Well, I'm out here visiting the family this week in Virginia. My garage queen is cold, white and wet!

Merry X-mas (or happy <insert your holiday here>) everyone!

 

Cool pic!

What's the plate mean?

 

Anyone else have snow pictures from today? Post 'em!

 

<=== Look at my user name

 

Yeah, ummm, I undserstand that, but WTF is a Brackethead?!?!

 

It's just a nickname. Related to NCAA b-ball tournament, you know, the 64-team bracket. I thought it was a funny word and it just stuck in my head.

 

Yup, know all about March Madness.

 

Poor Z!!

 

Mine's stuck in the garage while I try to make a safe lane for her.

 

This was the pic I meant to put in the last post. That one is the view looking down from where I took this one. The next one will be looking up from the bottom. This can be quite the nerve-racking ride in snow and ice.

 

Looking back up!

 

Last one, really. This is where I go to recuperate from all that shoveling

 

i luv la.

 

Brackethead--I'm in your stomping grounds right now and Cincy only got about an inch at best. I have never seen so much salt in all my life! Man, you guys really do believe in preventative maintenance!

Irishfan--how about we come your way instead of you stopping by the Fort! That hot tub is looking awfully good right now!

 

sorry, but i had to do it...

 

LOL

 

Glad to hear that's all we got, Joyia. Yeah, when it snowed 3" or so a couple weeks ago, I left the Z in the garage for a week and waited for the sand and salt to get swept away.

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Irishfan--how about we come your way instead of you stopping by the Fort! That hot tub is looking awfully good right now!

Amen!

 

Did I mention that it seats 5 and the water temp is 100? It was great sitting out there on Christmas Eve with an ice cold Michelob watching the snow fall. I don't have that pic 'cause either my wife or I would have had to get out and stand in the cold snow to take it

 

I was tricked by the nice x-mas eve weather and tried to drive my Z to my parents in Indiana. I guess I checked the weather report for Chicago and not North West indy. Either way, it said flurries and as many of you know, a big blizzard ended up going through indiana.

I still have the stock tires. I'd read the posts about the snow handling and I have now experienced it first hand.

About 5 miles from my parents place, i hit the storm and had to pull off to the side of the road.

After driving slowly a bit and seeing many 'normal' cars off the side of the skyway, I decided to get a tow truck and take me the rest of the way.

So now instead of my nice warm garage, the Z sits on the street covered in snow near my parents place. I took the train back to Chicago today.

The Z with stock tires has absolute ZERO snow/slush handling. It was even worse than I expected.

You NEED all weather/snow tires on the car if you dont live in warmer climes.

 

Fortunately my Z is safe and warm inside the garage with a fresh coat of Zaino.. unfortunately it looks like I will have to take it out in the salt/slush tomorrow. We ended up getting about 10" of snow in PA - the first white X-mas we've had in a long time. Unfortunately, we had to cancel X-mas dinner because of all the snow, but it was still pretty nice since it happens so rarely.