December 21, 2004:

I hate this wintry weather!

Poor GBMINI …

Overnight rain turned to snow, giving slushy icy roads, with temperatures dropping further to an overnight low of 5f; GBMINI is coated in dirty snow, ice, and just looks terrible :(

Posted by GBMINI at 12:44 pm | GBMINI#2
Comments: 9 (post new comment)

  1. jwardell (2004/12/21 @ 1:24 pm)

    Do you think MOP would let us use their wash bays for washing and waxing our cars? All this salt is not good for my MINI’s skin.

  2. CWraight (2004/12/21 @ 1:34 pm)

    Glad I’m not the only one…was tempted to wash today, but rain / 54f in the forecast for Thu….
    Aqualung
    P.S. Ian got my “Up Circuit” yesterday, thanks!

  3. Ian Cull (2004/12/21 @ 2:39 pm)

    Josh, Yesterday MINI Peabody were not doing washes, because they were worried about the cars freezing up - water in the latch mechanism, etc.
    I think they had 5-10 cars come in yesterday with frozen doors :(

  4. jwardell (2004/12/21 @ 3:07 pm)

    Ian, do you have front mud flaps? I just noticed although the rest of my car is covered with salt, my sides look nothing like yours (not to mention mine is BLACK). Well worth the $13.
    I didn’t mean head over to MOP today to wash. I just have this general need, I need to get wax on my newly-painted panels and can’t do that at a car wash place, where I would have to go at nighttime as it would take me an hour, then it would be too cold to dry. I really wish I had a garage!!

  5. Ian C. (2004/12/21 @ 6:13 pm)

    No front mud flaps - you cannot fit them with the aero kit skirts :( (or so I am told!)

  6. RB (2004/12/21 @ 6:15 pm)

    Having been born hear in LA area I can’t imagine what you folks are going through…WOW 5f…no way! Sorry but I’d never leave the house. I’ve never been below 30f!
    More power to you folks.***RB

  7. ukpylot (2004/12/22 @ 10:30 am)

    Now living in the desert of SoCal I really miss the winter - it rarely gets below 75 during the day here. Though I think I’d be driving my Jeep in that kind of weather, let my MINI take a nice warm holiday in the garage.

  8. Electra (2004/12/26 @ 3:35 pm)

    How are those non-runflats handling?

  9. Ian C. (2004/12/27 @ 3:54 pm)

    I went driving today and deliberately tested the tires on the plowed but still slippery roads around Gloucester - performance was reasonable and predictable.
    Acceleration encouraged DSC, but braking was good without the need for ABS to kick in.
    I am now happily confident in GBMINIs poor weather performance.

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