Anxiously waiting for spring

[Dino]

I'm dying here.  Being in SE Michigan we should have a few feet of snow on the ground but there's none.  It was 55 the day before yesterday and we're staying above freezing all week.  I'm just dying to get the Charger back and lay some rubber down!  Not being able to even see it for several months is not helping either.

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[RIDELIKEHELL]

I'm dying here.  Being in SE Michigan we should have a few feet of snow on the ground but there's none.  It was 55 the day before yesterday and we're staying above freezing all week.  I'm just dying to get the Charger back and lay some rubber down!  Not being able to even see it for several months is not helping either.

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Hear ya Dino! I'm about an hour from Detroit in Ontario & this winter has been the weirdest I can remember in decades.

[nvrbdn]

yep it is nuts. but every day we avoid the bad stuff is a day closer to spring. we are supposed to have a little bit today, but then nice through sunday here near st. louis.

[chargermike]

here in colorado we should be well below zero. but its been in the 50s. took my charger out three times last week and might take it out today. gonna be 52 out. never in ten years i had it. have i drivin her in jan. so enjoying it while i can. whooo hooo

[stripedelete]

I hear you on crazy and nuts.  I was a couple hours east of you shopping for a snow plow last Saturday -28 degrees.  On Monday it was thunder and lightening.   High 60's in Atlanta yesterday.

'98 is last time I remember this kind of weather.  Rarely wore more than a sweater.  It was the first time I heard the term El Nino.

[41husk]

I had the Daytona out weekend before last it was 6o degrees. I am ready to start cruizing!

[sparkybr74mr]

Well, last weekend it was 70 degrees here in Southern NM (yes, it is a state in the US). I Took my daughter and niece to play at the lake in the Charger. I kept thinking I should have taken the camera for some good shots. Water was still a little cool so my daughter just ran around the shore line (Lake Carlsbad Beach) Sorry for intruding on your Northerners story

[Plum Crazy 68]

What the heck are you guys talking about?  It's been 75 degrees here in San Diego since November as usual.

[bakerhillpins]

I'm dying here.  Being in SE Michigan we should have a few feet of snow on the ground but there's none.  It was 55 the day before yesterday and we're staying above freezing all week.  I'm just dying to get the Charger back and lay some rubber down!  Not being able to even see it for several months is not helping either.

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Here here!  I am already scheming on a way to get her back to the house in the AM when the roads are frozen.. I live on a dirt road so after winter I have to wait for Mud season before I can really get her out. Was thinking I would get her home early and start to get the little things done on the warm spring afternoons.

[nvrbdn]

dang that sucks waiting for winter, then the rainy season to clear?

[road/track]

Almost no snow in the middle and south Sweden either, I guess we finally have some payoff for our contribution to global warming.
I will sit tight and wait for the palm trees....

[4cruzin]

Mid Michigan here as well.  Weird thing is the lake that I live by isn't even frozen yet??  Got to feel bad for the snowmobile owners though . . . 

[bakerhillpins]

Mid Michigan here as well.  Weird thing is the lake that I live by isn't even frozen yet??  Got to feel bad for the snowmobile owners though . . . 

Yea, the snow machine economy is taking a beating this year in NH/VT too. 

[jb666]

I hear you there, as well... Last weekend we got 5-6" of snow.. The next day it was 50 out. Yesterday hit 60, our windows were all open...  I would HATE to own a Ski Resort in this area right about now...

[projectanimal]

It is a strange winter for sure.  some VERY cold days, but barely any snow.   It has given me some time to work on this for my wife so she'll have a mini for the desk.  looking forward to warmer weather so we can get back in the garage and finish fixing some oil leaks.   

[GULFGLENY]

Im here just north of Grand Rapids Michigan and its going to be 40 tomorrow, crazy... but I like it cause im a garbage man. And I cant wait to get my new Superbird out this spring.

