I should say winter hot rod. My truck is gonna be parked for most of the winter, except for those rare days when the roads are free of snow & salt. I cant go without driving the truck for 4 months, it's torture.

 

Move south!

 

Al don't feel so bad, I will be driving something allmost like this


the only differance is no running boards and white rims.

 

don, drop a mattress in the back and you're all set.

 

I just picked up my winter vehicle today as well. A 91 Honda Civic hatchback. Has a lot of miles on it, but runs like a top. You definitely won't see me ricing this out.

 

be careful with the "second car" theory. a guy at work bought a mid '80's eagle to drive in the summer to save gas and miles on his expedition (same theory, different seasons) and now we call it the $6 million car because it was always in the shop this summer.

 

I don't have pictures to post of my winter vehicle, buy I think most of you N.E. guys have seen it at one point or another. Like I'm gonna tell the judge when he asks in court in a few weeks when I go to challenge my ticket: its just your basic, standard cab, short bed, two-wheel drive, pickup truck- hell, the only "option" I got to choose was the color! (silver). I mean granted, it'll do a high 12 second quarter mile (judge: "is that good?"), and handle better than a lot of "sports cars"...but, it is just a truck.

45,500 miles and counting...

Later...

GK

PS- Probie, I'll race you around January/February (haha...jk)

 

Always had a "beater" in IL for the winter. It was fun to see how dirty it could get. Only clean the windows for months at a time. To hard to try to keep anything clean back there. Good investment probie.

 

I had a Mercury Topaz/Ford Tempo as a car while in college...It was a MONEY PIT...I'll be damned if every frigging part on that car didn't break. It was a 1992, which apparently is a lemon year in consumer reports...so pray you don't have a 92. All other years were okay.

Did you know in 1990-1992 it came in AWD?

Daniel

 

i just gotta say this,, i once drove a blue tempo,,, 92 to be exact and you know what, those things are tough to kill if you ask me. i once smashed into some lady in a new grand cherokee and freakin totaled the thing,,, everyone was ok and my car ended up on someone's front lawn,, but you know what,, i drove it home, not even a radiator leak, i was going about 25 when i smashed into her. That just goes to show you though, don't run red lights unless you have good ole pos to destroy,,, i wish it was a chevy that ran the light though

 

That statement holds true for the 85 Tempo I used to drive! Man if it wasn't one thing or another on that car! I'm glad I don't have to put my truck away for the winter. The worst we see here is a little rain!

 

This winter I get to drive around an '83 GMC Sierra. I love it, I just put some 31x10.5x15's on it so i'm ready! It's an awesome truck though 50k original miles and it's in mint condition.

 

Here's my winter beater...

 

My new Ford winter beater.

 

Better view.