First Winter of Speedster Ownership...

Any chance you'll be heading to Carlisle? I'm starting to gather the Midwesterns.

 

Unfortunately I can't break away for Carlise this year. I have a family event in Charleston, SC.

I drove mine to and from the office today. She fired up without much of an issue. It was a freezing 50 degrees this morning. I nearly had to wear gloves. I gritted my teeth and got through it. It was a balmy 67 on the way home.  Nearly had to put on sunglasses.

Winter driving isn't for everyone.

Ted

You need an automatic battery tender to keep battery on trickle charge.  Dual carb (?) they don't have electric chokes so need to pump gas a few times with key on (if electric fuel pump). Never hit the promised 71 degrees here in NW FL!

Watch out for frostbite, Ted.

 

 

I have electric fuel pump with dual carbs (1915 Raby T1), I'll let the pump work and give it a little more gas next time. I'm buying the trickle charger tomorrow...

Teby S and I went for a winter drive as well on Sunday.  The temps topped out around 60 degrees with some low clouds casting shadows everywhere.  We had lunch and ventured into the foothills for some mountain driving. Afterwards we stopped for a cold beer.

 

Yeah, winter driving is tough. I didn't even wear a hat to prevent sunburn.

 

I have dual webers (no chokes) so if the car has been sitting I give a small spritz of starting fluid into each air filter (don't even have to remove them) and it usually fires right up. Battery tender is a must.

Joel

if you start it up make sure that you run it long enough to get the engine up to temp and get the condensation out.  It's better to let it sit rather than run it briefly in the garage.

"I have a family event in Charleston, SC."

 

And that, of course, is when I will leave Charleston to go to Carlisle.  Oh well.  It would have been nice to meet another Beck owner.

Rich:

 

You want frostbite?  It's -10 F up here this morning.  I won't even look at my car.

 

And that 'F' stands for...

 

It's a balmy 9 here, Bob.

An Open letter to Canada(courtesy of a friend of mine via email)...LOL

 

" Dear Canada,

We Thank you for the White Holiday Season. That being said shut the f...... air conditioning off...NOW!

Sincerely,

The freezing citizens of your southern neighbors

 

I hate you all.

 

Truck temp gauge said "-14" this morning, and that's in F.  Luckily my Speedster's stored a little south of here (where it's only 3F.....which might as well be Florida as far as I'm concerned....).

That reminds me, next time I'm in Toronto I gotta put some fuel stabilizer in :-S

Doc Joel---that's how I start my lawn mower and leaf blower in the spring!  Sure as hell forces them to start!  See y'all at Carlisle!----Jack

I guess I should keep my mouth shut about our relatively cozy 41, huh?

Yes, Lane.  Silence is golden, especially these days.

 

Remember what you once said to me about karma?

 

Don't make me come down there mfr




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VitMan, You motivated me to just run it for a bit, but then no rain or snow, dry roads and temp at 27 sooooo what the hell. Please note, no seat heaters, top down but I did wear ear muffs and gloves. Holy snowballs Batman it was still damn cold, but felt good.

While this is my first winter of ownership, we actually test drove the car in Bettendorf, Iowa along the Mississippi River about 1 year ago when we purchased the car. As I remember it was about 6F. This was pre-seat heaters, top down and in full snowmobile attire. We got crazy stares, thumbs ups or horn salutes from everyone. Shortly thereafter the car went to the auto spa in Bremen. I took delivery in the spring.

 

We need a polar bear speedster club with long sleeve T-shirts. Everyone could buy one but shirts at a could be purchased reduced cost after "earning it" with a documented top down cruise in freezing temps.

 

Lane: I will get there one time when you're home and I'll come over to your cars and coffee... One more excuse to visit my sister.

 

 

 

 

Tom - When I opened this thread, the instant I saw your avatar I SPEWED my Pespi all over the place.  You're one FUNNY mfr! 

 

Oh, almost forgot to mention the 73 degrees this afternoon in SoCal. Drove the old Speedy to a couple of business appointments today. 

 

Jared - its always great to hear about another SOCer enjoying a drive in the Speedster. Wishing you many more miles of top-down cruising enjoyment!

Oh BTW Jim...bite me!...wopping high of 28* here today...the Holidays are over time for SPRING...NOW!

On Saturday and today I went out for some winter driving. This time for real, in the snow, but it was still in the 60's and that was at 8500' of elevation. We do need it to get really cold here and snow like crazy. California doesn't need ANOTHER dry year:

 

 

 

I am surely driving BADSPD To work today. 

 

 

If you wear shorts or a kilt with a tee shirt that will be impressive !

My car has been in a tent for two months now. We are in the 4th year of a drought here at Lake Tahoe. It hit 48F today and I got really itchy to take her out. We should have 3 to 4 feet of snow on the ground and there is none. My house is at 6500 ft. Heavenly is in my backyard and they are about 60% open with mostly home made snow. The snow level for the most part has been above 7000ft. The Sierras are notorious for huge storms that can leave 10 or more feet in a couple of days. If we do not get some serious snow the boat ramps to the lake will never open this year. 

Really sorry for you all out there, Noel. It's one of the prettiest spots in America, and the lack of snowpack is really hurting the entire state.