Guest EUROTRASH Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 cold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norcal505 Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 burr !! lol today it was rainy here in the San Francisco Bay Area. I was out dirtjumping yesterday at a downhill bike park, it started to rain hard, so i had to head in. also, today i was coming back from rowing practice (30 mins ago), tried going fast around a corner, slid out of control, and almost hit a benz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Haha, that looks pretty much like here in Sweden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EUROTRASH Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 I think we should post more cell pics, to show the daily life of our cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 I think we should post more cell pics, to show the daily life of our cars. i'm with you on that one. if i had more memory on my cellie i'd take a picture of my 505 right now, which is fairly un-recognizable since it's completely buried by snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EUROTRASH Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 More pics! ...at work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bean Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 Pfft... lightweights! It's been -50C (-58F) with the windchill for the last week and a half - with us just getting a break today (-38C) - thankfully it's returning to more bearable temps this weekend... Rabin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EUROTRASH Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 SHOW ME THE PICS!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 Pfft... lightweights! It's been -50C (-58F) with the windchill for the last week and a half - with us just getting a break today (-38C) - thankfully it's returning to more bearable temps this weekend... Rabin Pfft... lightweights! It's been -50C (-58F) with the windchill for the last week and a half - with us just getting a break today (-38C) - thankfully it's returning to more bearable temps this weekend... Rabin man, that is insane! is -50c cold enough to turn a cup of coffee into ice pellets before it hits the ground? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norcal505 Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 make room august!! i havent seen your black 89 in a while!! and ill take some pics later today after the superbowl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 the 89 has been the daily driver for a while, haven't done any work to it. correction, the 89 is the daily driver assuming i can get it out of my driveway, and there isn't any more then 3 inches of snow on the ground. since it's lowered it's not very forgiving to snow depth the toasted dunlop 'summer performance' tires aren't great on ice either. fun though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bean Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Hey man, Throw some skinny winter grips on some extra rims and it'll turn into a damn good winter car - lowered or not... I've pushed through snow so deep I came to a stop after pushing a bank of snow up infront of the car - backed up and saw the "face" of the 505 in the snow... Was able to back up and go around it and was on my way... Easily 12" of powder as the door pushed snow when I opened it. Not sure how the Torsen does in the winter though - the clutch type LSD's are supposed to be better on loose surfaces - so that might have made the difference too... Rabin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EUROTRASH Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 Those Hankook tires you see in the picture have all the grip you'd ever need in the snow, and they're among the most affordable. All the cars in my house are front wheel drive and I have the most control on the road in my 505... , as for those Mustangs and Corvettes... forget about it! I was able to find spare wheels just in time thanks to a tip from Norcal, perfect if you want to put together a decent winter wheel package. If interested contact [email protected] of California, he said he had lots spare steels. More info if you need it: (provided by Norcal) The place is called European Auto W. in Newark, California. (Right by Fremont, California). Owner, his name is John Srour, phone number is 510-795-8910, fax 510-796-4842, address 7324 Wells Ave. Newark, CA 94560 Wheels for size 15x6 pattern 4 140, tires 205 60 15 I highly recommend doing this before he runs out of wheels, good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EUROTRASH Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 i'm with you on that one. if i had more memory on my cellie i'd take a picture of my 505 right now, which is fairly un-recognizable since it's completely buried by snow. August, why don't you take some pics and send them from your phone to your e-mail instead of storing them? I'd love to see other 505's in action.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bean Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 Action you say? I added some pics of my 505's in action - and there's some winter event pics in there as well... 505 action pics Rabin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V-M Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 Pfft... lightweights! It's been -50C (-58F) with the windchill for the last week and a half - with us just getting a break today (-38C) - thankfully it's returning to more bearable temps this weekend... Rabin Sounds like old days from here I remember my daddy telling at in early 70's he was driving oil truck in northern Finland (above polarcircle) and he was goin to pee outside and pee was freecing in curve And he went to check temp... -47C. Now it's not eaven going over -20C... In my army(-84) time (200km north from polarcircle) in winter was normal above -30C (we were skiing and camping on forrests in tents in those temps). Some times it did stay over 40 and it was difficult to breath when marching outside... very dry air. Also amount of snow has dropped dramatically... in 70's we did have ~1,5m snow and now hardly 30cm V-M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V-M Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 Wheels for size 15x6 pattern 4 140, tires 205 60 15 For winter usage narrow tires are better than wide one's. So I recomend 185/65/15 or 195/60/15 V-M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norcal505 Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 lol, august's lack of showing his car recently prompted me to ask my friend, a fellow turbobricker, and august's coworker, to see if he could get us a shot or two of his 505. i think its posted somewhere on this forum.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 hahaha honestly the car hasn't changed at all and the best pics are the buttonwillow track day pictures that i posted a year or so ago. with it warming up i'd really like to re-paint it, and i'm going to be buying some new tires soon as soon as I can find some that will take my level of abuse the biggest problem right now is a truck threw up a rock that cracked my windshield, RIGHT in my line of sight. it's really really really really really annoying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norcal505 Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 hahaha honestly the car hasn't changed at all and the best pics are the buttonwillow track day pictures that i posted a year or so ago. with it warming up i'd really like to re-paint it, and i'm going to be buying some new tires soon as soon as I can find some that will take my level of abuse the biggest problem right now is a truck threw up a rock that cracked my windshield, RIGHT in my line of sight. it's really really really really really annoying well, welcome to the club! im getting mine fixed next weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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