Re: RE: winter beaters

From: Terrible Tom (SilverEightynine@aol.com)
Date: Sat Nov 19 2005 - 13:59:48 EST


jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:

> Terrible Tom <SilverEightynine@aol.com> wrote:
> Hell with just the little bit of snow we got here now, maybe two - three
> : inches at absolute most... the Ram looked like it had been dunked in
> : powedered sugar, it was so white from salt.
>
>
> You mean like this? :-)
>
> http://www.dakota-truck.net/meet/TORONTO02/jn20.jpg
>

LMAO! I remember that pic! heh... yeah the Ram looks something like
that - maybe I'll snap a pic

> What would be neat is if there were some sort of goo you could
> spray on the vehicle and it would sort've harden up a bit and
> create a protective barrier between the car and the salt. It would
> have to be impervious to water of course, except for when springtime
> comes when you spray some sort of release agent on it and then
> rinse it off. All without harming the clear coat, oh and it should
> also leave a shiny coat of wax behind, and you can collect the
> runoff and burn it as fuel in your gas tank. Is that really asking
> so much? C'mon, throw me a frickin' bone here, people!

Whatever you say Dr. Evil :-P

> Another part of the
> problem is that for cheaper cars like that, people probably don't
> bother to put an ad in the paper or anything; the classified would
> cost more than they're asking for the car. They'd just stick it out
> by the road and see what happens. So who knows, you might want to
> take the scenic route home from work every so often, and maybe
> you'll get lucky?

Yeah that seems to have been the case with this car the guy at work bought.
He said it was just down the road from the store from work with a sign
on it - but I sure as hell do NOT remember seeing it there! (grumble)
I would have bought it had I seen it.

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