Is your car ready for the winter?

Snows are on. Should probably toss a shovel and some planks in back. Didn't have time to zaino it beforehand.

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Yes.

> Michelin X Ice Xi3, 215/55/17

>H11 LED Headlights

>Traction Mats

>Aluminum Foldable Shovel

>Extra Windshield Fluid

>Paint clayed, sealed, polished, waxed

>Wheels and tires cleaned, protected

Ready as I'll ever be senpai, until I get it wrapped anyways

A common thing Dutch people do is throw a bag of kitty litter in the back. It makes for great traction material for next to nothing

>>16304980
Just realized, some people might think I meant the bag toe act as extra weight. Throw a handful in front of each tire if you can't get away. It gets you some decent grip on ice

>>16304985
That used to be a bit of a thing in the US as well. But that was back when cars were RWD and dad taught you the life secrets.

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>>16304806
No such thing exists here in California ... so yes, my car is ready

>>16304806
No... but that's ok we don't have winter in commiefornia

I need to get snow tires at some point.

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thank the lord for block heaters

my evo is on a trickle charger and about a month ago i put a bottle of octaine booster in it

i have to add another bottle in january and run it some time this week for at least 5-10 minutes so the fuel system doesnt get stale

i will be driving it in febuary or march

>>16305861
WHEW

Next Sunday night is going to be FREEZING.

I may have to close my windows.

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>>16305917
having snow is p fun, t. cali expat who used to frequent tahoe

>>16305901
Block heaters?

>>16305938
it plugs into your electrical outlet at night and heats your coolant to keep the engine warm.

>>16305942
Why can't this be built in to cars automatically?

>>16305952
it would add a manufacturing cost for a feature that is unnecessary to the majority of the consumers who would buy the car.

>>16305952
because it's a useless feature for 90% of the population

>>16304806
Roof and windows are still there. Heat works.

So, yes.

>>16305952
It is common place on every vehicle to have one straight from the dealership where I live.

>>16305920
you're what's wrong with this state you fucking cuck, please kill yourslef

>>16305901
How does everyone stay alive in a climate like this?

>>16305952
It used to be very important/necessary to use a block heater, but with fuel injection and generally better cold start design, the engine doesn't actually need to be warm anywhere to run well.

Diesels still use block heaters for the most part, but smaller diesels (cars, pickups) are even getting away from needing to be plugged in except for the coldest days. Some don't even come with heaters anymore.

Battery heaters are a cheap way to do it now. The only part that really matters on gas engines now is "can your battery turn the engine fast enough when everything is cold".

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>sluggish transmission
>leaking head gasket
>bald tires
>rwd
>pickup truck
you bet

>>16305980
my whole family is from denver, and I have been coming here my whole life. deal widdit.

at least I am not one of those fucks who moved here just for dudeweedlmao

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Yep.

>>16305988
I'd say once it gets below -20/-25 blocks heaters are pretty necessary. Have you seen what oil looks like when it gets to -30?

>>16305985
Do everything you can to stay warm.

>>16305998
>>16305861
G L O B A L W A R M I N G

>>16306013

It's a myth invented by the Chinese.

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>>16305861
>>16305998
Lucky fucks.

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> exhaust fell off my car but still connected
> higher idle at start
> loud
> shittier mpg

Yea I think I'm ready

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Hell yeah

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shitty michelin x-ice tires? check
fwd? check
open-diff? check

Yeah I'm ready

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Did a rust proofing myself, 2 different sets of knock off brand winter tires, basic emergency kit, tool bag with 3/8" drive socket set, bolted my scissor jack to a 2x4, lighter, tuque, gloves, escape tool, 30" breaker bar, shovel, first aid kit

>all this shit and more heavy tools and the back end still gets hectic above 60 km/h

>>16305980
Well aren't you special

>>16306099
lel
>one time blizzard
>thanksgiving brah gotta go fast
>watching cars in ditches
>need more gas
>why is my car so loud snow is quiet
>let's have a look-see
>well who needed half the exhaust anyway
>hope the neighbors are happy because I'm not fixing this shit until it's warm out

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Always

>>16306005
Haven't seen it, no, but we regularly have -30'C days (before windchill) and the only issue is the battery. My company uses diesel trucks F250s in the arctic. They'll cold start down to -40 before they have to be plugged in (but if it's that late into winter, nobody's manning the sites anyways). The jet fuel they burn has to have additives to not freeze, though.

