From Grenada...

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Here is the same exact drive today.  I opted not to do it in the Impala with the top down, however.  Turn on the sound and sing along: "Heated seats, yeah, heated seats!"

https://youtu.be/M9XslXZovGs

Here is the original for comparison purposes.

https://youtu.be/cK10V4peu98

Last edited by Real Distwalker (Feb 08, 2021 9:14 pm)

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Going to give you a 5 out of ten for that. It woulda been a zero for wussing out on the top down, but you get 50% for the level of risk averseness.

Moi, I woulda done that with a Landrover with 4 wheel solid mechanical drive, but a 2 rear wheel drive car... Nah.

In days gone by I have exibited levels of insanity in the cold I will never repeat. Admittedly I didn't figure on the change in altitude, and being in the country would cause the snow to increase as much as it did....Hey I woz young.

I rode on a piddling Honda 90 a little bike I thought would be ok for sodding about on the cheap in London, but very quickly realised it was a heap of crap and traded it in for a 250.... it was on one of those little scooterette things from London, out to Ashford in Kent, I dunno, maybe 60 or 70 miles. Almost one of the stupedest things I have done. Reaching half way, bloody cold, do I continue, or turn back... Yeah, I continued.

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It was a four wheel drive Toyota Tundra. :-)

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It was a four wheel drive Toyota Tundra. :-)

Oh well, that takes you down to 2.5 out of ten, less risk, no top off, hell you could have showed us something off the TV... LoL.

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Well, my 52 year old convertible, my father's one indulgence, is winterized, covered and sitting in storage until spring.  It won't come out of hibernation until April.  Sorry.

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Here is the same exact drive today.  I opted not to do it in the Impala with the top down, however.  Turn on the sound and sing along: "Heated seats, yeah, heated seats!"

https://youtu.be/M9XslXZovGs

Here is the original for comparison purposes.

https://youtu.be/cK10V4peu98

......... Picture  of the seasons . Lo , a winter drive , with music , all alone in your car .

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......... Picture  of the seasons . Lo , a winter drive , with music , all alone in your car .

Yep.  That's about the size of it.

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Well, my 52 year old convertible, my father's one indulgence, is winterized, covered and sitting in storage until spring.  It won't come out of hibernation until April.  Sorry.

Quite right. I bet its in better shape than my pain in the arse Rav4, that Slice besmirched last year. (Notice how bitter we can get when people say bad things about our vehicles)