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Of course, the last bike I bought was a Honda (for my son).
You guys are too young to remember the Audi Fox cars. I had three of them, one at a time, in the 1970's. Use to spend weekends on a lake and packed everything I needed in the much-smaller-than-a-Pro trunk.
One weekend I packed: A two-person inflatable rubber boat, an outboard motor and portable fuel tank, two paddles, ice chest, duffle bag with clothes, sleeping bag, portable radio, lanterns, and a basket with three days' food. Nothing in the cabin.
On trips to Europe, unlike most tourists, I take one bag (the kind on wheels) with all I need for two weeks. You have to know how to pack so your clothes don't wrinkle. There's a way to do this.
It works for traveling and for camping.
fowler3
P.S. NO,the rubber boat was not inflated in the car trunk.
And the portable fuel tank for the OBM was empty. Filled it one mile
from the lake, traveling on a dirt road the rest of the way. No chance for an accident.
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So anyone snowed in today? I currently have about 12" outside my door in Batlimore, MD. Governer declared a "state of emergency" for the whole state, and the weatherman said the snow will continue until Tuesday morning, with a possible accumulation of up to 30"! I am sooo ready for summer right now...
and that is not a hummer...it is a hummer look alike bieng produced by StudeBaker(anyone remember StudeBaker?)
My Nephew and Mother in Law are were on their way to North Carolina when they go stuck in West Virginia. So they are at a hotel for who knows how long. Anyone caught on the highways is being fined.
We're going to end up with about 14" I guess, so that means I'm off to work tomorrow morning. Thing that stinks is schools are closed so the plow boys don't care too much about my country roads.
No snow here, just sleet and freezing rain for the past 14 hours and it isn't suppose to stop until 7:00AM Monday. My cousin is a plastic surgeon on ER call today. He said they got many cases of faces and windshields coming together, they didn't wear their seatbelts. Guess he will be adding onto his new house -- $$$.
Chikoo: I remember the Studebaker well. Thought they went out of business in the 1960s? Their last car was the Avanti. Fiberglass versions (kits) are still made. Studebaker started out making wagons, the kind pulled by horses,two-horse power.
I'll still take today's cars, especially the Protegé, over any of those old models. I've long forgotten what crank windows were like and windshield wipers that stopped when you stepped on the gas. Door armrests and heaters were optional. Ah, the good old days glad they are gone.
fowler3
Had to replace the drivers side Fog Lamp bulb!!
Mark.
p.s. I love all this snow related stress. I drive through 10" snow falls all most every week on my BFG 205/55/15 TA's
The art of driving sideways in the winter pays off in the spring. ; )
Do you realize I have to go outside today in below-freezing weather and replace my rear brake light bulb? What a hassle!
Dinu
I LOVE THIS CAR
It's bad, bad, bad alright.
My Pro is snug and comparatively warm in its garage, no scraping for me. It will be gone tomorrow, high temp exspected to be 53F.
fowler3
Luckily, I got today off.
I had to scrape off as much frozen hail and snow off my 323 as I could. Poor thing. At least I got it a cover.
We didn't get too much snow, maybe 6-8 inches of it. The bummer was the layer of tiny hail that froze to the driveway. I scraped off what I felt like doing and left the rest. Seems like I just shoveled a couple days ago....
Actually, I'd prefer a crank on the driver side window. I find it difficult to make fine adjustments with the motor. And it's just more stuff to fail.
I can see the advantage of motors on the other windows though. They're kind of hard to get to from the driver's seat.
I can pass on the power locks too. They're easy to access.
Well, looks like 50% of that is taken care of.
The previous RE-92 was impossioble to even get out in the snow...they simply kept spinning....
I was off work today, thank God, for the holiday. I probably won't be able to dig my car out until at least Thursday. I work 35 miles from home, so it's not like I can take the bus either.
Last night, State police closed all state roads, and said one would be fined $1000 and possibly put in jail unless you had proper clearance (state essential personnel only) to be out. God I want summer to come, BAD!!
I guess there isn't any ideal place to live where one can enjoy driving his Pro every day. Florida is nice in the winter, but summers are blistering hot and humid. That's why Floridians don't have suntans.
fowler3
Why do you think Mazda North American Ops is in southern California?
