Well Bill,
As a proof of a winter meeting - look at Bud Krueger's website where a very
nice meeting took place early January 2000.
Was great fun!
http://home.earthlink.net/~budkrueger/Index.htm
Cheers,
Hans
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tab Julius" <tab@penworks.com>
To: "Bill Saidel" <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
Cc: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: viewed from the road, sightings!
> Hi Bill,
>
> I live in NH (and yes there are MGs here); as far as winter goes, the
short
> answer is that you simply don't drive the MG in New England during the
winter.
>
> Two main reasons:
>
> 1) Salt on the roads (to melt the ice) will devastate an MG in short
> time. If you want a rust-free car, you leave it inside at least until
some
> rain has washed away any existing salt.
>
> 2) Rear-wheel drive is not conducive to successful driving in snow. It
can
> be done, but it's not anywhere near as safe as front-wheel drive, or
all-wheel.
>
> And a third minor reason:
>
> Cold. A hardtop and a lot of work on your heater may improve things, but
> in 20-below-zero weather, the MG is not the first car you think about
> taking out of the garage.
>
> Not to mention that it's a real b*tch to jump-start in a snowstorm, since
> the battery's in the passenger compartment, meaning you have to expose
your
> passenger to a snowstorm while you're jumping the battery.
>
> So, summertime is when the MGs come out! It's even more special because
> it's only a six months out of the year (April/May to about October), maybe
> even less if you're far enough up toward Canada & Nova Scotia.
>
> As far as 100 inches of snow on the road, that sounds like the right
amount
> of the season (maybe a little low, but this wasn't a very snowy winter
this
> year), not so sure that he meant it was all there all at once.
>
> Occasionally you'll get some unusual day in January or February where the
> weather spikes up to 70+ degrees, and then all the convertibles come out
of
> the woodwork for a day, but by the next week you can be sure the temps
will
> be back down below freezing and all the cars go back inside, biding their
> time until spring.
>
> Happy motoring!
>
> - Tab
>
>
> At 09:33 AM 8/3/03, Bill Saidel wrote:
> >Just a quick note: trip from New Jersey to mid-Maine last week in my SO's
> >vehicle...with an eye out for LBC cars on the road. I saw none in NJ,
NY,
> >Conn, MA and
> >NH, but in Maine, I saw 5. Of those 5, 3 were pristine...spectacularly
> >lovely, 2 B's and a Triumph. The other 2 were more interesting..one a
RBB
> >and the other, CBB. Both were showing their age with a few rust spots, a
> >need for repainting and dings but more importantly, both
> >were driven by women (by my estimation) >55 years of age.
> > Only guessing :-?. but I'd bet, since no male in either car,
they
> >were knew what was important in life.
> >
> >Please ... no flames. It was nice to see them and their vehicles.
> >The roads up there must be tough in the winter...gas station attendant
> >told us last winter they had 100 inches of snow on the roads. Every hear
> >of an MG plow???
> >
> > Bill
> >'76B, BCCSNJ
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