Preacher

I agree Ortho and trying to keep the car clean is a neverending job but winter here is too long to have the car sitting in garage until summer (because spring is even dirtier than winter). I also thought about having my car stored for the winter and maybe it's what I would have done if I had bought my car in the summer, but now that I have bought good winter tires I will just do my best to clean the salt away and enjoy the car as often as possible while getting better at driving a car with this kind of power in winter conditions. Storing the car for the winter is certainly the best solution to avoid a lot of troubles. But anybody who wish to drive its car all-year long can rest assured this Mustang can do the job!

Too Tall

I had to put ours up last night. It was all waxed and detailed, and then the ice and snow moved in. So she is sitting in the garage waiting for the roads to dry out! :bang:

97svtgoin05gt

DITTO and it stinkS!!!

SPRING C'MON SPRING!!

bullittman

I've rented an 05 for a week in march at Tampa Int'l(Whether it will happen when I get there is another story ).....But that's going to do it for me till spring :notnice:

Badsnke98

274 miles and holding till the winter passes and roads repaired. Dirt, salt, and potholes galore, with millions of stones from the broken patchwork. No thanks not for a brand new cruisin car. Besides we have the dailys. Were half way there!

Speedrulez

Snow here in the east was my fault, I had my windows tinted Saturday. Got her cleared off when the sun came out though. COME ON SPRING!!!

CelticNut

Where in the south are you, April? Heck, even Atlanta Georgia got hit with ICE STORMS this past weekend!

05mach1

I haven't drive my 05 for three weeks because of snow and ice and salt on the roads

Looks like until March to drive mine

area5179

i live in south jersey and so far this year we have gotten about 13" of the crappy white stuff. I do have a winter car but it is killing me that i can't drive my mustang. Road crews up here are hit or miss at best for snow removal so even though my car has 850 miles it has not been driven for about two weeks.

SNOW stinkS SSA!

:bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :angry:

icemant180

Freakin' snow go me down. I got the 05 gt at Thanksgiving and I havn't even put 500mi on it yet. At least it's clean, warm and dry in the stall. Another 6 to 8 weeks of crappy weather to deal with then hopefully the roads will be dry and salt free. I might as well start planning some driving destinations for when the weather clears. Maybe a cruise to Newport RI, Arcadia ME, Mt Washington NH, Berkshires MA, not necessarilly in that order. Looks like I need to go get me some road maps.

Keep your chins up fellow 05'ers it won't be long!!!

Don't forget to start and idle your stang every few days if your not driving it.

Bookman

It's killin me too. I was tempted to get her out of the garage today but I am sissy.... Thank god for the blue bomber, I don't mind if she looks bad, I try to keep her clean but washing a VW golf in 36degree weather is not what I call, a labor of love.

adrenalin

I drive everyday and so far most of those have been covered in at least 6 inches of snow. I can't wait, about 8 weeks until nice weather starts and I can roll down the windows

Purple Hayz

Do NOT do this. Cold starts followed only by idling are a terrible idea, despite what your intuition may tell you. Remember that an internal combustion engine produces a ton of water, and worse yet, contaminants. Cold start and idle and you will be sure to coat your exhaust manifolds and pipes with both. And no, it's not simply a matter of heating the engine until the needle is in the normal range and the oil has gotten hot enough to burn off condensation. Unless you are going to DRIVE the car for a reasonable length of time and exercise the power band, you will NOT burn off the contaminants and only end up worse than you were to begin with. Prolonged idling in general is not a good idea. Idling after a cold start without a lengthy drive is much, much worse...

Resist the temptation. :nono: Let her rest. Spring will be here soon enough.

Altoid

What is snow? It is 72 out!