Yes and no. The good '80 300SD, '87 300SDL and '70 300SEL6.3 never go out of the garage in the winter. But I have a '79 300SD that has been used in the salt all its life. The difference is fantastic. The ones that are in the garage all winter don't have a spec of rust. The one used in the salt will be junked in a few more years because it is rusting to where it is beyond repair.

If you want to keep a car for a long time like I do, it must be kept out of the salt. I'd like to pound the salt up the asses of the people who put it on the road. They should be made to pay for all the damage it does to our cars and then they would not put salt on the roads. Sand is sufficient and in not corrosive.

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