Bloddy road gritters
Discussion
kambites said:
If you think it's bad in a car, you should try overtaking one on a bike. 
It was sub-zero in a lot of the country last night, including most of the south coast.
I did it once in a 7 with only an aero screen and pair of sunglasses! It was sub-zero in a lot of the country last night, including most of the south coast.
I decided it would be best to wear a helmet in winter after that!! plus the car was full of bloody salt!
Impasse said:
TameRacingDriver said:
I often hear that in places like Japan they don't use salt so cars over there don't really have the rust issues they have here, so what do they use and why don't we use it?
Winter tyres?wibblebrain said:
Willy Nilly said:
stop talking b
ks, they spread rock salt not granite and the spreaders don't even throw it out very fast. If they damaged your paint it is because the manufacturer used Crayola paint. If the roads weren't treated you'd be moaning about that too.
It's not powdered table salt! It's salt and grit and stones. So it does damage the paint, just like any stone and grit would do so, ks, they spread rock salt not granite and the spreaders don't even throw it out very fast. If they damaged your paint it is because the manufacturer used Crayola paint. If the roads weren't treated you'd be moaning about that too. 
wibblebrain said:
So drove up to Liverpool last night in my new (to me) car.
Having washed it recently I could only spot one stone chip on the front and that had been touched in almost invisibly.
But the road gritters were out in force on the M6 and M62 meaning I had to drive past 3 of the buggers.
Front bumper is now riddled with stone chips revealing the white primer underneath! bds!!
What can you do when faced with having to drive past these sodding things? Any way to minimise the damage?
Nothing much to add, but hope you do get some sensible replies, rather than the childish & rude answers from the majority on hereHaving washed it recently I could only spot one stone chip on the front and that had been touched in almost invisibly.
But the road gritters were out in force on the M6 and M62 meaning I had to drive past 3 of the buggers.
Front bumper is now riddled with stone chips revealing the white primer underneath! b
ds!!What can you do when faced with having to drive past these sodding things? Any way to minimise the damage?
Willy Nilly said:
It's rock salt dug out of the ground in Cheshire. If there were stones in it where do all the stones go? The roads would be covered with them, but it just dissolves, because it's salt. It's not damaging your paint either.
Well this is something I disagree on...The side of the road is normally covered in little pebbles after heaving gritting
I have some sympathy for the OP as I have experienced that gringeworthy feeling of approaching a gritter as it spreads across the entire motorway. It hurls that stuff at some speed and have heard of people reporting chips etc
Sadly, there's no way round it short of the protective film mentioned.
This is one of the reasons a cheap banger I'm not fussed about, comes in great for the winter months.
Sadly, there's no way round it short of the protective film mentioned.
This is one of the reasons a cheap banger I'm not fussed about, comes in great for the winter months.
Willy Nilly said:
stop talking bks, they spread rock salt not granite and the spreaders don't even throw it out very fast. If they damaged your paint it is because the manufacturer used Crayola paint. If the roads weren't treated you'd be moaning about that too.
Not sure about that when one is coming the opposite way. Sounds like someone is chucking a ton of pebbles at the car.ks, they spread rock salt not granite and the spreaders don't even throw it out very fast. If they damaged your paint it is because the manufacturer used Crayola paint. If the roads weren't treated you'd be moaning about that too. TameRacingDriver said:
I often hear that in places like Japan they don't use salt so cars over there don't really have the rust issues they have here, so what do they use and why don't we use it?
That's actually a myth. While true in some parts of Japan, in others they do salt the roads.Edit: Just looked this up again, I think they use some kind of non salt based chemical. Why the hell aren't we copying the Japanese?
Edited by Swanny87 on Friday 12th February 11:11
wibblebrain said:
So drove up to Liverpool last night in my new (to me) car.
Having washed it recently I could only spot one stone chip on the front and that had been touched in almost invisibly.
But the road gritters were out in force on the M6 and M62 meaning I had to drive past 3 of the buggers.
Front bumper is now riddled with stone chips revealing the white primer underneath! bds!!
What can you do when faced with having to drive past these sodding things? Any way to minimise the damage?
.Having washed it recently I could only spot one stone chip on the front and that had been touched in almost invisibly.
But the road gritters were out in force on the M6 and M62 meaning I had to drive past 3 of the buggers.
Front bumper is now riddled with stone chips revealing the white primer underneath! b
ds!!What can you do when faced with having to drive past these sodding things? Any way to minimise the damage?
^^This^^
So much more inconvenient than a write off
because they left the road untreated.Someone's brain really is 'Wibbled'!!
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