Does a block heater help? Of course. Less wear on cold starts. But as to why it's not installed as standard, it's because it isn't necessary and car companies are top jew.

>>16304828
all that for a camry

>>16306005
>Do everything you can to stay warm.

Including ghey stuff?

>>16307567
It's not gay if the balls don't touch, anon

>>16307569
That's true.

I mean, you know you're shacking with a garyfag when he starts rubbing balls on your balls.

>>16307480
All that to be safe and prepared

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>>16304806
Yup

11in last night

Winter tires on, tow strap, jumper cables, blanket, mittens, hand warmers, snow brush/ice scraper, portable radio, extra washer fluid and even an MRE

>>16307480
>>16307743

To be safe and prepared plus also to be able to lend a hand when people need it

Did I mention the reflective jacket and Dash cam?

>>16307751

Big garage m8, I want a garage that's that big

Had our first real snow fall last night in Ontario. Driving normally with FWD and snow tires while everyone else being slow pokes. Quite fun.

>>16304806
Has been all year.
> Ice scrapers on the back seat
> Bottle of de-icer under a seat somewhere
> Fluids and tires topped up all the time anyway
I just wish I'd done something to make the back end stay cleaner. It's covered in black shit right now, because of aerodynamics.
Removing the vacuum behind the car results in air being sucked around onto the back of the car. Wet filthy air means the car has a filthy wet arse. The rest of the car is clean and shiny due to hitting water at high speeds.

>>16304806
Yes
>winter tyres that no longer have studs in them

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>>16307781
for you.


It's nice to for storing shit.


It's heated too but It's not very well insulated. It's extra $200 dollars a month in gas to heat in the winter

>>16309013
Option to heat it to like 3'C instead of house temperature?

I'm sure 1000 bucks of insulation would go a long way, too.

>>16309022
I keep it 10'C. But It does need to be insulated better. It's pretty drafty.

I'm still working on getting rabbits out. It's that time of year they start sneaking in

I just got my license last week (24). I have as 1991 Ford Ranger FWD v6. Am I supposed to do something different because it's a truck? I read something about putting sandbags in the back of the bed, it's pretty tiny. Are snow tires a meme?

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My summer tires were not ready, put my small 4 piston brakes back on so I could run my stock wheels this last weekend.

>>16309075
I assume you meant RWD?

Sand bags or cat litter in the back, whichever you can get cheaper.

Snow tires aren't a meme in the snow (or on ice), but if you do bother with snow tires, do some research and get decent ones. Cheap snow tires are often just as bad as all seasons; then you'll be just another idiot parroting "snow tires are a meme" when in reality you're just a cheap jew.

Don't be a cheap jew.

Also learn that spinning your tires like a weiner doesn't usually get you going any faster than a smooth, gentle acceleration on slippery surfaces (unless it's a lot of snow and you're digging through it).

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>>16309123
2WD. How about these? I'm kind of broke so this is basically my price range. Should be snowing in the next week, hate to learn to really drive on snow but can't be helped, bad timing.

>>16309143
Never used them. I'm one of the idiots that cheaped out on winter tires, but I don't use the car that often anyways. I just bought whatever the sale was to replace the rubber on my winter rims. That is how I know that not all tires are created equal, though.

