Watched my neighbor do the opposite last fall and waste a whole weekend on his hands and knees with a wire brush and a shop vac getting every little hairline crack spotless. Come spring most of that work had peeled right off anyway because water still got in from the sides and froze. He was out there for two days and a hundred bucks in sealer and it looked worse than before by June. That was the moment I stopped feeling bad about my lazy way of doing it. Blowing the junk out and only chasing the wide stuff is just smarter, the hairline ones are not worth the time or the money. Three seasons in Ohio says way more than any guy with a brush ever could.

Read somewhere that tossing in a handful of dry oats helps soak up extra wetness too.

Tire wear lies. Ball joints are where camber pays off.