It's COLD-But Corvette is Sleeping
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It's COLD-But Corvette is Sleeping
I put my Corvette away each year in late October into commercial storage. It is snug, secure, dry, and warm until April. Thank goodness! Tonight and tomorrow we will see windchills of ~-35*F. That is about where windshield washer fluid turns to mush and marginal batteries can freeze. But the Corvette is basking in 60*F temps. My daily driver may be another story in the morning!!
The pic shows the 1974 going into storage. Bad pic but the complex has a capacity for ~450 vehicles. I have used their services for over 15 years.
The pic shows the 1974 going into storage. Bad pic but the complex has a capacity for ~450 vehicles. I have used their services for over 15 years.
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An inanimate object does not feel the effects of "wind chill." It is a false meterological term used to hype weather reports. Whatever the thermometer reads is what the car and its fluids are subject to no matter what wind speed is.
It is nice to keep your car in storage. It is even nicer in the Spring to take them out.
It is nice to keep your car in storage. It is even nicer in the Spring to take them out.
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Had mine out today, top down. 60 degrees. Sorry Paul it's a New Year's Day tradition (also have to wear shorts) after 40 years of frigid winters, now I love New Year's Day! 
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An inanimate object does not feel the effects of "wind chill." It is a false meterological term used to hype weather reports. Whatever the thermometer reads is what the car and its fluids are subject to no matter what wind speed is.
It is nice to keep your car in storage. It is even nicer in the Spring to take them out.
It is nice to keep your car in storage. It is even nicer in the Spring to take them out.
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That is a 1979 L-82 that I restored and drove for 17 years. I sold it to my younger Brother when I bought a 1967 coupe in 2003. It is still on the road and doing well. The T/A arms were replaced last autumn for bushing issues but it remains a very solid driver. I loved it despite what people say about 1979s.
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Exactly. So many people are taken in by this media created term to exaggerate the effect of cold weather.
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I don't know what an endearment converter is but I have never adapted to Celsius. I have an outdoor weather station monitor in front of my computer (in *F), it says -11*F now, and a paper conversion chart as well. Celsius means nothing to me. I do not say that in a derogatory sense; I just have never converted. When the snow squeaks underfoot it is -20*F. I learned that in the Yukon many moons ago. At -40*F jet engines get cranky as in Winnipeg today.
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*Edit* - Thanks for listening. I have to take the green bin, black, purple, blue and maybe some other bins out tonight. Oops, they only pick up real garbage every two weeks here now so the real garbage in those black bags have to go out. The 'coons will have a hoot with those. So I re-package at -30F in the morning. Canada in the winter is a real hoot! EH!
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Mike,
I don't know what an endearment converter is but I have never adapted to Celsius. I have an outdoor weather station monitor in front of my computer (in *F), it says -11*F now, and a paper conversion chart as well. Celsius means nothing to me. I do not say that in a derogatory sense; I just have never converted. When the snow squeaks underfoot it is -20*F. I learned that in the Yukon many moons ago. At -40*F jet engines get cranky as in Winnipeg today.
I don't know what an endearment converter is but I have never adapted to Celsius. I have an outdoor weather station monitor in front of my computer (in *F), it says -11*F now, and a paper conversion chart as well. Celsius means nothing to me. I do not say that in a derogatory sense; I just have never converted. When the snow squeaks underfoot it is -20*F. I learned that in the Yukon many moons ago. At -40*F jet engines get cranky as in Winnipeg today.
The concept of windchill or 'feels like' as they say here confuses many. The term only affects objects that are at a temperature higher than the surrounding air. The wind removes heat from exposed skin or a hot engine faster than in a sheltered area. A person standing in -20 air with sufficient wind to equal a -40 windchill is loosing heat at the same rate as if was actually -40 with no wind.
A hot engine will cool off to static temperature faster on a windy day, but it cannot actually get colder than the air surrounding it. IOW- if it's -20 with a windchill of -40, the engine starts the same as -20 with no wind.
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Paul that hardtop looks great - I never see it on the car!
I sometimes have to do work in -35°C freezers for 30-40 minutes at a time. I believe a little piece of me dies each time, and I go a bit insane inside.
I sometimes have to do work in -35°C freezers for 30-40 minutes at a time. I believe a little piece of me dies each time, and I go a bit insane inside.
usually its -25C and 50 cm snow here on new years eve..
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I put the hardtop on late in September. It does look OK but a bit of a nuisance to move around. Needs two people. Darn thing is heavy.
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My 82 got the garage for this storm. The 92 will weather it out. Unfortunately my wife won't give up her garage space. I do have an offsite storage garage, but it such a pain to put it away for a few days. I drive both year round as long as the roads aren't snow covered. My avatar is a staged picture, right side of garage quickly vacated before my wife came home from work.
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