Miata Mailing List: January 1994, Message #119
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   From: Will Zehring 
Subject: Winter driving celebration, Mk III
   Date: Tue, 18 Jan 1994 08:16:25 -0500

Fellow fiends:

Talk of snow tires and batteries and four wheel drifts and such has me
thinking about... *SALT*  :-(
The high today will be in the -1 to +5 range in the Motor City today and
my red '91 is now a red and white '91 with all the road salt used here.
I just barely remember my electrochemistry (and I sold my chem text for
some bombers back in '73) so, may I ask a question:

As long as the temp is well below freezing, and the humidity is hovering
around 0%, there is no salt induced corosion going on, Right?  I mean,
the corrosion (electrical reactions on metals in the presence of ions)
needs the water to conduct electrons yes?

So, with the exception of in the engine compartment and perhaps the tranny
tunnel, it is probably Too Cold for the salt to be doing any damage?

I am not keen on taking the car to a car wash in these temps just to wash
salt off (and then drive home and get salt all over the car) so someone,
please, just ease my mind and tell me that the above pseudo-chemical
statements are correct.

BTW: what annoys me about people pulling up close behind me is the
glare of their headlights in my mirrors.  It always seems as if they
have their brights on (sigh).

Keep the faith,
Will Zehring
"Your eye-lids are getting heavy."  Yves-what's-his-name in "On a clear day..."

P.S. I don't mean to be gruesome, but any interesting reports from So.Cal.
subscribers?