A first for Ms. Triss this week

[JPSmit]

She got stuck on a patch of ice!

was putting her in storage on Thursday, a few miles away. Got to do some brisk top down motoring, a few smiles. That isn't odd I have driven her in winter before. However, as I was pulling into the garage, the was just enough ice to need a little push. For a car who spent almost her whole life in California/ Florida it must have been an adventure. Now where are thos snow tires?

 

[urchin]

In the '80's I drove my Midget as a daily driver in Vermont. Snow tires were essential for any movement. I found that as long as a drift didn't ground out the car it drove quite well in the snow. Without a garage I found the biggest challenge with car in the winter was getting it to start in Vermont temperatures.

Jeff

 

[nomad]

JP,just ice or do you have snow to go with it? So far we have managed to avoid any snow accumulation. The roads are white, but with salt! Cars are bedded down for the winter.

Kurt.

 

[JPSmit]

Tiny bit of snow - we can see the grass through it. We live close to the lake so always get less, there is a couple inches in the north end of the city - though some of the snow belt areas outside of town already have a good amount.

 

[HealeyRick]

My first car was a bugeye that I drove to high school in the late 60s. It had a hardtop and was quite comfy once warmed up. As Jeff said, getting it started was always an adventure and I resorted to the usual tricks of heated dipstick, leaving a drop light under the bonnet overnight and generous shots of starter fluid (wonder if there have been any studies of long-term brain damage after being exposed to ether as a teen? Would explain the LBC obsession). It was lots of fun to drive in the snow, particularly in empty parking lots . I used to have to carry a can of windshield deicer with me all the time because if I left the car for a few hours, the sidescreens would freeze shut and I couldn't get back in.

 

[CLEAH]

I had Spritey out today for a below freezing blast--great fun, and lots of rolled down windows and questions as usual. Streets are clean here in Cleveland with no salt on them, but we have a few inches of snow. Only ice was in my driveway. Growing up back in Buffalo, my dad drove the BJ8 year round in the late 70's. Our autumn ritual was to lever on a pair of studded snow tires using tire irons. The car was fantastic in the snow--no wonder these cars did so well on the rally circuit.

 

[nomad]

A good friend had a MGA that he drove year round. Studded snow tires for the back in winter and a tow rope tied on the bumper and we would go skiing around town after a snow!!!

Kurt.