Grouch,
Yours is the perfect example for getting a beater.
The salt tears up your PT.
I don't want my one-year-only 02 Dream Cruiser getting ruined by road salt.
The insurance is high.
I'm sure the insurance on an '85 Ranger is still MUCH less than an '02 PT Cruiser.
I'm driving a '96 Explorer this winter. It would have no trouble passing any state inspections. I paid a little more for it, but I can sell it for what I paid for it in the spring.
No money lost on the beater, and a few hundred saved on insurance, and my Dreamer is clean and warm in the garage.
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