Frame Cleaning in winter

["dmc001629" <dmc001629@xxxx>]

Hello List!

I thank you for your assistance on my previous questions. #1629 has 
been on the road daily, soldiering on. In the next few months, I 
will be replacing the brake servo due to a slight vaccuum leak, and 
plan to have an Alpine CD/radio installed. The Craig will be retired.

My question deals with Frame Cleaning. My car has had a "baptism by 
fire" ... going from a stored, 900 mile machine, to a daily driver. 
I have about 3025 miles on the clock at this point, and knew that 
winter driving in Cleveland,Ohio would be an intense "road test". So 
far, I have been please with the cars performance. The 0-degree 
temperatures we've had for about 10 days have not stopped the car 
from starting.

Yet, the salt has collected on the car ... and I want to get it off! 

I read all of the responses to "Automatic Carwash, Bad Idea?", and 
feel more comfortable taking it to a brushless autowash. But, do the 
under-body spray machines sufficiently clean the frame of the car?

Of course, nothing could be better than putting the car up on a few 
ramps in the driveway and thoroughly cleaning, and re-touching 
the "questionable" spots on the frame. I plan to do this in the 
spring.

The frame was sandblasted and undercoated this past summer, and it is 
a solid, rust free unit at this time.

I would like to keep it this way. Of course, I do expect some 
surface rust on my daily driving frame. Yet, are the automatic car 
washes a good frame preserver for the winter, during this deep freeze?

I agree with all of you ... this is a well designed car. It just 
takes some TLC to keep going.

Thanks in advance for your responses.
Ramon
#1629