Taking good care of your car can become increasingly difficult, depending on where you live. The most prominent example is that some areas are more likely to cause your car to rust than others. The ...

Road salt, or a liquid version of it, is used to melt snow and ice on roads across the U.S. It is very effective for making roads safer, but salt accelerates rust, which can damage safety-related ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Over 44 million pounds of salt hit Louisville's roads—capable of rusting cars. At the ImportDoktor on Lexington Road, owner David George knows what ends up on the outside of a car ...

Icy, snow-covered roads demand salt and other ice-melt techniques to make them passable in winter. While road salt (i.e. snow salt or ice salt) and brines are critical to keeping roads safe, they can ...

This week, Florida drivers in the northern part of the state are quickly learning or remembering how to drive in snow and ice as a freak winter storm blows cold white stuff in record-breaking amounts ...

For some parts of the country, winter weather means salting the roads to help melt the ice. But that's not the case in Houston. The city uses brine, which is a saltwater solution, to prepare roads for ...

Unscrupulous auto dealers trying to aggressively push rustproofing is generally thought of to be a scam nowadays. Even the folks at Consumer Reports recommend skipping it. Well, I'm not going to ...