I hate working in the snow

Any car enthusiat who lives where it gets cold knows what a miserable bitch it is to do any kind of work on your car outside.
Well, it's been snowing all day............... :disappoin
My one-car garage has my Mustang in it, getting a cylinder head-ectomy.
My jeep needs an oil change and a new wheel bearing assembly (it rumbles too much) so...I have to do this in my driveway, IN THE SNOW!!!!!
I hate this crap.............I used to have access to a big, heated shop at work, but that's long gone now, so its back to the snow.
Now, if I drop a bolt in the snow.....its a bitch to find.....and when I DO, it STICKS to your hand because it's FREEZING, then it peels the skin off!!!
If I don't find the bolt....well the next time I use the snow blower, the auger will pick it up and fling it through the kitchen window.

And what do I hate most??? That I am such a CHEAP BASTARD I don't want to pay a mechanic $300 for something I can do on my own in a couple of hours!!!

lol, that sucks. i live in MN and the winters here get pretty bad. Where are you from?

I miss snow :(

lol, that sucks. i live in MN and the winters here get pretty bad. Where are you from?
I'm in southern Ontario..
Oh look I will have NO PROBLEM today!!
The temperature has SHOT UP to 30 deg. F. WOO HOO!!!!
Time to get the shorts out!! :grinno:

I tell you, the only thing that should be repaired in the snow is a skidoo.

Ha, I'm in WinterPeg, so don't feel bad. Our winter's make our city stupid and our roads crapholes. I share your remorse.

I live in GA i aint got to worry bout snow, it seems to snow evry were but here

I feel your pain. It's like 20 degrees here in Michigan, no snow though, and I'm outside installing my new radiator and cold air intake.

I feel your pain. It's like 20 degrees here in Michigan, no snow though, and I'm outside installing my new radiator and cold air intake.
Last year I did a coolant change in 15* weather in the college parking lot on my friend's car which happens to be a camry. Use Boiling or HOT water you have time and it won't freeze. But I also had premixed coolant as well. I just had on bottle that wasn't mixed. Good luck.

i live in mn and yes it is a big bitch working on cars in the snow...no fun at all

North of Winterpeg here and working in the snow every day...

Central Illinois sucks horribly in the winter to, but i get to work in a warm shop...haha

North of Winterpeg here and working in the snow every day...How far north? I'm in Winterpeg. Fricken Snowy. Did you see the blizzard type snowing today?

suck it up you pansy's. i live in sask, and i live with it. oil changes when its -25 celcius, walking back a couple miles home because the god damn snowmobile died again. you always have the option to move, it may not lead to a good future, but dont say it isnt there.

Saskatchewan? Sorry to hear that, that's too bad...

LOL, i love it here. 45$ all coverage insurance on my two door V8 car. nice wark summers, lot of time to play hockey and snowmobile in the winter. the cold can suck, but id rather endure some cold and be able to play hockey.

There are some advantages to working in the snow.
If you lift your car on jackstands, its easy to slide underneath it. Hardpacked icy snow is great for sliding underneath, sliding a transmission out, etc.

The glare of sunlight off snow really illuminates the underside of the car.

If you spill some gasoline on the snow its easy to clean up by throwing in a match.

No insects.

Any car enthusiat who lives where it gets cold knows what a miserable bitch it is to do any kind of work on your car outside.
Well, it's been snowing all day............... :disappoin
My one-car garage has my Mustang in it, getting a cylinder head-ectomy.
My jeep needs an oil change and a new wheel bearing assembly (it rumbles too much) so...I have to do this in my driveway, IN THE SNOW!!!!!
I hate this crap.............I used to have access to a big, heated shop at work, but that's long gone now, so its back to the snow.
Now, if I drop a bolt in the snow.....its a bitch to find.....and when I DO, it STICKS to your hand because it's FREEZING, then it peels the skin off!!!
If I don't find the bolt....well the next time I use the snow blower, the auger will pick it up and fling it through the kitchen window.

And what do I hate most??? That I am such a CHEAP BASTARD I don't want to pay a mechanic $300 for something I can do on my own in a couple of hours!!!


what! I hate working in the heat (so i don't), but snow just hangs around. I've never seen real snow, just that ice shit, like 9 years ago.

sucks.....

I feel your pain, MagicRat.

Ever swapped out a tranny in driveway with a snowbank as your only cover from the elements? Wait... it looks like you have... you know the drag coefficient of hard pack ;). I know a few of us have been fortunate enough to experience that.... It's real hard to find help to do something like that isn't it? Just take comfort in the knowledge that it's only a wheel bearing, and not an engine rebuild under the stars in a blizzard.

If I lived nearby I'd give you a hand... but I'm not... and I have a starter to swap out on my ride tomorrow. Yup, you guessed it. In the snow, on my back, in my driveway :)

i hate the snow i live in north dakota and it suck ass to work in it. mostly due to no wind block. but i do have easy acess to a shop so its not that bad mostly because when the shop is closed i have to freeze my balls off

I would do anything to live where it snows again. Yesterday it was 70. What the hell is that shit. It is almost christmas. Where the hell is the snow? I miss the snow.........

That's pretty bad alright; worst thing I did was an engine swap in freezing rain. Wet, crusted with ice. Oh yeah.