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Old 01-09-2009, 10:31 PM
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here's another.

this is going about 50.

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im dreading our snow storm...it hasnt hit hard yet by me
Old 01-09-2009, 11:36 PM
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AH, I love arizona, I don't have to worry about putting up with this kinda weather. So my rx8 is being driven 365 days a year!
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mine is too?

haha.
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Originally Posted by slimjimrx8
im dreading our snow storm...it hasn't hit hard yet by me
oh and that was taken up by the canadian border over christmas. i don't think it'll be that bad down here.
Old 01-15-2009, 11:59 AM
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Here's a few new shots after the mess we just got this past weekend...


I'm pretty sure there is and RX-8 under here....




OMG I WAS RIGHT!!!





This morning on the way to work...



And about 20 minutes ago sitting in the lot at work...



Old 01-15-2009, 12:47 PM
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Yeah - I don't like driving mine in the winter... but I want to enjoy the car... I'll have enough to buy a jeep or something over the summer that will be my winter car next year.

This car can be a winter car. as long as the snow is below the ground clearance.

I love this picture personally... the car started this trip completely clean with no snow on it... it took 4 days for the ice to melt off the grill.

*note how the ice formed a "V" off of the rotary emblem up front!*
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Living in South Florida I really miss the seasons.
LOL WUT
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Originally Posted by Vyndictive
Yeah - I don't like driving mine in the winter... but I want to enjoy the car... I'll have enough to buy a jeep or something over the summer that will be my winter car next year.

This car can be a winter car. as long as the snow is below the ground clearance.

I love this picture personally... the car started this trip completely clean with no snow on it... it took 4 days for the ice to melt off the grill.

*note how the ice formed a "V" off of the rotary emblem up front!*
haha. that's intense.
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Shhhh...she's sleeping.

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Originally Posted by FreshLettuce
AH, I love arizona, I don't have to worry about putting up with this kinda weather. So my rx8 is being driven 365 days a year!
...although you have the opposite problem to deal with. While you are trying to keep the temps under control, we are having pleasant 70s, and 80s

I also have to say, I think you people in the no-winter regions are missing out on what single digit temperatures do for a fully warmed up engine at full throttle.
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Old 01-15-2009, 10:24 PM
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todays weather in Chicago....f'n freezing...i was in class for 4hrs got back to my car, started on first crank but skyrocketed to 4,000RPM...I Was like WTF!!!!! shesss gonna blow.

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That ^ -16 is awesome!
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Bone chilling.
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wow, glad we don't get that crap down here in GA, too cold. No thanks. it is 13 today, and it bites.
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Good point. This arctic air is a poor man's FI system.

Originally Posted by CanOfWorms
...I also have to say, I think you people in the no-winter regions are missing out on what single digit temperatures do for a fully warmed up engine at full throttle.
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true, the car does like the cold air, maybe it will be somewhat cold when we hit the track in a couple weeks, that would be nice, a little intake air temp reduction is always good.
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Well i put mine away as soon as the state put calcium and salt down on the roads. That wont be on my toy. plus its a good time to mod it with out rushing, because of a show or event.
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Originally Posted by Huey52
Good point. This arctic air is a poor man's FI system.
Too bad the roads around me are still covered in ice and snow. I can't rev the car over 4 grand to even take advantage of it. haha
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Sweet.
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its amazing what snow tires do, i dont have a picture of my 8 in this storm, but its fully capable of the same thing. i have the blizzaks on the 8 and i have the dunlops on my bmw. i drove through this without problem!
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Old 02-19-2009, 01:41 PM
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Mine parked at work...

Not an inch of the front without 1/4 inch of ice - oh how I wish salt wasn't destroying my car each winter...
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Originally Posted by kobe24mvp
its amazing what snow tires do, i dont have a picture of my 8 in this storm, but its fully capable of the same thing. i have the blizzaks on the 8 and i have the dunlops on my bmw. i drove through this without problem!
wow it actually plowed through all that??


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