Should I,
Melting Slicks
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Don't do it, man! Road salt gets everywhere and you will never remove it completely. Take it from a Canadian living in the most hostile salted roads on the planet. Wait until there is a good rainfall to wash that crap away before taking her out.
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From: Akron OH
Just received cosmetic items from Ecklers, so it will still sit in the garage. Altough having problems keeping the new headlight access covers to stay in place. It is like the hole is a millimeter to big.
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Oh Yeah Bud !
I'm in Pennsylvania, and the roads are the same as yours, all white from the salt. That's the rock salt pounded into a dust, salt dust. And soon, (well in a month or so), it's going to be raining. Your take your Vette out in the rain like all of us. and once your completely vapor wet Corvette and that salt dust finally find each other wam,o! you have a breeding ground for rust. Trust the Canadians, they know everything about snow, ice, blizzards, and foul abusive weather on the planet. Why do you think GM takes their new project cars there to test them in the "Cold Weather"
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No way I would take my car out when the roads are covered in salt dust. I would just wait until you get a couple of really good rains to wash all that stuff away.
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From: San Gabriel Valley California
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Get in, start it up, pull forward to the front of your garage, back up to the rear wall of your garage. Repeat.
Shut it off.
Go back inside house.
Patience will be rewarded, hopefully, someday.....
and your car will not be covered with salt.
Shut it off.
Go back inside house.
Patience will be rewarded, hopefully, someday.....
and your car will not be covered with salt.
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From: Clearwater Fl
What he said,,,,,,not till after a good rain
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Funny, I drive mine every day, as I have all my nice vehicles in the past, and none of them rusted away. You guys would lose your mind seeing all the salt buildup on my car right now. It'll all wash off and be fine in the spring and be shining like a new penny though.
