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Americans spent over $15 billion in the last 5 years on damage caused by road salt and de-icers


AAA has some simple advice to help prevent rust damage.

How to Remove Salt Stains From the Carpet in Your Car

Just as little mishaps and bits of grime make their way into your home that necessitate cleaning, your car's interior carpet periodically needs attention to stay fresh as well.

What Causes a Suspension to Collapse?

Every car, truck and SUV features a suspension, the system of parts that holds the vehicle up, absorbs bumps, and allows it to steer.

NHTSA closes 4-year GM investigation, issues common sense advisory [w/video]

NHTSA is closing a four-year investigation into possible brake line corrosion in GM trucks in snowy states with a common-sense safety advisory to all drivers. If you live in an area that uses salt on the roads, keep your vehicle's undercarriage clean.

Tough winter triggering road salt shortage, price hikes


Wisconsin employs cheese to thaw streets [w/video]


Missouri reportedly combating icy roads with beet juice, Dwight Schrute pleased


NewScientist investigates emerging road-heating technologies

Those not blessed with endless sun have to put up with road salt each and every winter, and it does a number on cars and roadways alike. There must be a better option, right?



Iowa town de-ices roads with garlic salt

Road crews in Ankeny, Iowa, have an interesting problem on their hands. It seems that the city is using just a pinch a half-and-half mixture of garlic salt and normal rock salt to season clear its roads during the winter. How did the small suburb of Des Moines manage to get 18,000 pounds of garlic salt, you ask? Apparently, a local spice company called Tone's had no use for the garlic salt and had it earmarked