But if you read reviews and compare prices, and you're confident those seem like good winter tires after a half hour-ish of research, then chances are they're good winter tires. You basically just need to avoid the "Discount Tire House of Rubber Super Savings" garbage, because they really are garbage.

Also, find a parking lot to root around in if this will be your first driving experiences. Get comfortable when the back slips, because it will, regardless of tires or sand. But, it's very easy to control, you just have to be used to the sensation and not panic basically.

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>>16305861
>i've never been anywhere outside of my small geographic niche in southern california so i think my state doesn't have winter

>>16309113
Which piece of shit is yours?

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>>16309846
Muh GT

Was pretty fun sliding around the empty lot anyhow.

What the fuck is 'winter'?

> t. Floridian

>>16309958
It's like not living in the worst state in the country

>>16304806
Haha, good one. I don't even have a snow brush

I just brush off the snow that sits on the windshield and make sure the grille is clear

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I dropped my keys in the snow unknowingly when brushing snow off my car. I searched for it for hours and had to call in for missed work. Anyone have tips? It seems keychain bluetooth trackers are kind of useless because you need new iOS versions :^)

>>16310016
wait for spring to wash it down stormdrain

then go to exit of stormdrain to locate your key

>>16310016
Metal detector.

>>16310040
What if the snow by now has sort of hardened? Will it go through?

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>>16310049

>>16310049
nope, out of luck anon

Got a 2002 Mustang GT with manual tranny.
Just put some blizzak ws80s on her Saturday. I live in Michigan so we just got like 10 inches of snow.
I spread about 200lbs of salt bags in the trunk and in the back seats.
Went through the snow like a champ. Wasn't worried at all.

>>16310049
... nigger please, how would frozen water impede a metal detector?

>>16310077
An acquaintance of mine has an Auto V6 Stang convertible with bald summers.

He thought it was a great idea to initiate a drift at 30mph in the middle of a snowstorm at a 4 way road. He initiated the drift and we went into a snow drift.

You know what they say about not getting whiplash until the day after the next day? All true.

>>16309823
>48°F
>2chilly4me
Kys

>>16306099
Did it the coupling at the front of the midpipe break? Happened to my legacy

>>16311012
More like it rusted off, but yes.

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Running General Altimax Arctic on 15" steels. Got some mud flaps to protect muh paint.

The General tires are great for how inexpensive they are, and driving in the snow is easy. Only issue is when the snow gets high enough to hit the low front valence, which isn't very often thankfully.

>>16311192
I got Generals, and I love them.

Only 3 seasons in Atlanta. Get to skip the shitty one

>>16305861

Your weather forecast includes air quality, which bothers me that it's even a thing to worry about. I'll take my snow.

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W i n t e r ?
Im from Arizona, I dont get what youre asking me.

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no

good thing they gave me a RWD Charger loaner

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I live in Phoenix so summer tires stay on rear round

Well it WAS, and I was having fun sliding around my empty work parking lot doing awd things, but today it started vibrating/bouncing like a mad cunt from the rear right wheel.

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>>16305998
eyyy AZbro.

>>16304806
You don't need to set up your car for winter.

T. Michigan

> fwd

yes

AWD shitbox went to pasture. Open dif FWD. Two or four snow tires?

>>16304828
But not Krowned
May as well kys

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Weight on the rear wheels - check

>>16304828
Towing cable and jumpstart cables?

There's a used car I'm looking at in Michigan and it keeps getting pounded in the ass by snow. Guarantee it's not selling soon since it's RWD, manual, and reasonably powerful.

When's the best time to call the dealer and lowball the fuck out of them for it? In the middle of it snowing/freezing? Right before the next storm hits? Right after when their spirits are low?

>>16313247
>Right before the next storm hits

This. But go in on person to lowball him. He'll think your more serious

t. Live in the UP

>>16313201
that's neat

>>16313201
Nice.

