[cruiserfied]

You're gonna need a bigger......... workshop. 

Who bloody doesn't

[Asterix]

- both cars very dirty
+ both cars just washed and vacuumed.
- it's not nice to wash cars when it's only 3ºC outside... 
+ I saved a lot by not using the ridicules expensive car wash at the service station.. 

[tohis]

Triple S (salt, slush, s**t) conditions has been at here too, but now it's getting colder for a while. In last few days I have had severely imbalanced wheels because of all that snow and slush inside wheel wells partially melting after driving, water dropping into the lower side of the wheel, and then freezing again. It's not nice to drive with that vibrating and not healthy to the car either. There has been also other common winter-related nuisances such as the parking brake freezing (car will not move until trying harder and then the parking brake disengaging with a bang), and then some crunching sounds from the suspension which is also covered in snow and ice.

Just don't dare to not clean this mess immediately after driving, unless you want to have problems with tyre clearance against the mudguard and wheel imbalance at the next day... 

[Surferdude]

Just hope it sticks around for the Rally Sweden this weekend.

[Dazzler]

@tohis I never even imagined some of those issues with the cold weather! 

[The Gonz]

My Canadian friends use undercar heaters in their garages.

[xiziz]

Just hope it sticks around for the Rally Sweden this weekend.

We have forecast lows at -11c and highs at -3c for the coming week. The rally should be safe, especially since they drive up in the hills mostly, where there is a lot more snow(I cross them on the way to work every day). Looks like its gonna be a great event this year!

This is what Torsby looks like at the moment, light snowfall. Everyone in town is all psyched up about it, especially since they moved service here!

Dirt, salt, grime, frozen doors and handbrakes(don't, use the gearbox), trouble getting in gear especially reverse - all normal state of beeing 4-6 months of the year. -___-
The heated steering wheel is really nice, no more driving with gloves, especially since the diesel takes 15km to get a decent temp in the cabin when its very cold(no pre heat after work).

[Dazzler]

It's a different world! Haven't even had to de-ice a windscreen for almost 8 years. Driven in light snow a couple of times. Get the odd frost warning on the roads, but haven't had to drive on an icy road for many years... 

[tohis]

It's indeed different, in both ways. For example I had never heard of dash mats until some of you mentioned about such thing at here. Although at summer the car interior gets hot while parking under the shining sun, at here it's not bad enough to damage the plastic dashboard.

I think it could be harsh for me to drive in those temperatures you are having down under. Even in our warm summer days when it goes over 25°C, the sunshine through the side window feels hot despite the A/C. At 40° my face and arms would be burned red and crispy in no time!

[cruiserfied]

Man i would love to do some snow runs in my Wrangler but screw that everyday lol.

[Surferdude]

My Canadian friends use undercar heaters in their garages.

In Toronto/ Mississauga,  they don't even park their cars IN  their garages. Your friends must be further north.

[Dazzler]

It's indeed different, in both ways. For example I had never heard of dash mats until some of you mentioned about such thing at here. Although at summer the car interior gets hot while parking under the shining sun, at here it's not bad enough to damage the plastic dashboard.

I think it could be harsh for me to drive in those temperatures you are having down under. Even in our warm summer days when it goes over 25°C, the sunshine through the side window feels hot despite the A/C. At 40° my face and arms would be burned red and crispy in no time!

It's an interesting topic. We don't generally get extreme temperatures in Tasmania, but the humidity can make it feel hotter and the "hole in the ozone layer" can make the sun feel particularly brutal at times.

I have dark tinted windows in my cars which I miss when a get a rental car in hotter mainland states. Don't seem to get too burnt through the glass which filters the UV, but certainly feel the extra heat on my skin.

The dashmats also reduce the reflection of the dashboard in the screen caused by our relentless sunny days.

[sundiz]

+ It was a bit warmer and the snow on the car melted.
- It went below zero and all the water freezed. All my car doors were frozen shut.
+ Managed to get driver door open.
- Drove to fast food drive through and noticed my window was also frozen shut.
- Had to go indoors to place my order.
- Had to deal with a real human face to face instead of talking to the speaker box.
+ Got some burgers.
- The burgers weren't so good afterall...

[meehalych]

-  -22 degrees outside and I am working on the ramp

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[Dazzler]

 

[The Gonz]

That would impress Lord Kelvin!

[sundiz]

+ Drove into a garage under the mall to warm my car. Got the doors open.
- Noticed that the drver side rear door lock does not work anymore with remote control or with the pushbutton on drivers door.
- Too cold to do any work on the car. I'll have to wait for the spring to get the lock fixed. Allthough I hope it is just deepfrozen...

[Lakes]

Been hot here for past few weeks, but just open windows and i mostly get sea breeze ( in house ) but this time that hot needed to use air conditioning. then yesterday we got first good rain in a month and temps in 20's felt cool, can;t imagine - temps.
I was wondering if coating some type of oil in wheel arch would help stop snow sticking when it flys off tyes? Like a friend sprays WD40 over front of his car to stop bugs and locusts sticking to car in summer here and that works. ( bugs wash off much easier )

[The Gonz]

+/- Empty nesters sitting barefoot in our huge new home awaiting our overseas consignment, the house's silence broken only by the fridge and freezer compressors.

[sundiz]

I'll rather have the cold. When it is cold you can wear more clothes. When it gets colder you wear more clothes. With heat it gets bit more diffucult. When it gets hot you loose some clothes. When it gets hotter there isn't anything you can do after you are naked.

[Dazzler]

+/- Empty nesters sitting barefoot in our huge new home awaithing our overseas consignment, the house's silence broken only by the fridge and freezer compressors.

Elena has been very quiet on Facebook,  guessing she is very happy to be back in oz...

[neptune]

. When it gets hotter there isn't anything you can do after you are naked.

I'm sure you can think of something......

[The Gonz]

. When it gets hotter there isn't anything you can do after you are naked.

I'm sure you can think of something......

Yeah, busy with unpacking and finding new places for our things.

+ The mountain bikes have new clean Aussie air in their tyres and tomorrow I ride to work.
+ Our NBN is now across 3 phones, 2 tablets and a laptop on WiFi and 2 more PCs upstaris in the study on cable (typing on my Linux desktop right now!)
- I also prefer cold. Down to shorts only and stopping there to stay respectable.
+ The 3 weeks we did in snow country in Spain I was in shorts and t-shirt while the locals had coats and scarves!
- This unpacked keyboard feels very dusty.
+ I re-soldered my home-made ion generator and it's nicely removing dust from the air.
- The 6(+2) burner Weber barbecue needed its Natural Gas orifices replaced for LP Gas.
+ After fruitless searching, I just soldered up the holes and hand-drilled them back out with a 1mm bit.

[Dazzler]

- The 6(+2) burner Weber barbecue needed its Natural Gas orifices replaced for LP Gas.
+ After fruitless searching, I just soldered up the holes and hand-drilled them back out with a 1mm bit.

 

Your joking me! Surely... That doesn't sound safe!

Won't the solder melt as soon as you use it?   

[Phil №❶]

Only unburnt gas passes through the holes, so no actual heat 

[Dazzler]

But doesn't the gas ignite directly above the burner holes?

[Phil №❶]

The 1mm hole is drilled at the valve not the burner itself. Gas & air mix in the tube and then burn where it's supposed to, at the burner.

[Dazzler]

  I'll pull my head in then... 

[The Gonz]

For the benefit of the next person needing to change over orifices, for natural gas they're 1.58mm and .92mm for LPG.

[Doggie 1]

When it gets hot you loose some clothes. When it gets hotter there isn't anything you can do after you are naked.

I can think of a couple of things!!