Virginia: Land of 3 inches of salt for every inch of snow.

"Stang70Fastback" (Stang70Fastback) 01/27/2014 at 23:15 • Filed to: None

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I think its time for a car wash. Too bad it's currently 3 degrees outside...

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > Stang70Fastback 01/27/2014 at 23:16

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I hate road salt.

Singhjr96 > Stang70Fastback 01/27/2014 at 23:16

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So glad I live in a place where we use gravel.

Delta Five Nine > Stang70Fastback 01/27/2014 at 23:18

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That feeling. I know it.

404usernotfound > Stang70Fastback 01/27/2014 at 23:19

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Dat license plate.

All Motor Is Best Motor > Singhjr96 01/27/2014 at 23:19

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Pretty much as bad. Lots of chips in your paint to make way for rust.

MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig > Stang70Fastback 01/27/2014 at 23:20

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I'm in Richmond and I feel your pain.

Bandit > Stang70Fastback 01/27/2014 at 23:23

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Did you photoshop this? This line just looks odd with the shadowing.

Blake Noble > Stang70Fastback 01/27/2014 at 23:24

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We were lucky in Kentucky (limerick not intended) yesterday. Daytime highs finally managed to reach the upper 40s. It was still too cold, though, to prevent me from committing the cardinal sin of using the automatic car wash, and my Charger only managed to stay clean for about 30 minutes before gunk and road salt started building up on the lower half of the rear bumper and the rocker panels.

Oh well. At least I can't literally hear my car rusting outside my back door now.

It's back to single digit temps here, by the way. This crap probably won't let up until March at this rate.

Singhjr96 > All Motor Is Best Motor 01/27/2014 at 23:28

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ACTUALLY I have mud flaps on my car so it's all good. Even on my other car though that doesn't have mud flaps, its never really been that much of a problem. They don't lay down that much gravel tbh.

All Motor Is Best Motor > Singhjr96 01/27/2014 at 23:31

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I have them too, but they don't stop gravel from other cars that don't have them.

Singhjr96 > Singhjr96 01/27/2014 at 23:31

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OMG I JUST NOTICED YOUR LICENSE PLATE. FUCKING AWESOME!!!!

Stang70Fastback > Bandit 01/27/2014 at 23:36

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Which line? I didn't Photoshop anything. I took this picture with my Note, though. Was kinda surprised at how it came out looking very HDR-ish (especially when it isn't compressed and resized.)

EDIT: If you are referring to the line running around the side of the bumper, it is a stock crease in the design.

Singhjr96 > All Motor Is Best Motor 01/27/2014 at 23:37

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Ohh, you mean like on the hood of your car. Honestly chips are going to happen there no matter what you do. I thought you meant like on the your own body behind the wheel wells.

Bandit > Stang70Fastback 01/27/2014 at 23:45

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It does look very HDR-ish....

SlightlyInsane > Stang70Fastback 01/27/2014 at 23:47

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I live in Virginia as well.. they put some odd chemical all over the roads which turned everything into black ice. Then once they realized everyone here will die from .1 inch of snow they went and drowned the state with salt. I got my daily sodium intake just by breathing near a road. Since it's supposed to snow again tomorrow I gotta go through this mess all over again. ugh

Delta Five Nine > Blake Noble 01/27/2014 at 23:48

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Yeah, the Lincoln in my reply is at the UK stadium lot last week. Ended up behind a salt truck commuting at one point... Was not a happy man.

Battery Tender Unnecessary > Stang70Fastback 01/28/2014 at 00:27

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Thought I heard that in some areas, salt supplies were getting low. I'm like "THANK GOD"! They might have to ration and actually make a conscious decision about salting rather than just dumping when there's a call for dry flurries.

Stang70Fastback > Battery Tender Unnecessary 01/28/2014 at 00:46

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I dunno what it is about "dry flurries" that sounds so hilarious...

Spoonman929RR > Stang70Fastback 01/28/2014 at 02:41

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I live on a mountain right outside Winchester. I feel your pain...

gabdere > Stang70Fastback 01/28/2014 at 13:28

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That's nothing! Quebec's throwing salt at us while driving on the highway.

puddler > Stang70Fastback 02/03/2014 at 16:24

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dat plate.

Stang70Fastback > SlightlyInsane 02/03/2014 at 21:03

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I agree. They spray that "salt brine" down on the roads before storms (the white lines down the road) but as far as I can tell, all that does is ensure that the snow initially melts before re-freezing into ice, thereby making the roads that much worse!