Clean too

Good job m8y

>>16313201
that strap is doing literally nothing

i have a piece of 1/2 steel notched for the wheel wells on the floor of my box, still have a fully useable bed now with ~650lbs of weight

>>16311475
four if you want to steer AND stay on the track

>>16304806
Yes. Winter tires on, fluids checked. But it won't snow anyway. Snow is getting really rare here in Germany.

>>16313371
How is the strap doing nothing?

>>16304806
RWD, Check
Traction Control disable module, check
deicer, check
summer tyres, check

Yep all ready.

>>16313366
Can't go in person as I'm roughly 1000 miles away but I figure if I call and offer put a deposit down at the right time they'll cave.

>>16309013
Insulate that shit well anon. It will pay for itself the first year and after that it's icing on the cake. At $200 a month it'd be worth it to pay a team to come in and insulate the fuck out of it. Still pay for the effor in a year.

>>16310016
Big fucking magnet on a pole. Hardware stores sell them. The bigger the magnet the better.
Root around and you'll feel & hear it when the magnet picks up something metal. I lose nuts & bolts a lot so this is a lifesaver.

>>16314930
Back in the day when speakers came with big woofers, another thing you could do was tie some string to the basket and drag it around all over the place. The nice big magnet on back will suck up all kinds of shit.

Subaru Outback H6 with heated windshield and heated washer jets - check
Nokian 4 seasons - check
Snow brush, remote starter, and antifreeze washerfluid - check
Cell phone, $300 in glove box, and credit card - check

Sure. Massive overkill for rural Ohio - check

>>16314964
Im in Connecticut aka New England and Im only running all season on my 08 civic lel. tfw broke

How's the H6 tho? Is it expensive to maintain as people say?

And where in ohio are you? My dad lived in Hillsboro for a bit.

>>16314964
Do heated washer jets do anything? I've never actually had a problem with that but maybe it's my particular choice of fluid.

Don't forget a tow strap. I only needed a yank once and had to tear up a set of roof straps to get it done.

Still have to try out that mylar sleeping bag. Not dying from hypothermia only sounds like being silly until you're dying from hypothermia.

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New tires, still need brake pads and some sand bags for the bed and I should be good to go.

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For some reason I thought this was be as tail happy in the snow as my Miata was, but all it wants to do is grip

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>>16315616
>awd
>tail happy

are you retarded?

>>16315616
Not if you're coming from a Miata. They're very point and drive unless you set them up differently or set up wrong.

>>16315560
I like your truck anon, gramps had one just like it

>>16315687
Thank you, it's kinda made the rounds in my family. Dad owned it 3x, grandpa owned it once, and I have owned it twice

>>16315628
Clearly yes, but it is my first winter with AWD. I only just got the car in the summer and tonight was the first meaningful snow.

>>16305897
>snow tires

its a meme, if they are not studded you don't need them

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It was ready last July.

>>16305980
lol, am i missin something? wats with the hate all of the sudden kat is old fag

>>16315702
If you push it more it gets better. Also there are three suspension things you can do for both fun and safety:

1. antilift kit on the front; makes the front more compliant to take out some understeer
2. make sure your rear sway bar is decent (e.g. 17mm)
3. crash bolts in the rear at about -1.5deg negative camber so you can lean on the rear all day long around corners but still be able to goose it if you want

Keeping the rear tires inflated a bit more helps with how much rear push you get out of it.

>>16309940
i cut my teeth on driving a rustang in the snow as my dd. uphill drifting in stop and go traffic is my favorite.

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>>16304806
sadly no I'm on summer rubber that has only 5/32 left in the tread because I'm to cheap to order a 2nd set of wheels.

yeppers i'm ready
>new blizzaks on new wheels
>first winter with car
>snowed 3-4 inches last week but everything was plowed (even a few unused lots near me.. why?) so I haven't gotten to play much yet
>5 inches forecast for Friday this week and have the day off

time to get hektik

>>16315787
and make stupid decisions

Rear-wheel drive pickup master race.

