Chris I left the GP standing for two days over the christmas period and I did notice more pitting of the discs than usual and this was felt for a few miles after leaving the house.
black salt, wtf they use that for?
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Cant you just break hard to remove all that rust?
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the scoring is caused by sand. sand can easily get in the gap between your disc and pad because it is so fine. if you brake when it is between the pad and disc the sand will become embedded in the pad material, which means it can even accumulate on your pad, scoring your disc every time you brake.
there is often more sand than salt in saltrock, and since they are spreading saltrock all over our roads this time of year its not surprising that this can happen, however driving on the road is not a very likely cause. it is more likely that you get sand in your brakes when you clean your car, especially if you clean your arches out with a hose to remove all the sand. hose your calipers last and it shouldnt be a problem.
there is often more sand than salt in saltrock, and since they are spreading saltrock all over our roads this time of year its not surprising that this can happen, however driving on the road is not a very likely cause. it is more likely that you get sand in your brakes when you clean your car, especially if you clean your arches out with a hose to remove all the sand. hose your calipers last and it shouldnt be a problem.
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think i know what the black salt is now, seen on news that some councils add molasses to the salt, i dunno why, but molasses is black isnt it?
molasses is sugar apparently
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is a sort of sugar but like syrup
Molasses is the dark, sticky syrup left behind after the sugar has been boiled out of cane and beet juices.
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Ooooh that'll make the kids that eat it like it even more!
so its an afterproduct a left over
its a bulking material
its a bulking material
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Probably to make it stick to your car more and make it rott faster.
needs to be quattro and then it wont drift(that well), have you seen the advert where it goes up the ski slope
i found a really wide open and long icy corner the other day
Most Audi's will be on silly low profile summer tyres so will slide with the best of them.
Was on look east last night (you get look east dave?), helps it to stick to the road.
£32k (or might have been £37k) per gritter truck per run it costs.
Fact is this country is broke. There is about £63m more going out of government coffers PER DAY! than is going in. Until the situation improves we are going to see a lot more costcutting from local authorities and in public services.....The next few years are going to be tough, get used to it this is just the start
Not forgeting that they wont grit if its going to be below -4 as it doesnt work then.
Im still getting the nice orange stuff here (Wisbech, Kings Lynn) but then again, even if it was the black stuff it doesnt show up so much on a black car I guess.
Im still getting the nice orange stuff here (Wisbech, Kings Lynn) but then again, even if it was the black stuff it doesnt show up so much on a black car I guess.
Black cars are the worst to keep clean apparently.
Why they not grit if below -4. Helps slow the freezing process, and thaw it out quicker when temp rises surly, and if its -4 min temp, it may only be that for a few hours then warm up again meaning gritting roads will be worth it surly
The thing with gritting is that whilst salt defrosts the ice, it will only work down to a certain temp (probably the -4), at which point the defrosted surface will freeze leaving a nice glassy ice.
We've just taken delivery of some new gritters which also use a brine solution to help the process.
So there's an idea.
Global warming - sea levels are rising.
Install pipework alongside many motorways & pump seawater to inland reservoirs where it can be sprayed onto our roads in the winter.
This will lower sea levels and reduce the slippery road problem in one fell swoop!
Regarding some of the earlier posts, whilst having dirt on your car won't hurt it, it is an offence to obscure lights and number plate.
At this time of year I always carry a pressure sprayer (£5 Lidl) on my bus, filled with warm soapy water, it allows me to keep my back doors, lights, plate & camera clean & I always give the bodywork & wheels a quick brush over with a bucket of cold water during the day.
I believe that if it is filthy it reflects the driver and the company.
We've just taken delivery of some new gritters which also use a brine solution to help the process.
So there's an idea.
Global warming - sea levels are rising.
Install pipework alongside many motorways & pump seawater to inland reservoirs where it can be sprayed onto our roads in the winter.
This will lower sea levels and reduce the slippery road problem in one fell swoop!
Regarding some of the earlier posts, whilst having dirt on your car won't hurt it, it is an offence to obscure lights and number plate.
At this time of year I always carry a pressure sprayer (£5 Lidl) on my bus, filled with warm soapy water, it allows me to keep my back doors, lights, plate & camera clean & I always give the bodywork & wheels a quick brush over with a bucket of cold water during the day.
I believe that if it is filthy it reflects the driver and the company.
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Good :devil:
well theyd run out near saddleworth moor me thinks!
Well I thought it was a good idea to combat the rising sea levels
Actually, thinking about it, the rising sea levels are not really anything to do with global warming.
Put a load of ice into a glass then fill to the brim with water.
As the ice melts the water doesn't flow over the sides of the glass - so melting ice caps shouldn't cause rising sea levels.
However.
Look at all the carp we shove into the sea.
Millions of tonnes of scrap metal on the sea bed from all the numerous sea and air battles, all the car ferries etc, the many thousands of supertankers filled with oil and the many more filled with thousands of huge metal containers - not tomention the many thousands of subs, carriers, destroyers etc belonging to all the countries of the world.
I wonder if anyone has ever stopped to calculate the total displacement of all this stuff
Going back to spraying brine, I wonder, if winters are getting harsher, we'll see a spraying system being added as an aftermarket thing for cars etc?
Actually, thinking about it, the rising sea levels are not really anything to do with global warming.
Put a load of ice into a glass then fill to the brim with water.
As the ice melts the water doesn't flow over the sides of the glass - so melting ice caps shouldn't cause rising sea levels.
However.
Look at all the carp we shove into the sea.
Millions of tonnes of scrap metal on the sea bed from all the numerous sea and air battles, all the car ferries etc, the many thousands of supertankers filled with oil and the many more filled with thousands of huge metal containers - not tomention the many thousands of subs, carriers, destroyers etc belonging to all the countries of the world.
I wonder if anyone has ever stopped to calculate the total displacement of all this stuff
Going back to spraying brine, I wonder, if winters are getting harsher, we'll see a spraying system being added as an aftermarket thing for cars etc?
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