Cold weather sucks

[PaxtonShelby]

Dan - what car - hopefully not the Cobra!

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No no no, that's been in the garage since November! This was my beater Cavalier with 116k. It dropped a spark plug a while back and has been burning oil pretty steadily so it was on it's last legs anyways. Currently undergoing a heart transplant!

[Ares]

Few weeks back on a trip to Cleveland in a snow storm. I put it in 4wd and it ate the cv on the front driveshaft. I need to find someone to build me a real driveshaft. This one was 9 months old and I told the guy at Pittsburgh Driveline that it would eat it as the angle is to severe for that crappy cv.

Now it's clickity clickity clickity, don't be a lead foot(which is boring in the snow) when I need 4wd.

[John4cam]

Lots of crazy pops and cracks coming from the deck area and ceiling in the middle of the night when we're trying to sleep. This is a bad one for sure. They were talking about some possible flooding once everything thaws.

[Dan B.]

They were talking about some possible flooding once everything thaws.

Glad I live on a mountain. If waters get this high, everyone better show up to help finish the ark!!

[PaxtonShelby]

Dan - didn't you have some flooding a while back?

[PaxtonShelby]

Imagine how our crappy roads will self-destruct if we get a quick thaw after this deep-freeze...

[PaxtonShelby]

Dan -glad to hear it wasn't the Cobra! I remember you mentioning needing some paintwork done and thought you said it was the Cobra. If you get tired of the Cavy breaking down on you, I have a buddy selling a nice 2008 Focus 5-speed for around $7k. 36 mpg. 69k miles.

[CobraII]

And yet you left the automatics suck comment slide ... really disapointed ... really ;)

Bob, I'm blaming it on the cold weather. :D

[CobraII]

Few weeks back on a trip to Cleveland in a snow storm. I put it in 4wd and it ate the cv on the front driveshaft. I need to find someone to build me a real driveshaft. This one was 9 months old and I told the guy at Pittsburgh Driveline that it would eat it as the angle is to severe for that crappy cv.

Now it's clickity clickity clickity, don't be a lead foot(which is boring in the snow) when I need 4wd.

Talk to Greensburg Machine. They do a lot of driveshafts for PRP racers, and they are big into 4wd, pulling, off road, etc.

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Dan -glad to hear it wasn't the Cobra! I remember you mentioning needing some paintwork done and thought you said it was the Cobra. If you get tired of the Cavy breaking down on you, I have a buddy selling a nice 2008 Focus 5-speed for around $7k. 36 mpg. 69k miles.

Yeah I had Ryan (Black89GT) re-do the bumpers last year because of chips and I scraped my garage backing out. Then about 3 months after they got re-done I was cut off merging onto the parkway and lightly rear-ended someone, so I need to get the mounting tab repaired and have the bumper repainted again, there was no other damage is it was at maybe 5mph. Luckily the Cavalier has been very reliable up to this point, I've done not much more than brakes and tires on it the past 4-5 years. I'm hoping to get 1-2 more years out of it and be car payment free then I'll look for something new.

[whitesnake]

yeah, was going out on a job and had to drive a big crane truck out to ohio. our mechanics had to jump them and then we let them sit for about 30-45 minutes.....they said the fuel was treated, but about 10 miles from out shop the fuel that had ungelled was all used up and my truck died at 40 mph on route 18. had to sit there and direct traffic for about an hour waiting for our mechanics. they got it fixed after 3 attempts of driving and stalling, and then i was on my way....and filling up 50 gallons of diesel at sheetz was the biggest mistake of my life. 1 GPM, it sucked

[White5.0]

Its mid-30s today. I'm about to put on a tank top and shorts. It feels like summer after the past week! That's sad...

[PaxtonShelby]

I can't wait to wash the salt off the truck - my cars never have been this crusty!

[Ares]

I can't wait to wash the salt off the truck - my cars never have been this crusty!

Just washed my poor truck after work. Man it needed it.

[PaxtonShelby]

I might go to the coin op wash later tonight - I'm sure lines will be long tomorrow...

[Ares]

I might go to the coin op wash later tonight - I'm sure lines will be long tomorrow...

They were long after work. Guy waiting behind me got pissed and I busted out the soap brush. Gave him the go F yourself look. Then smiled when it ran out of soap about when I got done