Well, it's not doing a very good job of warming up this spring in New England, is it? Last year I was driving by this time (and had my front end crunched almost a year ago). No rush, though--the Spider needs new tires, and that's delayed until my tax refund arrives.
I expect it will warm up and be more pleasant after Thursday, when my divorce becomes final. (Dealing with that has kept me off the BB for a few months; just too much to deal with.)
I've already had the Spider out a few times in the last couple weeks, might even take the hard top off on Friday as it is supposed to approach 70 degrees!
Last night: freezing rain....last week lost two big trees in a storm (8" of snow)...today
it's raining; but the 'temp.' is dropping...the Alfas are STILL hibernating...when will
Spring arrive?....Ed K.
Though it's been pretty darn cool, there were a few times when the sun was shining so brightly I just had to go for a ride. It will be much more enjoyable when I can put the top down!
The moment I knew this car would never leave my possesion came on an emotional and very Zen like day when I visited my fathers grave at Randolph Veterans Cemetery for the first time after owning the car for just 2 months.
I traveled from Barre on route 14 south which passes through one of the most fun sections of road you'll ever drive.
The entire drive is nice with some long straights along farmers fields and a good bit of twisties too.
But one short section just south of Williamstown called the "Williamstown Gulf" is like a roller coaster if you go through with a little speed. Definitely white knuckle stuff if there's nobody around and you can push it a little.
It also has a great section of S's.
There was somebody around on this day and the tach read 5000 before I slammed into fourth and left them in the dust!
Anyway, the photo below shows a small section the road.
You should set up a date this summer for all of us to come up and take this beautiful twisty road drive with you, so I can raise my tach up to 7K on my Giulia.
You guys are getting me going. I haven't had my car since September of last year, due to the accident, but it's a day or two away from being repaired. I can't wait to get it out on the roads.
I wonder how late we can push the season this year? It was plenty warm enough Thursday, and I took her out for a top-down drive. Tank's nearly empty, though, and I have to drain the rest, pull it out and get it cleaned out, so we'll see how it is when I get it reinstalled; this might be the end of the season. Then again, who knows?
Going to try to keep my new '81 Spider going through the Winter. It's already a little hard to start in the cold, but I'm working on the Spica to make that better. We'll see.
Did you really say 18 feet of snow Subtle !!! at Whistler. God i can only dream of that much snow. We would have been lucky to have had 18cm of snow last winter on the mountains and that would have been skiied on.
How I envy you guys up there in the north to have so much snow. Out here it is time for the surfboard to make a re-appearance and cut down all the long grass in preparation of a long hot summer and the potential risk of fires.
The snow must have gone right around me; we had what amounted to basically nothing. Still, it's gotten cold enough that I don't foresee top-down driving in the near future.
Took the 115 out for a top-down ride today. Most of the snow is gone. Temps in the 40s with the heat on and a hat made for a really pleasant 45 minute ride. Of course, the snow flurries in the middle of it were interesting.
Yup, I emailed my insurance agent this afternoon and reinstated the insurance on my Spider, and just now finished reinstalling the gas tank after having it flushed. She's ready to go.
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