Do you have a cold weather limit for driving your car?
#43
#44
Joined: Nov 2003
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From: Wichita KS / Rancho San Diego
Mine is my DD so it doesn't matter what it is like outside. As far as the cold I don't drive any different. The other day it was in the single digits here. I did the same thing I always do; start the car, pull out of the garage, and baby it until it is warmed up. The cold weather is harder on me than the car lol. I shiver the whole time it is warming up.
#49
ill draw the line anything below -40 f. if you did break down hypothermia sets in pretty quickly trust me. i also worry about the vehicles mechanical safety anytime below that, just cuz the engine warms up doesnt mean the grease in all the joints, seals, transmission fluid in manuals, and stuff like that has a chance to warm up and soften up....
#50
Went to the grocery store a few hours ago with sleet falling. Temps in the high 20s. Summer tires all the way around and it does just fine, piston slaps its *** off, but that's about it.
#53
Mines a dd. I do have a truck so I don't drive it in the snow usually. It sucks in the snow. I have a winter set-up for it and on it now....lol
Is it me or are these cars way louder in the cold? My car seems pretty quiet and sqeak/rattle free in the summer.
Is it me or are these cars way louder in the cold? My car seems pretty quiet and sqeak/rattle free in the summer.
#55
Joined: Nov 2003
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From: Wichita KS / Rancho San Diego
#56
Since I live in central VA I drive my car all year except if there's snow accumulated on the roads. Then I take my '99 2WD Dodge Dakota pickup truck which is awful in the snow or I have my wife cart me around in her AWD Mazda Tribute. My car will be paid off soon and when it is I think I'm going to buy a decent AWD vehicle for bad weather days.
#57
Good thing I took mine out a week ago cause it looks like I would of regreted not doing it. We got **** tons of snow now. That will be it until spring. I just took the battery out.
#59
Mine's a DD, so it goes out in pretty much anything. It's almost always in the garage, but it's actually fun to drive in the snow and handles surprisingly well in it. Only ever don't take it out if the conditions are bad enough and I'm in a situation where i desperately need 4wd. Always keep the car washed though, everytime it's out in bad conditions with salt on the road, it's washed asap afterward.
#60