Raise your wipers if you want to go drifting in the snow!!!

[Timberwolf]

Quick iphone shot of my neighbor's 128 next to my 135i behind his..
One of those moments that made me smile..

[NYC6]

Im on my way outside right now to shovel, thats exactly what my mine looks like. Sick of this crap already. Global warming my ass!

[Timberwolf]

Originally Posted by NYC6

Im on my way outside right now to shovel, thats exactly what my mine looks like. Sick of this crap already. Global warming my ass!

That's how I felt all annoyed till the sun pierced through and I found the 1s playing in the snow.. lol

[Tom K.]

Was at Tischer BMW last week and with freezing rain/ice in the forecast, all of the approximately 60 new & used BMWs out front had the wipers raised.

Better safe than sorry!

Tom

[NYC6]

Originally Posted by Timberwolf

That's how I felt all annoyed till the sun pierced through and I found the 1s playing in the snow.. lol

Got pics of your cars together? Took these last year when I got the 135. 06 S/C'd C6.

[Timberwolf]

Originally Posted by NYC6

Got pics of your cars together? Took these last year when I got the 135. 06 S/C'd C6.

Great taste!! I had a lemans blue 2006 z06 that I sold last year. Love the Vettes. What kind of power of the blowered C6? Is it a procharger?

[doublevanosrc]

I know i don't have to worry about the white stuff down here in Texas, but what's the benefit of raising the wipers??

[miiipilot]

I have done this for almost all my driving life.


2 reasons for me:

1: Back when I bought my 1st car in '89. It was a '72 Olds Cutlass Supreme. 350 rocket motor...AWESOME. Anyways...one winter I climb into my snow covered car to start it up I flip on the wipers and they were stuck to the windshield. However the wiper arm that attaches to the motor kind of unscrewed itself. So once the wipers were freed from the ice buildup, I was still unable to use them because of that and I didn't have a socket to tighten it back down. Had to drive home without wipers during some snow...SCARY!

2: During the winter, your cabin gets nice and toasty warm inside. However, outside is still freezing and snowing. Once you park for the evening. The snow/sleet/freezing rain continues to fall on a warmer windshield. Snow and sleet turns to water, runs down to the bottom of the windshield and possibly collects around the blades...AND VOILA freezes around the blades. Depending on a few factors. You could wake up to your wipers being encased in ice. You get in, start the car, hit the wiper lever and RIIIIIIIIP, you tear the blade away from the wiper arm.

Ounce of prevention,
miiipilot

[NYC6]

Originally Posted by Timberwolf

Great taste!! I had a lemans blue 2006 z06 that I sold last year. Love the Vettes. What kind of power of the blowered C6? Is it a procharger?

522/479 to the wheels with a very safe tune. Come spring I might add meth and pulley it. Its a Vortech SQ T-trim.
Why did you sell the Z?

[NYC6]

Ive also seen wiper arms twisted and wiper motors stripped and burned out by being frozen to glass.

[Timberwolf]

Originally Posted by NYC6

522/479 to the wheels with a very safe tune. Come spring I might add meth and pulley it. Its a Vortech SQ T-trim.
Why did you sell the Z?

I loved that car... Best car I owned, but it came at a price. When I got married, I had to sell.

A few months later, I got another toy that cost me half as much with similar giggle factor. Kenne Bell GT500. Dyno tuning should yield 750whp 700wtrq on 93 octane and hopefully 850whp 800wtrq on c16 with a smaller pulley and race tune.
But it doesn't have the low wide feel that the Z had.

[NYC6]

very nice

[Timberwolf]

Originally Posted by NYC6

very nice

Thanks bro!

[Lester]

Don't open the hood to knock the snow off while the wipers are raised like that or you will certainly crack the windsheild!

[NYC6]

Originally Posted by maxnix

Hot water works miracles. One must always engage one's brain before engaging the wipers.

There are also times where one might not have easy access to a supply of hot water. Not to mention, pouring hot water onto freezing cold glass can crack that glass.

[bozola]

Cars together? I win the prize for the commonly called ugly and unloved bimmers....

[ND40oz]

Originally Posted by NYC6

There are also times where one might not have easy access to a supply of hot water. Not to mention, pouring hot water onto freezing cold glass can crack that glass.

Yeah, never use hot water, I use barely warm water just so I can open the door. Window freezes in place and prevents it from sliding down, so if you pour some water around the window it melts the ice and allows you to get into the car.

[fwmcb]

My car looked like that also, my fuel filler door was frozen solid. Where is global warming?

[AW128i]

Originally Posted by Timberwolf

Quick iphone shot of my neighbor's 128 next to my 135i behind his..
One of those moments that made me smile..

Hope your neighbor has some snows on those sport pack wheels, or at a minimum, all-seasons!

[Timberwolf]

Originally Posted by AW128i

Hope your neighbor has some snows on those sport pack wheels, or at a minimum, all-seasons!

I don't believe he does. I've been very impressed with the Blizzaks thus far on the stock 135 rims...

[miiipilot]

Originally Posted by maxnix

Hot water works miracles. One must always engage one's brain before engaging the wipers.

I hope you're joking...if not, you clearly aren't engaging your brain.

miiipilot

[rori zahr]

what about using a car cover?