Mustang Chef has had enough Winter

chefster said:

Just venting. this is starting to suck.

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X2, what part of MI are you from?

Same here. It's 52° here in Chicagoland today, and I'm too damn sick with some upper respiratory infection to get the car out.

I hear ya brother, its going to take awhile to melt all this snow. We have like 3 feet on the ground.

ya it was 52* today...the stang is on jackstands...and i had to work...so i drove the work truck....that thing is NO fun what so ever to drive.

Picked up 7 inches of fresh snow last week, 1-3 by Tuesday. I like to work (I plow I80), lotta things getting done on the house, and soon the 5.0, but I have nearly 300 hrs of OT since Nov 30. Getting old doesn't describe it.

Strippt88 said:

Picked up 7 inches of fresh snow last week, 1-3 by Tuesday. I like to work (I plow I80), lotta things getting done on the house, and soon the 5.0, but I have nearly 300 hrs of OT since Nov 30. Getting old doesn't describe it.

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but im SURE you like that time and half pay huh?

yeah i hate winter too. i have to actually drive mine through the slop too. they salt the roads so bad here its maddening. i just poked my finger through a nice rusty patch of metal on the right rear door sill. pretty awesome...

Move to Central Florida & buy a house here. It is 78 outside and sunny with a slight breeze. I'll even sell you my house for the right price...:

jrichker said:

Move to Central Florida & buy a house here. It is 78 outside and sunny with a slight breeze. I'll even sell you my house for the right price...:

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$3500 and not a penny more.

it was nearly 70 and sunny here yesterday, today rain with snow and ice moving in. In a few months we'll be cryin that its so hot...

jrichker said:

Move to Central Florida & buy a house here. It is 78 outside and sunny with a slight breeze. I'll even sell you my house for the right price...:

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I regret not moving to SW Florida 2 1/2 years ago when I had everything lined up, but backed out of it. Still thinking about buying a house in Cape Coral anyway. $105k for a 3br, 2 1/2ba, 2 car attached garage built within the past 5 years. That $105k would get me a house in the ghettoest of ghetto areas here.

chefster said:

Just venting. this is starting to suck.

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I am in Michigan too. I agree 100000000% Winter really blows. Last year at this time I was already driving my notch and I didn't see any salt til the winter time came again. This year the notch won't be out til May the way it looks.

BTW....How do you like the POTHOLES here??????

omg 62* today WOOT debating on putting the top down for the drive to work

SVT32VDOHC said:

BTW....How do you like the POTHOLES here??????

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I don't know WTF it is, but all highways/interstates in WI are like MINE FIELDS. We had a couple heavy snows that melted off, then froze immediately after, probably creating a lot of frost heave. Even when the salt is gone I'm afraid of what will happen to either my 18's or drag wheels when I go for a drive.........

Was 78 yesterday and its snowing at this moment

NKau said:

I don't know WTF it is, but all highways/interstates in WI are like MINE FIELDS. We had a couple heavy snows that melted off, then froze immediately after, probably creating a lot of frost heave. Even when the salt is gone I'm afraid of what will happen to either my 18's or drag wheels when I go for a drive.........

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You got it right on the money, all this snow, melting every other week. The water has run into every crack in the surface, frozen, and expanded the paved layer right off. No way to fix it right, new surface aside. If I'm not plowing the highway, I'm patching it, anymore. My brother is in Eau Claire, says you need a 4X4 AFTER it stops snowing. Hope Route 66 was sealcoated!