Salt. Arrrggggh!
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I've never seen anything like it either. All 3 of our cars are filthy with white salt/grit dust which has trashed rear wipers on 2 of them - it's like being at Bonneville FFS!
Eta - this is despite us living in an area which has been above zero for weeks, and never had any snow at all during the recent flurries
Eta - this is despite us living in an area which has been above zero for weeks, and never had any snow at all during the recent flurries
It's like that here too, but it is still only a few degress above 0 during the day.
There isn't enough in other places, this was at the Dams, near Elan Valley, Welsh Wales, yesterday :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3B2gZQlJx4
There isn't enough in other places, this was at the Dams, near Elan Valley, Welsh Wales, yesterday :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3B2gZQlJx4
Yea loads of it around here, id rather have roads covered in ice personally...
Seriosuly I was on the A30 near Exeter a couple weeks ago where they had pretty much resurfaced the road with grit, it was rediculous. Then there were the small willy brigade in Audis and Landrovers blasting past in the outside lane shot blasting everyones cars that were keeping to the limit.
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Seriosuly I was on the A30 near Exeter a couple weeks ago where they had pretty much resurfaced the road with grit, it was rediculous. Then there were the small willy brigade in Audis and Landrovers blasting past in the outside lane shot blasting everyones cars that were keeping to the limit.
s.Driving down the M40 last night, and passed 3 gritters. 400 yards behind them was like driving on sand, and very slippery, then the car got showered in gravel passing. Luckily we were in the missus car so it wasn't too bad.
Gave it a wash today and so much grit came out of the wiper scuttle. Better than the alternative though!
Gave it a wash today and so much grit came out of the wiper scuttle. Better than the alternative though!
More importantly what the hell are they adding to road salt these days?
My classic Mini is a daily driver and I've tried washing it down once a week to get rid but it's eating my car at an incredible rate - they do a good enough job on their own even without this stuff!!!
There are bits I put on less that a year ago that were fine in the summer but are now completely rusted solid after this winter!!!
My classic Mini is a daily driver and I've tried washing it down once a week to get rid but it's eating my car at an incredible rate - they do a good enough job on their own even without this stuff!!!
There are bits I put on less that a year ago that were fine in the summer but are now completely rusted solid after this winter!!!
I think that is was because most councils were caught out by not having enough salt for the past couple of years, this year they have all gone mental and bought everything that has been dug up. Now they have to use as much as possible otherwise the will have to store it, it will all go missing or they wont be able to buy as much next winter.
Last year they only managed to grit main roads around here, now they are even gritting private industrial estates to get rid of the stuff, I think they may even be making every council employee drop some though their trouser pockets great escape style every time that they go out.
Last year they only managed to grit main roads around here, now they are even gritting private industrial estates to get rid of the stuff, I think they may even be making every council employee drop some though their trouser pockets great escape style every time that they go out.
I really wish there was no grit used in the UK. A far better trade off for safety/lack of rust would be Winter Tyres or at the very least AllSeason being made compulsory through the winter months. Not all roads are gritted anyway so some roads remain treacherous, thus people still crash/get stuck. As for how the dirty salt covered roads look, well, its not pretty. I am sure Govt could do something with the tax portion to make the price more palatable. Anyway, point being that countries that don't grit roads generally don't suffer the ubiquitous rust problems that we see here in UK...as I see it people who cannot afford a 2nd set of wheels/tyres really shouldn't be on the road..
On a journey of about 200 miles last week, my car was totally encrusted in salt. I was even having trouble seeing out the side windows! Had to pull off the motorway into the services to specifically clean the windows and mirrors. Had salt stripes up the bonnet, and the car was just white including the tyres. Before my return journey I had to find a jet wash to get the car reasonably clean as I had never seen salt on the car this bad. (And my car doesn't really get washed that often!)
Suppose it is still better than the winter of 2009 when the country had no salt at all....
Suppose it is still better than the winter of 2009 when the country had no salt at all....
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