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Silly question but do the Europeans use something else to de ice the roads other than the road salt used in the UK??
I read with interest about bodywork corrosion issues that many of you seem to have in the UK, brought on no doubt by the salt used on the roads. My 1995 W124 spent 2 years in Germany then the rest of its life in the Madrid area until this summer when it came to the south coast and I bought it in October. There is absolutely no rust whatsoever on any of the metalwork on the car, in fact when it was hit by a van recently the front wing was damaged but on its removal the metal was as new, I know it's warmer down here but not so in Madrid in the winter, they have sub zero temperatures in winter and snowfall is common in the surrounding areas, just wondered what they do that's all.
I read with interest about bodywork corrosion issues that many of you seem to have in the UK, brought on no doubt by the salt used on the roads. My 1995 W124 spent 2 years in Germany then the rest of its life in the Madrid area until this summer when it came to the south coast and I bought it in October. There is absolutely no rust whatsoever on any of the metalwork on the car, in fact when it was hit by a van recently the front wing was damaged but on its removal the metal was as new, I know it's warmer down here but not so in Madrid in the winter, they have sub zero temperatures in winter and snowfall is common in the surrounding areas, just wondered what they do that's all.