Fish-tailing all Winter.

>>16315973
nah i'll probably just slide around a little and stay in all day senpai

>>16315702
Be careful trying to drift that thing anon. I went from a rust-bucket Camaro that was fun as shit in the snow to a Legacy wagon 5mt. I stuffed it into a snowbank today thanks to snap oversteer after trying straighten out my drift, did the same shit last winter too, no damage thankfully. They really don't behave like a rwd car at all. Also DO NOT EVER do e-brake slides, you'll wreck the center diff and possibly the transmission too. Learn this guy's lesson:

>http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2585920

>>16315711
>Tires that are more pliable in winter temps than shitty all-seasons are a meme
Wew lad

>>16311346
Hey its that idiot that thought mud tires would do him any good in ice conditioned and T-boned a Shitsu.

>>16313483
It's hard telling in the picture, but the only contact point appears to be where you placed the wooden shim under the ratchet itself.

If nothing else it'll help in a rollover when the frame snaps in half.

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>>16304806
Just ordered General Altimax Arctic tires for my car.
The reviews make them seem pretty good, anyone have any personal experience?

>>16316471
That is the contact point, but the strap is not level - it is pushing down onto the box with quite a lot of force, and with the piece of wood angled like that its putting most of the force down, but also a lot "backwards" so it wont slip forwards

Trust me - it aint going nowhere

>>16317818
Still an iffy looking strap job mate. Don't be like me, half-ass it, come to a quick stop, and praise jebus you know the guy in front of you because your car just launched a whole clip of roof-fired lumber missiles and now you have to go pick it all up and tie it down better before the light turns green.

>>16317836
How would you have strapped it down?

>>16317861
It's tough to judge that by a picture alone, and the block is a good move considering the shallow angle of strapping provided by the wheel wells. But basically the question is if one bit fails what's going to catch it?

I guess it can't go too far if it's trapped in an enclosed bed, but I'd rather have it at least tied down in too dimensions.

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>>16317872
The plank where the strap is right above is more shallow than the planks infront and behind it. Thats what makes the block of wood sit really nicely and safe.

I dont wanna be "that guy", but I've been loading musical equipment, motorcycles, snowmobiles, furniture, building supplies, a few cars, lawn mowers, chair lift chairs and dead moose for for the last 10-ish years now. I'll be as humble as to say that I know strapping and that I take securing cargo very seriously

If I was to make that more secure I'd replace the two behind and infront with bigger ones, and the contact-plank with a bigger one that is still smaller than the other two, sand the ends of it and use as much of the surface as possible for contact

Here is a big photo, if it helps

>>16317942
I'm just a belt and suspenders kind of guy. Small effort for a lot of insurance. I didn't catch the planks the first time, which is also clever, but even that seems like a lot of effort to secure a single point of failure.

Neat ground strap tho on the roof

>>16317950
It aint neat - doesnt fucking work for some reason. I just ended up running a ground to the engine bay instead of spending more time fucking with it

Sad thing is that there is not much else I can do than that one point. The other two rings for the hooks are right at the front end of the bed, and there is no real beneficial way I could those to further tie the crate down.

>>16317950
I could, looking at the photo, do a similar thing with a strap at the front - but the angling on the strap would mean that a lot of the force will go to pulling the box forwards, which is not preferrable

>>16317973
Well what the hell current is running between some bars and a detachable truck cover? Engine bay is always the way to go.

The cross strap you have is really the way to go in my opinion. But for instance you could criss cross around the front and back attached to the same points just in the hopes that all hell doesn't break loose and to put less stress on your main money maker.

>>16316412
hey it's that idiot that thinks I have mud tires

>>16317989
>All terrain tires
Definitely not dedicated winter tires.

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>>16317983
I dunno... it was there when I bought the top so I figured it was there for a reason

Criss cross how? Sorry if I'm being retarded

>>16318007
Uh, like, start at one tie down point, bring it over the front, underneath around the back and then to the other tie point. Same thing from the other side so they criss-cross (ideally wrap around each other to help hold both in place).

