-9 Celcius and dropping

[Cyborg 0019]

It is fucking freezing down this way,My poor car.It dose not like
starting with a radiator frozen solid,letalone frozen bore.

I just removed it from out front as by 9 pm it was iced totally
over,lucky the engine was still warm from 5 pm,moved it to the workshop
and found a bucket of water in there frozen 2 inch deep solid.
Got it out of there right away and moved it elsewhere to a no frost
zone(go figure)

The road out front is an ice skating ring,great for those wishing to
take a customised defensive driving course or just find a use for the
old cross ply's.

No idea about snow,think its too cold for snow...lol,
Few days of this a couple degrees down the river will freeze.

-5C used to be a record down here in various parts,only on occasions
however,can't get more than 1 hours work done a day.

Bring your skates.

[Jeßus]

Post by Cyborg 0019
It is fucking freezing down this way,My poor car.It dose not like
starting with a radiator frozen solid,letalone frozen bore.
I just removed it from out front as by 9 pm it was iced totally
over,lucky the engine was still warm from 5 pm,moved it to the workshop
and found a bucket of water in there frozen 2 inch deep solid.
Got it out of there right away and moved it elsewhere to a no frost
zone(go figure)
The road out front is an ice skating ring,great for those wishing to
take a customised defensive driving course or just find a use for the
old cross ply's.
No idea about snow,think its too cold for snow...lol,
Few days of this a couple degrees down the river will freeze.
-5C used to be a record down here in various parts,only on occasions
however,can't get more than 1 hours work done a day.

Jesus. What area are you in down there... and what am I letting myself
in for?

[Clockmeister]

Post by Cyborg 0019
It is fucking freezing down this way,My poor car.It dose not like
starting with a radiator frozen solid,letalone frozen bore.
I just removed it from out front as by 9 pm it was iced totally
over,lucky the engine was still warm from 5 pm,moved it to the workshop
and found a bucket of water in there frozen 2 inch deep solid.
Got it out of there right away and moved it elsewhere to a no frost
zone(go figure)
The road out front is an ice skating ring,great for those wishing to take
a customised defensive driving course or just find a use for the old
cross ply's.
No idea about snow,think its too cold for snow...lol,
Few days of this a couple degrees down the river will freeze.
-5C used to be a record down here in various parts,only on occasions
however,can't get more than 1 hours work done a day.

Jesus. What area are you in down there... and what am I letting myself in
for?

It could all be in his imagination too.

[Jeßus]

Post by Clockmeister

Post by Cyborg 0019
It is fucking freezing down this way,My poor car.It dose not like
starting with a radiator frozen solid,letalone frozen bore.
I just removed it from out front as by 9 pm it was iced totally
over,lucky the engine was still warm from 5 pm,moved it to the workshop
and found a bucket of water in there frozen 2 inch deep solid.
Got it out of there right away and moved it elsewhere to a no frost
zone(go figure)
The road out front is an ice skating ring,great for those wishing to take
a customised defensive driving course or just find a use for the old
cross ply's.
No idea about snow,think its too cold for snow...lol,
Few days of this a couple degrees down the river will freeze.
-5C used to be a record down here in various parts,only on occasions
however,can't get more than 1 hours work done a day.

Jesus. What area are you in down there... and what am I letting myself in
for?

It could all be in his imagination too.

Could be, the lowest I could find was -6C (according to BOM).

[Cyborg 0019]

Post by Jeßus

Post by Clockmeister

Post by Jeßus

Post by Cyborg 0019
It is fucking freezing down this way,My poor car.It dose not like
starting with a radiator frozen solid,letalone frozen bore.
I just removed it from out front as by 9 pm it was iced totally
over,lucky the engine was still warm from 5 pm,moved it to the workshop
and found a bucket of water in there frozen 2 inch deep solid.
Got it out of there right away and moved it elsewhere to a no frost
zone(go figure)
The road out front is an ice skating ring,great for those wishing to
take a customised defensive driving course or just find a use for
the old cross ply's.
No idea about snow,think its too cold for snow...lol,
Few days of this a couple degrees down the river will freeze.
-5C used to be a record down here in various parts,only on occasions
however,can't get more than 1 hours work done a day.

Jesus. What area are you in down there... and what am I letting
myself in for?

It could all be in his imagination too.

Could be, the lowest I could find was -6C (according to BOM).

Ha ha,we are way out of BOM readings,actually it is just my place and
some surrounding area's,It is very shaded.
Location North East Tas,cannot tell you elevation cause I don't know,I
used to know,for tuning cars,100m above sealevel and inland about 80km.

