When I went to my nearest Walmart, I needed to get the Windshield Washer Fluid. When I arrived home, I took a break for a few minutes and stared at the Washer Fluid. I thought to myself, why can’t I just take regular water and put salt inside?. The liquid will not freeze in low temps or will i…

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When I lived in Moscow I used vodka in my Lada Zhiguli – cheaper than windshield washer fluid, worked better and easier to find. Twotone

3-4 dollars per gallon? It’s alcohol. If you want to save almost nothing on your wiper fluid, get some kind of alcohol (rubbing alcohol, methyl alcohol, whatever). And no, no water is going to damage the windshield…jeez, rain and bird crap don’t damage it, tap water isn’t going to either. Salt, …

The responses re: salt corrosion being self-evident is probably geographically-dependant. My sister recently moved from Chicago to SanDiego, and had to get her car inspected. The mechanic took her aside and said something to the effect of: “I’m really concerned about the exhaust–I’ve never seen one…

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I got screwed on the Walmart fluid last year. I was driving my car in the fall when I used the washers to clean my windshield. As soon as the washer fluid hit the windshield, it froze. I had to stick my head out the window to see where I was going. When I got home, I checked the Walmart washer f…

I am sure the mechanic has seen the effect of salt caused corrosion, being that his shop was in San Diego (near an ocean)

My car spends most of its time out of the snow belt. But, once in a while I do go north in the winter. So, when I needed more windshield fluid, I looked for -20 or -30, and there was none in McAllen. I had to wait until I drove north and pick up a couple gallons, which should last me a long time. M…

The local do-it-yourself yard already does that with new arrivals; however, it isn’t free. There is a barrel with a tap in the front office. If I remember they charge 50 cents a gallon, poured into your own container. I’m pretty sure they had a similar deal for used coolant (eeek).

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oldschool November 21, 2009, 6:35pm 43

Some years ago a customer brought in his 356C for a look over. The car was a CA. car but was totaly rusted out underneath simply because of proximity to ocean.

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