Winter comes too fast
 

Washed, fueled up, stabiled and put on battery tender. Only the car cover to put on. See ya in 5-6 months :shakes head:

Yes, I am right behind you. Got a late start this year, but she gets put away this weekend.

I have put away the Z for its long winter hibernation. Time to wax up the ski’s, looks like winter will be here within 24 hours.

somewhat in a semi boat, only because its gets cold and I don't like to take it out in the cold... but on the other side last autocross is on the 17th... hopefully no rain or snow

Put mine away Sunday did the oil change at the dealer on Friday put the cover on it and will be coming out in May next year. Glad I did it Sunday as we had snow this morning.

Westeros might disagree with you.

I put her away a week or so ago. Battery tender, inflated the tires up to 41 PSI, put steel wool in the exhaust pipes, filled the tank up with Shell 91 and fuel stabilizer and that's about it. Wondering if I should put a sock with rice in it to avoid moisture, but then again the garage isn't heated, and I never did it in the previous years. So I guess it's fine.

Look at it this way, the months you don't drive it, when you do pull the car out it feels like it's your first time driving it, the feeling never dies.

Mine was put away a couple of weeks ago. Sleep well.
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Here too.

10" of snow in the east end of London last night. Our fun cars were parked last weekend, and won't see the road again until May. :-(

Canada: A country with 6 months of winter and 6 months of poor snowmobiling!

Roads were clean and dry took the car for a drive today, car cover going on soon, turned the heat on in the garage today currently -7 C.

Ahhh good ol London. I remember all the HOCOs, and St Patty's Day parties at Western Uni. Good lord. . . But besides that I can't believe you got that much snow already, nuts. Stay safe.

"Winter comes too fast" ??


in fact, it should never exist... :icon18:

Ya, we have 2 seasons here in the CLE as well...1) Winter and 2) Crappy Roads!!!

Finally put her away on Saturday. It's going to be a long Winter. It's already started with record low temps today, and up to 18" of snow just to the East of us in the primary snow belt.

A car is meant to be driven. At most if there happens to be 3 weeks of snow, that's the most it sits. I won't drive it when snowing, but do drive thru winter. May be worst in other areas, and we do have two foot snow storms, but it gets driven.

I agree with that, but mine requires too many compromises to be driven in winter and I don't think I would be enjoying it: much simpler just to park it. I can still get some kicks with my Q50S if I want a little rush ;)

Yup - a car is meant to be driven... but it's not realistically possible where I live.

Might be fine in an urban setting, where roads are cleared within hours of a snowstorm and stay pretty much like summer except during the worst weather. I envy you.

I live on a farm. I'm 2+ miles from a highway, and they stop plowing my sideroad when the school busses get cancelled. Being to the lee of one of the Great Lakes, this happens a lot. My commute is 21Km each way on rural roads with a few steep hills and plenty of deep ditches. Many times I've had to abandon my 4x4 pickup truck at the end of my 1/4 mile driveway and walk in through waist deep drifts. Occasionally, I wake up to cars & trucks dumped at the end of the lane when they couldn't make it any further.

We already have snow pack on the road (yes, this is way too early), and these conditions are prevalent in my vicinity through late March, with salt usually going down into mid April.

It's laughable for me to even consider driving a sports car for at least 5 months of the year! Even if I could, what's the point in throwing salt all over the frame, when it's too cold for the summer tires to hook up, and there's always the chance of a snow squall hitting before I can leave work?

I can see your points. Like I had said, some areas may be worse than others. The frame is Rock solid, the only rust is on the exhaust and stub axles. If there is it is something, I can address fairly quickly. As for driving it, there is a little thing called light throttle and know your limits.
I have a Focus RS for the snow, and when the Z is paid for there will be a Tacoma or Frontier in the plans. I didn't realize how rare the RS was when I bought it.

Edit:I wouldn't drive it in a situation where I could get hit by a snow squall, meaning weekend warrior.

Yeah, assuming the roads where people live get plowed, rust shouldn't be to big of a worry.. don't forget there are quite a few parts made out of aluminum on our car so you don't need to worry so much about rust just some corrosion.

"aluminum corrosion is aluminum oxide, a very hard material that actually protects the aluminum from further corrosion.

at freezing temperatures you dont need to worry about rust too much, pair that with frequent washing and your good.

Guess it isn't the first time winter has come early to the Great Lakes.

November 10, 1975...

Fake! The cops would actually be helping the criminals push the car and then get back into theirs. :bowrofl: