buellrunner

I don't have a winter car...I need to drive my 90 964. I also want to, since I don't see the point of letting the car sit for 40% of the season...Cant be good for it...Plus, its not a collectors car, its a drivers car.

BUT I DONT WANT RUST.

If I wash the car a couple times a week, will I still get rust from the Toronto salts they put down on the roads? Are these cars galvanized? Any tips/tricks to keep the body perfect but still drive our Porsche's year round?

Do these cars rust easily? Anyone out there dirve their car all year round in areas with salt that still have a rust less bodies???

Any help would be cool.

all the best,

Geoffrey

If you wash the car frequently and pay attention to spray the wheelwells and in and around the rocker panels, the car should not rust. It has a galvanized body. What will rust is the engine tin and all of the nuts and bolts on and around the engine.

meek

You could also a apply a rust preventing wax on the vital bits; Wurth, Waxoyl etc. . I meant to do mine before the winter came along, but didn't get around to it. Geoffrey is right about regular washing, especially in the areas that catch the crud. Not much fun though when it is in the minuses outside.

darth

I've driven on salted roads and found that the aluminum parts are affected quickly, like the trailing arms and engine. A white aluminum oxide forms and it requires scapping and hi pressure water to get it off.

Bill
90C2

springer3

No real need to wash the car on a cold day. My hands hurt just thinking about that. Fortunately, cold slows corrosion rates. It is important to get a good cleaning done in the spring, and as stated, there are commercial wax treatments that keep the salt water from penetrating the body seams - the last place you want corrosion to start..

buellrunner

Thanks All!

Are there any wax products that I can apply post wash in the cold? I heard that it has to be warm to wax the car...

Indycam

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http://www.tc-11.com/

http://www.tc-11.com/car_coat.htm

http://www.practical-sailor.com/issu...es/4669-1.html

http://www.aopa.org/pilot/gan172/gan9306.html

http://www.corrosionx.com/aviation.html

slownrusty

Sorry...but if you are going to drive that car all year round in Toronto it will disintegrate before your eyes. The City of Toronto and all the highways (400 Series etc) are all VERY heavily salted. I lived in Toronto for 15years and saw my new cars simply vaporize after a few winters.

The weather in TO plain sux and is hard on cars....do yourself and buy a winter beater like an old Civic.

Your call....your car's demise....

Yasin

Bearclaw

Salt residue will get into more places than you can get protectant into - witness the windshield channel problems. Once it gets up into places, it will continue to eat every time it gets moist. If the salt is that bad up there, why do it? Just throw in the towel until the spring thaw.