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After 2 hours of digging.....
After 2 hours of digging.....
Dude where is my car??!?
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that can not be good for the car, or am i wrong?
Holy Crap Man....No Garage?
Steven 91 Blk/Ivory
Steven 91 Blk/Ivory
Looks well-preserved.
OMG!!!
You should have charged local kids to let them sled from the top of Mt. NSX...
Glad you got some exercise diggin that thing out!
You should have charged local kids to let them sled from the top of Mt. NSX...
Glad you got some exercise diggin that thing out!
For you Californians who've never seen this white stuff, it's called snow and it's cold but non-toxic
Yeah, but the extreme cold can't be good for the paint. =/ do you drive it in teh winter? the salts on the roads gotta be killer to =(
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-Rich
2002 TRD Tacoma SR5 4x4 5-Speed
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-Rich
2002 TRD Tacoma SR5 4x4 5-Speed
looking at the exhaust tips reminds me of three deaths here in the last two days..people that are not used to the deep snow here got into there cars n started them up without realizing they had to clean the snow blocking there tail pipes as well and died from carbon dioxide poisioning.The storm that hitt NyC sunday nite was the fourth largest storm in the history of NyC 19+ inches.
In over a year of driving in temps as low as -35 (worse with the wind chill), the paint has not been affected in the least although you definitely don't want to do anything which would cause the plastic bumpers to flex.
My experience is 'no' .. most of it is aluminum which doesn't rust
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- Ian
91 Blk/Blk daily driver; 100K+ miles & still going strong
Ouch! I hope that doesn't happen often.
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http://home.earthlink.net/~lucy4/_uimages/bigsnow.jpg
It is only water, and fairly clean water at that. Can't be as bad as parking a carbon fiber hood in the hot desert sun, can it?
Reminds me of that dude in the IKEA commercials:
"Some of you feel sorry for this old car. That is 'cause you' crazy! It has no feelings, and the new one is much better."-IKEA GUY
It is only water, and fairly clean water at that. Can't be as bad as parking a carbon fiber hood in the hot desert sun, can it?
Reminds me of that dude in the IKEA commercials:
"Some of you feel sorry for this old car. That is 'cause you' crazy! It has no feelings, and the new one is much better."-IKEA GUY
Is this a Porsche under snow?
Same thing happened in DC area, 5 deaths from Carbon MONOXIDE poisoning due to snow clogged exhausts.
I'm afraid for the rain that we are supposed to get this weekend...could be lots of flooding trouble!
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That is my NSX under all that snow. My grandmother is ninety-three years old and lives alone. My uncle and myself look in on her daily, and I stay at her place when the weather is bad, just in case. I had to get her to the emergency room during the storm on Christmas day, but that was nothing comapred to getting her out to LIJ Hospital during one of the storms in '96.
The worst is parking by the beach, in FL. It will turn any car into a rust bucket in no time. The heat, humidity, and salt in the air work together to make a toxic combo. Best buy a car that has been stored a few miles inland.
Today was a beautiful day, and I managed to get a coat of wax on the car. The snow does a good job of cleaning the car, and while it doesn't ruin the paint, it does take some of the wax off. Once a layer of snow is on the car, it is shielded from the weather
The worst is parking by the beach, in FL. It will turn any car into a rust bucket in no time. The heat, humidity, and salt in the air work together to make a toxic combo. Best buy a car that has been stored a few miles inland.
Today was a beautiful day, and I managed to get a coat of wax on the car. The snow does a good job of cleaning the car, and while it doesn't ruin the paint, it does take some of the wax off. Once a layer of snow is on the car, it is shielded from the weather
With a subject title like "Dude where's my car??!?" i can't resist...but...
SWEET!!!
But dude! Where's my car??!?
[This message has been edited by NeoNSX (edited 20 February 2003).]
SWEET!!!
But dude! Where's my car??!?
[This message has been edited by NeoNSX (edited 20 February 2003).]
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When the morning dew freezes on the car, the result is some pretty ice flowers...
http://home.earthlink.net/~lucy4/_uimages/iceflowers.jpg
http://home.earthlink.net/~lucy4/_uimages/iceflowers.jpg
How do you clean off the snow if it snows a lot on a hood like that!
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I fold aluminum foil six layers deep into two squares, and form fit them to cover the two scoop holes. This protects the exposed wires by the radiator from any future frost damage over the long term. I use a straw broom to remove most of the snow, leaving just a small coating which I melt with a few buckets of luke warm water.
http://home.earthlink.net/~lucy4/_uimages/dugout.jpg
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On a related note: I heard a story about someone in the neighborhood that parked his Mini Cooper, with a white roof, on a corner during the storm. Needless to say, the plow operator didn't see it buried under all that snow. Scratch one Mini.
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