Car Care in Winter

We finally have a nice day in Pittsburgh.  This is the perfect time to give your car a little car wash care.  What are the best ways to prepare for the rest of winter?  This blog has your answer.  Use the next two days to get your car to Mr. Magic, and you can get that rust causing salt off of your car.

Human beings can't live without salt. It's a necessary nutrient, it's used to seed rain clouds, soften household tap water, make chemicals and, most important, to make ice cream.

In those parts of the country with freezing winter temperatures, drivers know that warming the cars up in the morning isn't the only inconvenience. Icy roads are, too. The same chemical reaction between ice and salt that creates creamy, delicious ice cream also keeps our roads and sidewalks free of dangerous ice during the cold winter months.

A salt and sand mixture is frequently spread over roads before or after a snow or ice storm. Salt lowers water's freezing point, causing any ice already formed to melt even though the air temperature remains well below freezing. The sand helps keep the salt in place, plus it adds a bit of traction to wet and often slushy roads.

While road salting helps people travel safely, it has drawbacks. It can cause major body and undercarriage damage to your vehicles unless you take extra care and precaution.

If you're one of the many who must travel the saline streets in the land of the ice and snow, we have some great tips to help protect your vehicle from the ravages of road salt.