Requesting Blue

[Greg]

So, what you guys are saying is I should leave my car out tonight and hope for a frosty windshield tomorrow morning; thus.....winter theme?

 

[wa-loaf]

Actually went out to start the car 10 mins before I had to leave this morning to melt the ice and warm up the car (35 when I got up) this morning.

 

[bvibert]

Actually went out to start the car 10 mins before I had to leave this morning to melt the ice and warm up the car (35 when I got up) this morning.

I do that alot in the winter, especially when I had the older, carbureted truck that didn't run for crap when it was cold. For some reason I kept having the urge to do so all summer long, when it's obviously not needed. I guess that's yet another part of winter that I'm looking forward to... :blink:

 

[wa-loaf]

I do that alot in the winter, especially when I had the older, carbureted truck that didn't run for crap when it was cold. For some reason I kept having the urge to do so all summer long, when it's obviously not needed. I guess that's yet another part of winter that I'm looking forward to... :blink:

I have a 5 min drive to the train station so If I don't start the car early it never really warms up. I freeze my A off and I don't think it's good to drive the car cold everyday. Definitely a sign of a new season.

 

[eastcoastpowderhound]

Little chunk? Hell, my entire windshield was a frozen sheet of frost.

I didn't leave the house until 8:20...and I'm up on a ridge with full sun on the car in the am.
Yes Greg, you should leave your car outside tonight.

 

[Marc]

I didn't leave the house until 8:20...and I'm up on a ridge with full sun on the car in the am.
Yes Greg, you should leave your car outside tonight.

Ah, there you go. I leave for work before sun up.

 

[bvibert]

So, what you guys are saying is I should leave my car out tonight and hope for a frosty windshield tomorrow morning; thus.....winter theme?

YES! Stop being such a Scrooge!

 

[hammer]

How exactly did you determine the first frost in previous years? I'd like to see the change to blue, but changing the tradition somehow makes it less meaningful IMO.

(ducks for cover)

 

[bvibert]

How exactly did you determine the first frost in previous years? I'd like to see the change to blue, but changing the tradition somehow makes it less meaningful IMO.

(ducks for cover)

I agree, all these cry babies are really starting to irritate me... :roll:

 

[severine]

I'm envious of you guys with frost on your windscreens, how sad is that??? :-?

Huh? :blink:

It sure felt cold enough in our apartment for the winter theme. That is until I convinced Brian to turn the furnace on last night.

Then again, I always had it on the winter theme anyway.

 

[bvibert]

Huh? :blink:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windshield

:roll:

 

[tjf67]

I did not have any frost on my windshield this morning. It was snowing yesterday. The slides I can see from my house are all white. They must have gotten a few inches over the past couple of days.

 

[severine]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windshield

:roll:

You've been hanging around your Brit boss too much.

 

[Greg]

How exactly did you determine the first frost in previous years? I'd like to see the change to blue, but changing the tradition somehow makes it less meaningful IMO.

(ducks for cover)

It's an extremely scientific and time-consuming process:

1. I look outside.
2. If I see frost on the lawn, I say to myself, "hurray, first frost!"
3. I change the default theme and reorder the forums to put the skiing ones on top.

 

[tcharron]

Actually went out to start the car 10 mins before I had to leave this morning to melt the ice and warm up the car (35 when I got up) this morning.

Three words..

Remote Car Starter

How exactly did you determine the first frost in previous years? I'd like to see the change to blue, but changing the tradition somehow makes it less meaningful IMO.

(ducks for cover)

I suspect the new tradition, if it's any different from old, includes 'Wait untill the masses are frothing at the mouth because they REALLY need a snow hit, and whilst not the real thing, it's like smoking oregeno..'

 

[wa-loaf]

Three words..

Remote Car Starter

Unfortunately they don't work with 5-speeds.

 

[Hawkshot99]

Unfortunately they don't work with 5-speeds.

Yes they do......Just cant ask a shop to install it for you. Just need to leave it in neutral and use the E-brake.

 

[severine]

Unfortunately they don't work with 5-speeds.

Yes they do......Just cant ask a shop to install it for you. Just need to leave it in neutral and use the E-brake.

Agreed! Though I would probably forget to leave it in neutral with my kind of brain power lately...

 

[Hawkshot99]

Agreed! Though I would probably forget to leave it in neutral with my kind of brain power lately...

I always leave my car in neutral, unless on a major hill. So no problem for me. Dont need a starter as I have the only vehicle small enough to fit in the garage.

 

[wa-loaf]

Agreed! Though I would probably forget to leave it in neutral with my kind of brain power lately...

Same here, It's such a habit to stick a car in gear when parking even though the driveway is flat.