Post your winter beater. - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Slartibartfast · 01-18-2013, 03:36 PM

Many of us here in the Great White North have our FR-S/BRZ's tucked away for winter hibernation. Those that haven't are having lots of tail-out fun. I used to drive my RX-7 and MR-2 in the winter and it was such a blast.
But, this time around I really wanted to baby this car, Lenore. In the (hopefully) near future their will be mods that would make winter driving silly as opposed to fun.

So in November I picked up a 1996 Corolla DX, which my 3-year old son named "The Duck" for $400.

Here it is in all of it's 115 horsepower, 3-speed automatic glory. I think half of the horses have left the corral. But, it's the perfect winter beater.

What are you driving this winter, if you've put your 86 away 'til spring?

JPxM0Dz · 01-18-2013, 04:12 PM

2009 Camry Hybrid

fenixv8 · 01-18-2013, 05:26 PM

FRS is my winter beater

wparsons · 01-18-2013, 05:29 PM

^^ How are those roof racks working out with the frameless windows?

Here's mine:

dexterium · 01-18-2013, 05:51 PM

1988 GMC C1500 that I started restoring before the snow. As a bonus I also use it to tow the car to where it needs to go in the winter (saw hail damage, and the closest body shop for that is 100km away)

itdansharpe · 01-18-2013, 06:31 PM

1998 Toyota Tercel... Strangely enough my first car was a 1993 Tercel... talk about nostalgia!

Wattage · 01-18-2013, 06:53 PM

I was going to drive my 92' Buick Riviera....

but then one day on the way to work the fucking brakes went, just as I was about to get on the highway. I turned around and went home... drove the FRS to work and never looked back.

Sick of repairing that old thing.

VENOM~ · 01-18-2013, 07:03 PM

was the winter beater until the engine went kaboom. currently in for a rebuild.

whitejdm · 01-18-2013, 07:28 PM

BRZ is my winter beater haha.

fenixv8 · 01-18-2013, 08:53 PM

[QUOTE=wparsons;674211]^^ How are those roof racks working out with the frameless windows?

Working great I don't leave them on all the time though, just for trips to the mountain.

wbradley · 01-19-2013, 12:07 PM

2012 Scion xB Auto Colour: Army Rock

JWA · 01-19-2013, 12:10 PM

I bought the BRZ as my "Winter Sports Car".

chenshuo · 01-19-2013, 12:26 PM

for those of you driving in Canada in the winter, did you get it rust proofed? if so, where?

Wattage · 01-19-2013, 01:28 PM

I got mine done at this place in Bowmanville called "bobs oil rustproofing"

I watched them do it, they were pretty thorough. Cost about $80

01-18-2013, 05:26 PM	#3
fenixv8 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Drives: 1991 Acura NSX, 2013 Scion FRS Location: Toronto Posts: 121 Thanks: 22 Thanked 34 Times in 18 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	FRS is my winter beater __________________ 1991 BB NSX . 2013 WO FRS . 1978 Yamaha SR500

01-18-2013, 06:31 PM	#6
itdansharpe Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: 2013 Scion FR-S Location: Barrie, ON Posts: 284 Thanks: 93 Thanked 271 Times in 54 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	1998 Toyota Tercel... Strangely enough my first car was a 1993 Tercel... talk about nostalgia! __________________ New: 2014 6MT Asphalt Rota Titan 17x9, RS-3 V2, Skunk2 Pro-C, Eibach Sway Bars, Password:JDM Strut Tower Bar, Perrin MCB, StopTech Stainless Lines, Hawk HP+, Nameless 3" Exhaust, VG Sharkfin, FIVE:AD Spoiler, DDM Tuning HID's 5k, HID Old: 2013 6AT Boosted Firestorm..

01-18-2013, 08:53 PM	#10
fenixv8 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Drives: 1991 Acura NSX, 2013 Scion FRS Location: Toronto Posts: 121 Thanks: 22 Thanked 34 Times in 18 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	[QUOTE=wparsons;674211]^^ How are those roof racks working out with the frameless windows? Working great I don't leave them on all the time though, just for trips to the mountain. __________________ 1991 BB NSX . 2013 WO FRS . 1978 Yamaha SR500

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