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Leo2+2


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In Quebec you must use winter tires until March 15. Hence yesterday since the roads were dry and no salt residue pebbles I took the Poncho out. Felt good. Test run for about 9 miles.

I hope others are able to enjoy as well.



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Nice dry roads but I see clouds of sand swirling off the median on the hwy. we need a good day of rain to flush the roads clean



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Snow here now.



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Got a puncture on my way back home on my daily driver. Got it fixed right away but apparently now they will be shutting down some garages too! My mechanic told me they are monitoring what the government states because they may need to close down by the weekend. I called another mechanic I know and he confirmed that he will likely close down on Saturday and work reduced hours next week on emergency repairs only.

Imagine ... domino effect, cars break down, can't get them fixed, can't be mobile to get your groceries for family & deliver them to elderly parents as they can't get out anyway, can't use car to get to work etc.

I'll stop now :(

 



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'06 Buick Allure

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Still minus 10 to 15 below at over night.
It just getting above zero in the day, puddles are starting to form and roads are starting to show signs of pavement...
Slowly but surely its coming here to.

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70 SS ACADIAN wrote:

Nice dry roads but I see clouds of sand swirling off the median on the hwy. we need a good day of rain to flush the roads clean

 Very similar here. Also need a good rain as there's lots of salt ( and that silly juice ) still on the roads



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There's no way you could do that yet where I live. Salt is still everywhere, not to mention tons of snow. 



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sunny and 30 here on vanisle very nice

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timbuk wrote:

sunny and 30 here on vanisle very nice

 LOL, it's always the same exact weather on the island when you report for some reason! And it's always the same 100% BS!!!



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4SPEED427 wrote:
timbuk wrote:

sunny and 30 here on vanisle very nice

 LOL, it's always the same exact weather on the island when you report for some reason! And it's always the same 100% BS!!!

 biggrin

Can't see the true weather through the (pot) smoke. Ha, ha.



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Leo2+2 wrote:

Got a puncture on my way back home on my daily driver. Got it fixed right away but apparently now they will be shutting down some garages too! My mechanic told me they are monitoring what the government states because they may need to close down by the weekend. I called another mechanic I know and he confirmed that he will likely close down on Saturday and work reduced hours next week on emergency repairs only.

Imagine ... domino effect, cars break down, can't get them fixed, can't be mobile to get your groceries for family & deliver them to elderly parents as they can't get out anyway, can't use car to get to work etc.

I'll stop now :(

 Hey Leo , I thought the title of this thread was "Positive news for a change"biggrin



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Here's some good news:

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/weather/climate-change-the-planet-is-a-beneficiary-of-coronavirus/ar-BB11jeTq?li=AAggFp5

 



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Pontiacanada wrote:
Leo2+2 wrote:

Got a puncture on my way back home on my daily driver. Got it fixed right away but apparently now they will be shutting down some garages too! My mechanic told me they are monitoring what the government states because they may need to close down by the weekend. I called another mechanic I know and he confirmed that he will likely close down on Saturday and work reduced hours next week on emergency repairs only.

Imagine ... domino effect, cars break down, can't get them fixed, can't be mobile to get your groceries for family & deliver them to elderly parents as they can't get out anyway, can't use car to get to work etc.

I'll stop now :(

 Hey Leo , I thought the title of this thread was "Positive news for a change"biggrin

That's why I stopped!

I took the car out again today. Yesterday it rained and the roads are getting cleaner. The main enemy now are the potholes.

But after a long winter nothing compares to the thumbs up once again. Just have to remember to pack up some sunscreen! 



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'06 Buick Allure

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Leo2+2 wrote:
But after a long winter nothing compares to the thumbs up once again. Just have to remember to pack up some sunscreen! 

 That's better! Enjoy!



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Took the car again this morning. No traffic, beautiful! enjoying one more day before the rains come Friday. And gaz is cheaper too! Definitely something positive!



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"Which one?"                                                    "The red one!"

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'01 Montana            - red

'06 Buick Allure

'12    Japanese minivan
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Yes, kind of nice here too.

Took a nice drive to my body shop.

Body guy is working by himself now.

No more visiting after today.

Installed my vin plate.

001a.jpg

 

as you can see, it was collecting dust biggrin



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Interesting... You just gave me an idea. My plate is painted over and I've been afraid of trying to remove the paint off without damage to the plate.

Has anyone ever done this successfully and if so what do you suggest?



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'01 Montana            - red

'06 Buick Allure

'12    Japanese minivan
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Soft wire brushed the paint off my Beaumont plate then very carefully taped it when I painted the firewall. As such it has lost originality as the originals just had a piece of 2
' tape haphazardly applied across the plate when the firewall was factory painted.

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