21-12-2023, 12:34 AM
My rule after salt is to wait until it has rained a fair bit before I use the Seven again - seems to have worked over the years, though this has meant not being able to take it out for at least a couple of weeks on some occasions.
If the roads are dry, but there is salt on them, it seems to get on the car as dust, and then cause corrosion with the moisture in the air or if the car is driven on a damp road later on.
(Very good protection - e.g. lots of modern zinc loaded paint - seems to help up to a point - but the rear ends of my front wings are going again after 20 yrs of winter use, despite this precaution. A bit of summertime remedial action will be required.)
If the roads are dry, but there is salt on them, it seems to get on the car as dust, and then cause corrosion with the moisture in the air or if the car is driven on a damp road later on.
(Very good protection - e.g. lots of modern zinc loaded paint - seems to help up to a point - but the rear ends of my front wings are going again after 20 yrs of winter use, despite this precaution. A bit of summertime remedial action will be required.)