so no-one slams on a set of winter tyres and braves the cold???
flatfourfan posted:so no-one slams on a set of winter tyres and braves the cold???
No.
It’s the salt. I usually drive in the spring with the top up for awhile before putting the top down and leaving it down for the season, unless I go on a long road trip.
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Tom Blankinship posted:It’s the salt. I usually drive in the spring with the top up for awhile before putting the top down and leaving it down for the season, unless I go on a long road trip.
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Agree. When I had my weather tight watercooled IM I'd drive until they put salt on the road. Then garaged it until a heavy rain washed it away.
I'm still braving the cold and will be out there til the first snow when the salters come out.
Been out in first-of-the-season snow once, maybe ten years ago and found that it is pretty sure-footed......Just like the old VW Beetles were, but the front end is pretty light!
Even in the Spring I wait for a few good rains to wash the winter gravel off the roads. It’s amazing how much salt and gravel is dumped on the roads, mainly to compensate for idiot drivers who don’t want to drive appropriately for winter conditions.
In pure snow, I would drive all winter, and have a lot of fun.
It's in the 70's today and tomorrow so the speedster to lunch at the Tiki Bar deck views of the Atlantic Ocean and hope for a Thanksgiving Day run or dare I say it a Christmas cruise to Asbury Park. Never put the top up and no underwear with a Kilt either !
Our temps here on the Emerald Coast are back in the seventies. The military is conducting war games and maneuvers on the bay and out in the Gulf with local power boat owners playing the role of Iranian fast boats, complete with phoney mounted guns and torpedoes. The sky is filled with fighter planes doing simulated bombing runs and strafing runs.
It's a great show for Wolfgang and I from different ends of the bay.
Every time this occurs, I am struck by the awesome power and potential of our military.
An early wish for a happy Veterans Day, and Happy Birthday to my beloved Marine Corps and my brother and sister Marines, both active duty and standing by.
I'm going to go out and polish the Marine Corp grill badge on my speedster now.
What a sight that must be. Post some photos , love to see a local dressed up as a rag top gun boat!
Driving season has begun!
As soon as the salt hits Sabrina goes into hibernation. 
As an aside if exposed to the rain then freeze you could end up with a frozen door which won't open due to the way the sills are made. Most of the cars do not have a drain hole in the door hinge area and so will not drain away the excess water which will freeze and cause the door to not be able to open. Found that out on my old IM when winter snuck up and it slept outside.
So not a good idea to drive them in the winter at all without first modifying the drain capacity of those sills.
Don't need no stinken doors!
Panhandle Bob: This is also the time of year when the Commandant of Parris Island and the MCAS Beaufort reminds all of the active duty personnel to change from their Summer (green) Camo to Winter gray shades - and then always reminds those people riding motorcycles while wearing their Camo to also wear reflective vests to be seen (Safety first!)
I always thought that was a cool notification in the Beaufort Gazette when we lived in the Parris Island neighborhood. Miss all my Marine neighbors, too!
Winter on the mainland is special as is winter on the North Shore: the waves come up, a certain excitement in the air as surf season is upon us, and it can get down to the high 50s(LOL). I am blessed to have the beach and my IM6. Sand, salt, and sun
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Those folks in the military who protect us and allow us to dilly around like kids in a candy store are UNDERPAID and UNDER-APPRECIATED. They deserve to have their mortgages and rent MORE heavily subsidized and FREE education for their kids. They put their lives on the line and sign up for the ultimate sacrifice. When I hear that VA guys and gals have waiting lists for healthcare, I get violently ill and wonder about the idiots in Washington who dare play chess games with the guy with a gun in his hand in Afghanistan or the DMZ..... AND those back home in need of care and help after their time served. They NEVER truly recover from what they had to do and the things they saw.....I applaud the entrepreneurs who create wealth and the oligarchs of industry buy they deserve to cough up a few more rubles on behalf of those folks who make it possible for them to fornicate at 30,000 feet in their GULFSTREAMS
. I digress and wish all a SAFE drive home.
Gordon Nichols posted:Panhandle Bob: This is also the time of year when the Commandant of Parris Island and the MCAS Beaufort reminds all of the active duty personnel to change from their Summer (green) Camo to Winter gray shades - and then always reminds those people riding motorcycles while wearing their Camo to also wear reflective vests to be seen (Safety first!)
I always thought that was a cool notification in the Beaufort Gazette when we lived in the Parris Island neighborhood. Miss all my Marine neighbors, too!
Semper Fi!
Amen, Banzai.