Just 49 days until April 1st, the start of the true drive your fast car 2018 season!
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St. Jude Donor '06
Just 49 days until April 1st, the start of the true drive your fast car 2018 season!
Yep, despite it being early Feb. and mother nature having just dumped a foot of snow on us and about a trillion pounds of salt, Spring is just 38 days away (March 20th) and April 1st, the day in my mind that all the cool go fast cars kick off the 2018 car season, is now just 49 days away.
February will fly by and it will be Spring b/f you know it! Sure, you may get a dusting of snow in the first week of April but usually not, and if you do its melted by the middle of the afternoon. There is DEFINITELY light at the end of the tunnel and we are on the last stretch of winter and once Spring gets here on March 20, I say the rains will be hitting and cleaning the streets, and our cool go fast cars (as least mine) will be ready to kick off the 2018 car season!
February will fly by and it will be Spring b/f you know it! Sure, you may get a dusting of snow in the first week of April but usually not, and if you do its melted by the middle of the afternoon. There is DEFINITELY light at the end of the tunnel and we are on the last stretch of winter and once Spring gets here on March 20, I say the rains will be hitting and cleaning the streets, and our cool go fast cars (as least mine) will be ready to kick off the 2018 car season!
Last edited by Mopar Jimmy; Feb 10, 2018 at 07:32 PM.
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I can’t wait to see the light at the end of that tunnel. I got stuck in alley trying to get the car in the garage. It was so deep I could not get the car into the garage. I finally gave up and parked the car at work and walked home
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Yes. Found a 2016 Z06 with 30K miles @ a price I couldn't resist. Bought it right before Christmas and garaged it prior to arrival of snow.
Barely had a chance to drive it, haven't even been in sport mode yet. So if it is snowing in May you can blame me
Barely had a chance to drive it, haven't even been in sport mode yet. So if it is snowing in May you can blame me
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Awesome!! Good for you!!! Contemplating a switch this year as well, we'll see!!
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It's a loaded A8 stage 2 aero. I knew there would be a big difference in power but the difference in braking & steering is huge too.
Got her home the day before winter kicked in so I'm straining at the leash!
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St. Jude Donor '06
Lots of this snow will start to melt this week with warming temps coming up and rain on Thursday. Its going to be a a BIG wet mess for about 3 to 4 weeks but the fun cars will be out sooner than later!
Just 47 days now until April 1st and only 36 days until the first day of spring!
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Congrats again Carvin your new (to you) C7 Z looks awesome.
Lots of this snow will start to melt this week with warming temps coming up and rain on Thursday. Its going to be a a BIG wet mess for about 3 to 4 weeks but the fun cars will be out sooner than later!
Just 47 days now until April 1st and only 36 days until the first day of spring!
Lots of this snow will start to melt this week with warming temps coming up and rain on Thursday. Its going to be a a BIG wet mess for about 3 to 4 weeks but the fun cars will be out sooner than later!
Just 47 days now until April 1st and only 36 days until the first day of spring!
I use Weather Underground (wunderground.com) 10 day forecast. If you set it to graph mode you can see rain chances at a glance for the entire 10 days.
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Let the warm up and rain begin. 
Let the countdown begin:
Just 46 days now until April 1st and only 35 days until the first day of spring (March 20th)!
Let the countdown begin:
Just 46 days now until April 1st and only 35 days until the first day of spring (March 20th)!
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I'm ready to take mine back out as soon as I can. Got an appointment at the dealer for March 30th. I'm getting the My Link update for Android Auto, and the MSRC Upgrade (that costs $350). I don't know if they need to update my cluster, but I'm asking them to check. I just hope I don't lose any of my data. I like having the full history in the car.
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St. Jude Donor '06
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From: Elmhurst, IL (West Suburb of Chicago) & Home of MEGA Horsepower
St. Jude Donor '06
Let the countdown continue:
Just 42 days now until April 1st and only 31 days until the first day of spring (March 20th)!
Just 42 days now until April 1st and only 31 days until the first day of spring (March 20th)!
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