PAGE 18, WEDNESDAY SÉEEMBER 26,"'1979, WHITBY'FREE PRESS, NEW CAR SUPPLEMENT WNTR DRMVNG TUPS WhatSai oes To A Car- And How To Prevent It *Wintas. is ice, snowdrlfts, ty councils and others, and on brifte attacks any metal whether blizzards: and corrosive road ata produced by safety coun- lU part of the highways struct- saits -. a challenge* to ca cils, automobile associations, ure, bridge or vehicie. The owner and driver. As an aid insurance companies and va- resuit, aftcr Urne, is rust. A to drivers, Ford of Canada rious provincial transportation study for the IJ&S. Environ- /sas produced a, report on ways departMents. . mental Protection Agency put to lesseni winter dniving strain, the total econornlc cost to the reduce wear on the car, improve cornmunity cf salt-in.duced cor- the safel>' factor, and save Sait, spread on a roadway, r4uion as almost 15 Urnes the drivers some money too. Infor- helpu clear ice and snow when cout cf buying and spreading mation'and drfvlng guWelfines the temperature doc8'n't fal the sait. More than twornillion are based on tests of drivers too low. It does sornething tons cf sait are spread every and cars operatlng under Winter else. Sat and moisture comb- y'ar -on -Canadian- roads and conditions, carried out by sale- Ime to forrn brine, and the streets according to the Roads aj»d Transportation Associâtion of-CanadIa. That amountkeepis is>reasing. Ontario and Quibec, juse a large portion of that total. For instance, the RTAC estimates thc city of Montreal averages 100,000 tons a year - as much as the amount used in ail of Western Canada. Aside from the sait sprcad to clear 10e and snow, there is a serious effect in coastal areas fromn sea sait. Rust sets into metal most quickiy in warm and humid conditions; brine is most damaging in weak solû- tiens. Passing. vehicles spiash sait brine against car windows; the brine secps down. into door weils whcre somfe of it can be trapped to start corrosive act- ion.. Sait brine, combines with dirt on paved roads, and be- cornes packed into hidden ardas of a car. Dirt and stone thrown up by turning whecls can chip away protective coat- ings, leaving the bare metal exposed. WASH CAR One of the best, and cheap- est, rnethods of cornbating sait is washing. Give your car fre- qugnt wintertime washing - of ail exterior surfaces, including those underside areas that can be reached - in order to help prevent a buildup of corrosive salts. Every three months polish your, car with a good wax re- coznmended by the manufactu- rer, to protect the paint and bright metal surfacts. At the same Urne, make a check of the drain holes in door panels te ensure they are not plugged. The spring washdown with large quantities of clean watcr is particularly important to avoid thc possibiiity that watercd-down brine solution wiil stay at work through Uic mild, warmer weather, especlal. iy on hurnid days. Parking in an open-air iot,- driveway or unheated garage is preferable te ieaving your car 'in a hcated garage, since warmer temperature, in combi- nation with brine, speeds -up the corrosive prfocess. Rust in cars causcd by salt 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 Systeni .on ail its 1977-model dan~ sold in Canada. The multi. million dollar engineering and manufacturing process is back. cd by' the, 3-year Duraguard Corrosion Perforation Warran- ty. Among the 'highlights of thec system arc a three-fold increase ini thc use of special rust re- sistant precoated, steel, a vinyl protective coating under thc paint on the lower body aide to prevent chipping frorn stones thrown up by the wheels and Tredesign of certain areas which- might trap mud or brifie. The Duraguard Systera and Warranty is not only unique, in Canada, but Ford is the only manufacturer to have intro- duced it in this country. -ERE ARE ROUIGILY 19AMJLLION 1RUcIS BEING IJSED IN -ME U.S. MAtJYSPECIAL KiNDS ARE IWDE BV OGVER l6 COMPAIUES IN AMERUCA. ONE C<aiPANy OFFERS 400 DESIGNS 0F TRUCKS. THE LARC-£Sr -RUCKUNG CCMPANY IS CONSQLI DTED PREIGI4TWAY5, PASED Ar MENLO PARK, CALIF. IT M4AS MAORE lfl4AN 14,0W0 PIECES 0F EQUIPMENT. Y3 aF ALL TH-E FARMS IN TH4E U.S. H-AVE TRUcKs. TRUCKS HAVE SERVEP THE 25,00CO >MMJNIES IN AMERJCA THAT HAVE NO RAJLROAD NOR WAMEWAY ACCESS. IN 1904()IqLy AB0Ur 700 TRUCKS wERE- IN UISE INHIUS. BY 1918, - ARDJND 250,000 WERE 1N OPERATION. BILLVSUWOAY Ce2I3) 7F-XN VSA4RAYSMM EX-BAU PLAYER A14ÊOE I.4#0 8ECMEWAN FWAtMEOF E-VAAI/S7 I s 9W,] 90F 71M10E0F S41V 70 HWýý F p ERS. 1/E WAS E4Cq£D70 100$P£4/RR 0F 7 MIUIC*.,AND 1 0</SE LOA95R ON"E muLLw. 17 >eS.