Show me: cars that have survived salt+snow with no rust

[Sagaris]

My E30 may be seeing its first snowy+salty winter ever :(

How many of you drive your car through every winter and don't have rust?

What sort of tips and tricks do you have for reducing the chance of rust?


I have gone through and undercoated the bottom of the car, painted flat black over the fuel lines which had some rock chips on them, and POR 15'd some bare portions of the jack points. I will be waxing the paint before the first snow storm to help protect it, and will be garaging the car when I am at home. It rarely gets warm enough to rinse the car off during the winter here but I will make every effort I can to rinse it as often as makes sense if I can figure out a way to do so in the extreme cold (hopefully once a week ).

thoughts? experiences? should I buy an e36 M3 for winter duty to save my e30 from inevitable rust? or will it be no big deal as long as I keep things sprayed off?

[Peterkaczynski]

never going to happen, just keep it sprayed and hope for the best

[Pac1373]

Just Don't. seriously.


at home (Alberta/ Western Canada No Salted roads) lots of snow, vehicles DO rust...eventually... this can take like 10-12-15 years, shorter or longer for individual cars.

here (East coast of Canada, LOTS of Salted roads, poorest part of Canada), you don't often see cars more than about 7-8 years old on the road, why? they Disintegrated from rust.

really

edit* e36 m3's must have been a dime a dozen everywhere BUT Canada, I just do not see many around at all, like 1 in the last 2-1/2 years here.

[dannyyisntt]

Buy an ix

[Stanley Rockafella]

Just Don't. seriously.


at home (Alberta/ Western Canada No Salted roads)

Alberta may not have salt, but they use CRAZY amounts of sand, and when combined with enough water, will cause rust.

Sask uses salt as well as BC.

[Pac1373]

Alberta may not have salt, but they use CRAZY amounts of sand, and when combined with enough water, will cause rust.

Sask uses salt as well as BC.

yea, highway Driving does sandblast the shit out of vehicles.

[trackjunkie21]

NYC here, not an ounce of rust and I use the car in the winter.

[mikeedler]

It won't rust right away, but in 5 years you will def. be able to see it was. don't do it if the car really is nice, just ask euro3 on here about his old E30 M3 that he drove through 1 winter!!

[VinniE30]

Here they are:

[Kershaw]

^ rofl.

you're looking for cars that are >5 years old.

[TurboJake]

Here they are:

Truth
A car that has seen a single winter, has rust.
one.

Buy a winter beater. Sadly, that's what my current E30 has been reduced to. But it's a damn good one.

[long tall eta]

take it to a quality car wash every week and get a good under carage wash.

[MR E30 325is]

This thread reminds me of my need for a DD this winter.

Sounds like you are going to do a decent job of protecting it. I would refrain from doing it though, only if the car is eye candy. If its already a beater, have fun with it.

[Brandon12V]

I've lived in indiana all 25 years of my life. I fucking hate winter. cleaning the car constantly does help. the best you can do is what you've already done. In winter weather limit the cars exposure to being outside as much as possible. I always park in the garage when I can. I also keep a car cover with me when I go to work. If I know it's gonna snow or if there is even a possibility I cover it. Takes an extra 2 minutes out of your day to put it on and take it off. totally worth when you can chuckle at the guy parked next to you using what's left of a broken ice scraper. You've done pretty much everything else you need to do. Only other thing id like to do is get a drain put in the garage so I can hose the car down at the end of a snowy, salty day. Oh, and winter tires rule. Fuck all seasons.

[TurboJake]

Conti Extreme winter contacts for the $64 each WIN
And they're better than blizzacks.