Do you drive your classic in the winter?

bcollie67 · Jan 6, 2010

How cold is too cold for you to drive you classic during the winter months?

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brianj5600 · Jan 6, 2010

Below 50. My Mustang is my treat to myself. There is nothing to keep me from getting out on a colder day, but I don't enjoy weather much under 50 so I leave it in the garage.

Kman · Jan 6, 2010

Not so much the cold, it's the sand, salt and snow around here that keeps the Mustangs parked and covered from Thanksgiving till April

Dutch65mustang · Jan 6, 2010

No, usually it goes in storage around november till march.

And even then its mostly indoors.

72 fastback · Jan 6, 2010

I will take mine out on ocassion after a good rain and the salt has washed away. The car has heat so the cold doesn't bother me so much. I work outside for a living so I might feel a little different on this topic than others.

tx65coupe · Jan 6, 2010

I drive mine in the winter all the time, but definitely not as much as in the summer. Luckily our winters are not that harsh like some of you have to deal with. I do drive it less in the winter. I just took it out the other day and it was 40 degrees and on the way home in was around freezing outside. If there is anything on the roads for ice, I don't take it out though.

silver66pony · Jan 6, 2010

mine gets put up in october and comes out in may

coolblue65 · Jan 6, 2010

I drove mine as my daily driver for about 2 years, but now once it gets into the 40's I pretty much stop driving it, I will occasionally take it out for a ride around the block or a test drive if I have been working on something, but if its salty, icy, or snowy, it stays in the garage.

George'65 · Jan 6, 2010

coolblue65 said:
I drove mine as my daily driver for about 2 years, but now once it gets into the 40's I pretty much stop driving it, I will occasionally take it out for a ride around the block or a test drive if I have been working on something, but if its salty, icy, or snowy, it stays in the garage.

I take it that the '60s cars are to keep, while winter weather and the likes are harsh to our pride and joy !

But if we all live in dryer / warmer area , I'm sure we would take it out often.

I live in the humid / warm , I could do it all year except when it rains ! I hate to see the works underside get nasty !

Oh, well.....

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blown65 · Jan 6, 2010

I drive mine on the dry days, dont really care if its cold or not. Rain, no way, lots of power and drag radials with no traction.

I dont drive the Shelby in the rain either.

88gt · Jan 7, 2010

With all this global warming...I mean climate change going on, we will soon be able to enjoy our cars year 'round.

hurt · Jan 7, 2010

88gt said:
With all this global warming...I mean climate change going on, we will soon be able to enjoy our cars year 'round.

It looks like you think the scientists are lying to the world.

bcollie67 said:
How cold is too cold for you to drive you classic during the winter months?

No snow here so I drive it year round, but not in the rain.

iskwezm · Jan 7, 2010

its been in the high 70's here all week, perfect time for cuising

jonfor · Jan 20, 2010

welp, i laid out of work today to go and get plates for my car finally after a 8 months of ownership. $38 later (including back taxes owed by the previous owner) i'm legal. i came home, changed the oil (M1 10W30), and hit the streets!

to answer the OP's title question... now i do. as for temperature: building trust with my +40 year old rust bucket is a bigger issue than how cold.

krash kendall · Jan 31, 2010

Here's a photo or two taken while shoveling the car out to get to work a couple mornings a few years ago. I finally took the annual plates off in late '08 and just permit it periodically now.

jcp123 · Feb 3, 2010

I do, but I don't live in a snowbound climate. If I did, the road salt would keep me from driving it more than the traction issues or the cold.

shelby69 · Feb 4, 2010

I live in Pennsylvania. They love to salt, cinder and brine. So needless to say, I don't drive my 69 and rarely drive my 05. Lucky enough to have a 95 F150 with a plow.

Cobra5.0Jeep · Feb 4, 2010

My Classic will never see rain or a wet road but if the roads are dry and the sand has been blown off pretty good from lack of snow and ice lately i might take it out on a sunny day.

rbohm · Feb 5, 2010

right now my fords are down for reworking, but when they were running i drove them through all kinds of weather, and through all seasons.

noroof66 · Feb 5, 2010

Never in the rain. I would probably get a ton of water inside.

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