11Budlite Posted April 30, 2008 Posted April 30, 2008 Mid-30's, 5:00am, no top, no side curtains, no heat, NOBODY on the road, 7.5 miles of backroads on the way to work, and the Birkin is running great. What a blast!!! :7fume:
slngsht Posted April 30, 2008 Posted April 30, 2008 brrrr... although 7.5 miles is definitely doable :thumbs:
Martin Posted April 30, 2008 Posted April 30, 2008 Thats the spirit! I know I'm gonna like this forum, you guys do what I wish to be doing when I get a Seven. Martin Mid-30's, 5:00am, no top, no side curtains, no heat, NOBODY on the road, 7.5 miles of backroads on the way to work, and the Birkin is running great. What a blast!!! :7fume:
stevet Posted April 30, 2008 Posted April 30, 2008 Mid 30's... positively balmy (or barmy depending on your POV). Nice one, Bruce.
southwind25 Posted April 30, 2008 Posted April 30, 2008 brrr indeed...we deeply contimplated taking ours this morning, but at 33 degrees and with ice on the yard we have a 24 mile trip and we chickened out....forgive us.
Kitcat Posted April 30, 2008 Posted April 30, 2008 It was 40 degrees here, sunny, no top, did have side curtains up. Definitely bracing. My 5 mile route to work includes a 3 mile stretch of 1930's parkway, semi tree-lined, slow speed split 4 lane into and thru a city park full of 90 degree turns, off camber S's, a one way down hill road with a panoramic view of the Ohio River with back to back 10-15 mph curves followed by a roundabout (aka "the Skid Pad") which, as suggested by its name, I go round about at least 1x, maybe more depending on traffic. Wheee!!! It's invigorating!
11Budlite Posted November 17, 2008 Author Posted November 17, 2008 Just thought I'd give an update after this mornings drive into work. Around 33 degrees when I left the house, but with the addition of the side curtains it certainly makes the drive more comfortable. In fact, I don't have to wear safety goggles to keep my eyes from watering. Still no heat, so we'll see how it goes tomorrow morning when it's supposed to drop into the 20's! Bruce :7drive:
11Budlite Posted November 17, 2008 Author Posted November 17, 2008 "side curtains ?... BAH!" - Hey Ian, you have your top up in your avatar! Bruce :7drive:
lowflyer Posted November 17, 2008 Posted November 17, 2008 My wife and I took our Stalker out on Friday for a run to our favorite local "breakfast joint". We left the house a little after 9:00 with a brisk 66 degrees showing on the patio thermometer. By the time we got back, around noon, it was 81! The restaurant is located in Totilla (Tor-tee-ya) Flats, an old mining community in the Superstition mountains. To get there we run about 30 miles on the freeway and then a glorious 20 miles over the swoopiest, turningest piece of blacktop this side of an autocross course. We generally go during the week to avoid the weekend traffic which includes lots of people towing boats out to one of the lakes in the area. The last time we went out, about 6 weeks ago, we were passed by 4 guys on "crotch rockets" only to find one of them lying on his back with his bike in a ditch about a mile later. While the road is fun and all, it does not suffer fools well. As for the temperatures you guys are suffering, we make up for the winters here when the summer temps hit 110!!!
BusaNostra Posted November 17, 2008 Posted November 17, 2008 Bud---did you take a flu shot first? :lol: I thought I saw you at Rt. 69 coughing.
11Budlite Posted November 18, 2008 Author Posted November 18, 2008 "We left the house a little after 9:00 with a brisk 66 degrees showing on the patio thermometer. By the time we got back, around noon, it was 81!" - :cuss: :cry: "I thought I saw you at Rt. 69 coughing." - Who me? Nah... http://www.coolsmileys.org/smilies/sick0026.gif Bruce :7drive:
11Budlite Posted November 18, 2008 Author Posted November 18, 2008 Twenty-seven degrees on the way to work this morning and it still wasn't bad. If I put a hat on and installed the heater I'm sure I could drive it down into the teens with no problem. I think some of the people at work are starting to think I'm nuts! Bruce :7drive:
scannon Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 Twenty-seven degrees on the way to work this morning and it still wasn't bad. If I put a hat on and installed the heater I'm sure I could drive it down into the teens with no problem. I think some of the people at work are starting to think I'm nuts! Bruce :7drive: I think some of the people here are starting to think you're nuts! :yesnod: :yesnod: :yesnod: Skip
11Budlite Posted November 19, 2008 Author Posted November 19, 2008 "I think some of the people here are starting to think you're nuts!" - Come on Skip, I can't be the only one! I guess I'm just not ready for the driving season to end! So it was 22 degrees this morning and the only difference I could see was my hands felt a little cold by the time I got to work. I think it could be time to break out the insulated gloves... Bruce :7drive:
Kitcat Posted November 19, 2008 Posted November 19, 2008 They have salted the roads here-season's over(:.
11Budlite Posted November 20, 2008 Author Posted November 20, 2008 "They have salted the roads here-season's over(:." - Sorry to hear that Mike. The last two winters the weather was clear enough where I was able to drive into January, but that was in the MGB so it wasn't quite as much fun. According to Accuweather it was 19 degrees at 5 o'clock this morning so I have officially hit the teens. Definitely felt a little cooler but the insulated gloves made all the difference! Bruce :7drive:
Kitcat Posted November 20, 2008 Posted November 20, 2008 Bruce: What weight oil do you run in this cold weather? Mike
11Budlite Posted November 20, 2008 Author Posted November 20, 2008 Mike, Because I have a Zetec in the Birkin I've been using Mobil1, 5W-30. For my MGB I've been running 20w-50 in the summer and 10w-30 or 10w-40 in the winter (Castrol GTX because I still had cases of the old version with the higher levels of ZDDP-I might switch to Brad Penn when I run out). So far the temps are staying around 180 degrees with great oil pressure, but I should probably put in a 195 degree thermostat for the winter. I wish the oil would get up to temp a little quicker than it does... Bruce :7drive:
southwind25 Posted November 20, 2008 Posted November 20, 2008 Same here..the roads have been salted and thats that.. just as well, the clutch project is underway.
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