Yeah, living in the South wont errode my muffler, but it will errode my intelligence.

 

 

hmmmm.... nice comment.

 

El J- skiitelluride lives in TX... also my other hometown. i wouldn't be too
quick on saying stuff like that.

 

I lived in the mountains of VA for a few years.

no salt, quite a bit of snow that melted quickly, healthy looking females, lots of furry animals, but outside of the mountains....

yeah, I won't be going to texas. that's just one on the list not to go to. Jail is another. not forum correct, I know, but I never was.

 

um ... texASS is a state, not a town. (jeeze now you do sound like a texican).

 

no comment

 

Trust me, when there's 4 feet of snow on top of your car, you too will make use of that shovel. The small plastic collapsible one I keep in my car is perfect for it. OF COURSE I keep it several inches away from touching anything, but there have been times when there was no way a brush would remove snow!

 

WOW, that's crazy snow. I thought only Buffalo got snow like that.

 

Too late...Erode is spelled incorrectly. so much for Yankee intelligence

 

Wow...those photos suddenly squashed my nostalgia for Green Bay winters...

 

a little QD will take care of it...

 

I went to the sporting goods store and bought a collapsible back-country avalanche shovel for the MINI. The handle collapses so over-all length is less than 24" and it fits real well into the boot. Made from aluminum so it is sturdy. A necessary item if you live in snow county and travel those roads less traveled. Also it does work for scooping off the snow from your parked cars.
jwardell - do you always leave your wipers up? Is that so they don't freeze to the glass?

 

When I used to have a car parked outside, I used to use what was called a "Snow Brum" I think that is the brand name. The product name on the one I had was "SnoPro" - essentially it is flat piece of Foam with a place in the middle to screw in a handle of some sort. Look it up on Amazon or Google if you need a visual.

When using it, it never scratched or swirled the paint (even on my Black V70R.) I also found that after using it more than once or twice, it is very easy to control the motion - i.e. brusing even just a 1/8 - 1/4 over the body panels, and even then, I usually just ended up using it right up to the paint, and never had any negative experiences.

Just my 2 Cents.

 

Do yourself a favor. Everyone in the big cities up north gets a beater. Sell the MINI, get a beater, buy an 07

 

I love when snow and ice flies off my car as I roll down I-95. Great fun . . .

 

We won the war, I can spell it anyway I want to.

 

yah, it's like the relief of a big snot.

 

Heat gun (portable heater,etc.) , clean water from the kitchen sink in buckets, microfiber

 

I hate it when people are to lazy to get the snow off their car. This can be a very dangerous thing for anyone following behind.

And no amount of agruing about paint finnish is going to change my mind on this I don't care if you spend more time detailing than motoring, because if thats the case, why not just paint a wall in your house and detail that

Mark

 

Wow, now I remember another good reason that I moved from Colorado to SoCal.... I had almost forgotten about car care in the winter.