Miata Mailing List: December 1997, Message #283
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From: 	"Matthew T. Russotto" <russotto@pond.com>

Subject: Re: Auto-wash and the Frozen North

Date: 	Wed, 3 Dec 1997 09:17:08 +0000



} would have been worth $3,000 to $4,000.  For the sake of this discussion,

} let's say $2,900.  That means that the use of road salt resulted in a loss

} of $2,800, or $200 per year.  If you multiply $200 times the number of cars

} similarly exposed to road salt you begin to realize  what an incredibly

} expensive way to deal ice and snow this is.



How much for 



1) Loss of use of car due to impassable roads and/or

2) Accidents due to unsalted, icy roads