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Re: Winter update

To: Simon Bosworth <simon@hpi50.dsddhc.com>
Subject: Re: Winter update
From: Rick Brown <mgrick@ptd.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 19:02:35 -0500
Simon Bosworth wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> another update on the 'Winter B GT' saga.  Today we had fairly horrible
> weather.  About 6 inches of snow on the ground and about 7 deg F.  I am
> happy to say that the GT performed very well.  No problem at all going
> through the snow drifts, and it was quite well behaved on the
> packed-down slippery bits.  The ATF in the carbs plus setting it rich
> enough to make a significant contribution to Global Warming seems to
> help with the first few miles of driving each day.  I did have to buy a
> small ice scraper to keep ice from building up too much on the inside of
> the windows though.
>   On saturday night I was the only one silly enough to drive their MG to
> the club dinner event, (it was 0 deg F).  Lorna was not too enthused
> with the idea.  She was convinced we were going to be stranded by the
> roadside and freeze to death, (we didn't in case anyone was wondering).
> 
> Cheers,
> Simon
Three Cheers Simon,

I too drive my GT every day - and I too was the only one to appear at 
our club's (the New Jersey MG Car Club) annual holiday party with my 
MG in 6 inches of snow!

Rick
<http://home.ptd.net/~mgrick>

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