I was just wondering where everybody keeps there cars during the bad months of the year? and also who drives theres in the winter? If anyone!!

 

I drive all winter long. Haven't got stuck yet. Oh, what fun it is to slide.

 

i drive mine all winter but i live down in houston texas and our idea of winter is the temp dropping below 60 and our roads never frost! So i dont get the enjoyment of sliding

 

I drive mine all winter long, unless there is a crazy amount of snow, But if you take it easy in the snow or ice even rain theres no problems, The only problem I have is that they use alot of salt on the roads to melt the ice and stuff, and thiat kills the car have to go out there in freezing cold weather with buckets of hot water and wash it. Allways get some strange looks when doing this.

 

88firebird: i feel you pain....i do the same thing up here in CT. but i keep mine on the roads all winter. haven't hit anything in the last two years....you just HAVE to be careful. fortunately this year i have access to a company can, so once there is a sign of snow she will be in the company garage.

 

Im here in Buffalo. We all know about are weather-lol

Last Nov 20 we got BOMBED, No school for 2 days, people couldnt get home and had to sleep in there cars/workplace.

Needless to say My car is stored in my Garage with a car cover over it and stabalizer in the gas. I plan to start it every 2 weeks.

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1988 Jet Black IROC
5.7L W/ 64000 miles
Flowmaster Exhaust
Fully Loaded
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My IROC In Readers Rides
My IROC

 

Mine stays in the garage also, right next to my friends 2000 Z28.



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Joshua Johnston
1991 Z-28
350, T-5, K&N, Ported Vortec heads, Edelbrock RPM, Holley 750 D.P., HEI, 11.07:1 CR, Comp Cams Roller-.510"/.520"-282*/288* dur., Shorty Headers, Dual 2.5 Exhaust, Dynomax Bullet Mufflers, T&R Motorsports custom air intake, Bald tires

 

I keep my camaro in the driveway in the winter =) and the summer. I drive it everyday all year. I hate the snow, but I live in wisconsin so I'll deal with it. It just kills me though in spring after the snow is gone to see fresh rust on the car. But then again, of my 2 cars, it's the crappy one. The other, well lets just say I'm not dumb, and it'll prolly hardly ever see rain for the rest of it's life.

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1988 Camaro SC - Red
2.8, TCI 3200 Stall TC, B&M Transkit, Flowmaster Exhaust, 4th Gen Tips
'83 Z/28 Hood, '89 IROC Foglamps, '87 IROC Wheels
Z/28 Grille, "Heritage" Style Stripes, White Face Gauges, Homemade DRLs

1966 Impala 2Dr. Hardtop - Black
283, 3 on the tree, dealer AC, F41, Vette Wheels
98% Stock - stock besides the obvious
73,425 original miles - Slowly being restored

 

I have brand new storage buildings at my parents farm, which holds about 40 cars between 2 or 3 of the buildings

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1989 Platinum GTA

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I usually keep my car in a warehouse I rent from a friend of my family for $30 a month. Well this year there is a bunch of stuff in there that was supposed to be out by the time mine was ready to go in but it didn't work out so I looked every where and can't find anything!! The U store it places wanted like $85 a month. So it looks like I am going to be putting it in my driveway w/ a cover over it and a tarp over the cover!! Sux but that looks like what I wll have too do.

 

Mine sits on the side of the road and gets driven through almost all weather. (There are some snow storms I won't attempt to drive in.) Nothing better than having to wake up at four o'clock in the morning to have to shovel the three feet of snow off of your car that the city trucks plowed onto it. One of these days my dreams of having a driveway or better yet a garage will come true.

[This message has been edited by watchmesuck (edited November 08, 2001).]

 

My dad and I own a greenhouse. Heated winter storage for free, cant beat that!!!

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'89 firebird formula tpi
custom cold air,gutted maf(just screens),52mm tb,ported plenum,edelbrock runners and base,headers with 3" catback,tb coolant bypass,afpr@44 psi,msd 6a w\blasterII coil,3.73 posi,sf connectors and corvette servo

 

I have to drive in the winter, yet I won't drive if it is snowing. Now that I'm at college at the most I drive 50 miles a week.

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"Putting any amount of money into a RICE BURNER is like wiping your a$$ with a turd. "
'86 IROC
T-TOPS, TINTED WINDOWS, BRAKE LIGHT BLACKOUTS
GM GOODWRENCH 350
EDELBROCK TES HEADERS
3" Hooker CatBack w/Aero Chamber muffler
EDELBROCK 600CFM CARB.
KN AIRFILTER
ACCEL HEI DISTRIBUTOR
160* Stat, just switched to 180* b/c of winter coming and going to college in the mts.
3:73 Posi
Rebuilt 700R4
B&M Megashifter, 5" Autometer Tach w/shift lite

 

All tucked away in the garage with the cover over it.

