Only Pics till Friday

[bonnevilleSSEiman]

I'm gonna give my bonne a good cleaning Friday as it may be the last one till we go through our first winter together (ever! me nor the car have seen snow more than twice). Here's a teaser till Friday...the last Pics i took before i left Mississippi to move to Minnesota.






Since these i have had the following changes.

Back window exploded outward(yeah..no kidding) so onstar and intense logo are gone.
Brakes were redone, calipers are red..need to repaint though.

Thanks for looking

James

[wake]

the back window exploded OUTWARD?! how in the hell did that happen?

[rogers9c1]

if this is the first winter the car has seen i would HIGHLY suggest taking the car to be undercoated and oil sprayed, that is if you like the car?

[zuper8]

it's so cleeean! i can tell it has never seen snow. the wheels look very nice!

[00Beast]

Meh, last winter was aparrently my car's first winter, as it came from FL. The undercarriage is still fine. Just hit the carwash with the undercarriage spray once a month in the winter, and you'll be fine. MN winters sure will be a shock to you though. Be sure your car's maintenance (especially battery and alternator) is up to date, and be sure you have warm clothes, jumper cables, an ice brush/scraper and some kind of flashlight in the car.

[Black Pearl]

Where in MN are you moving to? These cars do well in the winter, just watch taking off as the torque will cause easy spinning

[00Beast]

He moved to Linwood, in the metro area.

[bonnevilleSSEiman]

the back window exploded OUTWARD?! how in the hell did that happen?

From what i was told by a Glass tech is that i caused a distortion in the gasket by flexing the Onstar antenna to try to remove it...letting air get into a small inperfection on the glass. The day it happened we had a sudden temp drop..from like 89 to 31. He said this caused it to blow out...it was from the inside out. I don't have pics but i think my dad does...i'll have him send me them and i'll post them. It was so bizarre i couldn't be mad.

James

[00Beast]

Did that happen before or after you moved?

[bonnevilleSSEiman]

MN winters sure will be a shock to you though. Be sure your car's maintenance (especially battery and alternator) is up to date, and be sure you have warm clothes, jumper cables, an ice brush/scraper and some kind of flashlight in the car.

I got it all covered. I'm actually looking forward to it.

Where in MN are you moving to?

Yeah i'm just west of I35 on hyw 22 (viking blvd). I work at Advance Auto Parts in Elk River, Right off 169. I love it up here. Although people make fun of my accent. Ya'll are just jealous..LOL

James

[bonnevilleSSEiman]

it happened before..like last october.

James

[00Beast]

Yeah, we all look forward to winter, until the second snowfall. Then it's hell till April.

[bonnevilleSSEiman]

i'm eager to try these snowmobile thingies everyone talks about. They sound like a blast.

James

[Bvill_GXP]

looks really nice.... As to winters, i was up in Sioux Falls and Milbank SD last year and they got like 20 inches fri, sat, sun.. I rode a snow mobile for the 1st time in my life and it's pretty *dang* fun... Also Rode a 4 wheeler with a snow plow attached to the front and helped my GF dad do snow removal through out the Milbank town (small town) . but all of that snow is great if your visiting like i was, but i don't think i would like living up there full time...

[In_da_boondocks]

snowmobile thingies

[Gumball]

Its Friday!

[bonnevilleSSEiman]

i know..but it rained and is just generally crappy. I live on a dirt road so it's not clean anymore.

James