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Jeßus[_26_]

On Tue, 26 May 2015 20:08:24 -0300, wrote:

>On Wed, 27 May 2015 08:58:58 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 26 May 2015 16:32:29 -0600, graham > wrote:
>>
>>>On 26/05/2015 3:40 PM, wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 26 May 2015 06:16:52 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>
>>>>>>> We throw it on roads in the winter. It can also be sold as "sea salt",
>>>>>>> cuz that's what it is.
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> My car is about 15 years old, and isn't a rusted-out hulk
>>>>> by any means.
>>>>
>>>> Well that's not too bad then. Last year I saw some pics of some
>>>> Subarus on a USAian Subaru forum and I was taken aback at the amount
>>>> of rust in what were only ten year old cars - from salt.
>>>>
>>>We don't have that problem on the Prairies where the humidity is
>>>generally low. If I see a rusty car, it's almost certainly from
>>>Vancouver or eastern Canada.
>>
>>I'm glad they don't salt the roads here, or at least I am so far.
>>There's only been a few times where it got a little scary trying to
>>drive on the roads here.
>
>We get a lot of icy conditions and having snows doesn't help with that
>- I remember once when the car was going where it wanted and it was
>not a nice feeling.

It's happened to me a few times, but fortunately nothing that damaged
the car or had me stuck somewhere. I have a few vehicles and they're
all either AWD or 4WD, so that helps a lot in dealing with traction in
ice and snow at least.