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1984 Z28 350
Never argue with an idiot, they'll just bring you down to their level and beat you with experience
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I keep mine in traffic....its my daily car...year 'round....sun, rain, ice, snow, whatever....i know, i know...but what can i do? If i could, i'd get an SUV, put lots of money into this car, make it a show car and garage it like the C5

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1986 WS6-Equipped 5.0 TPI Trans Am
180 Degree Thermo
Manual Fan Switch
Random Tech High-Flow Cat
Two Chamber Flowmaster Muffler
Megs Custom 4.5" Stainless Steel Rolled Tips
1999 Grand Am GT In-Dash CD Player w/Equalizer(fits like '86 original)
5% Tint On Rear, 35% On Sides

OTHER RIDE:
1998 C5 6Spd. Corvette Coupe
Silver w/Gray Leather Int.
12/14 Options
Stock(for now)
Best 1/4th: 13.5 @ 104.4MPH

 

up here in ma when the snow gets bad i drive the 84 ford ranger/winter beater, but when the roads get dry, the camaro comes out, btw these cars LOVE cold air. my ranger is funny, it has a 4 banger mustang engine, and has a custom(spray Paint) black paintjob w/ silver stripes and flames on the hood and WOW on the tailgate. the only thing goood about it is that i can put chains on the tires and not get stuck

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90 RS 305 tbi, 4 3/4" cowl Hood, Edelbrock TES headers, Flowmaster exhaust, Crane roller cam, comp roller rockers, vortec heads/intake, ported tbi, w/new injectors, MSD probillet Distributer/ coil, 1 inch tbi spacer, air foil, 14x4 k&n flat base air cleaner, Rebuilt 700r4 w/ B&M shift kit, B&M Megashifter, 3.23 posi, 2 12 RF's with mtx amp, top of line alpine cd player, soon to have 90-91 gfx, z-28 wing, new paintjob, rims, and all new lowered suspension.

 

The garage, where else. I have to stick towels at the bottom of the garage door though to keep the ouside dirt and dust from coming in (I'm too lazy to replace the weather stripping). I keep both my windows rolled down about half an inch, I unplug the battery, and I keep it covered. I'll start it up every 2 weeks and let it get up to running temperature. I also remeber to check the air in the tires and to oil the leather (really important).

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i drive it year round. it's already got it's fair share of rust underneath, plus it's my only ride. hell it's more fun driving in the snow. pull off into any parking lot, rip around and slide all over the place like i'm a stunt driver. talk about fun ^_^

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I also drive mine year round, and worse, it has to be in the driveway. But now that its sold, the IROC will get a nice car cover

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Mine is staying in my heated garage. Where the only purpose to keep it heated is for the car. But it gets d*mn cold in MN. Still driving it now since its like 60 degrees out yet.

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1992 Camaro Z-28 custom 25th anniversary, 5.7 TPI auto, 2.73 posi, t-tops, arctic white with 92' medium mettalic gray stripes with black border stripe.

1967 Pontiac Catalina 2 door fastback, 400 v-8, auto, cameo white, dark red interior

1987 Olds Cutlass, 350 Rocket, auto, dark gray/light gray interior

 

Mine sits out in the snow..unless I'm driving it out in the snow

 

Snow? What's Snow?



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My 85 Iroc

 

I keep mine in the garage!!! I unplug the battery, is there anything else i should do??????????????????

 

Put up on blocks. Keep the tires from getting a flat spot on them. And run the air conditioning right before you park it.

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1992 Camaro Z-28 custom 25th anniversary, 5.7 TPI auto, 2.73 posi, t-tops, arctic white with 92' medium mettalic gray stripes with black border stripe.

1967 Pontiac Catalina 2 door fastback, 400 v-8, auto, cameo white, dark red interior

1987 Olds Cutlass, 350 Rocket, auto, dark gray/light gray interior

 

Because the original owner of my 88 IROC-Z took care of my car it has never seen snow. I am not about to let it sit out in through an ohio winter. Where I live they put so much salt on the road the road turns white. I had to talk my dad into letting me have the garage over the summer and it was harder to get him to let me have it for the winter but he finally agreed. I get his 89 ford ranger, total piece but 4-wheel-drive and runs. I just got a cover for it about a week ago, when the first snow flake falls the cover goes on and she is parked. I'm glad I checked out this topic, I didnt know I should disconnect the battery or anything else, just a un-educated highschool kid. Maybe I'll take her out for a spin when the roads get dry. I haven't seen the guy with "....to the highschool parking lot..." in his sig. I always liked that one.

[This message has been edited by 88IROCZJG (edited November 11, 2001).]

 

Wher's mine in the winter? On the road where 3rd gen's belong.

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'92 firebird t-tops
305tbi,670cfm tbi, 2 1/2" Dynomax catback, 9x3 K&N open element

 

I didn't think you had to do that when storing for less than 6 months. Besides I heard something about it's not good for the frame of our cars or something like that. I think it appeared on the Tech board.

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"Putting any amount of money into a RICE BURNER is like wiping your a$$ with a turd. "
'86 IROC
T-TOPS, TINTED WINDOWS, BRAKE LIGHT BLACKOUTS
GM GOODWRENCH 350
EDELBROCK TES HEADERS
3" Hooker CatBack w/Aero Chamber muffler
EDELBROCK 600CFM CARB.
KN AIRFILTER
ACCEL HEI DISTRIBUTOR
160* Stat, just switched to 180* b/c of winter coming and going to college in the mts.
3:73 Posi
Rebuilt 700R4
B&M Megashifter, 5" Autometer Tach w/shift lite

 

88IROCZJG, where do you live in ohio? i can sympathize with the white roads caked with salt. Its getting to the point where i go through winter beaters like nothing else. thats what you get for living directly on top of a salt mine i guess. btw, i live just east of cleveland.