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kidwoo

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slyfink said:
I don't. It's been below -10°F for the better part of a week here, and my block heater has helped get the car running and rolling very nicely. And yes, I had to spec the block heater at the dealership when I bought it. They tried to tell me it was a waste of money; I told them to just install the thing.
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fancypants!

me n' JM gotta open the window from the attic to throw molatov cocktails on our shit just to free them up from the glacier
 
iRider

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kidwoo said:
people actually take up all that space with get this.............cars

yeah cars, those dumb things people here are obligated to buy just so they can drive to a place every day to make enough money to pay for the car and a place to protect it


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FWIW: my car lives in the garage, way to unsafe to store bikes in there.
 
binary visions

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Jeremy R said:
No, i just have 17 inch wheels with Wildpeak trail tires.
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Ah, got it. With the black cladding it's hard to tell how big the gap is.

The Crosstrek was almost stripped of everything. Kind of nice to have all the amenities!

I asked about an Onyx, figuring the only real difference to the Wilderness was the lift and tires, but they couldn't get one.
 
Toshi

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Saw a RAV4 Prime and an Outlander PHEV on the road yesterday. Both oddly with CT plates.
 
dump

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kidwoo said:
people actually take up all that space with get this.............cars

yeah cars, those dumb things people here are obligated to buy just so they can drive to a place every day to make enough money to pay for the car and a place to protect it


insanity
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Parking my car in the garage in the winter is 100% about convenience. It makes getting going very quick. That and never having to move for snow removal. When the Mrs used to take the car to work, she loved hopping in and going.

It’s an unusually large 1-car garage though there is also plenty of space for bikes and projects.

I’ve only ever had difficulty starting my car in the winter. That was when we street parked and itwas -24C, two cars ago. Still started up, grudgingly. Everything felt stiff, even the clutch and brake pedal.
 
kidwoo

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dump said:
Parking my car in the garage in the winter is 100% about convenience. It makes getting going very quick. That and never having to move for snow removal. When the Mrs used to take the car to work, she loved hopping in and going.

It’s an unusually large 1-car garage though there is also plenty of space for bikes and projects.

I’ve only ever had difficulty starting my car in the winter. That was when we street parked and itwas -24C, two cars ago. Still started up, grudgingly. Everything felt stiff, even the clutch and brake pedal.
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i rEaD oN tHe iNtErNeT tHaT yOu sHoUlDnT wArM uP yOuR cAr
 
dump

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kidwoo said:
i rEaD oN tHe iNtErNeT tHaT yOu sHoUlDnT wArM uP yOuR cAr
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You have a garage too, right? Where do you park your sleds otherwise? I also remember one of your biking videos from back in the day had the most brilliant ending. It was shot from inside a garage, with the door as a frame to the falling snow outside. Closing the door ended the shot. That was cool.
 
Fool

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Ah shit, I remember that vid. Good re-watch while the snow falling outside doesn't bother piling up higher than the mounds of salt the NYDS unloaded on the streets
 
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canadmos said:
Are those the original tires?

For a few extra dollars they should have the missing "O" and the crooked from bumper.

Did @roflbox find his?



Also... :bad:

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“Brooooooo that Bronco is sooo sick dude.” Said Kyle.
 
canadmos

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Missed when my car rolled over to 300000km's, so now I don't know how many miles are on the car*. Oops.

*don't know the extent of it, but Toyota Matrix of this vintage suffers from an odometer that stops functioning at 299999.
 
jimmydean

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dump said:
Love the proportions on this car.
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When I first saw pictures of the GT I thought it was small, like Miata or Z4 sized until I saw one in person. The SLS is just so extra. I am not usually drawn to Mercedes, but the GT and all it's variations are just tops.

The GT Black set the 'Ring record and it's front engine rear drive. That's just nutty.
 
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