Help Cal choose a new car

[Barrister]

Hey Beeb, do folks in your neck of the woods leave their wipers up when precip is expected?

No.

[DGuller]

Hey Beeb, do folks in your neck of the woods leave their wipers up when precip is expected?

No.

Don't they freeze to your windshield if you leave them down? 

[Grey Fox]

Hey Beeb, do folks in your neck of the woods leave their wipers up when precip is expected?

No.

Don't they freeze to your windshield if you leave them down? 

With snow, no. With ice, yes.

Clearing the car of snow takes time, by the time you are done, your car and your windshield will be hot.

My (future) house has a 6-8 car driveway, no Garage.

[Barrister]

Hey Beeb, do folks in your neck of the woods leave their wipers up when precip is expected?

No.

Don't they freeze to your windshield if you leave them down? 

Maybe with freezing rain, but no, not generally.

[MadBurgerMaker]

So what's with the hood scoop?

[Ideologue]

Hey Beeb, do folks in your neck of the woods leave their wipers up when precip is expected?

No.

Don't they freeze to your windshield if you leave them down? 

Maybe with freezing rain, but no, not generally.

What is "freezing rain"?

Just kiddin'.  Although it's been unseasonably nice this December.  Woke up at about 7 a.m., went out with just a dress shirt (and pants ), and decided to walk to the store instead of wait until the frost melted off my windshield.  Frost aside, it was barely cold.

[Grey Fox]

So what's with the hood scoop?

I think you are confusing us with Japanese Ricers.

[Admiral Yi]

With snow, no. With ice, yes.

Snow can ice up too.

[Grey Fox]

With snow, no. With ice, yes.

Snow can ice up too.

Yes

[Tonitrus]

Hey Beeb, do folks in your neck of the woods leave their wipers up when precip is expected?

No.

Don't they freeze to your windshield if you leave them down? 

Maybe with freezing rain, but no, not generally.

A lot of people in Anchorage would lift 'em up if snow was expected.

[Caliga]

So what's with the hood scoop?

On the 4Runner, you mean?  Cosmetic, I think.

[Iormlund]

I thought in Europe they dragged people like that from their cars and beat them to death while chanting patriotic slogans.  And rightly so.

We don't do patriotic slogans. Extreme right took over those.

I'm all for beating up people with SUVs, trucks and the like though. The only exception are those whose vehicles are full of mud or have other visible signs of proper use at the countryside, building sites, etc.

[MadImmortalMan]

I thought in Europe they dragged people like that from their cars and beat them to death while chanting patriotic slogans.  And rightly so.

We don't do patriotic slogans. Extreme right took over those.

I'm all for beating up people with SUVs, trucks and the like though. The only exception are those whose vehicles are full of mud or have other visible signs of proper use at the countryside, building sites, etc.

Like the long scratches in the clear coat on my FJ caused by squeezing through trails with tree limbs growing too close? Or the scratch on my passenger side mirror caused by scraping it against the ground on a particularly steep tilt? Visible signs like that? 

[lustindarkness]

Like the long scratches in the clear coat on my FJ caused by squeezing through trails with tree limbs growing too close? Or the scratch on my passenger side mirror caused by scraping it against the ground on a particularly steep tilt? Visible signs like that? 

  Mara hates it, I keep telling her it will buff out, but if I buff them out every time I go wheeling, I won't have any paint left in a year! 


BTW, you active at fjcruiserforums? 

[MadImmortalMan]

I'm not. But I do check there every now and then for stuff on accessories and things like that.