Lugnuts--anti-seize or grease?

I suspect you don't know what real winter is...

IMO the combination of permanently damp

So it doesn't get cold?

The topic is rust, and the colder it is, the slower chemical processes like rust occur. Warmth + salt water is probably the worse of the conditions.

But I think the difference is really how well the lugs are physically protected. The ones that are well covered are going to be considerably less likely to become rusted.

Yes, I know. I was just poking at him.

Agreed.

It's not how cold, it's how much snow and for how long. Salt applied to a road that's been ploughed is one thing. Salt that's laid down by the truckload INSTEAD of plowing is something else. It makes for pools of saturated brine solution on the roads from December to March. It makes for wads of ice the size of footballs built up in the wheel wells. And to exacerbate the problem for some folks there are heated indoor parking garages in office buildings that make sure that even when outside temperatures are 30 below zero chemical corrosion that would otherwise be minimal is reactivated.