Michigan is one of those states that, in my humble opinion, uses way too much salt on the roads. Whether it is because Detroit sits on salt mines, or a huge conspiracy by the auto industry to get cars to fall apart faster, is a matter of some debate. What annoys me the most is that it's very hard to wash the car and get it home without getting it all salty again! I washed the M3 yesterday to get some of this stuff off, when I got it home the car was covered with a fine layer of salt dust again.
Common sense tells us that salt needs water in order to be corrosive, so this dust is harmless as long as it's dry, right? To some extent, yes. However, the geniuses decided to start adding Calcium Chloride and Calcium magnesium acetate to regular road salt, which has the ability to attract moisture directly from the air. Well, let's hope that all the wax I put on the car helps hold that stuff at bay.
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