Hey #Ontario friends, take this chance to do something nice for the environment that is simple and fast! Right here is a petition to look into alternatives to road salt, which is toxic and polluting the Great Lakes. Given current #water issues, this is pretty important, I think.
https://saltcoalition.ca/#leaders
@ontario @OntarioNDP #GreatLakes #RoadSalt #Salt #Ice #WaterRights #FreshWater #WaterRestrictions
So true. I’ve never had a car die because of the engine or transmission suffering catastrophic failure, always because structural parts have rusted out. My last car, a 2000s Toyota, had 300,000 KMs and still ran like brand new but we had to scrap it because the body was so corroded the mechanic couldn’t safely put it on the lift anymore. Other place in the world have much older cars still running because they don’t use an insane amount of road salt, even other parts of Canada!
Yup. I’m a mechanic, and I can easily spot cars that are only from 2-3 hours away where they use much less road salt. 15 year old cars from Vancouver look better than 1 year old cars here. Cars from Nova Scotia are even worse than here.
bi-annual rust inhibitor sprays prevent this.
They slow it down for sure, but there’s only so much it can do… salty shmoo can still get inside doors and rocker panels, get in the trunk lid, rot around the edges of the windows, get up inside the fender liners, all kinds of nasty places that it’s difficult (not impossible) to properly rust proof. Probably worth it, but most people can’t even be bothered with winter tires at this point…