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arrow-up1743arrow-down1imageThey used to be all metal too. Its time for a revolutionlemmy.dbzer0.comSnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 21 hours agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-squareTriflingToad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·17 hours agowhy northern? I thought the Southeast was more prone to rusting as the Mexico Gulf is right there?
minus-squareDozzi92@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·17 hours agoProbably salt on roads. Sea air kinda rots everything, salty roads just the bottom.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoSalt only lowers melting point around 4°C, below is split. The occasional fire for heating the engine on the other hand…
minus-squareTriflingToad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·14 hours agothat makes sense, my southern brain didn’t even process that road salts could cause corrosion haha
minus-squareTrainguyrom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 minute agoIn the north there’s even people who will specifically head south to buy a car that’s never spent a winter driving on salted roads. Road salt corrodes so badly it’s nasty
why northern? I thought the Southeast was more prone to rusting as the Mexico Gulf is right there?
Probably salt on roads. Sea air kinda rots everything, salty roads just the bottom.
Salt only lowers melting point around 4°C, below is split. The occasional fire for heating the engine on the other hand…
that makes sense, my southern brain didn’t even process that road salts could cause corrosion haha
In the north there’s even people who will specifically head south to buy a car that’s never spent a winter driving on salted roads. Road salt corrodes so badly it’s nasty