Snow in NC
 

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

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!

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

We had quite the storm today.

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:

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!


E53 RiPPeR
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ReVELaTiON 22:21

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?

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.


E53 RiPPeR
XOuTPoST jUNkiE
ReVELaTiON 22:21

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.

WD40 doesn't freeze until -20F or so. It may keep the latch from freezing, however it dries out lubrication. I would follow up with lithium grease shortly after wards. We have our next winter blast next week. No precipitation though. I've only had the door frozen once since I've owned. Luckly, I was able to get the door open.

What can be used on the door seal too keep it from freezing? Mine has a new left front door seal. Moister shouldn't be a problem.

I may have a spare on the other side of town if you like !!

Where I live, we're not accustomed to this amount of snow even after we say year after year that it snowed "more than evar *this* year!" :rolleyes:

We have been on a pretty steady diet of 2-3 storms a year though it is rare to see more than a few inches like last week. Today, we enjoy sunny skies and low 60F's. On Sunday, it'll be a high of 25F and a low of 12F.

A real roller coaster until March when it will snow one frickin last time just to prove that it can so late in the season. :(

You may remember that sweet little one from our dinner not so long ago... Well, here she is, makin her daddy proud during some snow on The Plains. They grow up so fast!

Just wait until she makes you a Grandpa... you'll feel like you've aged twenty years overnight! ;)