Salty roads and winter driving

[Stephenjk]

Hi
My 964 is my main car so i tend to drive it through the year. I'm getting a bit concerned i shouldn't be driving it when there is salt on the roads, what i was wondering was do any of you drive through winter? Do you just avoid the few days when it is obviously icy/snowy and there is salt on the roads or best to lay up for a couple of months? Is there any reliable way to tell when the roads are being or have been salted? I tried googling and councils typically talk about their approach to salting but not timing when they are doing it. I live in Teddington and driving between there and Surrey so fairly south. I could waxoil underneath i know but now i have a quikjack was planning to tackle some of rust underneath so would prefer not to do that.

Thoughts?
Stephen

 

[colin129]

I avoid it, unless it is very dry. Nothing like a cold Winter morning sunshine drive though.

My main problem is I'm too lazy to wash it afterwards, so I don't go out in the wet.

 

[ian harvey]

Looking very promising for much of the UK this weekend. Plenty of recent rain to clear the salt followed by warm, windy weather. I'm planning on a good run out, get it while you can.

 

[Hacki]

Driving 964s and a 993 for decades now my experience is that it´s better to stay away from the salt. These few days of not driving don´t really matter and the damage done by salt is no fun.
Even the salt on the road on a dry day damages all the alloy parts and all other surfaces underneath.

Stephen, you asked for thoughts. What about age? I´m definitely not young anymore. So, maybe I should drive all my cars -salt or not- every day as even with salt they might last longer than I will.
Just a thought - I´ll get my coat.

Hacki

 

[Stephenjk]

Thanks all though seems there isnt a concensus! My thinking was stay off the roads if salted but it is hard to tell especially if they are dry so need a good way to test for that and dont fancy licking the road. Maybe this weekend will be last drive for a while then till i find a reliable method of checking roads for salt.....

 

[ian harvey]

I agree with Hacki, salt to be avoided at all costs, even dry salt. I once saw a gritter coming towards me and caused it to stop whilst I performed a U-turn in front of it and fled for home!

The only time I've knowingly driven my 964 in salt was en-route to the RS Day about ten years ago.

I acknowledge that OP's 964 is his main car.

 

[ian harvey]

I agree with Hacki, salt to be avoided at all costs, even dry salt. I once saw a gritter coming towards me and caused it to stop whilst I performed a U-turn in front of it and fled for home!

The only time I've knowingly driven my 964 in salt was en-route to the RS Day about ten years ago.

I acknowledge that OP's 964 is his main car.

 

[Stephenjk]

You convinced me to rest the car for the winter. I got it out Saturday to go to see my folks and i could see i already had traces of salt on the bodywork so I’ve washed it underneath with a hose and I’m going to make other arrangements for the rest of the winter. gives me chance to catch up on some of the tidying up i wanted to do at least.....