[doctor4766]

Just had a week of around 105* and quite frankly I'm over it. Not much better for the next few days either.
We have a cruise next weekend and a lot of us are praying for some cool weather to come along.

[41husk]

I guess the grass is always greener.  I will say there is a big difference between cool and out rite cold weather   Supposed to be in the 40s today and no wrestling so I am on my way to the garage.

[472 R/T SE]

It is a strange winter for sure.  some VERY cold days, but barely any snow.   It has given me some time to work on this for my wife so she'll have a mini for the desk.  looking forward to warmer weather so we can get back in the garage and finish fixing some oil leaks.   

If I built something like that for my wife it better have a set of wings.

Nice lookin' model.

[nvrbdn]

not sure what im doing today. the woman is thinkin what she wants to do. but the sun is shining some garage will be included in my day also.

[gers1968rt]

Just had a week of around 105* and quite frankly I'm over it. Not much better for the next few days either.
We have a cruise next weekend and a lot of us are praying for some cool weather to come along.

I remember getting to Carlisle in 2010 and it was 104* and I thought I was going to die. How can you live in that?

[1969chargerrtse]

Its been a great winter here in Ct  compared to last year. Had the Charger out yesterday and the Gold Wing out today. 40's

[greenpigs]

I'm dying here.  Being in SE Michigan we should have a few feet of snow on the ground but there's none.  It was 55 the day before yesterday and we're staying above freezing all week.  I'm just dying to get the Charger back and lay some rubber down!  Not being able to even see it for several months is not helping either.

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Em not let you keep it in the garage?

Nothing but rain for the most part & like said, that's also fine with me because we are getting closer to spring.

I plan on driving my heap more this year but nothing to far away.

[Ghoste]

Lots a wet crappy snow here today but it cant be much longer can it?

[MoparManJim]

It is a strange winter for sure.  some VERY cold days, but barely any snow.   It has given me some time to work on this for my wife so she'll have a mini for the desk.  looking forward to warmer weather so we can get back in the garage and finish fixing some oil leaks.   

Not a strange winter at all, we're in the Sunlamps year rotation is all this year.. every 11 years we have it. I for got about it also until recently when I was reminded by an old timer   

BTW, nice model charger you are building there, what color is that? 

[aussiemuscle]

so, if you had a second charger for driving around in the snow?  

Mid Michigan here as well.  Weird thing is the lake that I live by isn't even frozen yet??  Got to feel bad for the snowmobile owners though . . . 

can't those things can go across water anyway?

[doctor4766]

Just had a week of around 105* and quite frankly I'm over it. Not much better for the next few days either.
We have a cruise next weekend and a lot of us are praying for some cool weather to come along.

I remember getting to Carlisle in 2010 and it was 104* and I thought I was going to die. How can you live in that?

Ya get used to it.
Fortunately the heat waves only last for a few days at a time.
I just ordered a new refrigerated airconditioner unit for the family room as the ducted evaporative system I have in my house is near on useless when it's humid. At least I'll be able to have one area cool/cold to withstand the intense hot spells.
Typically we have 30-35*C days through summer here in Perth, but usually there'll be a few days running of 40-45C every year.

[Dino]

Em not let you keep it in the garage?

We thought about leaving the Charger and TA in the garage and leaving both daily drivers outside, but since we usually get dumped on pretty bad, that would make early mornings going to work a huge pain in the neck. 

We're trying to figure out how we can store these cars in the future.  Somehow it doesn't seem like a good idea to build another attached garage.  My subdivision will not alowe a stand alone barn or workshop, a shed is all we can do.

[472 R/T SE]

Just had a week of around 105* and quite frankly I'm over it. Not much better for the next few days either.
We have a cruise next weekend and a lot of us are praying for some cool weather to come along.

I remember getting to Carlisle in 2010 and it was 104* and I thought I was going to die. How can you live in that?

Yes, that was tough.  Especially when your body's not used to it.  The humidity is bad there as well.