Can we bring the car out?

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#1 Can we bring the car out?

Post by Tony » Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:09 pm

Do you think it is safe to bring the car out. Has all the salt now disappeared.? I still think my tin top in showing signs of salt.

Or am I being neurotic ?
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Post by vipergts » Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:40 pm

It depends how precious you are about it.

I have cars I wouldn't dream of driving cos there is still salt dust around

I have been bombing around in the Morgan the last couple of days though.
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Post by Kes » Sun Feb 26, 2012 1:24 pm

Yeah, take the old girl out for a spin. Just got back from a drive out - bloody fantastic and now it's on the drive with all the stuff out of the boot, floor mats up, hood down and the bonnet open to give everything a good airing. I'll give it a dust off in a bit, but it can't do it good just to be stuck in the garage all winter.
No problem is that great that it can't be run away from.
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Post by Heuer » Sun Feb 26, 2012 1:41 pm

It went down to minus two here last night so I guess the gritters will have been out. Tuesday should be around 17c but we really need some heavy rain to wash all the salt and grit away. A few years ago I took my car to the local classic car dealer and in the 6 miles to get there on a sunny February morning on what seemed like dry clean roads the amount of muck on the underside and suspension was unbelievable. They spent more time power washing it than fixing the minor problem I had :shock:
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Post by christopher storey » Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:09 pm

I did 80 miles in my FHC yesterday . Splendid ! and of course, over here on the West Coast we have in fact not had salt for quite a few weeks so I don't think you'll come to any harm - certainly there was no trace of salt on mine

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