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Post by Lyle on Oct 20, 2002 20:31:21 GMT -5
as I put bundled up my soft top and stored it away for another winter season and put on the hard top today. Fresh anti-freeze is scheduled for next weekend, along with swapping the MT/R's for the Goodyear AT/S's for the winter. What change of season rituals do you guys perform on your rigs?
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Post by toynrnd on Oct 21, 2002 11:07:43 GMT -5
I usually check the vehicles out to make sure everything is ok, and start praying for snow!!!
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Post by jeeepxj on Oct 21, 2002 21:33:05 GMT -5
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Post by jpnut on Oct 22, 2002 13:17:29 GMT -5
I usually check the vehicles out to make sure everything is ok, and start praying for snow!!! Snow would be nice, about a foot or so a week would be good. At least the leaves are starting to change and there is a chill in the air. Jonathan |
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Post by Lyle on Oct 22, 2002 18:55:52 GMT -5
Snow would be nice, about a foot or so a week would be good. At least the leaves are starting to change and there is a chill in the air. Jonathan Mountain snow = Good DC Beltway Snow = Bad Perhaps my thoughts are driven by where I live. Growing up in Va. Beach, I remember thinking that snow was a fun thing. Of course, you only saw it every 5 years or so. Mom would make snow cream... you didn't shovel it, you waited for it to melt. I think I need to move!  I HAVE moved in the "right" direction, tho. I spent 10 years in Illinois one winter... |
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Post by jpnut on Oct 23, 2002 6:47:24 GMT -5
Growing up in Northwestern PA, my mother would always say that it could snow as long as it didn't snow on the road. The way people drive around here, I am beginning to agree with her. I am quickly getting annoyed by stupid drivers.
Jonathan
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Post by ScramblerPat on Oct 23, 2002 9:35:03 GMT -5
The way people drive around here. I am quickly getting annoyed by stupid drivers. Aren't you a VA drive now and couldn't you be considered as one of "those drivers" by somepeople?? |
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Post by jpnut on Oct 23, 2002 9:59:34 GMT -5
Aren't you a VA drive now and couldn't you be considered as one of "those drivers" by somepeople?? Hmmm. What is this? A Yankee/ Rebel thing? Actually my wife has told me that I am getting to be a better driver. Not really sure what that means. The roads that I drive to and from work, the one is a windy country road so I can understand to a point if you drive extremely slow. The other has a speed limit of 55mph (Route 20S). The last week or so I have been driving using either 2nd or 3rd gear. Speeds have been topping out at a whole 40mph. And I would say that 98% of the people on the road drive this road regularly. The country road (SR626) especially, unless you live down there, you wouldn't be driving down there. It will start to sprinkle and they slow down even more. I've lived in a lot of places but some of these people take the cake. I've actually stopped and got a cup of coffee and then caught up to the slow ones. But I can say that I am not one of the people who will tailgate you. Oh well I guess it's my pet peeve. But I guess if it bothers you that I am an import, I am looking to move back out West. The other thing I am for is forced home schooling. Let's get the buses off the road. Jonathan |
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Post by toynrnd on Oct 23, 2002 11:10:18 GMT -5
Why do you have to drive slow on a "windy" road? Do the trees get blown over often?
HA HA HA
I crack me up!
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Post by jpnut on Oct 23, 2002 12:55:11 GMT -5
Windy, windy. Actually you do have to watch for trees in the road. Diane told me that she crested a knoll in the road to find a big old oak across the road. She swerved off the edge of the road and thought she scraped the tree on the XJ. She looked at it later and told me that it put a couple of scratches on it. I told it was ok, mine has a few scratches also. Actually I have been told that I drive too fast on SR626. The posted speed is 45, I can drive it at 60 but it's hard on the tires when deer jump out in front of you.
What are you doing? Posting during lunch?
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Post by jpnut on Oct 23, 2002 13:05:01 GMT -5
swapping the MT/R's for the Goodyear AT/S's for the winter. What change of season rituals do you guys perform on your rigs? To answer your original question, I have to ask one first. Why do you take off the MT/R's? Now to answer your question. I rotate the air in my tires. ;D |
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Post by Lyle on Oct 23, 2002 14:13:14 GMT -5
To answer your original question, I have to ask one first. Why do you take off the MT/R's? Well, my logic is to "save" the MT/R's for wheelin' season. That, and I would think the AT/S's would probably be a little better in the snow (if we ever get any). Mostly, I just want to make the MT/R's last as long as I can. |
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Post by ScramblerPat on Oct 23, 2002 14:19:52 GMT -5
The posted speed is 45, I can drive it at 60 Most people with a badge concider that reckless driving.. Not wreckless driving  |
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Post by jpnut on Oct 23, 2002 16:24:05 GMT -5
Most people with a badge concider that reckless driving.. Not wreckless driving Well Pat, I agree with you. Typically I only drive at the speed limit. And many times I pull over for those who feel the need to be so close that I can't see their headlights. The reason, I say that I can drive it at 60 is because I had to before to get someone to the hospital. Do I make a habit of speeding? No, I've had a clean driving record for over 10 years now and have no reason to make my insurance go up. Can't really say that I'm ever in a hurry, even when I'm late for work. Oh and those guys with the badge have been know to have speed traps set up in Howardsville. There is really nothing out where I live, well except for a bunch of trees and wild life. |
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Post by Lyle on Oct 23, 2002 16:33:50 GMT -5
"Badges? We don' NEED no steeenkin' badges!"
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
and, later from:
Blazing Saddles
I don't know why this thread made me think about that... but it did. If you've never seen Treasure of the Sierra Madre, go rent it!
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