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Phatmiata
12-12-2013, 04:24 PM
post up your Winter Miata pics!!! We don't get any snow where I am at otherwise I would have a photo below. :popcorn:

psulja
12-12-2013, 04:26 PM
Does this count? :teehee:

http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/tt194/paulsulja/IMG_20131202_152239_zpsf98f59a5.jpg

ibid
12-12-2013, 04:45 PM
haha.. I was about to post something close to that but I'll refrain

Martin
12-12-2013, 05:14 PM
Winter mode for me = top up and turn on the heater

http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh514/MartVerd/Italia/BD9ECC3D-3EC6-4C0C-9F84-0C12A1F9A79F-3043-00000411EE0BD198_zps9417b722.jpg (http://s1249.photobucket.com/user/MartVerd/media/Italia/BD9ECC3D-3EC6-4C0C-9F84-0C12A1F9A79F-3043-00000411EE0BD198_zps9417b722.jpg.html)

(This pic is from last winter)

JLBMX5
12-12-2013, 05:20 PM
Here in NC they even talk about snow fall they shut everything down till it melts so as far as winter goes when its that bad out. my Miata stays parked in the driveway and if I really need to go somewhere I am safer to drive the wife's g6

atank
12-12-2013, 05:20 PM
Looks good even cold Martin!!!!!!!!!!

psulja
12-12-2013, 05:24 PM
fyi, to people who are afraid to drive their miatas in the snow, miatas are amazing in the snow. i really wish i could have found one for my winter car this year.

charchri4
12-12-2013, 05:36 PM
Winter in Minnesota
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k534/charchri4/Stuff%20to%20save%20for%20web/26below_zpsa628d783.jpg (http://s1114.photobucket.com/user/charchri4/media/Stuff%20to%20save%20for%20web/26below_zpsa628d783.jpg.html)

http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k534/charchri4/Stuff%20to%20save%20for%20web/vIMG_7087_zps0d03ab21.jpg (http://s1114.photobucket.com/user/charchri4/media/Stuff%20to%20save%20for%20web/vIMG_7087_zps0d03ab21.jpg.html)

JLBMX5
12-12-2013, 05:52 PM
Winter mode from huge storm we had last year.http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x145/JLBMP5/Mobile%20Uploads/2013-02-16_14-26-53_293_zps6bddee02.jpg (http://s184.photobucket.com/user/JLBMP5/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2013-02-16_14-26-53_293_zps6bddee02.jpg.html)

ibid
12-12-2013, 06:04 PM
fyi, to people who are afraid to drive their miatas in the snow, miatas are amazing in the snow. i really wish i could have found one for my winter car this year.


I agree and have driven 2 former Miata's through winters here in Chicagoland.. but the miata I have now has never seen snow/salt/winter and never will ;)

psulja
12-12-2013, 06:07 PM
That's pretty much where I'm at. This one is supposed to last me a really long time.

The 2 winters I drove my stock powered NB were probably the most fun I've had in a car in the winter in a long time.

ibid
12-12-2013, 06:30 PM
I had a 1.8 NA through winter on studded skinny snow tires and passed SUVs that couldn't move.. and then had a former 99 miata through winter with snow tires that rocked! (both had rust unfortunately)

theothersawyer
12-12-2013, 06:54 PM
Man, my car slides around in the rain I can't imagine what it'd be like in the snow! Last time it snowed here my car was frozen shut and the tires were covered in ice, so I didn't drive it! :(

ibid
12-12-2013, 07:17 PM
lol.. snow & ice rookie... ;)

The Driver
12-12-2013, 07:18 PM
If I were to move it out of the garage, I would still would not be able to get the car back in. Too much ice on the ground!

Agent☣Orange
12-12-2013, 09:09 PM
I was driving it in a pretty dry winter but a winter storm hit fast and hard. I was up all night pushing snow off the tent roof so I could use my snow blower the next day to clear a path out for my Miata. The winds really picked up and blew this structure apart.
http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/aa375/YellowYata/Misc/YellowYatasnoweml.jpg

ibid
12-13-2013, 07:12 AM
^ Ouch! Is your Miata okay?

tsingson
12-13-2013, 08:17 AM
AO, where is that? Florida? :shrug:

Agent☣Orange
12-13-2013, 01:44 PM
That was up in WA. We only had little flurries up until that night, maybe a couple inches on the ground all winter. Enough to make a Miata fun in Fred Meyer parking lots after hours. Anyone can be a drift king in those conditions, haha.

That night though...whew! Storm came down from Canada fast (freakin' Canada), dumped feet of snow, trapping my Miata and blew the tent apart with pieces of it over a hundred yards away. Never could find the roof either. I was up all night shoveling snow off the roof of the house then back down to the tent pushing snow of its roof so it wouldn't collapse, all this in the dark, snow blind with howling winds and no goggles. (Uphill, both ways haha)

Trying to find the aftermath picts.

