Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

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Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

Reply #15 – January 28, 2014, 04:39:40 PM

This cold has been ridiculous. It's great starting a car that has sat outside for 12+ hours in the morning when it's 5-10* below zero. 5 seconds of cranking and then the worse engine noises you'll ever hear for a couple of seconds. Both the Focus and the Mark VII will start though. Almost as bad is sitting on those cold seats.

As far as snow goes I kinda can't decide if I hate it or not. It looks pretty when it first falls but then I want it to melt right away. Plus shoveling/snowblowing it sucks with any sort of wind and near zero temps. You Canadians need to take this back up to Canada

Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

Reply #16 – January 28, 2014, 07:28:30 PM

Quote from: thunderjet302;428090

It's great starting a car that has sat outside for 12+ hours in the morning when it's 5-10* below zero.

I feel your pain. My 1980 Tbird sits in the garage all night, so starting in the morning is no big deal. However, sitting all day at work in a rural, flat parking lot getting blasted with -30 windchills all day makes for a fun startup when it's time to go home. It starts up fine, and idles fine, but when I put it in gear it stalls. It did it 7 times today! Once I get it to move, it's fine. And if it's above 20 degress or so it's fine. Just this super-cold brings out it's arthritis, lol.

Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

Reply #17 – January 28, 2014, 07:40:52 PM

Try being me starting my truck in the mornings!! The old powerstroke always starts, but it may take an attempt or 2. The she sits there and complains about it for a minute!!! Lol oh and today was about an ambient temp of -20° this morning, not plugged in( need to get the element replaced) fires right up!!

Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

Reply #18 – January 28, 2014, 07:47:58 PM

Winter sucks, end of story.

COME ON SUMMER!

I never, EVER complain about it being too hot. I'd rather be sweating my ass off instead of freezing it off.

Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

Reply #19 – January 28, 2014, 08:29:20 PM

It warmed up a bit here to 5*F. When we had all the neighbors out side yesterday with snow blowers bitchin about the cold, I jokingly reminded them when we were complaining about how hot it was last Aug, that there would be a day this winter when we would regret it.......that day was yesterday!

Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

Reply #20 – January 28, 2014, 10:24:22 PM

my cars have always started regardless of winter conditions. when I was in Montana, I got a day off when the trucks wheel bearings froze and shattered. oI drove the bird 250 miles to the nearest walmart at -18 ambient temps.

Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

Reply #21 – January 29, 2014, 08:49:42 AM

"the debate is over, Global change is real"
yes that was a quote.

Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

Reply #22 – January 29, 2014, 10:03:12 AM

Sometimes I consider the practicality of moving to either the Carolinas or ideally Florida. Maybe bring mom down with me lol. Maybe when my brother is done with school he'd be able to stay local. But I wouldn't be able to just leave mom behind all by her lonesome. My cousins/aunts/uncles are all around here too. I'm not sure how many jobs in my field there are down there, but I know I'd love the heat and humidity. And I'd scale back whatever I had to of my standard of living so I could buy/build a concrete house or at least garage to withstand hurricanes and at least one toy to stay in it :D

Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

Reply #23 – January 29, 2014, 10:37:27 AM

how about we are closed down in most part of Pensacola florida for snow and ice today!!!!

Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

Reply #24 – January 29, 2014, 11:59:50 AM

Of course the climate changes, the planet went from a hot wet place to a cold icy place...granted, it took several thousand years. Another forum I'm on, a guy posted a chart, owing to meterological and ice cores from the South Pole, etc, Earth is undergoing a regular cycle.

Saying it's anything but climate change, in other words, strictly the result of the last 150 years of man's impact on Earth is untrue and there simply hasn't been enough time to measure the latest trends against those of the the recent past (last 20,000 years or so).

I'm far from an expert, but out ancestors went after big hairy elephants with spears in stuff that makes what we've been getting look like a rainy spring day. We'll survive, if not a little more bitchy about the cold, LOL.
I went on an errand a few minutes ago, walked out, all bundled up, and was like, "hell, this ain't so bad", got in the mountaineer, and it's 28. Normally that would feel cold, but compared to 3 and 20mph gusts, it's a god heat wave. I'll take it.

Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

Reply #25 – January 29, 2014, 03:00:21 PM

Quote from: ThunderbirdSport302;428130

I went on an errand a few minutes ago, walked out, all bundled up, and was like, "hell, this ain't so bad", got in the mountaineer, and it's 28. Normally that would feel cold, but compared to 3 and 20mph gusts, it's a god heat wave. I'll take it.

It's 20* here today. I went for a walk to the mailbox this morning (about a block away from my house) and it felt balmy

. In the summer if it gets to 60* we all complain how cold it is. A 60* day in March is like a heat wave.

It's supposed to be 30* here tomorrow. But we get another inch or so of snow. Six of one half dozen of the other. All I know is when it gets into the 40* range on a regular basis it's going to feel like I'm living in the Bahamas.

Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

Reply #26 – January 29, 2014, 03:05:37 PM

Hey guys are we bitching about the cold here lol?. CT here and we haven't seen much more over 20 degrees!! Its py for me since I dont have a garage to so im not working on anything till spring.

Seriously you expect me to wrench in this ?? Oh yeah this my DD right now at the moment :hick:

Go away salt..

This morning...bring on the global warming!!!

Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

Reply #27 – January 29, 2014, 08:30:57 PM

I had a wall almost 4 feet high against my cougar in the driveway. Its almost completely melted now. Soon, we expect rain though turning into snow. Sucls. It was 45 today.

Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

Reply #28 – January 29, 2014, 11:41:00 PM

The cold killed the battery in my Dodge. 5 1/2 years old.....got a new one today. 800 cold cranking amps. $142 after tax.....
It also killed the fan clutch on the Cougar. It's leaking. I've NEVER seen one of those leak before.....

Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

Reply #29 – January 30, 2014, 12:51:38 AM

the WHAT is leaking?

the fan clutch?

i feel kinda bad for the atlanta people but not really, in a way the real stories about distress are not reported. If its not a major city issue then it does not make the news.

Its kind of like our "land hurricain" that came through here in 2012,, never heard of such a thing but it happened to us,, and 60,000 people or more without power for weeks, we were out for 11 day.

i can tell you from experience what your cougar can do.......
with a full tank of gas you can power one 800w inverter for 3) 5hour shifts of running a deep freeze for 3 days then you will be on 1/4 tank.
you then drive on your 1/4 tank of gas out to find a fill up spot. You tell the family that if im not back today, i ran out of gas and let the food rot. We have plenty of preper stuff.
you drive from gap millls wv out to blacksburg va and finally see signs of power. you fill up and drive home and repeat the process.

i do not ever ever want to deal with summer time power loss, that sucks worse than this winter cold and thats the gods honest truth.