_Kansei_

everyone with an FS-DE needs to watch this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpIznHL0yjA

and no this isn't what I did to my 3rd gen today.. today I gazed at it out the window and said "damn it's way cold outside"

KrayzieFox

Very sad indeed ..

JoshP5

Too violent and gory for youtube...I'm flagging.

D-rock240

Whose protege is that? White with a 03.5 front lip and DG upper grill?

_Kansei_

not one I've ever seen before.

_Kansei_

*gasp* today I had 4 people (including me) in the car. It only happens like a couple times a year.

It was even better though, because I realized that everyone in the car was a mazda driver. I should get them on this forum, eh? Protege MP3 (blue), Mazdaspeed Protege (blue) and Mazda3 (blue).. my 22v was outnumbered :P

omg the car is pulling mega strong today since it was -8C when I left around 9.

Liquid_Ag

what is -8c in american?

KrayzieFox

Roughly 17F or so.. kinda cold but not quite to the point where your heart is about to burst.

aMaff

kinda cold!? That's f-ing colder'n ****!

_Kansei_

booo my car is loaded full of crap (including my full set of snow tires) again.

I need to check the weather forecast for every city along my route today to check for snow, since the snow in central/western NY is so localized

aMaff

so why not just put on the snow tires if there's a chance you'll hit snow, and not worry about it?

_Kansei_

I guess you've never driven on blizzaks. Imagine driving my car, with s-techs and other 'stifftening' mods basically eliminating the suspension.. but with tires that have a lag of at least half a second with any steering input. They also wobble around and such. They have the deepest tread that I've seen on anything less than a mud terrain tire --but mud terrains don't have deep siping that makes it all ultra-flexible.

I checked and it's supposed to be 45-49F (unseasonably warm) and sorta sunny in Albany, Utica, Rome, Syracuse, and Rochester. I've checked traffic webcams on the New York State Thruway (the only way to get across NY without it taking days on 35mph backroads) and no snow on the road (or ground) anywhere.

And why.. well it's a lot easier to spend 5 minutes researching than spending an hour outside where it is 26F still putting my snow tires on. remember I don't have my floor jack with me (weight savings yo).

it's all good, there won't be any problems getting back and if there are.. well I can just pull over and slap on my snow tires. I'd much rather do it when I get 'home' to school and have a garage with a propane heater.

Hyperion

finally back in my apartment, drive up...6hours, drive down 4.5hours. I sat in traffic so long that it took a whole tank of gas instead of 3/4. filled up 12.775 gallons when I got up there, I cut it a bit closer than I wanted to. Finally sealed my chipped fog lamp which was good since my entire trip back was rain. And as luck would have it now Im sick(I blame the combination of small children and bad sleep).

KrayzieFox

F-ing colder'n **** to Kansei and I would probably be somewhere along the lines of -10F .. cuz it does happen .. and it SUCKS!!

aMaff

what's snow?
And now you know. And knowing's half the battle!
I agree, now that there's zero chance of snow.

and if you've got 4 wheels and tires in the back, weight savings doesn't really seem to be that high on your list lol