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It can be hard on many levels. Even in the climate of southern Ontario, it can get unreasonably cold. So much so, that without a heated garage or shop, you're not going to be doing any wrenching. That was in or around the GTA. (Toronto). Moved a little further north and it's the "snow belt country". I experienced 3 feet of snow laying on the roof of the Trans Am during a one or two day lake effect snow squall event. Not much of anything goes on 3rd gen wise then.
Move further north, such as my locale now in central Alberta and we see -40°. Things grind to a halt. What's more, with the aforementioned unheated shop, should the need arise to move the Camaro (as it did more than once) the old carbed V8 suffers immeasurably due to the cold starts and fuel washing the cylinders. I saw cause and effect in this regard.
Try it without a garage (I'm in transition).
Heated garage is the ticket. My rotors don’t even rust, plus I have the garage decked out, sit out there have a beer, you can see your car in the winter, I take the t tops off in the winter. You can get high humidity inside in the winter. Put a cigar hygrometer in your interior , see what the humidity is.
when you want to hang out, just kick the heat up to 70, it’s nice. Plus I do projects out there all the time.
Gotta have a garage, if you have a "hobby car". And having it heated is key, too.
Originally Posted by skinny z
I experienced 3 feet of snow laying on the roof of the Trans Am during a one or two day lake effect snow squall event. Not much of anything goes on 3rd gen wise then.
Definitely not if it's outside! Dude...two winters ago, we got 849" of snow. 849"!!! Last year was rather benign at only ~650". We get snow.....but.....
Originally Posted by skinny z
Move further north, such as my locale now in central Alberta and we see -40°. Things grind to a halt. What's more, with the aforementioned unheated shop, should the need arise to move the Camaro (as it did more than once) the old carbed V8 suffers immeasurably due to the cold starts and fuel washing the cylinders. I saw cause and effect in this regard.
Try it without a garage (I'm in transition).
I mean, I used to live in Maine, we had cold there too. My TA/DD at the time was carb'd. Sold that car w/200k miles still ran like new, so IDK about cold temps having a meaningful impact on engine life. Choke adjustment, maybe....but....
Originally Posted by skinny z
So, yeah, winter is hard.
I mean, I "get it"....I used to work in a junk yard in New England. It got cold there....COLD. I pulled parts so I'd be out in the yard in the snow, car frame frozen into the ground, pulling parts, fingers froze....that was hard. I "get it".....but....
....but let's go back and have a look at the OP's pic! Green grass! Sunny day! I mean....it looks simply divine for car driving/ownership there! It looks like most of those houses....HAVE garages! Thus, w/the OP's post? I don't "get it".
And if winter is too hard for car-guy stuff, park the car and transition.
Last edited by Tom 400 CFI; Dec 18, 2024 at 01:15 PM.
]I mean, I used to live in Maine, we had cold there too. My TA/DD at the time was carb'd. Sold that car w/200k miles still ran like new, so IDK about cold temps having a meaningful impact on engine life. Choke adjustment, maybe....but....
Out of context Tom.
Let's leave it at that.
Last edited by skinny z; Dec 19, 2024 at 08:52 AM.
Ya, that was shortly before she went to bed for the winter. My garage isn't heated but I do venture out periodically listen to tunes. glance under the good, and perhaps the odd startup.
It can be hard on many levels. Even in the climate of southern Ontario, it can get unreasonably cold. So much so, that without a heated garage or shop, you're not going to be doing any wrenching. That was in or around the GTA. (Toronto).
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Two hours west of GTA, so can confirm. I wish my garage was heated, hard to get that up the project priority list. But I guess I can't complain as long as my family is healthy and I am employed.
To put heat in the garage Ottis t that expensive, my thru wall is like $750 , then run your gas line, if yo can’t do the hook ups, hire that out.
I just went out to grab some tools, 65° and 24% humidity. Nice. I put race deck flooring in, you can go out in your socks in the winter months. I went a step further, we dive down to Florida and bought sliding screens for the one car side , very nice in summer. Plus if you open the stairs up to attic, you get a good flow to cool off the attic in the summer months
Gotta have a garage, if you have a "hobby car". And having it heated is key, too.
