You would probably pass out if you saw my car today. It is a daily driver and I am truly amazed on how well it handles in the snow. It must be the all-season Contis because I have had no problems. That and the fact that Kansas is flat, you know. It is now covered with so much muck from the melting snow I can barely see out the windows. I'd take a picture, but it may be like a terrible accident scene. So hideous but you can't turn away.

 

OH NO!!!

 

Oh my God, I have this disease!!!!!!! Help!

 

Oh my God, I have this disease!!!!!!! Help!

 

Oh my God I think I have this disease!!!! Help!

 

The roadster has been stored since Nov. here in the great white north (Wisconsin). I bought a 760li last week though. It weighs 4800 lbs. and does 0-60 in about 5.4. It doesn't handle nearly as well but it makes the time fly till spring.Now if it would just stop snowing

 

Yes, why don't you move to the south.

 

I'm jealous of all of you that are getting to drive your X-fires...I haven't driven mine since mid-November. I'll probably leave it in the garage until sometime in March, just to be safe...never can tell about Pennsylvania weather.

I'm suprised that some of you have been driving in the snow and the slush. I would have thought that the X-fire would have been like a sled in these conditions, even with the Conti's. I saw a Mustang recently in a bit of snow, and it was spinning all over the place.

 

Why did you pick this particular date?

 

Insurance purposes. I pay less insurance because I store my SRT for 3 months a year. I put it away on Dec 15th, so I don't get it back until Mar 16th.

 

Very interesting...do tell more please! Mine has been stored too (in my own garage) since mid November. I never thought to call my insurance company. May I ask what type of discount you ask for? With what particular insurance company? Thanks!

 

I am now waiting for the dry roads, too.

 

I'm having Crossfire withdraws too, the weather here in Indiana is probably about the same as PA. I store my SRT6 in the winter mainly because of the salt and other chemicals they put on the road around here. I drove an 04 Crossfire before I bought the SRT6 and I drove it all winter long, even in the snow. I had to park it at my neigbor's house a couple times and walk about 1/4 mile home when it snowed 4 or 5 inches because I couldn't get it up the hill of my driveway. The hill part of my driveway is as soon as you turn off the county road so I could not get a run for it, otherwise it done pretty well in the snow to my surprize. If the SRT6 wasn't such a rare car I would probably drive it on nice day's in the winter, I plan on keeping it till I'm old & gray, opp's wait a minute I'm already old & gray . So I'll state that a different way, I plan on keeping it till I die and my wife sells it.

 

Sherry, I'm with Erie Insurance, and I don't know the exact amount of the discount, but I think it was about $200-300/year. I'm sure they have a name for it, but I don't know that either. I just told them that I was going to store my car for the winter, and it wouldn't be driven, so I only wanted it covered for comprehensive not collision for those months. That way it's covered if my garage collapses on it, or someone steals it. But I can't drive it. My buddy gave me the idea, as I always thought you had to turn in your license plates in PA if you dropped your insurance. But that doesn't apply to vehicles in storage.

Anyway, give your insurance agent a call and ask them what your options are for storage. I'm sure they'll have a similar plan. If not, call Erie Insurance. Erie is not the cheapest, but they are known for paying claims quickly and not jerking you around over details and such. I've had very good experience with them.

 

If i lived up north where i could only drive my car in the summer i would sell it. The $ spent isnt worth such little driving time or nasty driving conditions IMO. Im glad you guys are so patient though!

 

It's really not just the summer. I put mine away in mid November, and will probably get it out by mid March. So that's about 8 months a year I can drive it. Still expensive though.

 

Don't be silly. We can drive it 9 months of the year. In fact, you CAN drive it year round if you want to. But I'd rather not damage it with salt and risk wrecking it because of people who don't know how to drive in the snow.

The way I see it, I plan to keep the car for a long time. So not driving it in the winter is the same as the guys that don't drive theirs every day to keep the mileage low. Mine is just combined in a three month period.

Actually, I'll probably put about 10,000 miles/year on it during the nice months anyway. And I still won't be able to drive it everyday. I live too far away from where I work to use it to commute every day. I'd end up eating up the car in four years. Since I won't be able to get another one when this one is gone, I plan on stretching out the enjoyment.

 

Thanks for the info Tom. I'll definitely check into this for next winter...probably too late this year for it to matter. Knowing my luck though, we'd have one of those odd winters where we only get 1-2 snows. Now that I'm paying insurance for my teenage son (mucho dinero!), I definitely need to save money on it when I can. I think it's time I make the lazy kid get a part-time job, lol.

 

Ha ha...sorry, 9 months as compared to 8 months is really a BIG difference Tom.

Really though, we had a few snows this year that I definitely couldn't have taken mine out in. I had trouble getting out of my neighborhood in a front wheel drive Hyundai Elantra, so I wouldn't want to imagine driving a rear wheel drive sports car. (There are days when I miss the SUV that I traded in on my X-fire.)

Regarding miles, I put a little over 4k on mine in about 3 months, before I put it up for the winter. Yikes!

 

It's supposed to be 55* - 60* and sunny this weekend in the Pacific NW. I am going to pull the SRT's out and wash and wax them.(Then it will rain of course!) It's bright and sunny right now, but only 38*. Looks like a nice weekend for a drive!

MikeR