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[Argess]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

Taking before and after Winter pics of your rotors in conjunction with the rest of his Winter prep routine sounds very anal to me.

I look at mine.....3 times. Once in the Fall, again in the Spring before I drive it, and then again after the first drive. Odd how the 1st and last times, they look the same.....just that darn middle time.

If you ignore the boat related stuff, here's a decent checklist:

http://www.boatus.com/boattech/Casey/37.htm

A good tip from the link, is to leave the gastank full to reduce condensation and save the tank from corrosion.

By the way, if the mice want in, nothing will stop them. I've had them chew through one of those thick plastic tupperware containers to get to Christmas Chocolate Balls.....probably drawn by the rum content, but how they smelled through the tupperware.....

I do have mice in my garage once the weather gets cold. Quite disconcerting to be standing by the workbench tinkering with something and have a mouse run by, or be on your back under the car and one runs past your ear....LOL. But they havn't attacked the Cobra yet. No food to draw them to it I guess.

Try peanut butter on mouse traps. Sometimes they clean it up without the trap going off, but soemtimes they don't.

And I guarentee you, if you leave a bucket of antifreeze around, by spring you will have several drowned mice in the bottom.

[WarrenG]

I think it's easiest to just drive it once every two weeks. No need for the top. Even at 17F you just need to put a coat on! No problems with the mower, chipper, or tractor either. Just start them once in a while.

[dcdoug]

Originally Posted by WarrenG

I think it's easiest to just drive it once every two weeks. No need for the top. Even at 17F you just need to put a coat on! No problems with the mower, chipper, or tractor either. Just start them once in a while.

I am generally with Warren, but then this is my first winter with the Cobra.....although I wouldn't drive it if the roads have been salted recently and no rain has come to wash it away. I was bike commuting (30mph for stretches) last winter and survived on 30 degree days, so it can't be much colder than that. I do have the FE to keep me warm after all.

Warren, you can drive down to my house and we can go on a popsicle cruise.

Here is another link on car winterizing: http://www.triple-c.com/Winter_Car_S...John_Twist.cfm

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Argess

I look at mine.....3 times. Once in the Fall, again in the Spring before I drive it, and then again after the first drive. Odd how the 1st and last times, they look the same.....just that darn middle time.

The real reason I took the time to actually photograph them before I put the car in the bag, and then compare them a good 5 months later when I pulled it out of the bag, was to see if the ads that say the desiccant "prevents all rust, blah, blah, blah" were true, partially true, or totally false. Rotors are a good benchmark because, when the weather is just right (meaning that rainy/drizzly/fog/temp-just-right weather) the rotors on my other cars will surface rust overnight to such a degree that it's almost hard to believe. You can even hear the rust coming off on the pads on the drive down the street.

Originally Posted by WarrenG

I think it's easiest to just drive it once every two weeks. No need for the top. Even at 17F you just need to put a coat on!

Well, you get the blue-balls award for that. I question whether my car would even start in 17 degree weather. I question whether I would start in 17 degree weather. Plus, once we've had our first taste of snow or ice they put some sort of crap on the street that is just horrible and seems to stay there until the heavy Spring rains wash it all away.

[WarrenG]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Well, you get the blue-balls award for that. I question whether my car would even start in 17 degree weather. I question whether I would start in 17 degree weather. Plus, once we've had our first taste of snow or ice they put some sort of crap on the street that is just horrible and seems to stay there until the heavy Spring rains wash it all away.

I don't know what they put on the roads here, but since I tend to take it out after the commuters have gone to work (or home) it seems like most of that stuff has been picked up by their cars. I don't end up with too much to clean off after a run.