Snow

[deerslayer]

5 hours ago, monkeylizard said:

The Miata is a garage queen, but I can't say I wasn't tempted to put the hardtop on and cut some donuts in the cul-de-sac last week  

We have had three and they absolutely sucked in this stuff.  But I sure would like another one.  

[gregintenn]

1 hour ago, Garufa said:

What’s the point in having a tool if you don’t use it?

Rain: 4WD

Gravel: 4WD 

Mud: 4WD 

Snow and/or Ice: 4WD 

I have no intention of getting stuck or going off the road just to prove myself to myself.  

It ain't fun if it ain't a challenge.

[gregintenn]

24 minutes ago, deerslayer said:

We have had three and they absolutely sucked in this stuff.  But I sure would like another one.  

Dad used to have a Corvette. NOT a snow vehicle!!!

[NoBanStan]

23 hours ago, monkeylizard said:

Hello, fellow Mazda-nerd! Mazda Tribute, CX-5, and a Miata in my current lineup. I've had a 323, two 626s, and a Mazda3 hatch. The Miata is a garage queen, but I can't say I wasn't tempted to put the hardtop on and cut some donuts in the cul-de-sac last week  

Dang! that's pretty clean looking. I want one to tinker with but I would look like Herman Munster sitting in it (or maybe Lurch)

[Sleep profit]

Snow is just now starting to melt down  Now I heard on news  3-4 inches of rain plus melt off from snow What’s next Frogs. Locust. This is no way to run a new year lol  well at least the ponds will be good to go for Spring when cattle arrive 

[monkeylizard]

1 hour ago, NoBanStan said:

Dang! that's pretty clean looking. I want one to tinker with but I would look like Herman Munster sitting in it (or maybe Lurch)

I'm 6'4", so . . . .  

[NoBanStan]

38 minutes ago, monkeylizard said:

I'm 6'4", so . . . .  

[deerslayer]

2 hours ago, NoBanStan said:

Dang! that's pretty clean looking. I want one to tinker with but I would look like Herman Munster sitting in it (or maybe Lurch)

I took my wife’s uncle for a ride in ours.  He was about 6’2/325 and wore 30” length pants.  He was basically a torso.  His chin was flush with the top of the windshield.    

[NoBanStan]

34 minutes ago, deerslayer said:

I took my wife’s uncle for a ride in ours.  He was about 6’2/325 and wore 30” length pants.  He was basically a torso.  His chin was flush with the top of the windshield.    

I'm 6'2" myself, so i can only imagine @monkeylizard. I would pay good money to watch my two best pals in it. They are 6'8" and 6'9". HAHAHA.. that visual.

[Darrell]

My wife drives an Audi TT. I'm not a big guy, 5'11", but I struggle to get into it and part of my front-view is the headliner where it meets the windshield. My wife is five foot nothin, and it fits her very well.

[gregintenn]

Mother in law’s water line froze and burst in her bathroom. House was built in the 30’s maybe, and plumbed as an after thought. Me and 2 brother in laws spent all day working on it. Not fixed. Maybe tomorrow. Bath and sink drains also rotted we discovered. No room to work. This chit sucks!!! I’m only glad I’m physically able to help. You couldn’t give me an old house unless I could bulldoze it and sell the lot.

 

Ease of future maintenance was foremost in my mind when I designed our house. Whoever built this one; not so much!

 

I’m only telling you this to say if you see an old house for sale and think “It would be cool to renovate this” to move on!

Edited January 24 by gregintenn

[OldIronFan]

21 hours ago, NoBanStan said:

Dang! that's pretty clean looking. I want one to tinker with but I would look like Herman Munster sitting in it (or maybe Lurch)

I am 6'3" and bounce around between 250 to 275lbs depending on how much I have been working out. 

I did not fit well with the factory 93 LE seats that were in the car when I got it. I now have modified seats it it that fit me much better. 

 

Edited January 24 by OldIronFan

[monkeylizard]

3 hours ago, deerslayer said:

I took my wife’s uncle for a ride in ours.  He was about 6’2/325 and wore 30” length pants.  He was basically a torso.  His chin was flush with the top of the windshield.    

I'm the opposite. Long legs. Makes clutching a challenge (all ankle work) and I don't think I could do Auto-X racing, but I fit fine.

[NoBanStan]

now i think we need a miata topic. i'm dying to get myself a tinker-mobile. even have the wife onboard but man those used prices... yeesh. everyone acting like they're sitting on a gold mine.

Oh yeah and something, something snow (so we can say we're on topic).

[jpx2rk]

12 hours ago, gregintenn said:

Mother in law’s water line froze and burst in her bathroom. House was built in the 30’s maybe, and plumbed as an after thought. Me and 2 brother in laws spent all day working on it. Not fixed. Maybe tomorrow. Bath and sink drains also rotted we discovered. No room to work. This chit sucks!!! I’m only glad I’m physically able to help. You couldn’t give me an old house unless I could bulldoze it and sell the lot.

 

Ease of future maintenance was foremost in my mind when I designed our house. Whoever built this one; not so much!

 

I’m only telling you this to say if you see an old house for sale and think “It would be cool to renovate this” to move on!

At least the temps are warmer, so there is that.  GL with the project.  

[jpx2rk]

Staying on topic, I watched the remaining snow melt while I grilled a cornish hen out last night for supper.  And it's 41* this morning.  

[Tom B]

Here in Jonesborough most of the snow is gone now. Being 45 overnight helped a lot with that. There wont be a spot of snow in another day or 2 with higher temps and rain coming. I'm glad since I am an avid mountain biker.

[peejman]

5 hours ago, Tom B said:

Here in Jonesborough most of the snow is gone now. Being 45 overnight helped a lot with that. There wont be a spot of snow in another day or 2 with higher temps and rain coming. I'm glad since I am an avid mountain biker.

Gonna take a while to dry out enough for mountain biking here.  3-4" of rain plus all the snow melt and the creeks already look full.  I'll be for all the piles of dirty snow to be gone, looks too much like Michigan for my taste.