Not a Icy as BigBird but still... for SoCal?

Arro · Post by **Arro** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:48 am

I spent 15 minutes this morning scraping off the thin but solid layer of ice on the windshield so I could see to drive.

Doesn't look like it, but that window is very iced over.

The roof had a nice frosty layer on it...

And the hood and headlights did as well:

The grass was like a bunch of little green crystals... If it *had* actually rained here, I think it would have looked similar to BigBird's pics, actually... it was that cold last night! But as most of you know, southern California isn't known for lots of rain, and this is the desert area as well.

I was nice to my engine and let it warm up for a good 20 minutes before driving the car.

Speaking of which, I need to ask a question about the defroster, but I'll post that in a different section.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:32 pm

I was nice to my engine and let it warm up for a good 20 minutes before driving the car.

Overkill IMHO.

That ice is weaksauce compared to bigbirds.

That is unusual for Southern Cali though. Did it end up warming up by mid day?

kc2005ptgt · Post by **kc2005ptgt** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:41 pm

heehee, that's not ice... THIS is ice

My car, covered in 1/2" of ice after 4 hours of ice storm

Trees in my apartment complex day after ice storm, and yeah that is 2-3" snow underneath the ice which is close to an inch thick.

This is what happens to trees when 1/2"+ of ice forms on their branches... lots of damage can be done to cars and power lines

Sorry for the treadjack!

Arro · Post by **Arro** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:55 pm

Nah threadjack is fine... I kinda half-expected people to post ice pics.

Yeah if it had rained it would have been like that.

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:25 pm

this is why i live in florida.

supertrick_05 · Post by **supertrick_05** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:03 pm

Fuckin Minnesota anyways...*sigh

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:54 pm

Now those are some snowflakes! Great picts Andrew! I was gonna get a pict of my car too.. The icicles on the SRT nostril badge were amazing. But after seeing bigbirds thread, theres nothing that compares.

Kevin_GP · Post by **Kevin_GP** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:11 am

MoxHair wrote:this is why i live in florida.

01WhiteNe0n · Post by **01WhiteNe0n** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:40 am

Doesn't look to bad at all

Freezing rain was a bisch last week now I get to look forwar to 6 - 10 " of snow tomorrow.

silverneontuner · Post by **silverneontuner** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:01 am

Wow that is crazy alot of ice. Frickin winter.

deep1ca · Post by **deep1ca** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:03 am

i've heard carbon fiber + sub zero temperatures and snow is a bad idea

silverneontuner · Post by **silverneontuner** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:08 am

yea that is true deep1ca. i see you live in Canada aswell as me so im sure you have seen a few cars running around with "shattered" plastic body parts after a major snow fall.

Rapley · Post by **Rapley** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:34 pm

silverneontuner, those aren't shattered from the cold. They're shattered because plenty of people don't know how to drive after the first snow/ice fall so they just run into crap and damage their bumpers

King Crab · Post by **King Crab** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:43 pm

Arro: instead of spending 15 minutes scrapping off the windshield, maybe you should try spraying water from your garden hose on it. Takes the ice right off. At least it has always worked for me.

Andpto · Post by **Andpto** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:46 pm

MoxHair wrote:this is why i live in florida.

same here lol

thirteentwo · Post by **thirteentwo** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:23 am

or you could write your name on your windshield.

....or does that just work in the snow?

WykedHellFire · Post by **WykedHellFire** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:57 am

Andpto wrote:
MoxHair wrote:this is why i live in florida.
same here