On 2/15/2016 6:28 PM, RonNNN wrote:
In article , lid
says...

Brutal on the car (as it never really gets up to operating
temperature) but silly to drive just for the sake of driving!

My wifes old car (two times past) is my running around car, a 98 Monte

"Two times past"? Meaning she's had two cars since then?

Carlo. It still has the original exhaust system. It has nearly 200K miles
on it, but in the last 3 or 4 years has only had maybe 5k put on it. I

I had a 75 Monte Carlo. Land Yacht. Doors took two hands to pull closed!
Living in New England, Midwest, Colorado, etc. was always brutal on
the exhaust systems -- seemed like I was *always* replacing some or all
of it on whatever I happened to be driving.

Here, I don't think I've ever encountered anyone who's had exhaust
work done! (Little rain, no snow and NO salt!)

rotate it every few weeks with my 96 Chevy PU truck just to keep the
batteries up. Her newest car, a 2015 Mazda 6 is still below 7k even with
a few long trips (600 or so one way miles). On the other hand my old

SWMBO used to take annual (driving) trips for "seminars". She'd put
on more miles in the drive up and back as she would for most of the
rest of the year!

truck has had at least 3 mufflers and a couple of (duel) tail pipes
replaced due to rusting out. For the most part the truck got more drive
time than the Monte Carlo, but mostly short drives, just enough to cause
condensation in the pipes. The Monte's exhaust is all stainless steel.

I suspect it is dry enough, here, that the problem isn't as severe.

I've not seen "water in the gas" (at stations) since leaving the colder
climates.

And, I never see water dripping from the tail pipes of vehicles.
OTOH, the ACbrrr is on virtually all year and you regularly encounter
puddles of condensate under vehicles. shrug

I'm more concerned about moisture in the motor oil, wear and tear on
the battery (repeated starting loads), etc.

[batteries and tires are the high turnover items in this climate]