What do you guys do for the winter?
11-26-2010, 07:24 AM
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JohnnyB has your best answer. This is the price you pay for having a decent car.
My DD/family car is a Buick Park Avenue. I drive it into the winter til the roads get really snowy or salty, then I break out the 85 Chevy truck, complete with a manually choked carburetor (anyone remember carbs?)
It's 2-wheel drive, picked it up for $1500 about 3 years ago. Gets me around just fine.
I'm sure I probably look like ol' Jed Clampett on an outing when I'm driving the old Chevy truck around town, but I'm secure in the knowledge that my toys are safely tucked away out of the snow and salt.
11-26-2010, 12:57 PM
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Honestly, I give you middle Americans and east-coasters praise. I can't even BEGIN to imagine dealing not only with the cold, REAL cold, but most importantly the ridiculous driving conditions. [url]I'm a natural born New Yorker and proud of it, but I will NEVER live on the east coast or anywhere there's snow ever again...
12-01-2010, 09:38 AM
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just got mine winterized in the garage this weekend. washed it one more time and threw a cover over it and plugged the exhaust pipes
will be driving my grandmas chevy lumina for the winter lol. there is no way my trans am would make it anywhere here in north dakota
will be driving my grandmas chevy lumina for the winter lol. there is no way my trans am would make it anywhere here in north dakota
12-02-2010, 07:29 AM
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Yes I like having my old truck, comes in handy for the Home Depot runs. The paint is faded and there is a lot more rust on it from Ohio winters now. I just put my sand tubes in the back last night we got our first snow that stuck. I can go through about anything in old red.
12-02-2010, 09:33 AM
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Yes I like having my old truck, comes in handy for the Home Depot runs. The paint is faded and there is a lot more rust on it from Ohio winters now. I just put my sand tubes in the back last night we got our first snow that stuck. I can go through about anything in old red.
12-02-2010, 09:50 AM
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Thank GOD for south FL Im going to keep mine in the garage and take it out maybe once or a week if that its my baby and i know that i dont have ice and salt but the sun can do some damage in FL so ill stay driving my DD and pimp my lil monster on friday nights and sat and sun when i can. My hat is off to all of you that have to drive your cars in the ICE with the salt and with all the sliping and sliding.
KEEP THEM SAFE
KEEP THEM SAFE
12-02-2010, 11:18 AM
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i got the t/a hibernating in the garage for the winter. we had our first round of good snow and ice here yesterday. my driver for the winter is my old v6 firebird. nothing like the back end starting to slide just after letting off the brakes at idle 
12-02-2010, 11:27 AM
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I have to drive mine it's the only thing I have lol. Lots of washing and waxing to keep the salt from sticking. I also had the undercarriage coated so hopefully thats helps a little. Last night we had our first snow and ice event. Basically coming home from work it was like tokyo drift ha ha. The T/A is a nightmare in anything but dry weather. Oh well nothing I can do but drive slow and be careful.
12-23-2010, 06:52 PM
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When I was young I could only afford one car so that's what I drove (my old Firebird). As I got older (and richer) I had a truck and a car. Now I have a truck, a Jeep, a Subaru, and two F-body's in the garage. Honestly, it stops there only because that's all my wife will allow. 
12-25-2010, 10:55 PM
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Thank God, someone who washes their car religiously. I cant STAND my car being dirty with salt, if it were my choice I'd put it in my garage, but no. My mothers VW GTi Golf and my sisters Cobalt SS takes up both spots in the garage. Stupid 4 cylinders
12-28-2010, 08:23 PM
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Luckily here in central OK the weather stays pretty fair. Just gets pretty cold at times.
I used to have to DD my T/A, rain, snow whatever, its all I had to drive aside from my wife's truck. Thankfully I have my Powerstroke to D.D unless its nice and I feel like breaking the car out for a spin.
I used to have to DD my T/A, rain, snow whatever, its all I had to drive aside from my wife's truck. Thankfully I have my Powerstroke to D.D unless its nice and I feel like breaking the car out for a spin.