I'm leaving for Cracker Barrel in York in about 15 mins. (Tuesday, 3:30 am EST). I hope to open at 6:00 am, however that depends on the arrival of my cooks and servers??? Got about 28 mile drive in unknown conditions. I looked out my 2nd story window of my home office before I sat down to type this post and it appears, we got another dusting of snow, overnight. Well, I guess will see how my 2000 Mazda Protegé ES and BF Goodrich TA's do on my morning adventure in our local winter wonderland!!! LOL!!!
-Larry
Dug the car out yesterday, but my Protege had absolutely ZERO traction on the front wheels to go anywhere. I was just spinning and spinning and spinning, not going anywhere. Well today the sun came out and it got a bit warmer, so I decided to try come back to VA. Having seen my dad went to work in his old minivan without any trouble, I figured the snow on the side road (driveway is clean now) would be just slush and i can somehow get out, but NO! I was stuck on side road for some 15 minutes before the neighbor finally came and help me get the car to rolling start and on my way.
lessson learned: always make sure you have tread on the tires in case of bad weather like this, and buy a new set of wheels/tires to keep the wear and tear in competition driving off of daily street tires (autocross killed the front tires VERY quickly)
Fortunately our building mangager has a good contract with a couple of guys who plowed our parking lot during the storm several times. I went out yesterday to dig my car out before the snow started to melt and get heavy. I went down just as the management company came buy with a couple of snow blowers (the last in the stores) and they were nice enough to snow blow in between my car and the other car on each side about 3/4 of the say in. So I just had to dig out from the front of the front door forward and then behind the car where the snowplow had piled the snow up. Then I helped my roomate and a couple of other apartment neighbors. It was hard work, but I was just happy to get out of the apartment for a few hours. There are a number of pepole in the lot who didn't bother to dig there cars out, I don't know what they are thinking. This is just like 96 and I was still in HS and didn't go to school for two weeks. It looks like I will have to go in tomorrow. Being grown-up stinks. We did go skiing today, excellent conditions at Liberty for you locals.
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I'm sure weight does play a part though. I'm acutally glad the Pro isn't too heavy. Stopping on ice in a heavy vehicle is scary :O
I remember the 1996 storm very well. I was on vacation in Hawaii, on Wakiki (sp) Beach, it was 85F, clear blue sky, lots of people on the beach. The next day left for home. Arrived at night, had to stomp through snow 3-feet deep. Borrowed a shovel from a neighbor to move a 5-foot drift off my front door so I could get in. Frozen fingers, didn't need gloves in Hawaii. Didn't get out for the next 8 days.
That's why I moved to NC.
fowler3
I don't however know if the car has any towing capacity whatsoever. so I'm asking you all if know?
I think she should just get a truck and tow the Pro, but she wants to drive HER car and save the money.
I'd avoid tongue weight over 150lbs.
However, since she has to drive over some good-sized mountains, I would recommend against it, especially since a '94 ProtegeLX has a small engine (something like 95HP?). It would overtax the engine and the transmission.
I agree with you: Rent a U-Haul truck and tow the Pro (by itself or on a trailer). She should get a truck capable to hauling over the Rockies.
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Dinu
Dinu
In Province of Quebec, the Protege is the best-selling car in the compact category since 2001 (it was the Civic before). I have bought it the very first day that the 2001 model was available in Canada, in december 2000, and I have done 56 000 km so far (about 35 000 miles). As I want to keep it a long time, I hope that it will last 250 000 km; we'll see ...
Meade
2. Driving on ice might be great if you have "Traction Control." And in the utopia in which you live, everyone else must have it too? So no one will slide into you?
3. Tell me how "Traction Control" works when you're stopped in traffic on a banked curve and your car starts sliding sideways, into the other lane, and toward the ditch on the other side.
4. Please advise how "Traction Control" keeps me from falling flat on my aforementioned "posterieur" when attempting to negotiate getting from my car to my front door.
5. You apparently have had no experience with a good ol' southun Ice Storm and what several inches of ice does to trees and power lines that several feet of snow DOESN'T. Apparently you also have not been a homeowner long enough to see what kind of damage a 60-foot oak tree can do to your house.
GIMME SNOW ANY DAY!
Meade
which one is going to grip?????