Daily Driver

[cfos]

Originally Posted by 986 Girl

Salt does not just mark up your car like a rock does. It physically eats away at the paint and/or metal, eventually can rot it through completely. It will hide up in all the trim pieces where car washes cannot clean.

Also, heat speeds up the chemical reactions that can lead to rust... so any places near your exhaust/muffler are rusting at an increased rate, regardles of how often you wash your car.

... which is why I'll just buy a new car in a few years. Of course, I'm not sure of your timeline -- when salt will eat through the paint and/or metal or heat will cause permanent(?) damage. I don't recall either happening to the oldsmobiles my family drove while growing up in CT nor the cars I had in Ithaca, nor permanent damage resulting from living on the Gulf (New Orleans and Galveston). Likewise, it stands to reason all of the above would happen to a "beater" car which would require additional expense in order to keep it running -- assuming you want to do that, right? My opinion is (contrary to some, I'm sure) that the boxster is simply... a car. So it goes.