Winter in Florida? A cold front pushed it down to 70ish and I got goose bumps but instead of putting the roof on, I just turned on the seat heater and kept cruising.

lowandrusty
12-18-2013, 03:27 PM
http://24.media.tumblr.com/890184e90a7caf8d3069767da715cd62/tumblr_my097xH8xw1qgam13o1_1280.jpg
http://25.media.tumblr.com/55ff9a5d92192a9d26aae9ed56b3125b/tumblr_my092coRCn1qgam13o1_1280.jpg
What a fun night! Crappy cell pics though, sorry about that.

charchri4
12-18-2013, 04:01 PM
Is that an Iowa plate on your NA? ^^

lowandrusty
12-19-2013, 11:37 AM
Is that an Iowa plate on your NA? ^^

nope, Connecticut.

Tkblazer
12-19-2013, 10:20 PM
Took this picture yesterday before work

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v62/tkblazer/F0152309-5907-4BCF-B2A9-F67F74E70A1D.jpg (http://s.photobucket.com/user/tkblazer/media/F0152309-5907-4BCF-B2A9-F67F74E70A1D.jpg.html)


Lol

Vegard
12-20-2013, 12:42 PM
So fucking nice tkblazer!

charchri4
12-20-2013, 02:58 PM
So fucking nice tkblazer!

LOL yeah sorry tkblazer of us snowbound folks hate you for that shot!!

Tkblazer
12-20-2013, 06:29 PM
Haha ya I cruised around today enjoying the beautiful SoCal weather today on my day off

Thumper13
12-20-2013, 11:02 PM
post up your Winter Miata pics!!! We don't get any snow where I am at otherwise I would have a photo below. :popcorn:

In the category of so what

We live in the land of 11 curves in 314 miles but we do have FREE SNOW PLOWING, SIDEWALK SHOVELING,AND SNOW REMOVAL................and it really sucks that we have almost 12 months of top down weather. Only the occasional hurricane forces us to put the top up.

WE WIN

charchri4
12-28-2013, 10:41 PM
Turns out it is possible to get stuck on flat ground with Rivals in soft snow. I finally make it up my driveway using floor dry and getting over on the grass. Yes it's dumb but pretty funny!


http://youtu.be/hF_NOJzGLFk

94R
12-29-2013, 03:22 AM
Lol. Love the "take that!" burn out at the end.

Blueiii
12-29-2013, 07:23 AM
My house doesn't have a garage, but it does have a shed. . . and its a miata. . .

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a101/bleuiii/Baby%20Camber/P3020006.jpg (http://s10.photobucket.com/user/bleuiii/media/Baby%20Camber/P3020006.jpg.html)

The miata goes away for the winter... from what I understand from the previous owner its only seen snow twice. (Bad year of financial hardships for him). Hopefully getting it painted in the next year to make saving it worthwhile.

Bohman731
12-29-2013, 01:56 PM
This is winter mode for me.

http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu76/Bohman731/Miata%202/snow_zpsc4a79931.jpg (http://s635.photobucket.com/user/Bohman731/media/Miata%202/snow_zpsc4a79931.jpg.html)

Legendary
01-16-2014, 10:20 AM
I woke up to a slick fastback Miata this morning! :mrgreen:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/513/00s6.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/e900s6j)

lowandrusty
02-04-2014, 10:42 AM
10804

This is one from yesterday, supposed to get some more snow tomorrow. Can't wait!

theothersawyer
02-04-2014, 11:45 AM
Here is my winter mode!
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m231/GaAsSlugger22/FA488391-B329-430D-937D-109951541632_zpskvdia54p.jpg (http://s105.photobucket.com/user/GaAsSlugger22/media/FA488391-B329-430D-937D-109951541632_zpskvdia54p.jpg.html)

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m231/GaAsSlugger22/07E4658C-1322-4A12-A84C-71FCA5BCE64D_zpsy3otl3gp.jpg (http://s105.photobucket.com/user/GaAsSlugger22/media/07E4658C-1322-4A12-A84C-71FCA5BCE64D_zpsy3otl3gp.jpg.html)

Car is fine, hit a patch of ice and it just let go. I was at the mercy of the ice at the point and nothing I could do but hold on and enjoy the ride!

WASABI
02-04-2014, 12:39 PM
:shocked: Lucky you didn't get involved with any trees! Glad you're OK!

theothersawyer
02-04-2014, 01:59 PM
Me too! The only reason I even tell the story to people is because the car is completely 100% okay! Not even a single scratch on the car!!! I've never been so happy to drive my car into a ditch! haha

Grip Driver
02-04-2014, 09:36 PM
LOL, glad to see that you and your car are ok!

Lpyang
02-04-2014, 11:41 PM
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i171/LP_yang/Mobile%20Uploads/image.jpg

wrangler
02-08-2014, 12:49 PM
Just waiting for Spring.

Mountain Green
02-22-2014, 04:58 PM
10928Moved it out from under the car port, before the snow slide......

Phatmiata
02-22-2014, 04:59 PM
that is a lot of snow!!

charchri4
03-30-2014, 12:36 AM
We broke 50 today and I couldn't stand it anymore so I fired it up just to hear it again!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZGs7C4AorM&feature=youtu.be