Move to the South where we have no snow. Problem solved.
Blue Fuzzy state, never heard that one before,lol I'm in Binghamton, just below Syracuse. Where is Brockport near, haven't heard of it, near NYC?
Brockport, New York
My Dad and Mom's farm was about 1/2 mile north of "Hamlin" (which is about 5 miles directly north of Brockport). When they took me back there in 1972 - I was 10 - we stayed at what had been my grandfather's farm; which was then owned by a school friend of my Dad. From their son's second story bedroom window, you could easily see the waters of Lake Ontario.
I have waited SO many years for my car, I don't care if there are a million on the road or not. Mine is special to me. Once I've dumped a ton of money into it and it's restored and all pretty-pretty, I won't be subjecting it to our nasty canadian winters. That's what the Pinto is for, and beater or not, I'd rather risk a $400 car than one that's got payments left on it.
To the fella that mentioned RWD in the winter, I feel much more comfortable in my RWD truck than any FWD. I'd rather have my ass in the ditch than my head. I found it scary to lose traction AND steering at the same time in a FWD.
Just my .02
Oh and JD, I've seen folks driving all sorts of cars in the snow that made me cringe. If you can avoid it, I think you should, but some people see cars as nothing more than a mode of transportation. Others, as PP mentioned, don't have a choice. We make it a lifestyle and a passion, and I agree with you on this one.
Sounds like its a nice place you lived at considering you could see the lake. I didn't know it was near Rochester, I see the I 490 signs when we go to the Syracuse State Fair, looks like a staright shot to BrockPort from there.
You still have any family in N.Y.?
Look how everyone blew off the mustang II's, calling them pinto's on steroids. They even bring a high dollar now.
Yea never thought of sand storms doing damage. I remember seeing the storm our Troops got caught up in when they where going into Baghdad, that was nasty....... It's not like living in Hawaii or something (at least they don't get natural sand-blasting); but it can and does happen.