Took it out of storage for a day - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

dexterium · 01-15-2013, 03:00 PM

After a long cold spell near Edmonton, it finally hit + degrees. After a quick check of the weather and saw no rain, and the roads were clean on my way home from lunch. I decided to ditch the truck and let the car loose for a day in what has felt forever in a long winter.

I remember why I so emphatically love this car. Driving my far too massive work truck has made me truly appreciate being close to the road, and feeling everything the car is doing.

Now, time for the eternal wait when I can take the long way home. This I fear will be the last time for a few months with her.

chenshuo · 01-15-2013, 03:58 PM

it's not a ferrari. why can't you drive it in winter?

gmookher · 01-15-2013, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by chenshuo

it's not a ferrari. why can't you drive it in winter?

avoiding salt?

dexterium · 01-15-2013, 04:35 PM

My town is pretty bad with ice removal, just saw plows and snow removal for the first time last week and that was only the highway running through the town.

That combined with the other drivers nearly crashing into my truck every other day, I'd just not risk it. If I saw clean streets on a more regular basis I'd buy some snow tires and go to town, but otherwise, it's more effective for me to buy studded tires for my beater truck and just use that until it thaws.

brianc · 01-17-2013, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by chenshuo

it's not a ferrari. why can't you drive it in winter?

I am one to believe that if you truly like and care for your car that you won't drive it in the winter. Especially if you drive every day.

Cars just aren't the same after a single winter.. And that isn't in a good way. Especially in cities like Toronto and all of Alberta where they unload salt like its free.

If you are lowered and have a lip kit driving in the winter is some scary sh!t. The interior also gets filthy as hell. When I detail cars it doesn't take long to figure out which cars have been through winter and which haven't.

Wattage · 01-17-2013, 11:22 AM

Im pretty sure they dont use salt in alberta, it gets too cold. They use sand.

dexterium · 01-17-2013, 11:28 AM

It's a sand salt mixture in Edmonton.

BioRage · 01-17-2013, 12:12 PM

Even if you took it out for a day, there is more than likely residue for sand/salt under your car..

psyfer · 01-17-2013, 06:52 PM

Since OP has a truck, then why not store the car?

TOMIMOTO · 01-17-2013, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by psyfer

Since OP has a truck, then why not store the car?

Since psyfer can type, why doesn't he know how to read?

Hehe. He does store it, but took it out for a day.

3_NA_HAF · 01-19-2013, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by TOMIMOTO

Since psyfer can type, why doesn't he know how to read?

Hehe. He does store it, but took it out for a day.

I believe it was a rhetorical question, unfortunately there's no font for that.

Enemies · 01-20-2013, 02:32 AM

So do you pay for insurance year-round even though you store during the winter?

wbradley · 01-20-2013, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Enemies

So do you pay for insurance year-round even though you store during the winter?

More likely than not he is not covered to drive in the winter. Same here, but I have driven it around my subdivision a few times, hooning in the school parking lot.

Skurj · 01-20-2013, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by dexterium

It's a sand salt mixture in Edmonton.

From my experience its more like gravel/salt mixture in Alberta...

There's a reason windshield coverage isn't common (or didn't use to be when i lived there in the 90's) in alberta.

Seemed like every 4th car has a ship or cracked windshield...

01-15-2013, 03:00 PM	#1
dexterium Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: Hot Lava MT Location: Outside Edmonton Posts: 26 Thanks: 5 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Took it out of storage for a day After a long cold spell near Edmonton, it finally hit + degrees. After a quick check of the weather and saw no rain, and the roads were clean on my way home from lunch. I decided to ditch the truck and let the car loose for a day in what has felt forever in a long winter. I remember why I so emphatically love this car. Driving my far too massive work truck has made me truly appreciate being close to the road, and feeling everything the car is doing. Now, time for the eternal wait when I can take the long way home. This I fear will be the last time for a few months with her.

01-17-2013, 12:12 PM	#8
BioRage Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Drives: ~_~ Location: Toronto Posts: 831 Thanks: 27 Thanked 190 Times in 111 Posts Mentioned: 8 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Even if you took it out for a day, there is more than likely residue for sand/salt under your car.. __________________ Join us! @ EightSixClub

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chenshuo Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Drives: WRB BRZ Location: Toronto Posts: 1,260 Thanks: 259 Thanked 473 Times in 245 Posts Mentioned: 8 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	it's not a ferrari. why can't you drive it in winter?

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dexterium Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: Hot Lava MT Location: Outside Edmonton Posts: 26 Thanks: 5 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	My town is pretty bad with ice removal, just saw plows and snow removal for the first time last week and that was only the highway running through the town. That combined with the other drivers nearly crashing into my truck every other day, I'd just not risk it. If I saw clean streets on a more regular basis I'd buy some snow tires and go to town, but otherwise, it's more effective for me to buy studded tires for my beater truck and just use that until it thaws.

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Wattage Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Drives: scion fr-s MT Location: Toronto Posts: 96 Thanks: 61 Thanked 56 Times in 19 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Im pretty sure they dont use salt in alberta, it gets too cold. They use sand.

01-17-2013, 11:28 AM	#7
dexterium Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: Hot Lava MT Location: Outside Edmonton Posts: 26 Thanks: 5 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	It's a sand salt mixture in Edmonton.

01-17-2013, 06:52 PM	#9
psyfer Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: SW20 Location: GTA Posts: 14 Thanks: 1 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Since OP has a truck, then why not store the car?

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