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Old Feb 18, 2007 | 04:28 PM
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I need summer to get here, I am tired of all this salt.
This is what i had yesterday.



And after a few hours in the garage last night this is what i got now.







At least in the summer all i have to do is put up with all the bugs, in winter every inch of the car gets dirty.
I still have to clean up the front plate.
I am done venting now, hope everybody has a good day.
Old Feb 18, 2007 | 04:59 PM
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Looks good... winter is a drag.
Old Feb 18, 2007 | 05:21 PM
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85 yesterday in Socal-------sorry----------
Old Feb 18, 2007 | 05:32 PM
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Yea but you pay for that good weather by paying $600,000 for a $200,000 house.
So no bad feelings here with your year round paradise, we only get the warm stuff between june and september.
Most parts of the country has its good and bad times for weather i guess.
Old Feb 18, 2007 | 05:33 PM
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Hate this time of year...

Went to the Chicago Auto Show yesterday though... that helped take my mind off crappy weather for a while.

Saw the new xB and xD in person.

The Scion display was impressive.

Got me a new catalog and demo CD.

PS - car looks good.
Old Feb 18, 2007 | 06:56 PM
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I seriously cant wait for winter to be over , at least have some spring warmth , today its guna be like 15 tonight here in NY : /
Old Feb 18, 2007 | 07:01 PM
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thats crazy. i dont know what i would do in that cold weather. in the summer here it says around 90 degrees at around 2am.

very nice PW by the way. what kind of interior work you have done? i love the red in the white. i was also thinking of that color scheme but darker red almost towards maroon
Old Feb 18, 2007 | 07:43 PM
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^^^Its actually and orange interior. Kewlbox, you should of slapped to new lip on to take a couple teaser pics. Mine looks absolutly horrible from yesterday too. I am trying to muster up the motavation to go clean it but it is so cold . Last time the water froze as I was washing it and mine is too low to go through Mikes car wash.
Old Feb 18, 2007 | 07:56 PM
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i like dirty boxes lol
Old Feb 18, 2007 | 09:13 PM
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I was just day dreaming about summer today, too. I want to wax and clean mine up so bad.
Its supposed to warm up this week and it will just get twice as dirty. Here warm is above 32 for all you southerners. Especialy after a few weeks of below zero
I did spray off the salt today, though.
Old Feb 18, 2007 | 09:22 PM
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i washed my box friday and today it looks like nothing was done at all maybe i should email the rain x co and have them make a product for the body of the car ,that way salt will just roll off wishful thinking huh
Old Feb 18, 2007 | 10:18 PM
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mine is just goint to stay salty black till summer
Old Feb 18, 2007 | 10:20 PM
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man.. your car sparkles after all that stuff got washed off.. looks real nice! i thought we were supposed to get an early spring? hehe
Old Feb 18, 2007 | 10:55 PM
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I feel your pain kewelbox. Here in Hawai it's warm but rainy as hell. I live down a dirtroad that is now muddy! YUK! The dirt here sticks like hell and can scratch the paint if you just wipe it. I've given up on washing until the rains let up and the road dries out.

On a side note, the price WE pay for our warm weather is houses that cost $1,000,000. $200,000 would get you a nice 500 square foot cottage with no garage.
Old Feb 18, 2007 | 10:59 PM
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thats crazy, here in AZ the houses go down in the summer. noone want to buy a house and move when its 112 out. but for around 250,000 your looking a nice 1100-1300sq ft 3bd3ba with a garage
Old Feb 18, 2007 | 11:03 PM
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Yah need to build in an automatic sprinkler system in your garage so that the box gets washed off as you drive it in. I just don't drive until the road dries up - of course I live at work so I can get away with that.
Old Feb 18, 2007 | 11:40 PM
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This morning when i was snaping the pics its was around 7 above with the wid chill around 10 below.
Old Feb 19, 2007 | 01:43 AM
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BRRRRRRRRRRR!

I grew up in the Adirondacks so I know how that cold weather can be a real pain in the a$$!
Old Feb 19, 2007 | 02:05 AM
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nothin like three feet of snow to keep ur lips lookin like new
Old Feb 19, 2007 | 03:09 AM
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hmm theres seems to be a patch of snow thats frozen to my windshield : / , ahh wheres the warm weather !



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