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Old 02-18-2011 | 05:04 PM
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Finally washed off the NY salt ...
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Old 02-18-2011 | 06:31 PM
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Old 02-18-2011 | 07:40 PM
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Looks great man I just did that a few days ago and by the time I got home it already needed a car wash
Old 02-18-2011 | 09:20 PM
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I would love to wash the PA salt off of my baby. But we are supposed to get more snow this week so you know what that means DOT going ape **** with salt on the roads.
Old 02-18-2011 | 11:22 PM
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It's like you're seeing colors you've never seen before when you wash off all that godforsaken salt huh? Good thing I get free car washes
Old 02-18-2011 | 11:35 PM
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Almost washed mine today but then I realized it will just be covered with mud again tomorrow.
Old 02-19-2011 | 12:03 AM
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I don't miss the Adirondack winters with all that salt....vehicles last alot longer out here in Montana, no salt.
Old 02-19-2011 | 02:20 AM
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Originally Posted by 2000SE
I don't miss the Adirondack winters with all that salt....vehicles last alot longer out here in Montana, no salt.



How exactly do they get the snow to melt off of icy snowy roads exactly then?
Old 02-19-2011 | 02:23 AM
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Looks nice dude! I was going to wash mine today for the first time this year but decided to wait. Your pictures are making me regret it now.
Old 02-19-2011 | 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by 00Pajeepcherokee
How exactly do they get the snow to melt off of icy snowy roads exactly then?
They don't. I don't miss the salt, but i do miss bare roads...They put down sand and cinders and wait for a warm wind to melt it. We usually have these warm winds called Chinooks that blow in here a few times a winter and melt everything, temps go from 5 degrees to 55 degrees in 12 hours. We have not had much of that this year though, the streets in great falls are one sheet of ice right now.
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[QUOTE="2000SE"]

They don't. I don't miss the salt, but i do miss bare roads...They put down sand and cinders and wait for a warm wind to melt it. We usually have these warm winds called Chinooks that blow in here a few times a winter and melt everything, temps go from 5 degrees to 55 degrees in 12 hours. We have not had much of that this year though, the streets in great falls are one sheet of ice right now.[/QUOTE



Wow no salt. That's crazy. We have bare road an hour or two after the snow stops
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Yeah, you can tell they're bare from the holes in your jeep floor
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Yeah, you can tell they're bare from the holes in your jeep floor
Nope. I wash my Jeep on a regular basis so rust isn't a big issue.
Old 02-19-2011 | 02:51 PM
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What do you do for the under body stuff? Just get the pressure washer out and go from end to end? Never really washed it in the winter yet.
Old 02-19-2011 | 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Acesnines
What do you do for the under body stuff? Just get the pressure washer out and go from end to end? Never really washed it in the winter yet.
Something like that. A garage helps in the winter.



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