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Supposed to be a big warm up & rain. Lots of salt to wash away but remaining hopeful.
And as we know that pretty much happened.
Roads are fairly salt free and dry now and put over well over 100 miles since Monday on my 2016 Mustang GT. Felt great getting away from my winter beater and rowing the gears and hearing that 5.0 engine sing.
Last edited by Mopar Jimmy; 12-27-2016 at 10:42 PM.
Thanks to the last gasp of what turned out to be an an easy end (after a rough start) of December my 2016 Mustang GT 5.0 with its manual tranny and 3.73 factory gears have hit the streets since last weekend!
If the forecast holds out the ACR will be out for the holiday weekend heading into the January and the New Year.
Last edited by Mopar Jimmy; 12-29-2016 at 01:34 PM.
Only some private parking lots are still salted up no big deal wish it would stay this way the rest of winter it would help make it fly by (but we know that's not going to happen unfortunately).
Actually, its my opinion that the Roads and Highways right now are way cleaner than they are in summer (construction season) when there is nothing but dirt, limestone, tar, grit, ROCKS, flying all around and getting your car all messed up!
Last edited by Mopar Jimmy; 01-01-2017 at 12:26 PM.
Salt got washed up big time and streets will be good to go as long as no more salt is thrown down and once we dry out! Saturday looks perfect more rain scheduled some time during the day on Friday and Sunday, hopefully the fun cars will get to come out to play this weekend!
Last edited by Mopar Jimmy; 01-17-2017 at 08:52 PM.
Salt got washed up big time and streets will be good to go as long as no more salt is thrown down and once we dry out! Saturday looks perfect more rain scheduled some time during the day on Friday and Sunday, hopefully the fun cars will get to come out to play this weekend!
Calling for lots of rain Thursday, dry out on Friday, pushing 60 on Saturday-we're golden
Last edited by Carvin; 01-18-2017 at 06:13 AM.
Reason: Clarify
Now if it would only stop fcqkcing raining so we can have dry roads by the weekend that would be great!
On a positive night the roads are DEFINITELY salt free and clean and with Thursday night temps staying around 39 degrees again we should be good to go for the weekend as long as the roads are dry by then.
Last edited by Mopar Jimmy; 01-20-2017 at 12:01 AM.
Now if it would only stop fcqkcing raining so we can have dry roads by the weekend that would be great!
On a positive night the roads are DEFINITELY salt free and clean and with Thursday night temps staying around 39 degrees again we should be good to go for the weekend as long as the roads are dry by then.
We're all set Jimmy. Rain outta here, may the dry out begin
Think I'll take her out to the farms tomorrow.
Grand Ridge Rd from Mazon to Grand Ridge, 26 flat straight miles,
just me & the wind turbines.
Last edited by Carvin; 01-20-2017 at 08:15 AM.
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We're all set Jimmy. Rain outta here, may the dry out begin
Think I'll take her out to the farms tomorrow.
Grand Ridge Rd from Mazon to Grand Ridge, 26 flat straight miles,
just me & the wind turbines.
Awesome my friend where is that located (city, State).
How far from west suburbs to get there?
If the roads are totally dry the Viper ACR is coming out, if they are only mostly dry then then the 2016 Mustang GT 5.0 will come out to play.
Enjoy my friend be safe!
Last edited by Mopar Jimmy; 01-21-2017 at 01:01 AM.
Awesome my friend where is that located (city, State).
How far from west suburbs to get there?
If the roads are totally dry the Viper ACR is coming out, if they are only mostly dry then then the 2016 Mustang GT 5.0 will come out to play.
Enjoy my friend be safe!
Mazon IL 50 miles from Westmont. Waiting for streets to dry!
Update: Took a long time for streets to dry so I didn't get that far.
To get the 26 miles on Grand Ridge Road, I take the old Route 66
from Wilmington down to Gardner. Then head west and take Gorman Road
north to Grand Ridge Road. So I'm actually getting on GRR before Mazon.
Maybe tomorrow but I'll see how the fog is.
Last edited by Carvin; 01-21-2017 at 10:11 PM.
Reason: Update
Mazon IL 50 miles from Westmont. Waiting for streets to dry!
Update: Took a long time for streets to dry so I didn't get that far.
To get the 26 miles on Grand Ridge Road, I take the old Route 66
from Wilmington down to Gardner. Then head west and take Gorman Road
north to Grand Ridge Road. So I'm actually getting on GRR before Mazon.
Maybe tomorrow but I'll see how the fog is.
Excellent, thanks! Yeah the darn roadways were so saturated with moisture from all that darn rain that it took forever for the roads to dry even with the sun out and 57 degree temps. Was a bit frustrated that it was too damp to take out my Viper Snake out, but still had a riot going to my back up hot rod, rowing through the gears with it factory, performance 3.73 gears, in my 2016 Mustang GT, with its stock 435 HP 5.0 Coyote engine. Very fun car to drive! Tonight its been cocktails while I enjoy the biggest B. Jackson car auction night of the year (life is good my friend, stay thirsty!).
Last edited by Mopar Jimmy; 01-22-2017 at 11:07 PM.
12-27-2016, 08:36 PM
And as we know that pretty much happened. 
we should be good to go for the weekend as long as the roads are dry by then.