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My 87na 944 is an absolute blast in the winter - with a hats off to Blizzak tires!
With a galvanized body and intact factory undercoating - I make sure to slather the other "exposed" (not undercoated) bits with Fluid Film in the early fall, after a thorough cleaning. Then I'll drive on some dusty roads to give the FF a good coating, and I'm good to go for the following winter.
A rather counter-intuitive aspect of the above process is that, while I try to give the car at least one hand wash per month over the winter (so long as the temps are above freezing - kind of rare this winter!)...I avoid washing the undercarriage - as FF will tend to wash off...at least with the pressure washers typically available at most car wash places.
Do keep in mind that this scenario is not perfect - and that I can count on spending a bit of time in late spring (after roads stop being salted), after the first thorough chassis cleaning...doing a bit of surface rust removal.
Bottom line? I'm 71, and simply do not want to lose whatever time I have left to drive this car - and the car needs to be driven!
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