Most liked posts in thread: Winter: Driving or Not

Yes I am, sitting here at the confuser looking at pictures from sunny drives. :beer

 

One thing I've noticed about my car, it seems to take quite a while to warm up - at least enough to get some real heat out of the heater. If I jump on the hiway it comes up a lot quicker than if I'm in town, and in town it seems like the heater cools off again, then when I pull away from the light smartly I start getting good heat again. Too efficient a cooling system I guess.

Once it's completely warmed up it's fine tho....

 

the mini Countryman is supposed to be the "winter version" i thought? Or ... *gasp* are all those ads I've seen ... not ... telling ... the ... truth ... ?!?!?!?!

i am curious to hear from COuntryman owners directly - has anyone taken one for a "spin" on the ice/snow yet?

 

Heater works great. Just got back from a couple of errands; 18º, sunshine, severe calm and the top down. Wish I could read people's minds.

 

Coming from a much colder climate than where I live now, I motor with my windows down with the heat on. That way 10F feels like a nice summer day

Mark

 

I'll bet that Lois is not in the MINI at the time!

 

No, she comes from this swamp land, and like the rest of the locals thinks 10F is what the Arctic is like:lol:. One week tornadoes, the next week snow:crazy:

 

My MINI stays out of the snow. Garaged and on storage insurance December till it stops snowing.

However, if I lived 5 - 10 miles from work instead of 40mi I'd probably drive it year-round. Maybe someday.

It certainly isn't forgotten though. I think I've made more mod plans while it's in the garage then when it wasn't. I haven't seen it since the first week of December and yet I'm still on the forums everyday and buying it stuff and making plans.

 

Same here, that's the way to do it if you can, this way all the work is done by spring

 

My daily commute is 40 miles ....just sayin....

My buddy Don had his All4 out in the snow yesterday and reports that it's "awesome"!

 

Sweet! Gotta get rid of the disco and get a countryman or clubman for year-round use!

 

40 miles each way? I drive about 100 miles a day on average. Most of the way on a highway with big trucks. My new car is already chipped and scratched just from summer driving. I'd be afraid to see if after a winter of salt trucks. Add to that TSD Rallies, MINI Events, and vacations and my MINI would have 250,000 miles on it before I finished paying for it in 5 years. And from reading the forums, it could need some serious repairs by then. :eek6:

My dad is a Honda mechanic, so the cost of me owning a 10 year old civic as a second car is very small.

 

40 miles daily - or 20 miles each way....

And my '09 Clubby has just under 30K on it now, and yes the front has chips and scratches on it too. I had a clearbra on my '03, I wish I hadn't been so cheap and got it on the Clubby too - but I had already exceeded my budget.

My buddy Don now has 3 MINI/Minis in his garage....the new All4, his '06 JCW and his Mini trucklet!

I'll post up a pic of his MINI filled garage he sent me when I get home tonight...

 

Minidave please don't take this the wrong way but I want to hide behind the bushes and bash your friend Don over the head and steal his cars. Lucky bastard ....

I am slightly heartened by the positive reports regarding the Mini Countryman in the snow. Might make it an easier sell to the wife ....

 

I don't know these SoCal winters have me wondering if I need to garage my Mini...