Anyone else depressed about putting their Z away for the winter?

bendchef · 11-14-2016, 11:53 AM

We get a few pristine ice cold Clear Blue Sky days up here in the Portland Vancouver area. I'll take the Z out on those days after warming it up in the garage for about an hour. Oil cooler doesn't like warming up in that cold weather. But once we're out I'm able to drive her pretty hard and she swallows that ice cold air. We have some awesome winding back roads that lead to some really long straight away is out in farm country. I don't like to drive like an *** in town or on the freeway for too long a period of time. But in the countryside..... Then it's back to the garage for storage until next time.

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barncobob · 11-14-2016, 02:10 PM

drive 24/7/365 here,, gets cold but rarely snow in N. Ca.

Ventruck · 11-14-2016, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by barncobob

drive 24/7/365 here,, gets cold but rarely snow in N. Ca.

Yep no vdc, bald tires, 420 yolo blaze it.

jaedub · 11-14-2016, 12:34 PM

Winter? What kind of car part is that? I've never heard of winter mod in LA.

AestheticCM1 · 11-14-2016, 01:50 PM

Not really, each year I find it liberating to know that I won't be putting any miles on my Z until next summer.

mults · 11-14-2016, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnny_Day

I'm gonna go from hour long cruises every day to public transportation

That would make me depressed...

Put mine away 2 weeks ago, but I get to see her everyday in the back of the garage.

mishuko · 11-14-2016, 04:43 PM

Hard parking before dec 1....

JC-Nismo · 11-14-2016, 04:58 PM

Born and raised in Jersey and one of the reasons I'll never go back!!! Georgia baby, no winters here, drive them all year round.......... Even though it's only once a week, Lol.

dP3NGU1N · 11-14-2016, 06:20 PM

Burn tires all year in socal. =)

Nithmo · 11-14-2016, 11:11 PM

Winter storage is just a nice way to keep the miles down for half the year... Which then encourages me to drive twice as much in the other half

Cyber370 · 11-15-2016, 05:06 AM

Not really depressed. Sad yes. However, it gives me something to look forward to in the spring when I take the cover off and pull it out of the garage for the first time. It's like taking delivery of a new car again.

I haven't stored it away just yet since we've been having a mild fall. But, I may be giving it a final wash and wax this weekend in preparation for winter hibernation. We'll see.

madeinjapan · 11-15-2016, 07:01 AM

32 degrees today

drove it to work

night blade · 11-15-2016, 07:05 AM

Putting mine away this Sunday, still have this week with some mild weather to enjoy the ride, next Monday though the freeze comes

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z_nation · 11-15-2016, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by night blade

Putting mine away this Sunday, still have this week with some mild weather to enjoy the ride, next Monday though the freeze comes

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Supposed to snow sunday up here in Barrie!

kenchan · 11-15-2016, 07:24 AM

make sure u guys ask ur insurance agent to 'suspend' ur insurance to save money. basically comprehensive coverage only.
den reinstate come spring. mine's like $16 for the 6months

11-14-2016, 11:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
bendchef Base Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Vancouver, Wa Posts: 42 Drives: 2009 370z Touring MT Rep Power: 10	We get a few pristine ice cold Clear Blue Sky days up here in the Portland Vancouver area. I'll take the Z out on those days after warming it up in the garage for about an hour. Oil cooler doesn't like warming up in that cold weather. But once we're out I'm able to drive her pretty hard and she swallows that ice cold air. We have some awesome winding back roads that lead to some really long straight away is out in farm country. I don't like to drive like an *** in town or on the freeway for too long a period of time. But in the countryside..... Then it's back to the garage for storage until next time. Sent from my LGMS550 using Tapatalk __________________ 2009 Solid Red Touring $ Stillen Front Fascia $ Berk Hfc's $ Nismo S Tune Free Flow Exhaust $ Z1 Ported Intake Plenum $ Stillen Gen 3 Intake $ Setrab 25 Row Oil Cooler $ Uprev Tune $ Sprint Booster Throttle Enhancer $ RJM Performance Clutch Pedal $ Upgraded Z Speed Clutch Slave Cylinder $ Torque Pro OBD2

11-14-2016, 12:34 PM	#4 (permalink)
jaedub Track Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 906 Drives: 2010 Black 370Z MT Rep Power: 306	Winter? What kind of car part is that? I've never heard of winter mod in LA. JC-Nismo likes this.

11-14-2016, 06:20 PM	#9 (permalink)
dP3NGU1N A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Irvine Posts: 1,682 Drives: 13 PW sport 6mt Rep Power: 20	Burn tires all year in socal. =) __________________ 35% Hooper Optik \| Takeda Attack CAI \| F.I. HFC \| Hotchkis Sway Bar \| Stillen 24row \| OS Giken Super Lock LSD \| TK Shift Knob \| EVO-R Carbon Diffuser

11-15-2016, 07:05 AM	#13 (permalink)
night blade Base Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Pickering, Ontario Posts: 131 Drives: 2016 Nissan 370Z Rep Power: 12	Putting mine away this Sunday, still have this week with some mild weather to enjoy the ride, next Monday though the freeze comes . __________________ 2016 Nissan 370z Base 6MT Pearl White \| RJM Performance 2012 Kia Sportage 6AT (the short bus)

11-15-2016, 07:24 AM	#15 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141522	make sure u guys ask ur insurance agent to 'suspend' ur insurance to save money. basically comprehensive coverage only. den reinstate come spring. mine's like $16 for the 6months bendchef likes this.

11-14-2016, 02:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
barncobob A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: hangtown, CA Posts: 1,164 Drives: 16 370Z auto Rep Power: 591	drive 24/7/365 here,, gets cold but rarely snow in N. Ca.

11-14-2016, 01:50 PM	#5 (permalink)
AestheticCM1 Base Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Gold Coast Posts: 219 Drives: 2010 370z MT/ST/Navi Rep Power: 2869	Not really, each year I find it liberating to know that I won't be putting any miles on my Z until next summer.

11-14-2016, 04:43 PM	#7 (permalink)
mishuko A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: bouncin on tigga Posts: 8,062 Drives: '12 Z Rep Power: 9436	Hard parking before dec 1....

11-14-2016, 04:58 PM	#8 (permalink)
JC-Nismo A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,244 Drives: 2011 Nismo 370z Rep Power: 14	Born and raised in Jersey and one of the reasons I'll never go back!!! Georgia baby, no winters here, drive them all year round.......... Even though it's only once a week, Lol.

11-14-2016, 11:11 PM	#10 (permalink)
Nithmo Base Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Canada Posts: 219 Drives: 16 370Z Nismo 6MT Rep Power: 129	Winter storage is just a nice way to keep the miles down for half the year... Which then encourages me to drive twice as much in the other half

11-15-2016, 05:06 AM	#11 (permalink)
Cyber370 Track Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Montreal, QC Canada Posts: 679 Drives: 2016 370Z Nismo 6MT Rep Power: 19373	Not really depressed. Sad yes. However, it gives me something to look forward to in the spring when I take the cover off and pull it out of the garage for the first time. It's like taking delivery of a new car again. I haven't stored it away just yet since we've been having a mild fall. But, I may be giving it a final wash and wax this weekend in preparation for winter hibernation. We'll see.

11-15-2016, 07:01 AM	#12 (permalink)
madeinjapan Banned Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: pistolvania Posts: 1,387 Drives: 2013 g37x 2014 370z Rep Power: 0	32 degrees today drove it to work

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