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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 04:45 AM
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New Streamlined RX7 body.

Nearly 2 weeks ago we had an ice storm, now we have this. Opened the front door and I was greeted with new body lines on my 2nd gen. Thought this pic might be good for laugh. Snow, Bah Humbug.

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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 08:08 AM
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yes, i had this happen to me last winter!!!! i go out to find my 82 GSL slightly buried. then i open the garage door and the snow had forced it's avalanching self into my garage, packed itself around the old engine that i had just pulled a week earlier from my 88 10AE. i'm glad it didnt get to the new engine that was sitting behind it!! i hate the snow







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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 10:51 AM
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Damn the wind must have been howling for the snow to cover your engine bay like that with the hood closed!
nice pic scott, much smoother than a stock FC, haha
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 12:42 PM
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Damn, i didnt know you guys got snow like us! Funny thing is last night the temp got all the way up to 48 degrees melted the snow and we had thunderstorms! About 10:00am the temp dropped down to 27 WTF? Michigan, WTF?
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 06:36 PM
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now you just need the widebody to plow your driveway with its front bumper...
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 07:15 PM
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So thats what snow looks like....
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 07:18 PM
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we got 14 inches dumped on us today i have to go outside and clean of my baby




After i plowed the drive way with the quad.....This sucks

Good thing i put a heavy coat of the good stuff underneith before it got to shitty here did the rockers too

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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 07:19 PM
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i hate it too. it completely buried my car last year. if it wasn't parked in my driveway, it would of been plowed away...
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 07:22 PM
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what is all that white icey looking stuff on your cars? I am not familiar....what is the stuff you call "snow?" hmm....very strange indeed...like a fairy tale book or something.

It is soooo very cold here, almost hitting the low 50s. brrrr....























hahaha....great pics guys. move to so cal and dont have to deal with it!
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 07:25 PM
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Daytime pic. This is a good lesson in aerodynamics. Car is facing south, wind came from the north and smoothed the body lines out for the best air flow. Use the WB as a snow plow, nice one Kevin, lol.

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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 07:51 PM
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It was nice here today, it hit 50, but it was raining and crappy all day. We've only had one real snow storm of the season and it put 4-5" on the ground. My S5 made it thru like a champ without the aid of an LSD.
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 10:37 PM
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yall keep mentioning this thing called "snow" its like 50 degrees here in south mississippi. i wish it would snow here just so i could go drifting in the walmart parking lot without messing up my tires. oh well i guess thats my lot in life.
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Old Dec 24, 2007 | 04:45 AM
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be thankful you dont get snow. sure it looks nice but its more trouble than its worth!!
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Old Dec 24, 2007 | 04:49 AM
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lol funny.

I have been watching the weather because I need to re-duct tape the back window of my FB. Sad but if I don't rain will get into the hatch area.

Sigh...
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Old Dec 24, 2007 | 05:10 AM
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which window do you need? i have some spare rear glass
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Old Dec 24, 2007 | 11:16 AM
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It is soooo very cold here, almost hitting the low 50s. brrrr...
50's you say?! That IS cold..

It was freezing 75 here yesterday. I actually put on a shirt to go outside.. Brr.
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Old Dec 24, 2007 | 12:00 PM
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Old Dec 24, 2007 | 01:41 PM
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You want cold? Come on up here when it's 28 F. Pansy.
Hey, Prof T. can we have some of your snow? All we got was rain on Sunday.
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Old Dec 24, 2007 | 02:00 PM
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Bah 28 isn't cold, January and its sub zero (*F) night are just around the corner, come up here and join in the fun!
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Old Dec 24, 2007 | 06:16 PM
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50's you say?! That IS cold..

It was freezing 75 here yesterday. I actually put on a shirt to go outside.. Brr.
I can easily visit Florida on the hottest day in summer...try North Dakota in February. Bet you can't survive more than 15 minutes.

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Old Dec 24, 2007 | 06:20 PM
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yup...I guess for all the crappy smog laws and other crappy things we have to endure here in CA....

I have to love it...today...Xmas eve...it was GORGEOUS OUT...where my so cal brothers at? It was a light sweater day...blue skies and sunshine...perfect 60s. I mean perfect!

Sorry guys...just had to rub it in!
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Old Dec 24, 2007 | 06:27 PM
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...those things always seem to happen... except where I live we don't get any snow! (only in the Alps)
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Old Dec 24, 2007 | 07:16 PM
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You want cold? Come on up here when it's 28 F. Pansy.
Hey, Prof T. can we have some of your snow? All we got was rain on Sunday.
Snow or ice? We have had both fairly regularly. How long were you without power, trochoid?

Freezing rain sucks, scraping your windows 5 times in one day is no fun, especially when you were only at home and work on that day haha!
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Old Dec 24, 2007 | 07:44 PM
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Freezing rain especially sucks when it gets into the door jambs and you have to go and boil up water to pour down the door to open it.

But, since I have all week off............bring on snow and ice!!
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what the hell is snow LOL
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