# summer is almost over... **URL:** \ **Category:** Canada Nissan Automotive\ **Created:** [August 15, 2006, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/summer-is-almost-over/143826 "2006-08-15T20:14:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Slide](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slide/32/3301_2.png) [@Slide](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Slide)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/summer-is-almost-over/143826/21 "2006-08-16T11:53:48Z")
> [@DeathBy240](#): > > I buy a \>$500 car each winter. They have all been tiny 4 bangers, so they are good on gas and take regular. Sure they are ugly, smelly and rusty but it does the trick. It’s nice havig a car for at least half a year that you can park wherever you want wihout worrying, bag to shit and noot wash for months on end. > > About half of the have made it through the entire winter too, which isn’t a bad track record! exactly what i do and i agree that it is the best way… driving a jdm through an edmonton winter is possibly the worst thing you can do to your car… ---
**Author:** ![Ca\_Silvia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ca\_Silvia](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ca_Silvia)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/summer-is-almost-over/143826/22 "2006-08-16T13:21:21Z")
> [@Variable](#): > > [quote=Ca\_Silvia][quote=Fallen]Whats a Winter Beater? Pretty much anything that honda or Toyota makes… :finga:[/quote] Because you don’t want to get stuck on the side of the road because your unreliable POS broke down. So you buy a quality car, like a honda or toyota. :finga:[/quote] Ok, i will add Volkswagen too. Feel better? :E ---
**Author:** ![RS13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@RS13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RS13)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/summer-is-almost-over/143826/23 "2006-08-16T14:18:40Z")
> [@Variable](#): > > [quote=Ca\_Silvia][quote=Fallen]Whats a Winter Beater? Pretty much anything that honda or Toyota makes… :finga:[/quote] Because you don’t want to get stuck on the side of the road because your unreliable POS broke down. So you buy a quality car, like a honda or toyota. :finga:[/quote] Thats funny. My parents civic that is a couple years old (00 stock) has had many many more problems than my 240sx that has about 1.8 times the power as stock and is driven WAY harder. ---
**Author:** ![Hustler\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/91b2a8/32.png) [@Hustler\_M](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hustler_M)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 12:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/summer-is-almost-over/143826/24 "2006-08-17T12:06:48Z")
i’m driving my car this winter because its AWD, and has some rust. Next spring its getting painted then no more winter driving. ---
**Author:** ![TyPhOOn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/typhoon/32/5800_2.png) [@TyPhOOn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TyPhOOn)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 12:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/summer-is-almost-over/143826/25 "2006-08-17T12:58:50Z")
cheap 240sx or 180sx for thw winter is the best … my alto last year was not a good idea … “sigh” ---
**Author:** ![drader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@drader](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drader)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/summer-is-almost-over/143826/26 "2006-08-17T14:10:34Z")
I heard somewhere that lethbridge doesn’t use salt on the roads (might be wrong though), so does that mean it is okay to drive in the winter? ---
**Author:** ![nis\_mo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/82dd89/32.png) [@nis\_mo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nis_mo)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 2:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/summer-is-almost-over/143826/27 "2006-08-17T14:29:51Z")
96 TAURUS DRIFT WAGON FTW HAHA ---
**Author:** ![rb25ceffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/97f17d/32.png) [@rb25ceffy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rb25ceffy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/summer-is-almost-over/143826/28 "2006-08-17T14:45:27Z")
> [@drader](#): > > I heard somewhere that lethbridge doesn’t use salt on the roads (might be wrong though), … You’d be correct on that one. ---
**Author:** ![Ca\_Silvia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ca\_Silvia](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ca_Silvia)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/summer-is-almost-over/143826/29 "2006-08-17T14:52:09Z")
> [@rb25ceffy](#): > > [quote=drader]I heard somewhere that lethbridge doesn’t use salt on the roads (might be wrong though), … You’d be correct on that one.[/quote] I never knew that either, you guys must get gravel on the roads like crazy though. ---
**Author:** ![Citystars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@Citystars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Citystars)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/summer-is-almost-over/143826/30 "2006-08-17T17:10:27Z")
I would, but I dont have too so im not… bro gave me his beater… LOL fwd dorifto accord carburateddddd. drift damage… lol ---
**Author:** ![Last\_Fuse](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/last_fuse/32/5847_2.png) [@Last\_Fuse](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Last_Fuse)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/summer-is-almost-over/143826/31 "2006-08-17T20:59:50Z")
> [@Ca\_Silvia](#): > > [quote=Variable][quote=Ca\_Silvia][quote=Fallen]Whats a Winter Beater? Pretty much anything that honda or Toyota makes… :finga:[/quote] Because you don’t want to get stuck on the side of the road because your unreliable POS broke down. So you buy a quality car, like a honda or toyota. :finga:[/quote] Ok, i will add Volkswagen too. Feel better? :E[/quote] Sorry, some of us cant afford winterbeaters… I drive the Altima All year round… ---
**Author:** ![Doozer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/doozer/32/5818_2.png) [@Doozer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Doozer)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 9:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/summer-is-almost-over/143826/32 "2006-08-17T21:37:57Z")
> [@Fallen](#): > > Sorry, some of us cant afford winterbeaters… I drive the Altima All year round… I do the same (well, this will be the first winter with the new Altima). I didn’t drop my hard-earned money on a car with heated leather seats to have it sit in my garage all winter. I like keeping my cars as clean and damage-free as possible, but I’m also one of those guys who thinks that cars are for driving. If I have something that I can’t drive year-round in a Calgary winter, then I guess I’d have to consider either changing the car, or changing the city. 😉 But maybe that’s just me… [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/summer-is-almost-over/143826.md?page=1)