ANY additional way (besides the clearcoat) to protect paint from damage?

[Conundrum]

Yesterday going into work (I have a 40km highway commute each way), I hit a section of freeway where they had ripped up all the ashfault in order to repave, and I figure my car's front end (bumper, hood, and front fenderwells) got hit aleast 30 or more times by stones on the road...with atleast 3-4 spots I now need to touch up with a paintpen, and probably 10 other little ones that are about the size of a pinhead (or slightly larger). Royally pisses me off as I spend so much time making sure my car looks good, is clean, has very little marring, then this happens in 2 mins over 300m or so of road...The only saving grace is that I think my clearbra did take the brunt of the damage...otherwise it could have been a lot worse.

Anyhow, this brings me to my question...since this is my only car, I'll need to be using it in the winter, and in the winter here in southern ontario, they use salt on the roads (incl. the freeway) to melt ice/snow buildup. I know with my old car (which had paint I didn't really care about) it would get railed if salt had been dropped and hadn't "melted" yet, and I can only imagine what kind of damage that would do to the crappy paint on my new Accord.

I know waxing protects a car's paint from the elements, helps with bugs, bird droppings, tar, etc, etc, but is there ANYTHING that can help protect a car's paint from light to moderate impacts besides a clearbra? I know Klasse AIO says it contains acrylic, which would make one think it could hep protect/strenghen a car's finish, but I doubt it contains enough to actually work. Does ANYONE know of any protect that would help protect my car, or any driving tips to help prevent as much damage from happening (although there is always that $#*@ that cuts you off 1 carlength infront at speeds way above what everyone else is driving at) as I am sure some of you have to deal with the same kind of winters I do here.

Thanks in advance...

 

[RTexasF]

I certainly can't think of any other than buying a beater for the winter. Just part of living in the great white north, eh?:santa1

 

[CalgaryDetail]

Welcome to Canada lol. Its to bad but i think the only way is a clear bra or a new car. It sucks being here in canada. Also you could always give the car a good spray down after work and a wash every week, It wont protect it well but its better then nothing. And go to a stealership and find out about the rust proffing for your undercarage. Its not a end all be all but its one of the only "package" that helps. I used to live in Oakville so I feel your pain. But other then those sugetions i would say move to mexico?

 

[Conundrum]

You could always give the car a good spray down after work and a wash every week, It wont protect it well but its better then nothing. And go to a stealership and find out about the rust proffing for your undercarage...

Well I plan to spray it down to keep the salt off the car as much as possible (with the odd QEW thrown in when its warm enough to do so), and I already had her undercoated and the car does have a clearbra (well clearshield but same idea)...but its the area between the top of the bra to the windshield, and the lower side panels that I am most worried about.

My only other plan of defense really is to take city streets the whole way home (and possibly whole way to work) on somewhat "bad" days, and possibly "call in sick" on the really bad days. I guess that would be safer too anyhow for both me and my car, as I am spending a fair amount on snow tires for the winter, but that doesn't mean the 4000+lbs SUV being driven by someone on a cellphone behind me isn't still running all seasons...