<VV> More Salt Now & Snow Driving

[Ron]

Very sad but I believe there's truth in your words.  It affects all of us in 
that then we can't drive our Corvairs in a half inch of snow because it'll 
soon be a 50% salt mix.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Swiatowy" <gswiatowy at rochester.rr.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 3:31 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> More Salt Now & Snow Driving


> Why would a public agency use more than something they need to?
> Easy, Politics!
> Use of salt destroys roads, bridges, parking ramps as well as cars.
> Meaning jobs, and more tax money going to those that fix them.
> Also, kickbacks to politicians from the salt companies.
> Think of all the overtime the union workers get spreading that salt on dry
> roads............
> Some places use sand, some use cinders, and some use chemicals that are 
> even
> more efficient.
> So why do they use salt yet, salt in NY is produced in NY, so the jobs are
> NY jobs, and one hand washes the other politics wise.
>
> Interesting thing. 10 or so years ago, one of our mismanaged salt mines
> collapsed destroying roads, farms, and much property above.
> Of course, the taxpayers ended up paying for that........................
>
> Driving Corvairs in the snow.
> That's how I started with Corvairs.
> They made great winter cars, and I went through 3 of them as winter cars
> letting the salt turn them into total rust buckets.
> I used to get my corvairs up to speed on snowy roads, and quickly crank 
> the
> wheel and pul the emergency brake.
> That is known as cracking the whip'
> The back end comes around, then all of the sudden the front end comes 
> around
> quite quickly.
> All with screaming passengers...............
>
> Did that on Main St in Batavia too..............roads were closed due to a
> snow emergency, but the Corvair plowed on through.
> You can "high center" a Corvair though if the snow is high enough.
>
> Gary Swiatowy
>
>
>> From: Henri van Wandelen <henri88 at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: <VV> More Salt Now & Snow Driving
>>
>> I'm one of those warm weather wimps, living in California and Florida,
>> with only one year in Colorado Springs years ago when I was young and
>> frisky and drove a Slant 6 Dodge Dart -- my old pre-Corvair favorite 
>> ride.
>>
>> I know nothing about salting roads -- please help me.
>>
>> ?? They're using more salt than they used to -- anyone know why a public
>> agency would voluntarily use any more of anything these days than they
>> absolutely had to?
>>
>> ?? Do they use sand anywhere or is it all just salt?
>>
>> ?? Do Corvairs handle snow driving well with all that nice weight over 
>> the
>> drive wheels?
>>
>> ?? Anyone have any good 'Vair snow driving adventures to share?
>>
>> Happy Driving,
>> Henri and Rosemary van Wandelen
>>
>>
>
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