"youshiftem" (torinosport302)
03/04/2016 at 14:17 • Filed to: None
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"youshiftem" (torinosport302)
03/04/2016 at 14:17 • Filed to: None | 2
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My $500 Cadillac has been a fantastic winter car. Granted, it helps when you happen to have a set of winter tires sitting on your tire wall that happen to fit, but the car hasn’t needed anything in the 3000 kms of snow and ice so far. In the 50cm dumping we got a few weeks ago, the 5000lbs rear-wheel-drive Coupe DeTank powered past all the struggling Civics Corollas and Accents in it’s path. And then there’s the heater; 425 cubic inches of low compression, EGR’ed, wheezing big block that even leaves a bit of energy left over to power the wheels.
There is one little issue however. After the last snowfall I was driving home from work and the giant heater was doing it’s thing defrosting the car. Then some of the ice around the roof started to melt and drip through the windshield onto the steering column. “Not a big deal” I thought, “it’s just a little water.”
Now when water freezes it expands, as I’m sure many of you know. When said ice expands inside the steering wheel of a 1978 Cadillac Deville it pushes in just the right places to blare your custom installed train horn at 2:00am on a Tuesday night.
Just one of those little quirks of having an old winter car.
64Mali
> youshiftem
03/04/2016 at 14:21 |
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I’m dying thinking of being woken up at 2am by a train horn.
CalzoneGolem
> youshiftem
03/04/2016 at 14:22 |
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That’s the sexiest Cadillac I’ve ever seen.
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youshiftem
> CalzoneGolem
03/04/2016 at 14:23 |
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I think so too.
Chariotoflove
> youshiftem
03/04/2016 at 14:31 |
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Holy cow, you weren’t kidding about it being a tank! That is the weapon of a true winter warrior. Bring on the snowpocalypse!
CounterTorqueSteer
> 64Mali
03/04/2016 at 14:34 |
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http://giphy.com/gifs/GnqWK5rPw…
Matt Nichelson
> youshiftem
03/04/2016 at 14:34 |
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Ok so i have to ask. I know the black things are plastic and they were always prone to fall apart and leave that section exposed. Is it a new piece that just isn’t painted or something else?
Urambo Tauro
> youshiftem
03/04/2016 at 14:47 |
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I’d take care of that roof leak ASAP. Even a temporary bead of caulk would be better than waiting for warmer weather to do a proper repair.
just-a-scratch
> youshiftem
03/04/2016 at 15:03 |
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I love it. My family had a white with white interior ‘77 Coupe DeVille when I was a kid. That car was great.
Pro Tip: Keep hands clear of the closing door. It's a real finger smasher. My sister found out the hard way.
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youshiftem
> CounterTorqueSteer
03/04/2016 at 15:12 |
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Wow I think that’s exactly what I looked like!
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youshiftem
> Matt Nichelson
03/04/2016 at 15:12 |
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They are new pieces that I haven’t painted yet.
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youshiftem
> Urambo Tauro
03/04/2016 at 15:13 |
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Yeah I put some 3M strip caulk on it temporarily, it seems to have stopped it.
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youshiftem
> Chariotoflove
03/04/2016 at 15:14 |
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I lifted it a bit with some helper springs on the shocks, really helps to get through the deep snow.
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youshiftem
> just-a-scratch
03/04/2016 at 15:15 |
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Holy crap that would hurt, those are very heavy doors!
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Chariotoflove
> youshiftem
03/04/2016 at 16:54 |
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Nice. And that didn’t make it bouncy?
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youshiftem
> Chariotoflove
03/04/2016 at 16:57 |
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Not at all, the ride is so soft it just feels a little more normal now.