After scraping the underbody across the frozen ice in my driveway...
02-17-2007, 01:24 PM
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It sounds to me like you don't need a daily driver. What you need is a secondary vehicle for crappy weather. How many months of crappy weather do we have here in the Mid Atlantic? Maybe 2?
I have a $10,000 '00 Jeep Wrangler I bought last year. It works perfect in crappy weather.....and its fun to play around in as well.
You can drive your PCar March - December.
I have a $10,000 '00 Jeep Wrangler I bought last year. It works perfect in crappy weather.....and its fun to play around in as well.
You can drive your PCar March - December.
02-17-2007, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by amerlemans
It sounds to me like you don't need a daily driver. What you need is a secondary vehicle for crappy weather. How many months of crappy weather do we have here in the Mid Atlantic? Maybe 2?
I have a $10,000 '00 Jeep Wrangler I bought last year. It works perfect in crappy weather.....and its fun to play around in as well.
You can drive your PCar March - December.
I have a $10,000 '00 Jeep Wrangler I bought last year. It works perfect in crappy weather.....and its fun to play around in as well.
You can drive your PCar March - December.
02-17-2007, 01:53 PM
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i had a cooper s for 3 years as my 2 nd car. with winter tires it was a tank.
traded it last spring on an '04 VW r 32. 250 hp all wheel drive and a german feel.
not to put down the mini, but it the appointments and build quality are top notch.
with this one and winter tires I'm like a little kid, anxiously waiting for snow so I can go out and play.
i caught the bug, and changed it over to euro suspension played with the intake added a borla, short shift and some nice 17" bbs wheels.
a great complement to the porsche
traded it last spring on an '04 VW r 32. 250 hp all wheel drive and a german feel.
not to put down the mini, but it the appointments and build quality are top notch.
with this one and winter tires I'm like a little kid, anxiously waiting for snow so I can go out and play.
i caught the bug, and changed it over to euro suspension played with the intake added a borla, short shift and some nice 17" bbs wheels.
a great complement to the porsche
02-17-2007, 02:56 PM
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I hear the Mazdaspeed3 is fast & fun, but the looks sure are ordinary. A Mini Cooper as a more useable vehicle for the winter? Uh... Maybe if you had it modified like the ones in "The Italian Job" so it could drive down subway staircases....
going to be in the 80's 
02-17-2007, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Edgy01
I suppose I can't contribute much here. It was about 80ºF here yesterday.
I think I need a beater too.
02-17-2007, 04:59 PM
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Clearly, the warm climate people cannot fully appreciate the beauty of spring and summer because they don't have a bitter cold February as a frame of reference. In many ways, I pity them.
02-17-2007, 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by MrBonus
Clearly, the warm climate people cannot fully appreciate the beauty of spring and summer because they don't have a bitter cold February as a frame of reference. In many ways, I pity them.
It's 88º here today. (Sigh)
02-17-2007, 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Leader
Yeah, right. It's 88º here today. (Sigh)
It's 88º here today. (Sigh)
02-17-2007, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by MrBonus
Why is that?
