dont point the wand anywhere. Point the car to the garage. If you don't have a backup car, go out and get, at least, a $500 beater with a heater.
If you love your stang as much as you claim, you won't put her through salts punishment.

 

I love my stang more then most I can guarantee you that, but come on people, its not some crazy exotic expense car, its a Mustang. You can drive it all the time. I honestly couldnt go without driving my car longer then a few days, thats how much I love it. I can deal with the salt and weather, but I cant deal with not driving it. I bought this car to drive a mustang, not just to have a mustang.

 

I keep my car garaged since I have a daily driver that I can use in the winter. I travel for a living (drive between 22-25k miles a year just for work) and didn't want to rack up a ton of miles on the stang so I went out and bought something cheap that's good in the snow.

I do miss my stang though ... there are days when I really just want to drive it but I can't stand the thought of getting all that salt on her.

 

you're right, they aren't exotic expensive cars. To some of us, they might as well be. It's all a measure of the level of love you have for your car. My car is 12 years old and I park it in the far part of the lot where no one parks just so it won't get dinged.
To me, my stang might as well be a Ferrari.

 

I hear you, and I do the same things. But I want to drive my car. Not look at it. Its most perfect while moving.

 

Wash it, wax it and keep the elements off it as much as possible, and it will look great for many years. These vehicles today were bulit to withstand the elements of year round weather. Basic upkeep is all it needs. I drive mine in NJ crap, and garage it...still looks great after 5 years washing it, and putting detail spray wax on it every 4-6 weeks.

 

I don't wanna drive a beater *sob

 

Then don't. Nobody is making you drive a beater. I think we have fully explored the options here ... drive the Mustang in the winter and deal with the corrosion in the future (or sell it long before it becomes a problem) or buy something less nice to drive in the winter.

My "winter" car is hardly a beater, but doesn't cost me much money. This was something I budgeted for when I decided to buy a new Mustang since I knew I wouldn't want to drive it in inclement weather. Perhaps you have learned a lesson in planning for the future, no?

Also food for thought, you drive somewhere with snow and salt and how many 10, 15 year old cars do you see rusting through the wheel wells and undercarriage. Most of us here don't keep our Mustangs off the road because they are going to rust in half in five years, but because we want to keep them in the best possible condition. If you bought a Mustang to drive, then drive it. If you bought a Mustang to keep it nice and drive it when the weather is nice then you should have left room in the budget for a daily driver.

 

thats probbably the single best statement of this thread.