It is unkind to poke hoo-rah at your fellow forum members just because we don't have the lovely winter weather that you enjoy.

Some of us are winter weather challenged. No snow. No ice or salt (except in our drinks). No gelled fuel. No chance of frostbite. No snow tires or tire chains. No ice scrapers. No multiple glow plug cycles before starting. No winter coats. No snowball fights. No dogs frozen in mid-squirt at the fire hydrant.

Pity us. Send donations.

And just what is this block heater thingy I have heard so much aboot?

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You can get farther with a smile and a gun than you can with just a smile.

1984 300D
1985 300CD
1980 300SD
1993 SL500

I need some sunblock... it is going to be near 80 degrees and Blistering sun later today.... help...

Jockeying cars around each night now so that I can find 4 plugs. Digging them out of snowbanks and letting them run all night at college.....sigh....perhaps another month and the sun will re-appear.

Don

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DAILY DRIVERS:
'84 300DT 298k (Aubrey's)
'99.5 Jetta TDI IV 251k (Julie's)
'97 Jetta TDI 127k (Amber's)
'97 Jetta TDI 186k (Matt's)
'96 Passat TDI 237k (Don's
'84 300D 211k Mint (Arne- Undergoing Greasecar Conversion)

SOLD:
'82 240D 229k (Matt's - Converted-300DT w/ 4 speed

My car starts repeatedly at 0F without plug in. This weekend we got 18" of nice snow. My toughest decision was what music to listen to in my old truck while I plowed. I chose "Four Seasons" by Vivaldi - so appropriate. Then the whole family (6 of us) went cross-country skiing behind our house. 1000 acres back there. Not only am I truly blessed, but I'm aware of the fact. I have all I need and more.

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'82 300SD - 361K mi - "Blue"

"Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement."

listen, look, .........and duck.

Here it's not getting into the 70's until tomorrow. But, we'll pay for this mild winter weather once summer rolls around. Southern Louisiana is basically a naturally-occuring sauna. I do whatever maintenance I know I'll need in the wintertime, because in the summer all I can handle is oil changes and cutting the grass. One day I'll have a garage...

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1982 300D, black w/ palomino leather, 203K
2001 E320, champagne, 105K (Mom's)
1999 Dodge Dakota, squeaky & battered, 142K

Today its cooler, mid 60's, and rain possible. Sure glad I have a garage

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5 speed '91 190E 2.6 320,000 mi. (new car, fast, smooth as silk six, couldn't find any more Peugeots)
5 speed '85 Peugeot 505 2.5l Turbo Diesel 266,000 mi. (old car, fast for a diesel, had 2 others)
5 speed '01 Jetta V6 (new wifes car, pretty quick)
5 speed '85 Peugeot 505 2.2l Turbo Gas 197,000 mi. (wifes car, faster, sadly gone just short of 200k )
5 speed '83 Yamaha 750 Maxim 14,000 mi. (fastest)
0 speed 4' x 8' 1800 lb Harbor Freight utility trailer (only as fast as what's pulling it)

Today is a warm day! It is about 30 out we just might get above freezing! We are going to get more snow tonight 3-5. And my blue SDL is now white.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Hattie, white with snow, or salt?

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'82 300SD - 361K mi - "Blue"

"Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement."

listen, look, .........and duck.

Salt It is killing me I have been hosing it off every night but it still turns white. I am going to wash it later today when I get out of my last class.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Thats one advantage of Diesel! You can take the car apart in your cozy garage with the kerosene heater at high toasty flame and not worry about a flash explosion. I never work on the gassers in the garage during the winter. When the wind is howling outside and there is nowhere to go anyway, thats the time to do those lengthy overhauls in the kerosene heat of your garage. Only one problem-- I jacked the car up on all Fours and left the snowblower in the back of the garage this year, so I had to shovel by hand a two car driveway some forty feet long...

I'm getting scared, it's been in the low 70's here in Denver for the last 3 days! Where is the snow!? It's too d@mned hot here!

Remember that you said that