Dose not get sun,about 1 hour a day at about 2pm till 3pm
Last night dropped to minus -13 C and today it started to snow however
was melting on impact with the ground.
It can be -0C here and just up the road really nice +10C sunny day.

The house next door is forsale,great place to move.If you like being
frozen for 9 months of the year...lol

Was hoping Noddy was going to bye it and let ClockMeiester come down to
stay.
Apparently ClockMeister has a thing for running around in the frost with
a leather mask and leather undies on....hmmm

[atec 77]

Post by Jeßus

Post by Cyborg 0019
It is fucking freezing down this way,My poor car.It dose not like
starting with a radiator frozen solid,letalone frozen bore.
I just removed it from out front as by 9 pm it was iced totally
over,lucky the engine was still warm from 5 pm,moved it to the workshop
and found a bucket of water in there frozen 2 inch deep solid.
Got it out of there right away and moved it elsewhere to a no frost
zone(go figure)
The road out front is an ice skating ring,great for those wishing to
take a customised defensive driving course or just find a use for the
old cross ply's.
No idea about snow,think its too cold for snow...lol,
Few days of this a couple degrees down the river will freeze.
-5C used to be a record down here in various parts,only on occasions
however,can't get more than 1 hours work done a day.

Jesus. What area are you in down there... and what am I letting myself
in for?

Well it's cold where he is and by self admission got to what's left of
it's brain ?
Talking to a bloke on the north end of Tassie this morning it was sub
zero and blowing , the out side temp was 30 deg c lower than the inside
:)

[Diesel Damo]

Post by Cyborg 0019
It is fucking freezing down this way,My poor car.It dose not like
starting with a radiator frozen solid,letalone frozen bore.

-9C and your radiator is frozen solid? That'll teach you to run water
rather than coolant/anti-freeze.

[Paul Day]

Post by Diesel Damo

Post by Cyborg 0019
It is fucking freezing down this way,My poor car.It dose not like
starting with a radiator frozen solid,letalone frozen bore.

-9C and your radiator is frozen solid? That'll teach you to run water
rather than coolant/anti-freeze.

What temp. will your average coolant (without an anti-freeze additive)
freeze at?

And where on earth is the OP? -9's doing pretty well. The coldest
temperature recorded in .au is at Charlottes Pass at -23 deg. C in '94.

PD

[Jeßus]

Post by Paul Day

Post by Diesel Damo

Post by Cyborg 0019
It is fucking freezing down this way,My poor car.It dose not like
starting with a radiator frozen solid,letalone frozen bore.

-9C and your radiator is frozen solid? That'll teach you to run water
rather than coolant/anti-freeze.

What temp. will your average coolant (without an anti-freeze additive)
freeze at?
And where on earth is the OP? -9's doing pretty well. The coldest
temperature recorded in .au is at Charlottes Pass at -23 deg. C in '94.

He's somewhere in Tassie. I'm moving down there soon(ish) and while I
dont mind cold weather, -9C is a bit much for my tastes. I suspect he
was exaggerating somewhat...

[Cyborg 0019]

Post by Jeßus

Post by Paul Day

Post by Diesel Damo

Post by Cyborg 0019
It is fucking freezing down this way,My poor car.It dose not like
starting with a radiator frozen solid,letalone frozen bore.

-9C and your radiator is frozen solid? That'll teach you to run water
rather than coolant/anti-freeze.

What temp. will your average coolant (without an anti-freeze additive)
freeze at?
And where on earth is the OP? -9's doing pretty well. The coldest
temperature recorded in .au is at Charlottes Pass at -23 deg. C in '94.

He's somewhere in Tassie. I'm moving down there soon(ish) and while I
dont mind cold weather, -9C is a bit much for my tastes. I suspect he
was exaggerating somewhat...

No exageration,if you move 1 km up the road you will be fine for 9 hours
of the day,then freeze at night at about average at this stage -1 C.,but
you can expect -2 to -4C as a more accurate reading.
At the seaside we are getting minus 3 -4 C on a regular basis all be it
weather reports 0 and -1C.
They take these measurments from a warm spot on the hill aswell,hardly
accurate.

[ant]

Post by Paul Day

Post by Diesel Damo

Post by Cyborg 0019
It is fucking freezing down this way,My poor car.It dose not like
starting with a radiator frozen solid,letalone frozen bore.

-9C and your radiator is frozen solid? That'll teach you to run water
rather than coolant/anti-freeze.

