Winter Wednesdays

Yesterday I got on the subway in Mississauga (with no snow in sight) only to arrive to Toronto in the middle of a snowstorm. That's a complete weather change in about 30 minutes. The snow combined with the bitter cold (double digit negatvies with wind chill) served as a reminder that old man winter has kicked off his shoes and put his stanky old feet on the coffee table with intentions of over staying his welcome.

Finally got some significant snow here in the Toronto area last week which means Winter Wednesdays are back once more. The first WW post of the 2012/2013 winter season comes by way of Joni in Finland who drives a 2005 European Toyota Corolla hatch back.

Last week I said I would try and dig up something a little more for this weeks Winter Wednesday so today I make good on that promise. The story of how this four door R32 Skyline ended up in the snow begins in Vancouver. The purchased the car (for $600!?) to replace his previous missile (240) and right after acquiring it he packed up to move from Lethbridge Alberta to Nanaimo which was an 18 hour drive.

With a name like No Pokemon Shit it is clear from the start that this Finnish car 'club' is a little different. The name might be a little odd but from what I can tell No Pokemon Shit means no body kits, no wings, no gimmicks. Just low, clean and to the point.

The guys from idub.ca dropped a link to their fanpage on the Stance Is Everything fanpage the other week and since I had not been to the site in awhile I took a look around. After a few laps around the forums I loaded up the homepage and found the following pictures of Justin's GTI.

I know a guy who recently acquired a red Miata and is patiently waiting for old man winter to take his leave so he can start putting parts on it. This same guy used to own this Subaru so it should end up being one nice looking car all said and done. The car below doesn't belong to the guy I am talking about but is mighty fine looking all the same.

After yesterdays Mopar fest I figured I should try my best to get the Chevy guys back on board ( and deal with blue oval fans another day). I've never been a huge fourth generation Camaro fan but this one really caught my eye.

Gotta hand it to Volkswagen guys, especially air cooled drivers, because they prove time and time that nothing phases them. Low + Snow? No problem Low + Snow + Ragtop? Snow problem there either. Makes me feel like a sissy for using the heat in my car.

A couple weeks ago a picture of Alex's Lexus SC at Blue Mountain made it's way to the fan page and two things about said picture were quickly disputed. One, that his car is Lexus SC (and not a Toyota Soarer) and two the fact that he does indeed daily drive it like it as it appeared in the photo. I'm not even sure why the first item is up for dispute, Alex owns the car so if he says it is a Lexus SC400 then it is a Lexus SC400, and for proof of the other disputed item he sent in some more photos.

There still isn't really any snow in the GTA (damn cold though) but Sunday and Monday I was in snowboarding in Barrie and Monday morning we woke up to an incredible amount of fresh show which made conditions awesome. Driving wasn't so great but Lyndsey's Kia Soul fared pretty well (considering it is on all seasons). All of this means that Winter Wednesday is a go for this week even though I see bare pavement outside my window.

I was pretty surprised yesterday when I went to leave Joyride and was greeted with a snow covered car, with Christmas being so green I just sort of assumed we were not getting snow for awhile. With snow comes a lot of things that suck: extended travel times, frozen doors, reduced visibility and worst of all salt. However snow also brings with it some good like drifting (or e brake sliding), snowboarding, and most importantly the return of Winter Wednesdays here on SIE.

Go figure that the day I finally decide to post these photos of Neil's bagged MKV in winter mode it starts to snow a little here in the Toronto. Neil basically got the jump on all of us this year in regards to winter preparation because his car has been setup like this since September. Though if my winter mode looked this good I wouldn't feel too bad about being extra early with the switch over either.