Cold weather is here, and it hit fast. -20's to -30 with windchill warnings in the -30's.
I'd just like to mention some tips for cold weather.
Make sure you have lots of gas in your tanks, it's not good to be near empty, or it could freeze. I donno about you guys, but I'm keeping my car inside the garage overnight. I would plug in your block heaters if you have to keep your car outside.
Make sure you have washer fluid that is for winter, the summer stuff will freeze instantly on the road.
Post any other tips you have for cold weather.
Ya its damn cold out!!!
And I have a tip for everyone.... I learnt the hard way last week...
If it snows or the roads have ice on them and youve got summer tires either get winter tires or take that car off the road!!!
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still riding on my hankook ventus tires here in windsor.... its a very careful procedure till i can get my winter tires and stock GT rims put back on tuesday.... if there was ANY snow or ice on the road, ide be @!#$....
Very good advice! Even if it's sunny out and the roads are bone dry, it can be dangerous driving on summer tires in below-freezing temperatures.
The rubber compound is made for warm weather and will literally freeze up like a hockey puck. Now you're driving on hard plastic instead of rubber and the traction is out the window.
Don't be ignorant of this and think summer tires are fine so long as there's no ice and snow! This is what all-season's are for. All seasons are fine on the dry roads in the winter. Just don't count on them in the ice and snow. That's what winter tires are for.
I'm a little curious now as to what sort of washer fluid I've got. Hopefully it's not a block of ice right now. I can't remember when I last filled it up.
Just plugged in the block heater though so I should be good for the morning.
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Woops, still riding on summer tires, need to find me some steelies
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if you got coils, i would jack up the car, one of these days, its gonna SNOW!!! we are due, we have been lucky that it hasnt really snowed, and when it does, it usualy doesnt stay around long..
so i think we are due for a big one
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Hasn't snowed much? Ths snow banks at the end of my driveway are already taller than my car and it's not even Christmas. Normally, I wouldn't have broken out the snow shovel yet. <br>
Dave.
99 Cav
meh.. -48 here with the wind two days ago...
-44 wit the wind yesterday...
- 41 today with the wind.. but went down to -32....
im over it.. <br>
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You mean it went UP to -32...
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The weather is suppose to go UP to around 0 tomorrow(Tues.), it's gonna feel like summer, so keep your summer tires on...LOL, j/k
in toronto there is no snow, you can see the grass....and its been like -30 with wind.. but no snow
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it hit -44 here in ottawa today with the windchill. it was so cold that the compount on my winter tires were hard as hell, they were breaking loose everytime i gave it 3/4 throttle. <br>
as i called it... WOW what a storm
i think we had atleast 20-30 cm's of snow the other day... which made for a fun time cleaning the driveway
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i still haven't raised up the cavy
im slacking
and lazy
and plow the roads
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Disclaimer: I will probally offend you with what is written in this post.
One more piece of advice. If there's snow on the side of the roads, always be careful of the wind blowing it onto the road.
I'll share a little story that happened to me last night.
I'm coming home from work at around 1:00 am. I'm on a road where the speed limit is 80. I'm doing about 110 as the road is empty and bone dry. No snow or ice or anything.
I'm coming up on this corner which I am familiar with. It's safe to do 100 around the corner without much trouble, as long as the road is dry (which I thought it was).
As I approached the corner, I came across a large drift of snow and ice on the road, only in that one spot. I thought I was screwed.
I hit the snow, pulled up on the ebrake and managed to get around the corner.
I thought the entire road was dry, but by some fluke that one corner was the only spot with snow on it. <br>
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I'm still driving with my car lowered on Eagle RSA's, and it sucks.
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vibrations are very common after driving on snowy roads, the rims are probably full of snow, causing the vibration, happens all the time <br>
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just make sure that you have a good battery in your car, i have a 1000 CCA battery in my truck, and i never plugged it in this winter , and i live in Kirkland Lake Ont, near Timmins. Caution while driving on roads with summer tires, but all seasons should be fine. I'm from Windsor but go to school here, and i thought my truck wouldn't start but it does. YEs the clutch will be stiff in the cold that has happened to me before. BTW i also have a 93 cavalier back home, so thats why im on here.
Um, is it still snowing where you are? It's been beautiful for weeks and my summer rims and tires have been back on since last weekend.
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it was suposed to be 15 cm's or so in toronto.... i was on the fence with the rims.. i planned to get it on this weekend... i started this afternoon...i got one off.. and ran into problems! what else is new. i have yet to change the tires without something stopping me...
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So what's the issue? What happened??
i got my first wheel off and car lowered... things were going good... then i move to the rear pass wheel... got the lugs off. car raised... the will WILL NOT COME OFF... i pulled as hard as i could.... it was like bolted on... with no lugs! i thought could have been cause of the cold... took a hair drier to it... no difference... i put the lugs on, thought ill come back to it... go to the other front wheel.. get the tire off... but the coil bolt seems to be stripped or crammed full of crap.. i tried to clean it out... but it seems to still be on the brink of being completely stripped.. so im screwed... today i put my stock wheel back on and am at the winter height..
so im worried i am gonna be screwed.. need to buy a new bolt for the coil.... something always goes wrong!
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