What temp. will your average coolant (without an anti-freeze additive)
freeze at?
And where on earth is the OP? -9's doing pretty well. The coldest
temperature recorded in .au is at Charlottes Pass at -23 deg. C in '94.

Canberra got down to minus 9 that same night, from memory. Was that a world
cup soccer year?

[Cyborg 0019]

Post by Diesel Damo

Post by Cyborg 0019
It is fucking freezing down this way,My poor car.It dose not like
starting with a radiator frozen solid,letalone frozen bore.

-9C and your radiator is frozen solid? That'll teach you to run water
rather than coolant/anti-freeze.

Well I generally don't run straight anti freeze cause it is not always
this cold.
So it dose start to freeze,the worse being when the water pump gets
frozen solid and snaps the fins.
Diesel goes thick and gooey.
Think it can freeze at -20 or 30 C

Frozen Bore is worse,snap the rings off the pistons.

My temp gauge is located in a fairly warm spot,I have had one crack and
it cost me $20 so I never put it in that spot again.
We need the heavy duty temp gauge...

My workshop is heated normally,but it got too cold.

[the_dawggie]

Post by Cyborg 0019

Post by Diesel Damo

Post by Cyborg 0019
It is fucking freezing down this way,My poor car.It dose not like
starting with a radiator frozen solid,letalone frozen bore.

-9C and your radiator is frozen solid? That'll teach you to run water
rather than coolant/anti-freeze.

Well I generally don't run straight anti freeze cause it is not always
this cold.
So it dose start to freeze,the worse being when the water pump gets
frozen solid and snaps the fins.
Diesel goes thick and gooey.

Yep, at about -9 is pretty weel on the mark. Biodiesel around -6.

Post by Cyborg 0019
Think it can freeze at -20 or 30 C

start going over (under) -10 and it's not looking good.

At those sorts of temps a number of stuff (not only fuel)
become dodgy, even in petrol engines.

In the USA, I was not surpised to find that my rental car
had a power cord hanging out the front grill ...

[Ed Huesers]

Post by the_dawggie
In the USA, I was not surpised to find that my rental car
had a power cord hanging out the front grill ...

The northern states get pretty cold. The Park reported -32 F. one
night on my trip to Yellowstone the end of Jan. last:
http://www.grandshelters.com/yellowstone-2007.htm
Those temps. and the northern exposures gave us some lovely
backcountry skiing.

Ed Huesers

[Cyborg 0091]

Post by Ed Huesers

Post by the_dawggie
In the USA, I was not surpised to find that my rental car
had a power cord hanging out the front grill ...

The northern states get pretty cold. The Park reported -32 F. one
http://www.grandshelters.com/yellowstone-2007.htm
Those temps. and the northern exposures gave us some lovely
backcountry skiing.
Ed Huesers

Have heard about those conditions,they don't switch diesels off below -30C.
We had hotwater on the pump to get them going even then it was battling.

[Cyborg 0091]

Post by the_dawggie

Post by Cyborg 0019

Post by Diesel Damo

Post by Cyborg 0019
It is fucking freezing down this way,My poor car.It dose not like
starting with a radiator frozen solid,letalone frozen bore.

-9C and your radiator is frozen solid? That'll teach you to run water
rather than coolant/anti-freeze.

Well I generally don't run straight anti freeze cause it is not always
this cold.
So it dose start to freeze,the worse being when the water pump gets
frozen solid and snaps the fins.
Diesel goes thick and gooey.

Yep, at about -9 is pretty weel on the mark. Biodiesel around -6.

Post by Cyborg 0019
Think it can freeze at -20 or 30 C

start going over (under) -10 and it's not looking good.
At those sorts of temps a number of stuff (not only fuel)
become dodgy, even in petrol engines.
In the USA, I was not surpised to find that my rental car
had a power cord hanging out the front grill ...

Got it,
Got frozen petrol today,almost the entire tank,did that car start well
and go like a rocket ship,it must have been running on pure octane which
had not frozen.
Took the intersection at 70km with out a hitch,just touching the pedal.
It was a Zoom zoom trip.

[Anonymous Loser]

Where is here?

