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Old Jan 4, 2010 | 12:45 AM
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So although I do live in Tallahassee, Florida It has been pretty cold lately. tonight the low was 20. I know, a bit cold for Florida huh?
I noticed when ever I get in my car to drive to class or run errands, my shift *** is freezing. I have the mach 1 ball. Am I the only one that noticed this? What shifter does everyone else use?
Old Jan 4, 2010 | 12:50 AM
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Originally Posted by SilverGT03
So although I do live in Tallahassee, Florida It has been pretty cold lately. tonight the low was 20. I know, a bit cold for Florida huh?
I noticed when ever I get in my car to drive to class or run errands, my shift *** is freezing. I have the mach 1 ball. Am I the only one that noticed this? What shifter does everyone else use?
Damn 20 must be nice lol i think its been single digits in MI the past couple days...
Old Jan 4, 2010 | 01:16 AM
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Single digits would have been nice this weekend. Went on a trip to Minneapolis and somewhere is Wisonsin and it was -19* when we got up to leave and I don't think it got over 5*. Never been so cold in my life.
Old Jan 4, 2010 | 01:34 AM
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That sucks, it was a nice 76 degree high today here in Los Angeles. Only tradeoff to living out here is dealing with the smog ***** and tree huggers that pass all these emission laws.
Old Jan 4, 2010 | 02:05 AM
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emission laws... hah

Just more big brother for ya. The real pollution problem is China not our cars haha. And for that matter, India is trying to produce a car that can be bought for less then $4 or $5k, so think how much pollution THAT will add, India has a huge population, haha.

Silly tree hugers... if they only knew....
Old Jan 4, 2010 | 02:14 AM
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Originally Posted by 02stang2113
Damn 20 must be nice lol i think its been single digits in MI the past couple days...
This........

I would kill for double digit numbers right now , It hurts to breath out. On a funny note I seen a sn95 mustang with a mini snow plow attached to it with some fat ol blizzaks while driving on 23 today.
Old Jan 4, 2010 | 02:43 AM
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Originally Posted by WannaBeGearHead
Single digits would have been nice this weekend. Went on a trip to Minneapolis and somewhere is Wisonsin and it was -19* when we got up to leave and I don't think it got over 5*. Never been so cold in my life.
Yea... imagine living in it! It sux . Between the cold and snow; we have alot of lol
Old Jan 4, 2010 | 07:57 AM
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Originally Posted by SilverGT03
I noticed when ever I get in my car to drive to class or run errands, my shift *** is freezing. I have the mach 1 ball. Am I the only one that noticed this? What shifter does everyone else use?

Considering how "hot" the Mach 1 shift **** gets in the summer (I have a small leather pouch that I cover my shift **** with to reduce the heat effect of direct sunlight when the car is parked), I am not surprised that very cold weather would also have a big effect on that shift ****. I don't drive mine very much in real cold weather (winter garage queen most of the time), but if it is cold, I'm usually wearing lightweight gloves at the very least.

Makes you realize why so many shifters these days are leather covered.

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Old Jan 4, 2010 | 08:32 AM
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I have MGW with the gripper **** so only the little chrome ring on top gets cold...so im good lol.
Old Jan 4, 2010 | 08:57 AM
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BLAH! 20?! It's been -35 here for at least a week! think jsut the shift **** is bad? My power steering shocks everything is froze when I start the old beater or my fusion lately. Glad the Stang is parked



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