Can’t wait! This’ll be my 10th year going, still just as much fun as the first time I went.

Every year I swear I’m gonna get a beater for the winter and store the VIII. Every year I throw the snow tires on and have a blast. Driving in the snow is some of the best fun I’ve ever had in that car.

Yah, it was a humbling, terrifying, but somewhat enlightening experience. It was my first car, bought it as soon as I got my license. If anything, it definitely taught me about car control, especially in crappy conditions. I’d go so far to say that it made me a better driver.

Do it. It’s like your car just leveled up.

I used to daily a ‘93 trans am when I was younger, big V8, RWD, no traction control or ABS. Finally after 4 or 5 excruciating winters driving around with all-seasons, I bought a second set of wheels and threw some winter tires on there. I was a convert on day one. I preached the gospel of the winter tire to anybody…

I dunno if you saw my other responses or not, but I’m basically in the same boat. I agree, most modern cars can handle it. I’ve got a ‘05 evo, bigger turbo, cams, beefier clutch, etc... I literally can’t move it until the trans gets a bit warm. Doesn’t take much, 3-5 minutes when the temps are single digits or below.…

Seems to just be an evo thing. Everybody I know here has the same problem when it gets this cold. I don’t think it affects the 10's as much, but the 8's and 9's all seem to do it to some extent.

I feel like we could be friends.

Haha, yup! At first I thought different trans fluids would help out on that cold weather crunch. Nothing but a bit of heat does it. You in the midwest?

Yup, I mean, I literally cannot get the car to go into any gear until it warms up a bit. I’ve tried, no amount of persuading will do. If it’s at or above freezing, it’s fine, but once we get down to these frigid conditions, my car can be a bit of a ornery bitch until it’s warmed up.

Hey man, car’s have creature comforts for a reason. Otherwise we’d still all be riding around in a cart and buggy. Or a motorcycle. Nobody rides one for the comfort factor. If someone is gonna get all bent outta shape for a couple minutes of idle so you won’t sweat your balls off, well, I’m just gonna assume we don’t…

I’m of the mindset that you should atleast allow the car the 20-30 seconds that most modern vehicles take to do the initial wind down of the RPM’s, give the oil a chance to get slung towards the upper areas of the block. I agree for the most part, it doesn’t need 15 minutes of idling before you can “safely” drive off.

Car’s love that closed loop goodness. If the ECU isn’t giving me full boost, I know the engine isn’t up to temp yet and the car’s not happy. Plus, high-strung turbo 4's with a manual combined with me still shivering from the cold lead to a pretty herky jerky ride until I come up to temp as well :P

Yah I mean, I get it, modern cars are much better at running under a variety of conditions better than older cars are. My car isn’t that old (it’s an ‘05), but it sure doesn’t like it when I try to drive off before the engine is up to a certain temp and it’s running closed loop.

Yah, even when it’s warmer out, I still like to let my car idle down on it’s own before I go taking off.

I’m willing to bet most of these people who disapprove of your opinion on the matter, Jason, are those who don’t live somewhere it gets cold enough.

Get sick? More like stay sick. My kids are walking germ factories from november till march.

I love shit like this.

Flannel or jersey are the way to go. I love the warmth of flannel, but I find that the jersey stay a bit “fresher” smelling longer. Plus, not nearly as much static generated from the jersey compared to the flannel.

Ate a egg salad sandwich as a late night snack yesterday. Didn’t have any lettuce so I thought it would be a good idea to throw some shredded raw cabbage on there, with a healthy squirt of sriracha.