living in an area where they use salt on the roads will most definitely
accellerate corrosion and rust. :-(
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