Sad day at Grzynkowicz's House

All tucked away for the winter. Temps dropped pretty hard this week. The Battery Tender took a half a day to turn to green on the Boxter battery. Is this a difference in battery types? The Speedster battery would turn green in an hour or so. Anyway, now we live vicariously through the West coasters and the boys in the South.

Huh? I am going out for a Spyder ride today. I thought I was tucking mine away a couple weeks ago, but it was so nice I emptied the gas tank on a drive! More Stabil and another full tank I guess. Then to get a NY state inspection Monday, I forgot to do it in September, oops! High of 40 F today, and sunny.

I did that last week Danny. Ran through gas with Stabil and had to redo it again. Thats a good thing, right? Sandy said hello.

Snowing like mad today. The ski resort across the street is open..... but, off to Atlanta on Monday. Will keep eyes peeled for a Speedster over there....

Marty... I feel your pain!

You oughta swing through Charleston. We're only a short 6-hour drive away ;-)

Besides, Atlanta doesn't have beaches, and it's supposed to be nice this coming week.

Marty, I feel your pain too. I'm hoping that we can caravan to Carlisle.

Mike, thats like goning to a Victoria Secrets show and finding out that they are all wearing winter coats:(

LOL. I've got a pretty good imagination... Maybe I will see you at the show :)

We cruised today thru all this damn calif weather

38 deg this afternoon, and I had a tank of gas to run through. I didn't quite get it done, but I had a LOT of fun trying. I'm 99% sure I'm done for the year, but there's always that 1% chance....

It's not so much the cold weather that prompts me to put the car away. It's the chance of snow. My snow blower parks behind the car so it's a PITA to try and flip flop them.

Oh Stan! With your heated seats and gas heater I bet that was a blast. You would think if a guy needed a co-driver he just mightttt look me up :) ;)

Snow mobile went zooming by the house today...

Hey, I cruised today too. Went to a local winery, bought some wine and listened to a singer/songwriter friend of mine. He goes on tour with a big name, but I won't drop it here. Just say supremely gifted singer and player as well as a great writer. Had a nice ride though, top up, heat on, earplugs in! 85 dB on the meter, over 100 at full throttle. I did put a fleece blanket on the rear deck, that was worth 5 or 6 dB!

I ain't putting it away yet! Although it is a bit more squirrely with the cold weather affecting the tires. Oh yeah, snow flurries all day and overcast, they lied about the sun! All in all a good day.

Yeah, Michael, I'm a wuss. I had the gasoline heater cranked, the seat heater pad on high, a 12v heated fleece on my lap, the windows up, the wind deflector in, and I had my "Mad Bomber" leather and fur hat on.

I'd have called, but it was pretty spur of the moment. I figure I've got about 100 mi left in this tank- and since I drain it rather than use Stabil, I may try to sneak one more in before it gets nasty for good.

I pulled the engine from my 911 coupe today. Going to put in a newer 3.2 with the more advanced fuel injection on it. A performance chip must might also accidently fall into the ECU before I'm done - LOL!

angela

Naughty, naughty laneco
Make it happen & good luck!

Butters is getting a 3.2?

How's Steve and his extended day job ? ~Alan

Hey Angela, is that 3.0 for sale? And is it tired, or still have some life?

The 3.0 is supposed to go into the spyder. It's a good engine. That's one I had the headstuds done on two years ago.

It's a "keeper" but we had random offer on the spyder (some guy on Car Domain of all places)and he prefers "without" the engine. If that should come to play, then I'll have a spare. I'll drop you a line if you're still interested then.

Oh, and yes, Butters gets the 3.2. It was the only way that Steve could bribe me into giving up the 3.0 for the spyder - LOL! And he is grudgingly putting up with his new day job... Work isn't hard, but he misses home.

angela

Danny P, if you do upgrade... id be interested in the motor you are currently running. Id like a little more kick in the pants from my speedster. I am also searching for a gas heater, might need to pick your brain concerning the units/install. My car does not go under a sheet in the winter.

I also feel your pain, I had to put a jacket and beanny on it was 63 at 9 am.

Cabanaboy - I need to moved to somewhere warmer : )

Angela- What's Steve doing?

Desi. Is beanny your dog?

Stan - Steve is in Afghanistan for a year working. Good because he's making good dough, but he misses home terribly. Bad because it leaves me alone with projects and no one to stop me when I get a wild idea in my head!

angela

Vince, Angela's home alone:) hmmmmmmmm?

Vince could care less. I don't have beehives...

angela

Teresa's brother was down from Brooklyn for Thanksgiving, so we had to give him the obligatory, 45-degree ride in the Sloppy Jalopy.
It was cold, but I took him on the usual Howard County back roads that Kelly and I drive a lot, and he was hooked.
The next day, he needed to go to the Baltimore train station to catch the Bolt Bus back to New York (can you believe there were no train tickets to be had?), and I drove him up there in the little car. It was a tad colder, like maybe in the high 30s, and somewhat breezy.
This morning I woke up at work. When I went outside to take the trash out, lo and behold, there was some kind of frosty, ice-looking ice-ness all over my car.

That's why I keep a car cover on the Acura. It's a lot easier to take off the car cover than to defrost the windows.

He took the Bolt Bus? Good lord... They are really nasty.

angela

Angela, a guy I know has an SC that needs a new motor. The rear main bearing is shot in his, so total rebuild time. Honestly it is cheaper to just get a motor and stuff it in IMHO. Thanks for keeping me in mind if it happens.

Paul, motor is not for me, I like my Spyder just the way it is! But feel free to pick my brain about the install of heat. It is not for the faint of heart, it requires a serious commitment(maybe I should have just been committed?) and even more serious attitude toward SAFETY. It is a gasoline flame burning in a chamber, but special consideration needs to be taken for routing combustion air and the stinky toxic exhaust. Besides that, the heater MUST be in perfect operating order, I spent many hours with it running on a test stand before I even thought about installing it in the car.

Mine is a very old Eberspacher BN-2, but maybe a modern ESPAR is a better alternative. They are computer controlled.

Drove it today(19 F this morning!) then to a shop after work for a state safety inspection, a yearly requirement in NY state. Cory, you got guts. Heat is GOOD!

Hum and I had the D out and about Black Friday.. Not shopping .Just to get away..

Marty,

What kind of a cover do you have on your car? Is it as light as it looks?

Bruce, California Car Cover. Yes its very light and easy to store when not in use. It's for indoor only use. I am pretty sure I went with this Fabric:


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It's always fun to count the NY-to-Boston buses on I90 and I84 in New England. There's a bunch of them. Saw a Bolt bus the other day up there and looked at the license plate - it was from Texas. Guess demand is pretty high...

But there are others! The Fung-Wah bus line was first with $20 one-way fares years ago, and now there is the Triple Star, Happy Star, Lucky Star (lots of stars here), Bolt, NY Express and a bunch of others. Of course, some of those may be making the runs to the Casinos in CT. Fung Wah seems to have the most accidents (including one roll-over).

Spent Thanksgiving in New England. Did a few jobs around the house 'cuz it was a little cold to go outside for us - in fact, it was 26F when we left on Sunday, all bundled up in Bomber jackets, and was a nice 68F when we got back to Beaufort.

Ahhhhhh.....life in the South!

gn

Fung-Wah is the notorious worst of the bunch. I know these lines offer cheap fares and you are statistically likely to live, but these are really bad motor carriers...

angela

Just a heads-up east-coasters... 12-2-2010, and 71 degrees posting today in L.A. need to go for ride! See Ya....