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Old 11-09-2004, 11:08 AM
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I knew I'd coax Dave out of Vintage retirement by posting a car thread or two. Welcome back my Canadian friend! P.S. We just sold the Z3 to an engineer who just moved here from Calgary.
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^ So, what are you replacing it with? Or did I miss something...
Old 11-09-2004, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by MsPerky,Nov 9 2004, 03:24 PM
^ So, what are you replacing it with? Or did I miss something...
We're looking at BMW X3's just in time for :insertsnowemoticon:
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Originally Posted by OhioRacer,Nov 9 2004, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by OhioRacer,Nov 9 2004, 02:08 PM
I knew I'd coax Dave out of Vintage retirement by posting a car thread or two. Welcome back my Canadian friend! P.S. We just sold the Z3 to an engineer who just moved here from Calgary.

He'll be sorrrrrrry! Alberta will be debt free in March. The only province up here to be that way.
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Originally Posted by xviper,Nov 9 2004, 05:50 PM

He'll be sorrrrrrry! Alberta will be debt free in March. The only province up here to be that way.
Dave,

I think he had to for his job. It was a transfer.
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Originally Posted by dlq04,Nov 9 2004, 09:02 AM
Do you feel the floor covering eliminates the need to roll the car?
Imo, yes - if by floor coverings you mean the foam.

Plus I believe the rolling was more of an issue with the old bias ply tires rather than steel belted tires
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Originally Posted by xviper,Nov 9 2004, 12:09 PM
ps. Also, because it's a heating element, your electric meter will spin like crazy. Of course, if you have no choice but to have it plugged in all night, then you do what you must, but like I said, if it's outside, the natural cold will keep things from getting too hot.
Why not get a simple outlet timer? Just get one that has the right current rating.

Then you can set it up to turn on every morning at say 7 am and turn off at 8 am....
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Originally Posted by matrix,Nov 9 2004, 05:52 PM
Why not get a simple outlet timer? Just get one that has the right current rating.

Then you can set it up to turn on every morning at say 7 am and turn off at 8 am....
Exactly! I used one of these for years.
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I'm planning on driving my car in the winter on the nice days and the not so terrible days. This might be a few days a week, or maybe once every two weeks. My question is, is it a good idea to start the engine once every day, or every other day to keep the oil well circulated, or does all the oil drip down overnight?

There's no way I can go all winter without driving it, but I don't want to do any damage either..... oh the drama!!


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