9 days into 2018 .......

[Bravo]

Ohhh...and so I thought as well when moving here a short while ago from the Pac North West, apparently Phoenix is now in the top 100 worst for allergens, pollen count, and pollution issues. I have found this the hard way unfortunately.

The Dr. looks at me - and says let me guess - runs down the symptoms and says, yeah - welcome to Az!:doh:

Huh! I would have never thought of it. Up here in the Northeast, we have every possible allergen known to man.

I guess there are no safe places to hide from pollen now.

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[Fatguy]

My thoughts on the matter: It’s a Mustang so you drive it year round! I will make an exception for the young guys for whom this is their first performance car and love it to death and worry about the salt and such. I did that thirty years ago so I would be the biggest hypocrite if I didn’t say that. But for those of us with some miles on the clock, you drive the car every day unless the snow is so bad you bus it instead. My Mustang is a daily driver and always will be. I have one more sports car purchase (Corvette sorry.....) before I retire but this Mustang of mine drives every day.

I now turn off traction control when there is snow on the ground as this piece of shit program will stop you in the middle of a hill as opposed to just slip sliding away up it and not losing any momentum. Its been a few weeks now and the verdict is out – traction control on the Mustang sucks in snow and even in the summer, just a real kill joy that... Just get rid of it and if you need it – learn to drive Bud! The V6 Mustangs in Canada all came with fog lights but most came with those 17” wheels everyone here hates, but I still have them on my car for the winter. The idea was if the car needed snows these would be the rims and that extra inch would buy you more choice in tires. Well I don’t need snows yet so I may just drive these all year long. They sort of remind me of my Fox body 5.0s back in the day and I am now THE ONLY ONE in Toronto driving on these wheels! It’s been months, yes months since I saw another Stang with these wheels. I now have something special...Hehehehehe.... While we are at it, I love how there are no hood vents or tack on spoilers that do nothing. Just a great design, just a V6 but even last night I walked up to the car and had to say to myself that this is one good looking car! I come from a time when tack on spoilers and useless hood vents were put on ordinary cars to make them into “GTs” as opposed to their humble utilitarian roots. Why they slap this crap on a Mustang nowadays is beyond me – but that is just me...

Bottom line is you drive the car every day because it is just a car and not some exotic. If the engines are a straight swap from the truck line-ups, you don’t a have a Ferrari bud. You have a fun car that you can drive everyday and not lose your mind if some suburban hen nicks your door at the mall. I would say GT350 and up are exempt from this and these you garage when winter comes but they are weekend cars anyway. The rest stay on the road even in the winter, but rust proof them in the rust belt.

 

[jtmat]

It is a mustang... but damn they are getting expensive!!!! Can't hate anyone wanting to protect their "investment" (I know, I know... lol)...

I drive the heck out of mine... even used it as a truck when I had to make a landfill fun.... drop the top on that mf and filled it up... heck, had a 42 inch tv in the back seat...

 

[oneheadlite]

Tomorrow is promised to no one. - at the funeral everyone will talk about what a great Mustang he had. I wonder what the family is going to do with it?

Two guys were at the funeral of a wealthy man.
As they were looking at the deceased in his coffin, one guy remarked;wonder how much he left?

His friend answered; "I imagine he left it all..........:shrug:

 

[Fatguy]

Hey guys. Did anyone ever definitively find out if windows frozen with ice wrecks the power windows. I now wack the windows after snowfall to beak the ice between the frame and the window but the bottom door seals are a different matter. This time they dropped enough to open and close the door even while stuck. Later when
warmed up they do their inch lowering raising routine. But am I damaging the mechanism?

 

[NoVaGT]

Hey guys. Did anyone ever definitively find out if windows frozen with ice wrecks the power windows. I now wack the windows after snowfall to beak the ice between the frame and the window but the bottom door seals are a different matter. This time they dropped enough to open and close the door even while stuck. Later when
warmed up they do their inch lowering raising routine. But am I damaging the mechanism?

I've had a 2005, 2012, and 2016, all that had frozen windows from time-to-time. I've had to wrench the doors open with the drop-down mechanism not working, and close them.

Don't worry, it doesn't hurt anything.

 

[oneheadlite]

I did finally get in a drive today!!

Wifey and I drove around 50 + miles.
Car was still clean when we returned.

Put her back to bed downstairs. (car not wife)........:clap2:

 

[Semi]

Dropped 1300 bucks on rims and snow tires, haven't even needed them but once but I've been driving all winter, it's all that matters.

 

[Nomadic]

I work from home and live in SoCal so I drive the Mustang all year round. That said, I would never use the Mustang as a commuter or winter car if I lived with bad weather.

I’d get bored of the car too quickly for one. I also wouldn’t want to waste miles and my bad gas mpg on a traffic-ridden commute or crappy weather. I’d have a cheap economy car for that. Then every time I get in the Mustang, it feels fresh and fun. That’s how I’ve been doing it and works best for me.

 

[Genxer]

I don't drive in very cold weather because of the original Pirelli summers on the front. I'm transitioning over to all-seasons for practicality. It seems like even the Michelin all-seasons on the back need to be a little warm to get full traction.

I don't usually drive it in the rain, either. Done it but don't need to. It keeps the car special to me if I don't drive it every day. I slog around in my old Honda most of the time. Works out nice on a day like today, where there was a threat of ice and I had no idea of road conditions heading out.

 

[brandonsmash]

Ohhh...and so I thought as well when moving here a short while ago from the Pac North West, apparently Phoenix is now in the top 100 worst for allergens, pollen count, and pollution issues. I have found this the hard way unfortunately.

The Dr. looks at me - and says let me guess - runs down the symptoms and says, yeah - welcome to Az!:doh:

Yeah, it's kind of weird! We have a lot of olive trees out here which tend to make allergies go nuts.

I find that Flonase is just about the only thing that actually helps when allergies kick into high gear.

 

[OSUbrew]

I used to always have a beater car along with my sports car when I lived up in Ohio. Now that i'm in FL I daily drive my GT350 (only car). Getting out of Ohio was one of the best decisions of my life, although scary moving out of my comfort zone at first.

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