Who's Excited For Winter?

"CounterTorqueSteer" (countertorquesteer) 10/29/2014 at 13:37 • Filed to: Winter

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I had the chance to drive this Cayman R last winter...on Summer tires. Scary times were had.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > CounterTorqueSteer 10/29/2014 at 13:38

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Heck yeah I'm excited. Bring on the snow!

EL_ULY > CounterTorqueSteer 10/29/2014 at 13:39

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what is winter?

sefeing, actually bought an E46 > EL_ULY 10/29/2014 at 13:43

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I'd say the same about New York, but god damn do we get pounded sometimes.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > CounterTorqueSteer 10/29/2014 at 13:44

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Just swapped the winter shoes onto the FieSTa yesterday... still running those damn Michelin xIce xI-3s... which I don't like much... but I am looking forward to all the snowy fun!

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > CounterTorqueSteer 10/29/2014 at 13:47

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Winter mode was activated on the STI on Monday. The Dunlop WinterSport 3D's were mounted and new wiper blades were installed. New tires were mounted to the truck a couple weeks ago and the snowblower is five minutes away from being mounted on the tractor. Oh how I love thee John Deere Quick Hitch. New work lights were installed on the tractor ROPS so I can see in the eternal darkness that is a northern winter. I'm ready. Maybe not excited, but definitely ready.

Here is a picture of the snowblower from last February when I sort of disassembled it. The wet is water from the snow melting off it.

ly2v8-Brian > EL_ULY 10/29/2014 at 14:06

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That time of year when the Midwest looks like a hellscape.

Milky > CounterTorqueSteer 10/29/2014 at 14:06

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ly2v8-Brian > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 10/29/2014 at 14:07

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had to do the same for my snowblower

ly2v8-Brian > CounterTorqueSteer 10/29/2014 at 14:09

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RWD truck with all seasons, bring it winter.

EL_ULY > sefeing, actually bought an E46 10/29/2014 at 14:09

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NY is prime time in the winter from what OPPO was showing last year. Down here though, shorts year round.

It might drop to 30 or even 29 once or twice but shorts and a big jacket is fine :]

EL_ULY > ly2v8-Brian 10/29/2014 at 14:09

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how so buddy?

Stevo777 > CounterTorqueSteer 10/29/2014 at 14:10

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I'm waiting as long as I can before I have to swap the winter shoes on.

ly2v8-Brian > EL_ULY 10/29/2014 at 14:16

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Flat/low rolling hills with few trees. Sort of looks like a bomb went off. No plants, no leaves on the trees. Desolate.

macanamera > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 10/29/2014 at 14:18

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Why don't you like them? I've heard great things about those...

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > ly2v8-Brian 10/29/2014 at 14:20

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The impeller hub was forever coming loose on mine. It holds on the shaft with only two set screws and you could never get it to stay tight for more than 30 seconds so it would always blow shear pins on the impeller. Not a huge deal since it is only a 1/4"-20 bolt and lock nut, but it was annoying replacing it literally every time I cleaned the driveway which is pretty close to daily in the winter. Since the only way to get that hub of is to pull the auger and impeller assembly it all came out. I replaced the hub with a taperlock sprocket from work that I cut down to size and drilled for the shear bolt and it works much better. Taperlock hubs are so awesome. Until you forget to tighten the one you used to replace the drive sprocket on the back and it spits out the key and spins on the shaft. Oops.

sefeing, actually bought an E46 > EL_ULY 10/29/2014 at 14:26

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God I'm jealous. I wish I could keep my summer tires on year round!

ly2v8-Brian > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 10/29/2014 at 14:26

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Not bad.

I just had to replace the gasket on the gearbox for the primary auger. So simple fix.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > macanamera 10/29/2014 at 15:15

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here, found the link to my previous rant: Link (which probably took nearly as long to do as re-writing it... THANKS KINJA "SEARCH"!)

nucciOMG > CounterTorqueSteer 10/29/2014 at 15:42

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Pretty damn excited.

EL_ULY > sefeing, actually bought an E46 10/29/2014 at 15:45

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i've never seen snow in my life :'(

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 10/29/2014 at 16:25

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God, how I wish the Dunlops came is a size that fit the FieSTa :/ I miss my WinterSports...

Sanettika > CounterTorqueSteer 10/29/2014 at 18:13

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If the heater worked in the Taurus, I would be thrilled. There is nothing more entertaining than trying to watch Texans drive around when there's a hint of ice (or snow, or rain, or the moon, or...) because the entire city just shuts down. It's the most amusing thing ever until one of them runs into you.