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WHITBY FREE PRESS, NEW CAR SUPPLEMENT, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27,1978, PAGF IS1 WINTER DRUVUNG TUPS What Sait Does To A Car- And IIow ToPrevent It *Wînter is ice, snowdrifts,. blizzards and corrosive road saîts - a challenge to car owner and driver. As -an aid to drivers, Ford of Canada has produced a report on ways to lessen %inter driving strain, reduce wear on the car, improve the 'safety factor, and save drivers some money too. Infor- mation and diiving guidelines are based on tests of drivers and cars operating under win ter conditions, carried out by safe- ty councils and others, andlon data produced by safety coun- cils, automobile associations, insu rance companies and va- nious provincial transportation departments. Sait, spreadý on a roadway, helps clear ice'and snow when the temperature doesnt't fal too low. It does something else. Sait and moisture comb- ine to form brine, and the brine attacks any metai whether its part of the higliways struct- ure, bridge or vehicle. The resuit, after time, is rust. 'A study for the U..S. Environ- mental Protection Agency put the, total economic cost to the community of salt-induced cor- roibni as almost 15 times the cost of buying and spreading the sait. More than two million tons of sait are spread every year on Canadian, roads and streets according to the Roads and Transportation Association of Canada. That amount keeps increasing. Ontario and Québec uWa large portion of that total. For instance, the RTAC estimates'the city of Montreal averages 100,000 tons' a year - as much as the amount used in ail of Western Canada. Aside * from, the sait spread to clear ice and snow, there is a serious effect in coastai areas from sea sait. Rust sets into metal most quickly in warmn and humid conditions; brine is most damaging in weak solu- tions. Passing vehicles splash sait brine against car windows; the brine seeps down into door wells where some of it can be trapped to start corrosive act- ion. Sat brine combines with dirt on paved- roads, and be- comes packed into hidden areas of a car. Dirt and stone thrown up by turning wheels can chip away protective coat- ings, leaving the bare metal exposed. WASH CAR One of the best, and cheap- est, methods of comhating sait' is washing. Give your car'fre- quent wintertime washing - Qf all exterior surfaces, inicluding those underside areas that can be reached - in order to help prevent a buildup of corrosive saits. Every three morjths polish your car.with a good waxre- commended by the manufactu- rer, to protect the paint and bright , metal surfaces. At the same time, make a check of the drain holes in door panels to ensure they are not plugged.~ The spring washdown with large quantities of dlean water is particularly important to avoid the possibility that watered-down brine solution will stay at work through the *mild, warmer weather, especiai. ly on humid days. Parking ini an open-air jot, drlveway . or unbeated garage is preferable to leaving your car in a heated garage, since warmer temperature, in cornbi- nation with brine,-apeeds up the corrosive process. Rust in cars caused by sait has attracted the interest and concern of government, con- sumer groups and motorists as the use of sait in Eastern Canada has increased. One manufacturer, Ford of Canada, introduced the Dura- guard Anti-Corrosion System on ail its 1977-model cars sold in Canada. The multi- million dollar engineering and manufacturing process is back- ed by the -3-year Duraguard Corrosion Perforation Warran- ty. .Aniong the*highlights of the system are a three-fold increase in the use of special rust ré- sistant precoated steel, a- vinyl protective coating under the paint on the, lower body side to prevent chipping from stones thrown up by the wheels and redesign of certain.areas which might trap mud 'or brine. SThe Duraguard System and Warranty is not only unique in Canada, but Ford is the only -manufacturer,. to have intro- duced it in this country. 'J CI E'.>- From 401 Dundas St. E. OCTOBER i 1978 o TWERE ARE ROUGI4LY 19AMNLLIONI1RUCKS BEING USED IN TI4E tJ.S. MAW SPECIAL IINDS ARE MADE 13Y ONVER 6S0 COMPAW4ES IN AMERICA. ONE COMPANY OFERS 400 peSIGNpS 0F TRUCKS. TH-E LARGÊSr TRUCKUG CoMpANY IS oeNSOUVAT-ED FRFJGM4WAYS, BIASED Ar MENLO pARK, CAUF. UT lMs MORE 114N 14,000 PIECES 0F E<iJI5PSENT >13 OF ALI TrHE FARMS IN T4E U. R. AVIE TRUCKS. TRZUCKS HAVE SERVEL? T14E 25,0CW CCWWJNMES IN AMEPJCA THAT FiAVE NO RALOAD NoR WAIERffY ACCESS. iN'1904,Ot&Y ,AjýoLr 700 T1R>C1<S %ERE IN USE IN U.S. 8Y 1918, AROJND 250,000 WERE IN OPERAXION. (t962 -193)r ' <SAM P.DRV i~\ VAS A ACM&ER Wl! 51 F7IMÉ MUSE OF À4'/2 Years, of Progress In Whitby Corne ln DaveGarrow At Our New Address 1450 DUNDAS ST. E. (Adjacent to OwaSco Volkswagon) EX- a4LL ~ *~M & Meet Our Friendly.Sales Staff Ed Mahoney Geraild Thornton 9p.