Hope I'm not late with this but I just read this from Brian. This is for the
info of everyone about 'Winnipeger's'.
They always think it is coldest, windiest, driest and anything else that
could be worse than anyone else! I live in Saskatchewan (just outside of
Regina) and
we also had a white Xmas. Everything comes here first and then we soften it
for the poor folks in Winnipeg!:):)
Moe
56TR3
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lanoway, Brian" <Brian_Lanoway@standardaero.com>
To: "Triumphs Digest" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 2:01 PM
Subject: [TR] RE: Weather
> It's really interesting to read everyone's posts about how they're still
> able
> to drive their TR's - even if they have to bundle up. Here in sunny
> Winnipeg, it's minus 15 C and we're surrounded by about 2 feet of snow;
> with
> high piles of the white stuff at every street corner after a recent storm.
> I
> can no longer imagine how we used to drive our TR's and MGB's in this
> climate
> when they were new. For those of you who think of Canada as the Great
> White
> North, Winnipeg was the only Canadian city to have a white Christmas this
> year. Global warming is very real, except right here at the moment.
>
> There is a hidden benefit to all this. I do have my TR parked in a
> well-equipped, heated garage and I do have six months of garage time to do
> large improvement projects which I would never get to if my car was on
> road
> all year. This year for example, I have both my tranny and differential
> out,
> I'm restoring a factory hardtop and I'll finish the to-do list off with a
> new
> carpet set and many electrical fixes. Last year, I rebuilt the front and
> rear
> suspension and brakes. The year before, it was the installation of a
> J-Type.
> I only get 6 months of road time each year in my TR, but I do get the
> pleasure
> of bringing out a much improved LBC each spring (wallet permitting). I've
> come to appreciate the wrench time on my TR as much as the driving time.
>
> Brian Lanoway
> 1973 TR6
> Winnipeg
> Current temp = minus 17C, or minus 25C with the wind chill
> Sunny (so much so that you can't drive without sun glasses)
> Tonight's low = minus 18C
> Tomorrow: minus 2C, but with a winter storm forecast
>
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