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My car has been stuck in the garage for 2 days now with the door handles off being painted. I walk by it longing to go for a drive but

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Old 07-04-2012, 09:24 PM   #1 (permalink)
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My car has been stuck in the garage for 2 days now with the door handles off being painted. I walk by it longing to go for a drive but can't. Tommorrow after work I am putting her back together and going for a drive. How the hell do you guys go for months without driving your cars in the winter months? Only two days and I am going bat **** crazy!
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Old 07-04-2012, 10:28 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I'm often away from my Z for extended periods of time, and every time it gets harder and harder to be without the Z!
I'm moving somewhere with a lot of snow soon, but will be getting rid of my STi (brother is taking it over..), and I assure you, I will be placing studded tires on the Z. Winter won't get in my way of my Z!
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Old 07-04-2012, 10:40 PM   #3 (permalink)
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screw storing the car. Mine was DD all year round. It worked great at -59*C and a crap load of snow
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Winter tires, that is all
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It hurts and it sucks

But at the end of the day, you have a big countdown and you appreciate the Z even more when you can finally drive her again. This year she was only in storage for 3.5 months as the weather got great really early....so wasn't bad
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^Agree! (and a sick sled makes the time fly by FAST)
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how do we do it? ............. we convulse vigorsly , twitching at the very thought of the car being garage bound. .. have a case of Torette's and say random curse words...

followed by a poor attempt to stand, only to collapse into a lawn chair with the head tilted back.. and eyes glazed over......... at the car... buckets and rivers of Drool pooling beneath...
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Thank you for this thread. My rocket will be garaged this winter.
I am Z junky.
Now that i have admitted it i can plan for the upcoming DT's.
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I cry myself to sleep every night during the winter. I've even been known to go out and sit in the Z just help with the separation anxiety.
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Hahahaaaa... when I had my FD in NY, I garaged it from nov to april. Occasionally pulling it out in the winter every now and again for the occasional romp. I would just buy a lot of shyt for it in the winter and chill all summer.
Besides, I was single in NY and the best way to get the hott ladies is to ride the trains and buses. So I usually occupied my mind with rackin up on numbers n gettin azz all winter. Then roll out pimpin' in the summer with the FD . Basically now going out farther with the car in the summer to get more azz. Lol

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