consider yourself blessed lol

 

The east cost is hard on cars with salt, just wash it off as much as you can and you should be fine.

lucky for me, i have a daily drive for the winter.lol

 

daily driver for the winter and garage for the winter

 

My EVO is my DD in the winter and I park the Astra

 

Where in PA?

 

Wysox, PA

 

I do this also but i coated my whole undercarriage with a rust proof coating (forgot whats it called and then after that i sprayed bed liner over it.

 

That's not too terribly far from me - let me know if you need any help checking it out.

 

ill PM you

 

I bought mine to drive it - It gets rust-proofed in the fall and I rinse the undercarriage every 2 weeks or so during the winter, and when I get it detailed in the spring I also have them wash the undercarriage. Will the car last as long as it would if I'd just park it? Probably not. But I bought it to enjoy it, and the preventative measures I'm taking should allow me to enjoy it for a good amount of time.

 

this sounds like something i would say, thanks for the opinion though

 

I think its cheaper to have a DD. I park my evo so I don't need to worry about salt, other drivers, and extra miles. Also, I don't have to worry about all season tires, changing suspension, etc.

The problem for me was my 94 Corolla DD was boring, so I bought an 07 GTI. I don't know if it is cheaper than just driving the evo, but it is a fun DD, gets great gas mileage, and does decent in the snow.

It allows me to not worry about mods that would make the evo unmanagable as a DD, knowing that WI roads and winter are terrible.

 

I bought a Daily 97 Civic over a year ago. Just in gas savings alone I saved $2k last year.
I pull my Evo off the road during the winter so I have a TON of $ on insurance. Sure I miss it and would love to drive it but for what I do and where I park. The civic is great on snow tires year round.

 

I bought my Evo to be a DD and in doing that it has to be driven year round! I love playing with it in the winter, just make sure you rinse your car and it will be fine! I have no rust issues and I get where I need to be!
If you are going to drive it in the winter snow, just be careful and keep it clean!

 

If I could afford a second car to daily in the winter I would certainly get a beater Audi and park the evo... since I just got the evo resprayed and its pretty flawless with 97k on it... I'd prefer to not drive in the winter, but I drove it in its first storm and it was amazing... So I got new winter tires for it... bring on NE winter...

I will however regularly wash the underbody and exterior after major storms Quick detail it afterwards as well. Going to proably try that teflon stuff too