As long as that doesn't reduce the god friction you probably have between wood and bed, then it's a bit of a stabilizer to help keep things from shifting around enough loosen up at the wrong time.

>>16318015
I suppose thats a way
Still; if I do the build-up in >>16317942 its not ever going to move to the sides due to the quite sharp angle of the strap, and its not moving forwards due to the edge touching the front of the bed. As for backwards; it'll never slide no matter how steep it gets, and I dont see myself reversing this thing doing 80kph any time soon. The strap is also rated for 4000kg, if that helps.

We'll see if I end up doing something. I inspect it daily for now

>>16304806

I have 3 different cheap-o all season tires on (douglas performance gt-h in rear, a newer douglas all season on driver front and a hancook whatever passenger front)and because i'm the fwd meme i won't have an issue with the winter here in new york

Need to get a better snow/ice scraper though

>>16318038
Oh yeah if it's up against the front that's pro. In that case I would probably just work something around the back to make sure it stays that way.

It's actually pretty impressive what straps can hold in place when they're used right. It's just that 0.1% when something goes wrong. Kind of like your snow tires are tits until somebody almost t-bones you out of nowhere.

>>16318007
Oh you know what here's a guess. Was that ground strap put on by somebody with a CB? Because it would be understandable to want to establish a good ground plane for your antenna.

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>>16318089
Nope, not as I know. The guy who owned the car it was attached to before my friend that I bought it from used his Hilux as a farm/hunting vehicle, and I never saw any The cable is attached to a bracket/mount for what I can only assume to be an extra lamp, marked in red

Could be its just not enough ground for 300w?

>>16318110
Oh, that would make sense. I just picked up a new ride and the last guy ran some fancy like 10ga big red wire to the trunk for his sub, but then grounded it by shaving the insulation off like a 28ga wire running to some fucking thing where you might as well toss your fancy trunk light in the trash if it's not something more important.

>>16318121
He grounded it to what now?

>>16318129
I don't know. I still have to look through the service manual. But I assume something in the trunk in an electro-magnetic shielding box with 30 wires plugged in might be something more important than the trunk light. And I don't know why you'd almost cut the ground wire into it when you could find a ground like every other single place in the car.

Like I don't know, why not ground it right to the radiation shield? Won't even have to scrape any paint. Jesus.

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>>16318133
Always fun to view babbys first electrical work

Kinda like how the 2 x Hellas on an Opel a friend bought would flicker when going on rough gravel roads - cable shoes had not been crushed ontop of the wires. They had just stuffed the wires in and put insulation tape all around to make cable & shoe stay together

Winter is a meme in north germany.

I can't even remember the last time I've seen snow.

>>16318150
lel when I was in high school my next door neighbor got some hella sick fog lights for his pimpmobile and they kept not working

>huh there's only one wire going in
>oh i guess they grounded them to the body
>dude you know this bumper is made of plastic right?

>>16318175
>Hella sick

Norcalfag detected

>>16317048

Mine have worked great through 2 Michigan winters so far. At that price range there aren't really any tires that can compete. No sense in getting anything else unless you want to pony up for X-Ice/Blizzak/Nokian options.

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>all seasons
>scraper and brush under passenger seat
>Remote start

Lol all these tryhards putting snow tires in their fiestas, just learn to drive in snow faggots. People drove thru snow with RWD and all seasons back in the 60s and survived.

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>FWD Galant
>Ohio
>front tires are near bald
>still have other expenses before getting tires

help

aren't blizzaks 80 bucks or something on amazon

>>16318633
No, only some of them did, the ones that died never came back to tell about it
Boomer logic at its finest

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bought myself a tank for next to nothing for the winter. I hated the last with my rwd

>>16318644
Bald is bad mkay but something like that you can get away with decent modern all seasons and not being dumb. Get thee to a parking lot and slide your car around is the important learning part really.

