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what weather do you or don't you drive your Z in?

Originally Posted by Mike love your avatar! Thanks, worked for DL for many years and those were 2 of my fave planes in the fleet! My pops flew the L-1011

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Old 04-07-2011, 08:38 PM   #46 (permalink)
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love your avatar!
Thanks, worked for DL for many years and those were 2 of my fave planes in the fleet! My pops flew the L-1011 and retired on the MD-11 in Jan. 03 with DL.
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Old 04-07-2011, 09:26 PM   #47 (permalink)
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Thanks, worked for DL for many years and those were 2 of my fave planes in the fleet! My pops flew the L-1011 and retired on the MD-11 in Jan. 03 with DL.
awesome! I have flown the MD88, 737, 757, 767, 767-400 and 777 with Delta. Moved backwards to the 737 a year ago for seniority. still a first officer. I started May 97
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Old 04-07-2011, 09:35 PM   #48 (permalink)
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Only times I don't drive the Z are when there's snow sticking to the roads, not that the Z can't do it as testified by others, but there's the real danger of getting hit by the idiot western Washington drivers who have no clue how to drive in the snow at all (especially in SUVs!) If the rain is REALLY coming down I'll drive the Titan (12-13 mpg on a good tank, bolt-on power mods and Uprev does NOT improve mpgs!), otherwise, the Z goes to bed wet!
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Wow, 500 miles and 13k on a 7 yr old car..Wow. You must be must work from home.
No... I just have DD's. 10 year old Civic for me, and Odyssey for the wifey. Like I said, toys only get driven on uber nice days, maybe about 1x or 2x a week.
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I drive mine about 50-60,000kms a year, and no problems in the winter, if you were able to get that old car around in the winter you'll have no problems with a Z and some good winter wheels and tires.
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With snow tires, it handles beautifully. I blow by people in FWD and 4WD cars like they were parked. Mostly because they are pusses and don't have a frickin' clue how to drive on dry, but I'm not judgin' (OK, yeah I am).
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I've only had it for 2 months now....been some gravel on the roads but couldn't wait, I doubt I'll drive it in snow

I might keep it plated in the winter and only take it on one of those -25 days when the streets are dry and snowless because its so cold.

Winter I'll share the wife's BMW 328 Xdrive, and i guess i'll be taking the metro (subway) a bit...doubt I'll buy a winter beater
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I park and cover it for the winter. No snow or salt for me.
I don't mind driving in the rain. After all, I need a reason to use my rear fog light!
It just means I have more work on car wash day to detail the wheel wells and exhaust.
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I park and cover it for the winter. No snow or salt for me.
I don't mind driving in the rain. After all, I need a reason to use my rear fog light!
It just means I have more work on car wash day to detail the wheel wells and exhaust.
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For me the worst weather I try to avoid is the sandy one. I have to clean up my air filters almost after every sand storm which we get quite alot in my area
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It's my daily driver. I drive in all weather that El Paso has to offer.
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I will drive mine through what ever. I have a set of snow tires and summer tires. I have an unlimited package to the carwash which is located next to my work. It gets washed everyday, nearly.





I drove just fine in the ice storm... after I got the ice off.
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time to wash off the salt on my Z this weekend.

im just washing the wheelwells and wheels, under carriage (side moldings) though. the rest is clean.
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Bought my 40th anniversary in Sept. only has 3200 miles on her. Never been in the rain and only driven on nice weekends.
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Bought my 40th anniversary in Sept. only has 3200 miles on her. Never been in the rain and only driven on nice weekends.
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i ride my sport bike daily except when it rains, and when it does the Z is out!
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