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Meanwhile us East Coasters (well, me for one) are afraid to get them wet, much less drive them in the snow. On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 22:58:52 -0800, Parker-Durost <ginpete@xprt.net> wrote: > I'm not sure about my state laws, because I've been driving it year > round for 7 years! I know this would be a privilege for many of you. > The car has been extremely reliable, never let me down once. The > challenge is scrapping windows and staying defrosted, getting the carbs > setup (and learning the warmup routine), driving in downpours (again > staying defrosted), and crossing the Columbia River I-205 bridge with > above 40 mph gusts. RE: snow, its rare enough here that I enjoy it, > everyone else stays home. The big turning point to making this bearable > was fixing the water leaks, keeping the interior bone dry. > > Peter Parker > '66 Square; Phillip > Portland, OR > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >