When is your Mustang hibernating?

NiteRydaGT

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Oct 14, 2004

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Never. Snow and ice are my friend.

 

In'till'zah

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Mine goes to bed here at the end of the month. Then I am driving my 93 F150 till the end of March.

 

ADRENLN

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its a bit soon isnt it? fall is the best time to drive the stang, nice and cool for the engine. when it does get cold its going in, around end of nov.

 

super302

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Oct 14, 2004

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Hopefully mine sells before snow hits

 

DELOS02GT

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Oct 15, 2004

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This sux!!!! It feels like I just took it out for the summer. Mine will go bye bye for the winter after Thanksgiving. Usually after the first snow fall I put it away. I'm going to put the last coat of wax on the car this weekend

 

03redfiregt

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Oct 15, 2004

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Summer went by so fast!!! feels like i just took it out. BUt i will probably put it away at the end of the month, depends on the weather. Its not my daily driver anyway so maybe a little longer. SUcks, but not too sad winter is coming . TIme to take the snowmobiles out of hibernation!!!!

 

VOORHEES

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Oct 15, 2004

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Mine hibernates during the week. I drive it mostly on weekends. Although I do live where it doesn't get that cold.

 

pinski

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Oct 15, 2004

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Pssh, I live in NC - she gets driven allll winter looooong

 

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8yourZ06

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My car hibernates year round during the week. Only gets driven on nice weekends.

 

JonJon

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hibernates never
drive it like you stole it in the winter

 

Tommy_04_GT

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Oct 15, 2004

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Mine will be mostly stored, but still driven on weekends and when there is not much snow on the ground. I cannot have it sitting around too long

 

V8SRGRT

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Mine is going to sleep at the end of the month. I have a 97 S10 to drive in the winter. I just pump the tires up really good, disconnect the neg battery cable, fill the tank up and add a little sta-bil to the gas to keep it fresh. I am not really sure how hard it is on the engine the first time i start it in the spring seeing how the oil has sat all winter and most of it drained off the engine components with only a slight coating on the parts left.....any opinions welcomed????

 

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tarch at school

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mine stays active duty

 

DELOS02GT

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V8SRGRT said:

Mine is going to sleep at the end of the month. I have a 97 S10 to drive in the winter. I just pump the tires up really good, disconnect the neg battery cable, fill the tank up and add a little sta-bil to the gas to keep it fresh. I am not really sure how hard it is on the engine the first time i start it in the spring seeing how the oil has sat all winter and most of it drained off the engine components with only a slight coating on the parts left.....any opinions welcomed????

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Start it over the winter. I do. Just let if run for about 45min so the exhaust heats up, give it a few "who's your daddy" revs and it will be fine. I start mine at least twice a month. Just make sure you let it run long enough so the moisture can burn off. If you let the car run for 10min and turn it off the moisture can rust out your exhaust from the inside out.

 

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narongc73

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i don't know why you guys store it for the whole winter. take it out every weekend, when there isn't snow of course.. what's the point in having a car (cheap one at that) and just to let it sit idle for a whole winter?

 

w00t

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Oct 15, 2004

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I don't think we hibernate in TX.

 

Tmack

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Oct 15, 2004

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I live in Salt Lake City, Utah and we get pretty bad winters here, but my pony gallops year round. It handles better through slush and light snow than my Jeep Cherokee did. I don't even put snow tires on it.

 

TheDamned

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Oct 15, 2004

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Next week.

 

95CobraStang

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Oct 15, 2004

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hmmm...It won'tt really be stored, just on all days of rain or wet ground. But that should start happening within a month or so. It will be out of commission often tho, due to many projects, one having to do with Mr. Kenne Bell. Then I bust out the beastly Durango.

 

myponyrocks

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mines a daily driver, most Ive driven in was 8 inches of snow, its um interesting... Honestly I think most people garage them because they cant or are afraid to drive them in the snow.
The only 2 legit reasons are if its a show car or just has too much torque even starting out in 2nd or 3rd I dont think it has anything to do with the price of the car.
Salt washes off and so does mag chloride, I wouldnt be too afraid of it, mag chloride only affects rubber short term, if you wash it off within aprox 48 hours it wont hurt metal or clearcoat too much.