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Are vehicles driven in Kansas prone to rusting?
Rusting in Kansas?
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Road salt is used in Kansas. The good news is much less is used compared to upper state NY.
Wherever it rains or snows with any regularity, there will be rust.
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I am talking about the Witchita area specifically. How often are the roads salted there in the winter?
When it snows and that can vary greatly from year to year. Your question doesn't really make sense because it requires omniscience to answer satisfactorily and so the only sensible answer is every vehicle must be inspected to determine rust damage.
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I would like to determine whether Kansas has a decent supply of rust free older vehicles, or if I should expect the average vehicle in Kansas to be in a similar condition with respect to rust as the upper midwest "Rust Belt" states.
My understanding is that there isn't snow on the ground all winter, so I would suspect much less frequent salting of the roads. If the roads are only salted a handful of times per year during major snowfalls, then I would suspect vehicles would survive well over time.
My understanding is that there isn't snow on the ground all winter, so I would suspect much less frequent salting of the roads. If the roads are only salted a handful of times per year during major snowfalls, then I would suspect vehicles would survive well over time.
This is it in a nutshell. The closer you get to warmer and drier states, and the further from northern snowy states, the less salt will be encountered, and the vehicles generally less rusty. Exactly how much is impossible to quantify.
I'm not so sure about just rain...I would say wherever salt is used as an anti-freeze. Just rain water isn't going to expedite rust that much IMHO.
Probably in the middle... I'm in St. Louis - the weather is similar to Kansas. We get one or two decent snowfalls a year, several dustings, and maybe a couple days of freezing rain or wintry mix. That's enough to get the salt trucks out, maybe a dozen times a year?
Cars around here have rust and will rust out eventually, but it's not as bad as, say, South Main Auto.
Interestingly (?), I spent some time in Seattle and the cars are generally in better shape. It rains a lot, but not as much snow or freezing, so a lot less salt.
Cars around here have rust and will rust out eventually, but it's not as bad as, say, South Main Auto.
Interestingly (?), I spent some time in Seattle and the cars are generally in better shape. It rains a lot, but not as much snow or freezing, so a lot less salt.
Rusty cars in the KCMO area are slightly higher in my opinion than NJ. I believe it's from the lack of winter cleaning.
I'm talking about cars still driving around in the spring with salt all over. Didn't see it that much on the east coast.
I'm talking about cars still driving around in the spring with salt all over. Didn't see it that much on the east coast.
My vehicles can confirm there's rust in Kansas. Escape and Focus is terrible, the rest try not to drive in the salt. Of course some vehicles are more prone that others. I've heard towards the west they don't salt the roads as much.
It rains here in Seattle all the time but you hardly ever see a rusted out body panel.
Kansas is on planet earth, everything on earth is prone to oxidizing. Salt and water expedite the process. Fortunately the use of metal alloys, primers and paints, plastic slow the process. Unfortunately the Oxygen that sustains life reacts with everything on this planet. Add to that UV light and we are all doomed.
It rains here on the SC coast 3X more than US average. Not to mention I lived close enough to the coast for a long time to breath salt air most days. My Xterra has no rust at all. Well, there is some surface rust on parts of the chassis, but there is also still factory paint on most of the frame, etc. Nissans are known to rust.
So in general I would say a vehicle that was built after they started using Galvanized steel on the body - which was the late 80's, and has never seen road salt, will likely last longer than most of us here.
I have several friends in Nashville. They salt the roads a few times a year, and they have older vehicles that display some signs of rust - at least much more than mine. So I also suggest any amount of salt is generally a negative from a longevity standpoint.
So in general I would say a vehicle that was built after they started using Galvanized steel on the body - which was the late 80's, and has never seen road salt, will likely last longer than most of us here.
I have several friends in Nashville. They salt the roads a few times a year, and they have older vehicles that display some signs of rust - at least much more than mine. So I also suggest any amount of salt is generally a negative from a longevity standpoint.
Told my wife we should go up there and buy our next one. I was amazed how clean the vehicles were up there.
I never used the word rust, I used the word oxidation of which rust is an example. The ferrous metals rust, however at a slower rate is desert like heat. There's no rust in California, that could be a song, and it most definitely is a lie as the entire west coast is on the pacific ocean......SALT AIR? Not all of Cali is desert.The west coast is also on planet earth, but they don't have rust out there
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