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Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:22 pm

Under that lump of snow in the distance is the 58 single cab you can see in my previous post.

Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:37 pm

cdennisg wrote:

Under that lump of snow in the distance is the 58 single cab you can see in my previous post. your going to need to point that one out....use paint

Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:18 pm

Sorry, I'm a computer Luddite, so no painting here.

Its the far lump inline with the spruce tree.

Mon Dec 15, 2008 12:25 am

cdennisg wrote: Sorry, I'm a computer Luddite, so no painting here.

Its the far lump inline with the spruce tree. awww I now see it....looks nuthing like a bus... :roll: I cant place a bus in there at all... but cool pic. wate I see it now, i see were the bus is in the lump :shock:

Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:11 am

Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:24 am

Rollin on 6.70x15's

Last year

Grand Canyon

Mon Dec 15, 2008 3:41 pm

KrisBalfe wrote: NOTHING better than driving the bus in a fresh snow storm... Rust shmust

I suppose I wouldn't care if I were selling my bus.

Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:05 pm

here is me and my buses first day of snow

Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:08 pm

ekimikem wrote: KrisBalfe wrote: NOTHING better than driving the bus in a fresh snow storm... Rust shmust

I suppose I wouldn't care if I were selling my bus.

Ha ha ha ah yeah... I just want to put a few more back on salty roads. Putting chains on just to get up a canyon is gettin old though, even though the bus would do fine, but the law is the law...

Oh and jealousy is an ugly colour, just didn't think it was turkis/blue white

Mon Dec 15, 2008 5:43 pm

KrisBalfe wrote:
Oh and jealousy is an ugly colour, just didn't think it was turkis/blue white

Am I that obvious? Damn! :oops:

No, really my comments are more for the sake of informing people rather than criticizing anyone for driving in the winter. I drove several of my previous buses up the local ski hill for years, it's probably been over ten years but what nature did in 30+ years was no comparison to what the salt did in several.

They've only recently started salting all the roads in this area and you'd be surprised how many people weren't aware or were told it wasn't salt and was some type of non-corrosive deicing agent aka magnesium chloride. It may not have been "as" corrosive as sodium chloride but regardless magnesium chloride is salt and is corrosive.

Recently it was announced that magnesium chloride was more expensive and that a good deal of money could be saved by using sodium chloride instead with no reference to why the more costly magnesium chloride was used in the first place.

I'm sure it varies from state to state but I'd rather replace windshields on a regular basis than have to watch the bottom side of my VWs disintegrate as I'm guessing would most of us who live in areas where it snows regularly.

I have plenty of good memories of driving up the mountain with regular street tires on my bus, dodging numerous cars who spun out and had to chain up, grinning ear to ear the whole way.

Peace. :)

Mon Dec 15, 2008 5:53 pm

5vert6 wrote: My families '08 Christmas card photo, taken today......

Nice family picture, are those Australian Shepard's? They have cool eyes.

Mon Dec 15, 2008 5:55 pm

ekimikem wrote:
They've only recently started salting all the roads in this area and you'd be surprised how many people weren't aware or were told it wasn't salt and was some type of non-corrosive deicing agent aka magnesium chloride. It may not have been "as" corrosive as sodium chloride but regardless magnesium chloride is salt and is corrosive.
Ya, they've been salting the roads here as well, since 2003. The Cragar Kombi has salt all over it now. It doesn't snow for very much of the year here though.
I'll take it for a trip to the pressure washer when this cold snap is over.
The roads are ICY. Be careful driving out there!!!!!!

Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:23 pm

Clara wrote: ekimikem wrote:
They've only recently started salting all the roads in this area and you'd be surprised how many people weren't aware or were told it wasn't salt and was some type of non-corrosive deicing agent aka magnesium chloride. It may not have been "as" corrosive as sodium chloride but regardless magnesium chloride is salt and is corrosive.
Ya, they've been salting the roads here as well, since 2003. The Cragar Kombi has salt all over it now. It doesn't snow for very much of the year here though.
I'll take it for a trip to the pressure washer when this cold snap is over.
The roads are ICY. Be careful driving out there!!!!!!

True and true,
I washed my bus once all summer, now it seems like I spend more money washing the bus than on gas :lol:
I just love hitting the road before plows it is like driving on a cloud.... for those who know like riding on a powder day in the wasatch busses love it

Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:44 pm

In Spokane they are cutting back on de-iceing becuase of budget cuts and are only de-iceing main roads so if I just stay on side roads I should have less worries.My dc will eventually be parked for winter but in the meentime im enjoying some early winter low riding in the snow and ice.

Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:35 pm

Well I looked and looked but I can't find the picture I'm looking for. I'm sure someone has it as I got it from thesamba. It's a winter prairie picture with 3 buses in the foreground.(all pearl white if memory serves) They are all nicely parked on an angle in front of a set of buildings. I used it for my desktop for a couple of winters but can't seem to find it anymore since the computer was reformatted.

Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:01 pm

Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:51 pm

Mowser wrote: Well I looked and looked but I can't find the picture I'm looking for. I'm sure someone has it as I got it from thesamba. It's a winter prairie picture with 3 buses in the foreground.(all pearl white if memory serves) They are all nicely parked on an angle in front of a set of buildings. I used it for my desktop for a couple of winters but can't seem to find it anymore since the computer was reformatted.

from http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=127033

Very cool pic. Cold & Quiet

Tue Dec 16, 2008 7:28 pm

I like those last years pics.here are a couple of mine from last winter

Tue Dec 16, 2008 7:58 pm

grim reaper wrote: I like those last years pics.here are a couple of mine from last winter

Jesus....how many buses do you have?

Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:02 pm

I no longer own any of those vw's.
Keysar wrote: grim reaper wrote: I like those last years pics.here are a couple of mine from last winter

Jesus....how many buses do you have?