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Re: 44 Degrees!!!!!!

To: Phil Bates <jello@ida.net>, Rick Ehlert <ricke@idcnet.com>
Subject: Re: 44 Degrees!!!!!!
From: David Deutsch <mgman@optonline.net>
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2001 23:56:14 -0500
No winter cars here. All I drive is Bs but I do have to choose from 1 of the
three (Registered) everyday. Tough life but I make that tough choice
everyday of my life :-) Safety Fast, David Deutsch

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Bates <jello@ida.net>
To: Rick Ehlert <ricke@idcnet.com>
Cc: MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, March 03, 2001 11:42 PM
Subject: Re: 44 Degrees!!!!!!


>Ok, all you wimps out there - I've seen a bunch of you posting that it got
up to
>44 or so and you are taking the MG out.  I usually have a winter car - my
1969
>Porsche 911T targa - but this winter the rear suspension broke in about
early
>January.  So, I've been driving my 1967 MGB ever since.  Every day 30 miles
each
>way to work, in snow, ice, and cold.  So cold, that we didn't see 40 as a
high
>for almost 3 months (about mid November to end of Feb).  And night time
temps in
>Idaho Falls have gone from -15 up to a top of about 20.  And in about a
month,
>when the lows are 40, and the highs 75, I'll be driving top down everyday.
>
>Yes, my top is up, frostbite is not good for you.  But buck up guys and
gals -
>especially with later cars - they are just cars.  Albeit fun, pretty,
hobby,
>showy, sports cars, but still they are made to drive.  Why wouldn't you
take
>your MG out if it was below 44 degrees (other than that you simply don't
have a
>top).  Now the MGA, that's another story - they are a little too drafty for
this
>weather.
>
>Phil Bates

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