(04 Jun 2014, 8:28 pm)tyresmoke wrote A lot of it depends on time of year too though. Winter time will always be worse with the amount of spray/salt on the roads.
I don't think any of the photographs I showed above were taken in winter-time, most being in the summer months but with one or two around February/March too iirc.
The top photo of the Compass Cadet was November, but it had been fairly pleasant if my memory serves.