[Jimmy N.]

If only those lights were a delete option on a DRW. In my case there's always plenty of lighting on the trailer, so the cab marker lights don't really serve any purpose.

 

[Jimmy N.]

Better yet, don't put salt, brine, magnesium chloride, etc. on the roads.

A side effect would be that people would have to learn to actually drive, so that would probably be illegal.

 

[Jimmy N.]

It wouldn't take all that long for those who shouldn't be driving/can't drive to be sorted out of the system. Survival of the fittest worked great for improving the breed and make people more capable...until we wouldn't allow it, and started to give trophies to everybody.

Better corrosion protection on vehicles won't help with the damage that salt and such does to the roads.

Parking in a garage (I assume you mean heated) is actually worse from a corrosion standpoint than leaving things in a frozen state.

 

[Jimmy N.]

Whether a garage helps or hurts largely depends on the climate.

Here the vehicles sitting outside don't seem to corrode any more than the garaged ones. That's a function of low humidity, helped by low levels of oxygen in the air.

When basic unpainted steel stock doesn't readily rust, vehicles don't, either.

 

[Jimmy N.]

Almost forgot about the best part of salted roads; that fantastic berm of slush that's often dividing the lanes and making it a bit tricky to pass someone.

I can deal with snow and ice, which is fun to drive on, but slush can be quite sucky.

 

[Jimmy N.]

BUT even in a low humidity area or rust free climate
once you add in add in a coating of road salt or brine, to any of your un treated metal,
and I will still bet it severely effects how fast and aggressive rusting happens! in any climate!

And that's why I rinse my 3500 and trailer off after them being exposed to Colorado's magnesium chloride.

 

[Jimmy N.]

Back in 2017, Jimmy used to give me a hard time for washing my vehicles so much. It was hard to look at this much salt.

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It's doing its best Michael Jackson imitation, and you cruelly interfere.