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Old Feb 5, 2004 | 06:12 AM
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Hello All,
I am curious as to how many people drive their Z, or as we (Canadians) like to say, Zed, in the winter. Please post if you do, your experience so far, and how well your Zed is holding up to the cold. Being from the Great White North, I have no choice but to face the white devil (snow/ice) at least 3 months of the year. Thanks!!
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Old Feb 5, 2004 | 06:16 AM
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I do. With the top down... Of course I live in Orange County, CA. It was 68 F (20 C) yesterday... and the day before... and probably will be today.
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Old Feb 5, 2004 | 06:46 AM
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Bastard. lol. I'm freezing my unmentionables off here. It's about -18 degrees Celcius here, I guess about 8 degrees F. for you.
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Old Feb 5, 2004 | 08:43 AM
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Every day. (Nor Cal). It'l be in the 60's today.
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Old Feb 5, 2004 | 08:50 AM
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Originally posted by beast_bl
Bastard. lol. I'm freezing my unmentionables off here. It's about -18 degrees Celcius here, I guess about 8 degrees F. for you.
That's what you get for being a maple leafs fan

Of course I get the ducks and a 4 bdrm house for $700K.
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Old Feb 5, 2004 | 08:50 AM
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everyday it doesn't snow...i'm driving it. holds up great but you have to drive like your "grandpa" the salt on the roads will make your tires roll if you turn the tcs off. KEEP TCS ON it's amazing to test out your TCS...

i was in the middle of the open parking lot filled with snow the day after...ready to do a "donut/360" i pressed the gas and my car went about 90 degrees?!~ for a split second i was like "huh?"

Then i realized the TCS was on...so i turned it off...press the gas peddle with a similar press...and donuts forever lol.

TCS definitely needs to STAY on during any conditions that question our traction. no joke..be safe, keep it on unless you're in an open parking lot waiting to test out the waters=)..or for not shall i say snow.
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Old Feb 5, 2004 | 09:28 AM
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Originally posted by ocjared
That's what you get for being a maple leafs fan

Of course I get the ducks and a 4 bdrm house for $700K.
Dude, $700k USD = $936 CAD. You can get your 4 bedroom house, with a pool, on 10 acres of land, for less than half of that. Leaves you enough to buy a killer 4x4 for the snow!! Free health care is nice too. Although, you might grow a flip top head ala Southpark. Oh, and you'll still have enough to buy me a Zed (Canadian for Z, lol) complete with a Greddy TT kit.

It was good to see the Ducks stick it to Kariya and the Av's.
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Old Feb 6, 2004 | 08:45 AM
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I'm Canadian (From Toronto), and I think 350 Zee sounds better. I and many other Canadians in my area refer to the car as a Zee.
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Old Feb 6, 2004 | 09:47 AM
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Originally posted by kopot
I'm Canadian (From Toronto), and I think 350 Zee sounds better. I and many other Canadians in my area refer to the car as a Zee.
I have to admit, when I was growing up it didn't make sense to me. It threw the whole alphabet song out the window, it didn't rhyme, I thought it should be Zeee as well. You know, so it rhymed with C, D, E and such.

But in reference to this car, Zee to me sounds fruity, weak. After all it rhymes with pretty, bee, sheee, glee, fruityyy.

Zed on the other hand, can be pronounced commandingly. ZED!! Very powerful, rhymes with Dread, Dead, Led (as in Zepplin) lol, but that's just me.
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Old Feb 24, 2004 | 10:10 PM
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This guy does



His name is FritzMan

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Old Mar 20, 2004 | 10:38 AM
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zed, like dead, greatful zed
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