I live in Michigan. Typically, we only get may be two or three good snowfalls, but they do throw the SALT! My car is like glass, so the salt probably will not touch my paint. HOWEVER, the underbody...

Everybody at work is giving me a hard time about me freaking out about the thought of salt. I don't think I will be able to buy a winter beater this year -- 1 kid in college, the other in high school and wanting a car for herself, along with a trip to Disney with the Marching Band, a Varsity Jacket, Class Ring, and list goes on...

How do you guys handle the winter? Do you wash your car daily? Do you have problems with your doors icing up?

 

after a snowfall here in CT when the roads are salted... usually I'd take it to a DIY car wash and get the underside good and cleaned with the powerwash wand...

But now that I bought my own power washer this past spring - I can do it at home... ;-)

haven't had any problems with anything icing up on the Monte...

 

You will be safe, Just take it to a drive thru carwash to clean the underbody. That is what I do with my LTZ
The primers paint ect (not toe mention the metal)that is used on cars today is way better then 20 years ago

 

This coming winter will be my first with the Monte. But when ever I washed my grand am during winter weather, the weatherstripping on the doors would freeze to the body. But the top of the doors curved into the roof line, so the water naturally settled in the channel between the door and the body. I'm hoping that since the Montes aren't designed that way, freezing won't be a big problem.

 

3 of my friends work at a local car wash so with the rims off i take it there and lets just say i pay a lower price for twice as much workand i get them to use a pressure washer on the bottom of the car real good to get every thing off.

aslo if i dont have to drive and can get a ride in the winter my car will stay in the garage.

 

since my car was origionally from myrtle beach it was coated from the factory with a protective layer underneath cos of all the salt down there so im protected underneath, and i kept my factory wheels ill roll on those when the bad weather hits, and for the rest i just put massive layers of wax on it and im straight

 

thank god they only use sand here

 

i was my car about once a week, that keeps it clean enough that it keeps the salt off it mostly...and i get a lot of snow up here...the car drives great in the snow and has heated seats so i love it, but just wash it once a week or so and you should be good, your not going to be able to keep a black car looking clean for long in the winter

 

This is why I purchased the SUV - towing and winter. I would really look for some kind of winter beater... maybe the Beast from Uncle Buck?