For instance Kumho Extas should be something like $100 ea depending on the size you need, and they actually do perform better than you might think in all seasons.

>>16305901
-33

FUCKING CHRIST

>>16305901
You from the territories senpai?

>plow snow for side money
I'm always ready.

Shit I welcome it.

>>16321169
MISTER PLOW
THAT'S MY NAME
THAT NAME AGAIN IS MISTER PLOW

Good gig though. It's great during a good snow so you can watch them all like
>fuck yeah ramming speed
>take that, snow!
>let's get hektic!
>and again!

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>>16318004
find me a 35x12.50r20 snow tire pls
I'll wait

>>16305985
By not being a pussy.

>>16309143
Not the greatest for grip and they will only last 5 years before the rubber cracks enough requiring replacement.

For longevity get either Continental, Dunlop, Goodyear even Uniroyal is and all those these should last easy 7 years with proper rotations.

Performamce wise, read the reviews I install tires don't drive on them.

Pic unrelated
Here's a Bridgestone Turanza all season I took off for a car last week and it was manufactured in the 30th week of 2010

>>16321302
275/55r20 and there are Goodyear Ultra grips, blizzaks and more

There's even LT275/55R20

You won't find winter or truck tires above 300 mm because those are for mud and off road use

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>>16321844

>>16321302
http://nettbutikk.arctictrucks.no/display.aspx?menuid=197&prodid=1231

Nokian Hakkapeliitta LT2, 315/70/17 or 35x12.5

>Winter tires (General Altimax Arctic)
>Oil bath rust proofing
>Battery Jump starter
>collapsible aluminum shovel
Might buy some emergency blankets and spare clothing and I am good.

>>16321959
that's 32" tall, no

>>16322107
and that's a 17, so also no

>>16323247
Cant be picky when you're after GOOD winter tires in that size

>>16323247
You're a moron.

Pretend your penis isn't small and put the OEM tire size on at least for the winter then you won't crash your 4 wheel drive compensation package.

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sure is

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>tfw too cold to go outside

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>>16323686
breh, i feel your pain
and it just started raining here, send help!

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Of course my baiku is ready for the winter.

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general altimax artics and all wheel drive is killer

>>16323259
I'm not after anything, there's nothing wrong with the tires I currently use

>>16323659
I can see reading comprehension isn't your thing

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>>16323711
>How's the rain mane
>South sac, you remember that part of town?

Oak park, florin rd, frutirdige rt, watt ave!!!!!

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Made the rocker protection a little higher, got some winters, thinking about throwing my cap back on for a little bit of weight, got a new battery, aside from that, truck is ready to roll, clutch is a little heavier in the winter, anyone have a clue why that might be?

>>16326058
fuck niggers

>>16326126
>What town are you from?

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Jesus christ, what winters should I get for this thing? :( I had to use my Cobalt yesterday because it was so slippery.

>Texas
Yup, I'm good

>>16311192
I have a ST in Molten Orange but I think I'm jelly of your color. Never seen one of the green ones in person, I've never even seen another orange one on the street.

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Got my Blizzaks on. Good to go.

>>16315616
Sexy! Is it a rebadged WRX or just the base Impreza?

>>16326440
o.O

>>16306033
>those sunrise/sunset times
How do you not fucking kill yourself?

>>16326440
The Aero is literally a rebadged WRX with some tweaks.

>>16326440
???????????

First cold snap of the year, my doors was frozen shut.

I applied silicone grease on my door strips the next day and havent had the problem ever since

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Yes

-Orlandofag

>>16326481
Silicone paste solves most problems in the world. It'll also keep the rubber from rotting out

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I think so

i always thought you guys were full of shit saying winte tires make that much more of a differance than all seasons. well holy shit i cant believe how much better they grip the road