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Old Sep 29, 2007 | 04:51 PM
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Default Winter is here, which car to garage?

Winter is here, It's snowing as I type this. Here's my dilema. My garage can only
hold 1 car. Just curious what you guys would do. I really want to garage the stang, but,
I know I'm going to hate scraping ice. I've never had to cover a car for winter before.
Will the coldcause any unnecessary wear on anything or should it be ok?So, do you..

1. Garage the Mustang for the Winter and leave the DD (Buick Park Ave)in the
driveway and haveto scrape snow/ice every moring

or

2. Keep the DD in the garage (free of snow/ice) and leave the Mustang in the
driveway with a good car cover.
Old Sep 29, 2007 | 05:01 PM
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This is a mustang site.

Why are you driving a Park avenue anyway. Buy a jeep and be done with it summer car winter car.

I have a 2006 mustang GT convertible and a 2008 Jeep unlimited.

Both go in the Garage wifes 2002 Acura tls goes in the driveway.
Old Sep 29, 2007 | 05:07 PM
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i would garage the mustang.
Old Sep 29, 2007 | 05:10 PM
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Snow already? Man I do not miss the North Still in the 90's here

Garage the stang.
Old Sep 29, 2007 | 05:13 PM
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ORIGINAL: mustang blue

This is a mustang site.

Why are you driving a Park avenue anyway. Buy a jeep and be done with it summer car winter car.

I have a 2006 mustang GT convertible and a 2008 Jeep unlimited.

Both go in the Garage wifes 2002 Acura tls goes in the driveway.
Well whoop de do for you. I'll tell ya why I don't buy a jeep. I don't need one..
The snow here is not that bad, never needed snow tires once. The Buick is
nice and heavy and front wheel drive. Only been stuck once and that was at the
base of my driveway. I got 178,000 miles on our '99 Park ave ultra and every
little gadget still works. They're great cars. 1/2 my garage is being used as storage
for furniture we're giving our daughter when she gets her own place.
Old Sep 29, 2007 | 05:20 PM
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Snow already? Man I do not miss the North Still in the 90's here

Garage the stang.
Yep, we're having one freak day. Normally snow hits in the end of Oct.
Old Sep 29, 2007 | 05:29 PM
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Never had to deal with snow. Would garaging the stang and covering the Avenue still keep the ice off?
I love California
Old Sep 29, 2007 | 05:49 PM
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Never had to deal with snow. Would garaging the stang and covering the Avenue still keep the ice off?
I love California
I'm from San Jose, Ca.myself, lived there for 41 yrs. We've been out here for 6 yrs now.
I've wondered about that myself....the thing is, I've NEVER seen anyone out here do that.
I think if there's alot of snow, it'd be very heavy. But I would assume it's easier to take off
a car cover( if there's not a foot of snow on it)than scrape the windows. I think I'll test
that theory.
Old Sep 29, 2007 | 06:26 PM
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Being from Illinois original where there is alot of snow, it would NOT work with the car cover. Snow is wet and the car cover will soak up the water and overnight it will freeze. Then you will have a frozen car cover stuck to your car WITH a bunch of snow ontop of it. LOL I can't even imagine.

Snow sucks, no doubt about it.
Old Sep 29, 2007 | 07:02 PM
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build a bigger garage........

or

buy on of those carports that can be assembled in place for the Buick....



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