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Overboost 01-10-2025 06:07 PM

Snow in NC
 
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Poor thing. Karmann Ghia took it's place in the garage. If you're cold, they're cold. Bring them inside.

wpoll 01-10-2025 09:19 PM

Mine is now garaged for a few weeks while my wife is out of town. And it's cold outside - it may be summer here but it's cold!! No snow though.... although I'm not holding my breath... the world's weather has gone mad!

Kinda nice have the X5 under cover after 10 years of being "out in the cold". :-)

Overboost 01-10-2025 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by wpoll (Post 1242917)
Mine is now garaged for a few weeks while my wife is out of town. And it's cold outside - it may be summer here but it's cold!! No snow though.... although I'm not holding my breath... the world's weather has gone mad!

Kinda nice have the X5 under cover after 10 years of being "out in the cold". :-)

So nice to connect again wpoll, miss you guys! Happy New Year!

PropellerHead 01-11-2025 12:13 AM

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Poor thing. Karmann Ghia took it's place in the garage. If you're cold, they're cold. Bring them inside.

Amateurs! Today was the 1st snow drive in the little F25. I have to say, not so bad!

We had quite the storm today.

wpoll 01-11-2025 06:12 AM

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So nice to connect again wpoll, miss you guys! Happy New Year!

HNY to you to, OB... :thumbup:

Amazing how many E53 “lifers” are still here. ;)

As a motorcyclist (my E53 is now parked next to my BMW R13 Dakar) I’m glad I live somewhere that doesn’t get that sort of snow, Props... :cool:

Overboost 01-11-2025 10:54 AM

Damn it! Came out to frozen doors and broke the right door handle carrier trying to get in. Ended up going through the rear hatch. :(

Happy 01-11-2025 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Overboost (Post 1242924)
Damn it! Came out to frozen doors and broke the right door handle carrier trying to get in. Ended up going through the rear hatch. :(



Awe man.. Ob.. Dang, it truly is…. Always something!


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X5chemist 01-12-2025 09:34 AM

Mine has been inside during our Texas winter days. Aluminum valve cover is ready for use. I'll start driving it daily tomorrow. I've missed them seat warmers!

Does WD40 work on latches to keep them from freezing?

Happy 01-12-2025 05:20 PM

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Mine has been inside during our Texas winter days. Does WD40 work on latches to keep them from freezing?

Whenever we had the last 2 of the deep freeze events here in Houston, I decided to let the tank thaw out. I’ve never had to let any motor vehicle that I’ve owned thaw out! Dang these tanks are temperamental!

But boy when you are “rippin n dippin” they are a blast to operate! WD may just freeze as well. :dunno: Someone will have to test the idea.


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Factory6speed 01-12-2025 08:59 PM

I forget what year it was but a few years ago I was down there for a little golf vacation. Myrtle Beach area. Right around Martin Luther King Day. And there was like 5 in of snow and ice storm. I went to have a golf vacation and instead I was scraping ice off of car windows. And then canceled flights etc.

I'm south of lake Erie, we've been getting 2" of snow every single night for almost 2 weeks.

Today was at least warm enough to rinse the salt off. I don't bother with the door locks. The driver door is barely operational. Any day now I will get to figure out how to get in the car from another door. The rear hatch struts are failing, only when cold. I've gotten bonked in the head twice. The windows are also getting frozen shut. That's probably how the regulators get broken.


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