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Old Nov 27, 2002 | 05:34 AM
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for those of you that live in the areas with lots of snow, do you drive your civics throughout the winters? Or do you have winter beaters? I'm from michigan, and fortunately cannot afford two cars. Just wondering if you're feeling my pain with the salty cars in the winter?
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Old Nov 27, 2002 | 05:52 AM
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i hear ya, i live in PA, snow isnt to bad, but they use a rediculous amount of salt. i wish i could afford a beater.
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Old Nov 27, 2002 | 06:40 AM
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I drive the Civic, I just wash it like every week. It's fun, reverse doughnuts ownerage j00.
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Old Nov 27, 2002 | 06:42 AM
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My body kit and rims comes off and I adjust my coilovers up to stock height and Im good for winter.
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Old Nov 27, 2002 | 07:42 AM
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yeah, i'm rockin the rusty 13" steelies right now. they look tight! just kiddin
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Old Nov 27, 2002 | 07:44 AM
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I amdriving mine in the winter, I just took the rims and Kit off. I left it lowered but I am on coilovers so if it gets really bad i will just jack it back up.
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Old Nov 27, 2002 | 07:49 AM
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For winter weather, keep the stock wheels on, and rinse off the car every week or so. Be sure to get like a pressure washer or soemthing and rinse underneath the car and the wheel wells, because thats where salt builds up the most. Also watch out for salt trucks....those things will bombard your car with salt. Salt Trucks suck.
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Old Nov 27, 2002 | 07:53 AM
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yeah just make sure to take off your rims if you have any so they dont get ****ed up. and so you can rip e brakes in parking lots
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Old Nov 27, 2002 | 08:11 AM
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i liked e-braking until i slammed into a snow bank 2 days after I gotten new OEM front bumper and hood. now the bumper's all spider webbed cracked looking. Last time I screw around on the snowy roads. drive safely y'all
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Old Nov 27, 2002 | 08:14 AM
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I drive mine...I just make sure that I wash it at least once a week religiously to get all the damn salt off. Last winter I had it upstate at school, but now that I'm back south, the winters shouldn't be too bad...I hope.
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