I love NY

[azblackhemi]

I left NY for Arizona 42 years ago. Best move I've ever made. Not sure which was worse, the rust or the high property taxes. They both sucked for sure. The rust was really bad for me as I worked in a body shop in NY. Doing bodywork in AZ is way better!!!

 

[VANDAN]

@VANDAN we got this one out of state. Texas to be exact. Another one that doesn’t see salt. This and that little Cutlass Ciera I don’t let see salt. 1999, rust free.
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PC, I always had a winter driver in my younger days, 1970-80's, and my Summer rides for good weather. That's how my '75 B200 still is All there. Winter rides, especially when you have to travel daily on our Interstates, are doomed. I bought my '05 Cummins out of Cleveland, whereas the previous owners stored it for winter, just as I do. I expect to drive that the rest of my days, and escaping the NE is part of the plan. You've got a few keepers there, and the good part about those is they are close to exempt from our BS State Inspection Emissions Rules...

 

[VANDAN]

My “non-winter” daily drivers that are worth preserving to me, I just don’t drive those vehicles in the winter. Period. I don’t want salt on them whether they have been undercoated or not. I don’t mind paying a few hundred bucks for the winter beater every few years.

You guys aren’t the first to mention the oil treatment. I’m going to entertain that for a newer daily driver my wife drives.

Well worth it's cost over the obvious...

 

[JackR]

I wonder if the 59 Cadillac winter car I had is still in Lake Erie?

fell through the ice south of the Bethlehem steel plant one day.

 

[VANDAN]

I wonder if the 59 Cadillac winter car I had is still in Lake Erie?

fell through the ice south of the Bethlehem steel plant one day.

Out ice fishing, or thrill riding ? !!!

 

[Bee1971]

With the price of New 4x4 Trucks today - I couldn’t imagine the monthly payments honestly

And now they spread that out through 84 months - YIKES

And all to bee destroyed by rust - Yes I live in WI

I look at my 2011 Ram sitting in the garage that I bought new , and I pat myself on the back every time I load up the sleds and head north

The frame is still factory black - When I spent hours every few years in the driveway pulling all the plastic wheel wells out and literally covered myself and the truck in Fluid Film and LPS 3 I couldn’t bee any happier today

$50,000 1/2 ton truck back in 2011 , and it still looks brand new today

PDQ underbody flush helps at the local car wash also during the winter months - Not cheap for a damn car wash , but what’s the alternative worth

 

[streetmachine]

Sorry to hear of your misfortunes with the truck. Just as an FYI, living the near the ocean produces the same results except rust from the top down in this case. I do have a question here though. I'm wondering if power washing the vehicle once if not twice a week after exposure to the Lazy Road Chemicals works and spraying WD-40 on areas or Liquid Wrench works after you wash it especially inside some of the drain holes? This year I tried to spray Rust Encapsulator in the radiator core support and will keep doing the other stuff. I'm trying this with a vehicle from South Florida but, now in the rust belt.

 

[streetmachine]

I've made it a life's mission to never live where a "winter beater" is required...

Made it!

I'm hoping to do that soon enough. Lord willing.

 

[PlymCrazy]

I wonder if the 59 Cadillac winter car I had is still in Lake Erie?

fell through the ice south of the Bethlehem steel plant one day.

Tell us more…

 

[PlymCrazy]

Sorry to hear of your misfortunes with the truck. Just as an FYI, living the near the ocean produces the same results except rust from the top down in this case. I do have a question here though. I'm wondering if power washing the vehicle once if not twice a week after exposure to the Lazy Road Chemicals works and spraying WD-40 on areas or Liquid Wrench works after you wash it especially inside some of the drain holes? This year I tried to spray Rust Encapsulator in the radiator core support and will keep doing the other stuff. I'm trying this with a vehicle from South Florida but, now in the rust belt.

I don’t really consider it misfortune. Or should I say “Not going to whine about it” (too much anyway)lol. Just part of the cost of living here.

 

[JackR]

Out ice fishing, or thrill riding ? !!!

Ok, Woodlawn beach it was unusual that the ice wasn’t stacked up at the shore and could get out onto the thought thick late winter ice. My buddy John had an olds 88 or something that he had gotten onto The ice with and told me about it. We both went out there and were doing doughnuts. My car died. Couldn’t get it started. Left it on the ice For the night. Next morning the ice had developed a big crack. Right where the car was. Water was on the surface. think it stayed up for about a week before the ice ate it.

 

[Budnicks]

Man, I'm glad we have no salt or brine **** out here

 

[QuickBpBp]

My work truck has rust started on both sides of the bed already…. 2017 ram 2500 w/92,000 miles on it… driven in salt for 6 years… I wash it and clean the underside but when it’s well below freezing you can’t. I did it once and couldn’t open the doors on the passenger side till the afternoon sun hit it as the gaskets froze to the door…. Part of living in a rust belt! We were expecting snow squalls last week and some FuckTard spread salt through our one town I drive through an inch thick and every intersection like he just sat there with the spreader on… needless to say we got a squall for 20 minutes which amounted to NO salt being needed!

 

[davek]

Shes got plenty of years to go Nick

 

[davek]

got to be from NY

 

[PlymCrazy]

Man, I'm glad we have no salt or brine **** out here

You’re fortunate. I’ve never known life without it. It’s brutal. This truck made the sacrifice so the others can stay protected. The circle of a NY car’s life. Jeez, sounds like a National Geographic documentary right there.

 

[Don Frelier]

View attachment 1379246 got to be from NY

That truck is rust free.

 

[PlymCrazy]

That truck is rust free.

Where ya been Don? Was expecting you to swoop in a lot sooner with some crusty NY story

 

[Don Frelier]

Where ya been Don? Was expecting you to swoop in a lot sooner with some crusty NY story

Oh I've had far too many experiences fixing rusted out junk.
I used to start in September doing a fairly thorough inspection of the brakes, adjusting and repairing any crusty lines. When I used to have rear drums I would adjust them because I wanted even braking in the snow.
One winter I had two minivans they were close in age both 2000's if I recall. Apparently I didn't do a good job that fall.

The one I was driving home from work blew a rear line when I had to brake suddenly to avoid a big buck. Pedal went almost to the floor. Limped it home.
Of course the bleeder screw snapped off then everything inside the drum bent or broke when I pulled the drum. I barely got the wheel cylinder off.
It took 3 hours to rebuild that one rear wheel. I briefly thought about junking the van but I'm very stubborn and those vans were great runners.

One week later the exact same thing happened to the other van. I called the parts store and listed all the parts I needed. The woman at the store commented that I must have done this before.
That one was done in an hour and thirty minutes.

 

[VANDAN]

I've always thought about this: Do you think Lobbyists, from the Auto Makers, make a Run at pushing the use of salt, and now the New Liquid Brine solution, on the roads here in the NE, just to Destroy Their Products over a shorter period ? We all know cars will run forever, with Basic Maintenance. Can't sell 'em, if they just keep running ???