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erikalindsay January 31 2006, 15:08:56 UTC
If I didn't wash and wax my car, it would rust in a second (I have a 2003 Hyundai Sonata) due to the salt on the roads.

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etsba January 31 2006, 22:49:51 UTC
Salt on the road? Thats because of snow, right? Thats not really an issue here.

We have an 1983 Urvan (the newest car we've ever owned!) which I'm hoping will last long enough for me to graduate.

I think if you see a rust stop you sand it and put fish oil on it and that halts the rust.
I remember my father doing that alot when I was young, as if our shitheap cars weren't bad enough stinking like a fihmonger just pushed it over the edge.

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strangersheart January 31 2006, 15:39:35 UTC
That is disgraceful. Seriously.

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etsba January 31 2006, 22:51:48 UTC
And Adelaide is the capital of the driest state in Australia.
All that waste for consumption's sake.

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___priceless___ January 31 2006, 18:53:07 UTC
maybe it comes from a natural spring?

we have them up here but its not like a city system ours comes from well water which is brought on from natural springs lol

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etsba January 31 2006, 22:58:59 UTC
We have water shortages, and restrictions through out most of the country. Droughts.
And that was in the driest state in the country.
So wasteful.

I thik theres a few springs in NSW & Vic but not SA. But geography was never my strong point.

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___priceless___ February 1 2006, 05:27:11 UTC
If there is a water shortage I would think they would use the spring water for household usage rather than wasting it on cars.. I dont think cars even need to be washed well unless you live in climates like pa where your car would rust in days because of the salts but otherwise just dirt washing is unneeded, that is very wasteful but I guess people will do anything just to bring in a buck.
Is it dry there most of the year? do you get any snow at all or is it continious dry heat

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etsba February 1 2006, 06:33:04 UTC
It rains but Australia is one the driest countries in the world and where I snapped this was the capital of the driest
state in the country (adelaide). Weirdly I snapped it just before it started to rain.
It only snows for a very short season in a very small mountanous area which borders my state and the one above it. I've never seen snow in my life. Nor have most of my family.
For years we've had water restrictions where (for example) you can't use sprinklers or hoses on certain days of the week. Or at all during the day. Where you have to get permits to fill up pools & fountains. Many rural areas are officially in a drought.
The city I grew up in even in winter you still wear a t shirt most of the time. If it rains it usually stops after a couple of minutes & the sun comes out again so you're stuck carrying around coats, jumpers & umbrellas in the hot sun.

Who puts all this salt on the road?

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motherfaerie January 31 2006, 21:01:30 UTC
what a waste!! :(

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etsba January 31 2006, 22:52:50 UTC
I know & we have water restrictions and drought in so many areas of the country too.

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carama January 31 2006, 23:23:18 UTC
Yup, I saw that and thought "WTF, spring water to wash cars, in AUSTRALIA!!"

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etsba February 1 2006, 05:08:44 UTC
kinda like importing sheep to NZ?

Actually its nothing like it. I just.. had to...

What jokes to NZer say about Australians?

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carama February 1 2006, 07:28:32 UTC
Not really sure, mostly we just make fun of your accents. But that seems fairly reciporcal :)

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