You know its cold when......

[Panzer909]

For all you Southern guys, here's a glimpse of everyday northern life in the dead of winter we're enduring up here. All Northerners jump right in here:

You know its cold when..............

- When heading out for the evening on a Friday night, your car locks are frozen solid, effectively immobilizing the car altogether (maybe its a blessing in disguise).

- During the day, a smokey white haze engulfs the highway. Then you realize what it is: Dried road salt. Ouch.

- It takes no less that a half hour at idle for your car's heater to reach a comfortable temperature.

- Fog forms on the inside of your windows.

-The color of your paint is unknown from the dirt, salt, slush, and overall filth on the roads.

-A car wash lasts approx. 5 minutes.

-An almost new driving style is adopted, as your bundled up in a heavy coat, gloves, and whatever else to keep warm.


Don't you love winter? Gimme some more...........

[speedracing944]

forget the fog on the inside of the windows, I had frost on the inside of the front window with the van heated up all the way and the defroster on full blast.

You know its cold outside when you try to pour a quart of 5W30 motor oil into the oil fill hole on your Saturn and after 1/4 of the quart you can't get anymore in because the oil it too viscous to drain down the oil passages under the valve cover. LOL

You know its cold outside when your shocks are now a stiff as a new GT-3 (on your Saturn)

more more more

[Lawrence Coppari]

" It takes no less that a half hour at idle for your car's heater to reach a comfortable temperature"

Have to wonder if something is wrong with your coolant system like a thermostat not closing all the way. I've seen diesels do that but never a properly working gasoline engine.

[ernestedward]

You find out the hard way your window washers aren't working, and helpfully smear the salt/mud/snow/water across your windshield instead...

[COLDBASS]

...your pet Llama is being asked to "spoon" with Ronin to keep his ass warm.

Also,

...you put your beer in the frig to keep it from freezing.

[Panzer909]

Originally posted by Lawrence Coppari
" It takes no less that a half hour at idle for your car's heater to reach a comfortable temperature"

Have to wonder if something is wrong with your coolant system like a thermostat not closing all the way. I've seen diesels do that but never a properly working gasoline engine.

Lol Larry - ever the tech minded guy you are. The key word here is "comfortable". (i.e. it needs to blast at full normal heat for a half hour minimum to thaw the driver - even if its working fine.) Go north of the Mason Dixon line - you'll relate!

[Dave L]

After a car wash, even drying as fast as you can, 90% of the car ends up with a fine sheet of ice coating all surfaces.

[944 boy]

Its so freaking cold that snow that fell into my car a week ago is still there. ( I dont drive long enough to get the cabin warm, only the engine)

[drfatz]

-----Thats all I have to say

[AFJuvat]

Ahhhh the good old days when I grew up in the Detroit area..

There is a reason I moved to the south.

AFJuvat

[auh]

LOL drfatz

[Porsche-O-Phile]

It's cold when I actually can't drive around with the roof off and it's REALLY cold when I have to use that thing on the center console under the a/c. . . what's it called? Oh yea. . . a HEATER!!!



I love some things about living in Southern California. . .

[Lawrence Coppari]

Panzer909, I was born in White Plains, NY and lived there until I was 10. Guess I forgot how cold it gets there.

Got a reminder last weekend in Atlanta. It was in the 20's there and the driver side door on my 944 would not open. Had to crawl into the car from the passenger side. The lock on the rear hatch would not catch the lugs so the right side of the hatch rattled until car warmed a little. Loved that exhaust smell. I had a buzz on by the time I got to the track.

Only thing I like about cold weather is that my turbo really puts out the grunt when it is cold.

[bluebullet]

i had the frozen locks the day it snowed . The lighter trick to heat your keys up didnt work. Had to get the trusty hairdryer out.....

Then after I melted them the door lock froze inside again, locking the handle in the 'open' position. Slight tapping on the door handle with a hammer got the lever to return to normal position. After that I parked that side of the car in the sun so it will keep it good (pass. door handle is broke so if this one broke im f-ed)


- You know its cold when after the car is up to full running temp, and you have a manual steering rack and its dumb hard to turn (an effect of 4 degrees farenheit )

-Your gearbox feels like thick mush until it warms up.

-When your car is no longer Guards Red, from all the dried road salt and snow its now Alpine White

[ernestedward]

You know it's cold when:

-Synchros? I have those??

...And I'm running redline gear oil...

[pokey]

I was in Minneappolis over xmas and new years, I have NEVER felt that kind of cold before. It got down to 20º BELOW! I'm so glad to be back in Cali! My cousins up there get up an hour early and start their cars, then go back to bed. Once they have them running they rarely shut them off.

[Harpman2]

..when you let the dog out,and he wants so badly to piss quickly and get back in that he pisses on the door 1 second after you close it. And yes, it leaks under the door and into the laundery room. Then he starts to claw the door immediately.

Anybody want my dog.

[MikeCT]

When you seriously consider obese women because they seem like a good source of heat.

[Panzer909]

Originally posted by Harpman2
..when you let the dog out,and he wants so badly to piss quickly and get back in that he pisses on the door 1 second after you close it. And yes, it leaks under the door and into the laundery room. Then he starts to claw the door immediately.

Anybody want my dog.

[PCA 944]

You know its cold, in California, when you put the AC on low.

God bless California.