WINTER is HERE in MN

[MNspiderman]

Well its like 45 degrees from now until turkey day. then colder and colder and then a bit colder yet. So I got my Spider all cleaned up, washed, folded the top down and installed the hardtop and pulled the battery, Took a few photos of the car. then put the car cover on it. I won't see my own car until next April. Wow talking about depressing. I feel like I just lost a family member for 6 months. Its just sitting on my cememt patio in my back yard tucked up to the house all "coffin'd" up, probably wondering why I did this to it. Now I feel guilty working on my alfa romeo GTV6 in the garage while my Fiat sits ouside all covered up.

[kilrwail]

That's depressing! This morning it was about 5 C (40 F) and I saw snow flurries in the village. But I hope to enjoy one more month before parking the Spider. Let's keep our fingers crossed for a mild winter.

[sptcoupe]

We suffer here in Texas June-September, with really hot temps in the daytime (always above 90) with frequent rain, but get to enjoy those beautiful summer nights when it is 80 degrees at midnight! Perfect for a top down excursion. From September through May, the temps are nearly ideal for spider use, with a cold day in January rarely dropping below the high 20's in the Dallas area, and the upper 30's in the Houston area. Even then, it usually warms up to 50-60 degrees and beyond by midday, with relatively low humidity. Spent last night in the garage getting the spider ready for nearly daily drives!

[mdrburchette]

We're finally getting perfect Fiat weather here in the southeast too. low 70's during the day with the leaves beginning to turn in a couple weeks. I've been exercising all three of mine!

[kilrwail]

We're finally getting perfect Fiat weather here in the southeast too. low 70's during the day with the leaves beginning to turn in a couple weeks. I've been exercising all three of mine!

Make up the spare room - I'm on my way! (I wish.)

[racydave]

We can bunk in the garages But, she will put us to work

[katsi]

We suffer here in Texas June-September,

Yep, our suffering is almost over. It's really getting nice here in Houston. Perfect weather for being outside. Especially in March and April - May is usually spent in horrid anticipation of June - August We get a lot more himidity here in Houston that those folks in Dallis. During the summers, the water temp in my swimming pool ranges somewhere between 86 - 94. And, I loose about 1/2 inch of water a day to evaporation.

[narfire]

And, I loose about 1/2 inch of water a day to evaporation.

I guess you have to drink your beer out of the bottle or real fast out of the glass.

Weather here has been terrific. Up to last week daytime around 24-27 deg. cel (78-85 F) and has just cooled down at night. Still no rain and great top down in a T-shirt during the day.
I know,I know it will change...

[mbouse]

i was working under the '80 this evening and i swear i saw my breath!! this is MICHIGAN, and this is SEPTEMBER!! what gives with that?

[pope]

Frost warnings and low of 30 tonight. We need gas guzzling cars to start heating our atmosphere again.

[mdrburchette]

Frost warnings and low of 30 tonight. We need gas guzzling cars to start heating our atmosphere again.

Dang, is that it?

[Kevin1]

Winter? It isn't winter until they start salting the roads!!!!

[engineerted]

No salt for Michigan, State govenment needs to sell it to keep from shutting down!

Oil changed, Insurance dropped to storage, she is ready for a long nap. Sad.
But the race car will be out this weekend for the last race of the season.

Ted

[kristoj]

It was in the mid 30s here in Northern Ohio overnight, but I drove mine to work today because it was sunny. It made it into the high 50s -- not warm enough to put the top down, but I'm still driving mine until the white stuff comes (won't be too long).

[narfire]

Yeup it's changed.
Although there is fresh white stuff on the hills(at about 6800 feet) it was warm enought today for a top down run to an ice cream place down the valley.
Had a bit of a scare though.. I could hear a bit of a rattle so I put it up on a ramp when we got back and started to tighten the nuts holding the lower a- arm on,when the nut kept turning and then a small "clunk" The stud had come free from the support arm and slipped out a bit. Looks like a weld has broken. Jacked the lower arm up and the stud was lined up and then banged it back in place. Gonna get a welder to weld them all .
Great day never-the- less.