Being a gentleman and took my girlfriend to work and had fun on ice

 

I know what you mean.....I dread when it drops below 60 degrees here in SoCal!

 

lol 60?!? Lucky you, it's 20° over here

 

Well, it's 56 here today and people have broken out the parkas!

I grew up in Europe and also lived on the east coast, but I've been in SoCal for the last 32 years.....just last year I threw my snow shovel away!

 

s0ph34k, you're a braver man than I am. My JCW stays in the garage when it's really nasty outside. To me it's not worth the risk when I can putt around in my gf's 2007 Montero Sport w/ 240K on the odometer.

We had sleet and freezing rain Thursday evening here in West TX. On Friday the roads were a complete mess. It was around 20 F last night, and tonight as I type this it's 24 F. Tomorrow the high is 46 F, so I'll drop my new aFe dry panel filter in and enjoy the new JB+ for a little while.

 

My Mini's temperature gauge was showing 15 F an hour ago when i was driving.. Keep in mind it's usually 5 degrees higher than the news..

The depressing Michigan weather!

 

Just got home from a 2 hour trip which was normally 45 minutes. devicemanager, I am not a brave man anymore after tonight, car spun out twice and I kept a straight line and was only going 20mph. Sport suspension on our minis was horrible, I felt every single bump of ice.

 

I was out both Friday and Saturday in the Tx mess. I was really surprised at how nicely the MINI handled the roads.

 

Best thing about the cold in a MINI...more hp!!!
Just make sure you have the right tires!! Your mini will be even MORE FUN ON A FRIGID DAY!!

 

I mount my snow tires and pray for snow every November. I love Winter driving in the MINI!

 

Its -10 degrees in Montana now was -25 below this morning. Snowed a little yesterday. Have allseason tires on 05 JCW. Think I will wait to drive untill it gets up to 30 above later this week.

 

Run Flats suck! I've only had my car for 1.5 months We got 4" snow last night. The Blue Meanie is not happy about it, especially in 1st gear. What are the best snow tires for the '05 MCS?

 

It is fine starting in -7, but grumpy.

 

When mini's r53's were shipped new...the option was 16 all seasons (r84's usually) or a selection of 17' as options... Most were summer ONLY ( in the 17's)....all runflats. So check the tires...while the oem runflats usually only lasted 30,000 miles or so...some folks did put the same back on...90% of folks it seems got regular tires....