Would you?

[john johnson]

I've heard you mention the salt and the state of the cars before , is it really that bad ?? Mind you we seem to put less and less down each year here and generally two days after it snows ... Cocks

[Hanuman]

Originally Posted by Lofty

I am sure they dilute it with acid.
Now you know why Moneypit goes into hiding !

it's odd stuff.

It melts the snow/ice to slush, into a consistency like grinding paste.
while melting anything it touches.
which then refreezes to something much harder and more slippery, generally in ridges which make for interesting reactions from the traction control

I saw a BMW (circa early 21st century), that was rotten on 4 corners. the only thing holding it together was the rot in between and several tenacious coats of teutonic paint.

[Lofty]

Originally Posted by The Real MSH!

it's odd stuff.

It melts the snow/ice to slush, into a consistency like grinding paste.
while melting anything it touches.
which then refreezes to something much harder and more slippery, generally in ridges which make for interesting reactions from the traction control

I saw a BMW (circa early 21st century), that was rotten on 4 corners. the only thing holding it together was the rot in between and several tenacious coats of teutonic paint.

There are some very dubious tin worm casualties limping around North Huron....think us Brits would call 'em death traps.

[geneandbolly]

Originally Posted by Lofty

Back in the 80's every other car was a Cortina , then they vanished over night....at least that's what it seemed like.....

i worked in a garage in the late 80s and my first job as an apprentice was to jack this car up and change the brake pads.

*JACK JACK JACK JACK JACK JACK.......KKKKKRRRRRRRRRRR...*

"hmm, how come i'm jacking this thing up and it's not going any higher?"

it was a mk5 cortina and the chassis had disintegrated with the jack making
an unscheduled entrance into the driver's foot well!!!

i shat myself and dreaded telling the boss and was sure i'd get my jotters

but he calmly said, "aye, don't worry about it - i'll call old fred and tell him to
take that heap of shite to davie marshall's scrap yard. he's been putting it
off FAR TOO LONG!!"

rubbish steel from a pre galvanised era!

i once heard this statement re old fords:

"If you listen very carefully, you can hear an old ford....RUST !!"


Thank goodness my 2.0 Ghia had an easy, sales rep free life!!

[Kenquattro]

I am a big fan of old Fords, but I think that RS1600i has been ruined. Give me a mint standard car over this one every time. Like this one,

[Nierca_Quattro]

Originally Posted by geneandbolly

i WOULD if i had a Dire Straits album, a pair of Ray Bans and one rather fine Michael Bolton-esque mullett!!

otherwise i would do THIS>

There's one like that parked up few doors away from me, looks like a mint one from outside, and I've never seen it moving

[John.]

Originally Posted by Kenquattro

I am a big fan of old Fords, but I think that RS1600i has been ruined. Give me a mint standard car over this one every time.

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