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On 15 Jan 2004 at 21:13, Keith Park wrote: > Im in Albany NY, Ive driven Type3's down to -28F, they start to get really > stiff that cold. I dont let them near the salt anymore... there are so few > left that we need to preserve them. Like Keith, I no longer drive my type 3s in the winter here. The reasons are twofold: the salt and the cold. My heaters just leave too much to be desired. I've driven them as cold as -33F, but it's absolutely bonechilling. My -33F drive was instructive. I could tell that the shock oil was considerably stiffer and my FI '68 wasn't quite as quick to start, but I had recently switched to silicone brake fluid, and the brakes were totally unaffected by the cold. I was used to having the brake hydraulics stiffen up in the cold weather, too, but the silicone fixed that. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org