Worst cities for vehicle paint

[cchase]

I found an old Car and Driver in the back of a closet from 1993. In the "news" section they had a blurb from Meguiars, who had determined the 5 "worst" cities for vehicle paint in the USA. The criteria were air pollution, temperature and moisture changes, and ozone layers.

#5 Boston, MA
#4 Wilmington, DE
#3 Dover, DE
#2 Providence, RI
#1 Hartford, CT

Not sure of the applicability 19 years later, but it was fun to read through the magazine again many years later.

 

[dparm]

I'm confused why places like Phoenix and Orlando aren't on there. Every other car in those cities has an oxidized hood and roof.

 

[daves87rs]

They missed the south....quite a bit of it...

 

[mount]

I'd be more worried about other drivers and congestion than air quality. I can most always find a place to park with no chance of getting door dings etc.

I didn't know smog and such will ruin your paint. I guess its just another thing my isolation out here contributes too.

 

[cchase]

I don't know why I wrote "ozone layers", force of habit? Although I don't ever discuss the ozone layer on a computer, so who knows.

It should read "ozone".

 

[CBR.worm]

My car spends a lot of time in airport parking garages - in south Florida, that seems to be a bad place.

It would be interesting to see if there is any statistical data to back up the 1993 theories.

 

[ted s]

in upstate ny it rusts away long before it has paint issues