Do you guys do anything to prepare your cars for winter? Today on my Integra I degreased and scrubbed wheelwells and undercarriage, sprayed rust converter in the wheelwells, sprayed the entire frame, wheelwells and undercarriage with undercoating, and coated the exhaust system with rustproof black paint. And rotated the tires. lol

My Integra is rust free an I plan to keep it that way haha

 

I maintain my current domicile

 

Wow, I need to take a page out of your book.

I've never really prepped my car. After each snow storm, I do give the undercarriage and wheel wells a really good spray with the hose to get the salt off. And if its not too cold, a quick wash to get salt off the paint.

 

No such thing as winter where I live

 

Other than putting my snow tires on and waxing the car, not really. I go to the car wash after a big snow storm to get the salt off and thats about all.

 

I just need new tires because mine are getting bald, and I'll need it for the rain that will eventually come here

other than that I got nothing to do

 

i just in the car and drive and if thats not possible im going out in my sled

 

I make sure my power window switches are all working so I can rest assured I can finally enjoy driving with the windows down and the A/C off.

 

 

Lucky bastards...must be nice...On top of the car fun, I'm sure you dont know what shovelling an 80 foot driveway every two days is like

 

I make sure my heater and my wipers work. That's all I need where I live. If I want to see snow I drive two hours east.

 

+1. Same here.

 

I am sure you EC guys are sick of snow, but for me, I actually WANT to see some snow. I haven't seen snow in 3-4 years now, kind of miss it.

 

lol +1

 

Make sure my wipers are good and fluids are all topped off. That's about it.

 

do not miss that-one of the benefits of living in the south.
When I lived in NJ and Pa I would make sure I had a supply of windshield cleaner fluid in the trunk. After a snow storm I would have to constantly use the fluid to clean off the salt on the windshield

 

^^^

Yeh. I would always run low on it when I had my CL.

 

Oh how I hate Cali drivers

 

+1000. Just drove out to Fountain Hills this morning with the windows down. Loved it.

 

I grew up in Connecticut and made my money as a kid shovelling driveways and sidewalks. I just chose as an adult to say f*ck that sh*t and moved as far away from snow as possible.

This weekend was the bomb was it not? If it was like this everyday we'd be in paradise, or as some people would call it, San Diego.

 

 

They can keep their good weather and traffic. I can put up with some snow and ice.

 

winter? what is that?

 

One day Nevada will have ocean front property as I am shoveling 6 inches of snow and we will see who is laughing then.

 

Oooh, maybe I should start buying property in Yuma.

 

Other then snow tires and windshield washer fluid with de-icer... I never did anything else.

Of course since we moved south several years ago it really isn't much of a worry. Even when we do get snow it melts in a few hours anyway... so no biggie

 

Only thing i do is when the time comes put the winter wheels on, start using a washerfluid with deicer and a fresh set of wiper blades.

 

What is this w-i-n-t-e-r thing you speak of?

 

it does get pretty chilly in Socal though.... like 55?

 

I don't do serious winter prep. It's all about how you maintain the car during the winter. I do weekly hand washes in the garage with Zaino Z7 wash and Z6 spray, and an undercarriage wash in the local laser wash (no brushes on my babies!!) after each big snow storm to get the salt off the undercarriage.