Post by Cyborg 0019
It is fucking freezing down this way,My poor car.It dose not like

[veritas]

Post by Cyborg 0019
It is fucking freezing down this way,My poor car.It dose not like
starting with a radiator frozen solid,letalone frozen bore.
I just removed it from out front as by 9 pm it was iced totally
over,lucky the engine was still warm from 5 pm,moved it to the workshop
and found a bucket of water in there frozen 2 inch deep solid.
Got it out of there right away and moved it elsewhere to a no frost
zone(go figure)
The road out front is an ice skating ring,great for those wishing to
take a customised defensive driving course or just find a use for the
old cross ply's.
No idea about snow,think its too cold for snow...lol,
Few days of this a couple degrees down the river will freeze.
-5C used to be a record down here in various parts,only on occasions
however,can't get more than 1 hours work done a day.
Bring your skates.

Yair - bloody cold here too - it's down to 13 deg.

[PhilD]

Post by veritas

Post by Cyborg 0019
It is fucking freezing down this way,My poor car.It dose not like
starting with a radiator frozen solid,letalone frozen bore.
I just removed it from out front as by 9 pm it was iced totally
over,lucky the engine was still warm from 5 pm,moved it to the workshop
and found a bucket of water in there frozen 2 inch deep solid.
Got it out of there right away and moved it elsewhere to a no frost
zone(go figure)
The road out front is an ice skating ring,great for those wishing to take
a customised defensive driving course or just find a use for the old
cross ply's.
No idea about snow,think its too cold for snow...lol,
Few days of this a couple degrees down the river will freeze.
-5C used to be a record down here in various parts,only on occasions
however,can't get more than 1 hours work done a day.
Bring your skates.

Yair - bloody cold here too - it's down to 13 deg.

What a bunch of bloody wimps. Here we're probably setting a new record for
the lowest maximum for June.

The previous record here in Darwin was apparently only 24 and we're
currently freezing at 22.

HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE

[Cyborg 0019]

Post by PhilD

Post by veritas

Post by Cyborg 0019
It is fucking freezing down this way,My poor car.It dose not like
starting with a radiator frozen solid,letalone frozen bore.
I just removed it from out front as by 9 pm it was iced totally
over,lucky the engine was still warm from 5 pm,moved it to the workshop
and found a bucket of water in there frozen 2 inch deep solid.
Got it out of there right away and moved it elsewhere to a no frost
zone(go figure)
The road out front is an ice skating ring,great for those wishing to take
a customised defensive driving course or just find a use for the old
cross ply's.
No idea about snow,think its too cold for snow...lol,
Few days of this a couple degrees down the river will freeze.
-5C used to be a record down here in various parts,only on occasions
however,can't get more than 1 hours work done a day.
Bring your skates.

Yair - bloody cold here too - it's down to 13 deg.

What a bunch of bloody wimps. Here we're probably setting a new record for
the lowest maximum for June.
The previous record here in Darwin was apparently only 24 and we're
currently freezing at 22.
HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE

You don't know how good you have it.
Atleast you can do something,below 10C paint dose not dry and mositure
is everywhere,hands split into bits and slip from spanners making it
painfull,it means up go the costs of living or one has to just hibinate
and not make any money.
All the workshops out this way were never designed to be used in these
extreme conditions,we cannot work!

Just got a $600 bill from the ATO for not putting my BAS.
My office was so cold for the last 6months that I could not even type on
a keyboard for 5 minutes without my hands freezing.
I am not paying the bill,I can assure you,bloody yuppies living in high
rises,have not the faintest clue how to work for a living.

[ant]

Post by Cyborg 0019
You don't know how good you have it.
Atleast you can do something,below 10C paint dose not dry and mositure
is everywhere,hands split into bits and slip from spanners making it
painfull,it means up go the costs of living or one has to just
hibinate and not make any money.
All the workshops out this way were never designed to be used in these
extreme conditions,we cannot work!

That is cold to be working, I agree. Mechanics' shops are usually bloody
cold in Winter.
My house isn't heated, and this winter it seems to have been colder than
usual. Some nights it's at 5 C so I just go to bed (or have a rug over my
head, like a little tent).

When your fingers split, there's a beaut thing for them. Ski instructor
colleague in the US put me onto it. As our fingers split too, and boy it
hurts.
Neutrogena hand cream, in a tiny little tube. Quite pricey in Australia. You
only need a little bit though, and it repairs split fingers fast. Developed
for the Norwegian climate, especially for the fishermen, apparently.
There's an unscented version. It's more like vaseline than "cream",but it
disappears and works.

Post by Cyborg 0019
Just got a $600 bill from the ATO for not putting my BAS.
My office was so cold for the last 6months that I could not even type
on a keyboard for 5 minutes without my hands freezing.

My fingers puff up (cold damage from Vermont) and I make lots of typos! they
go all red and glassy.

Post by Cyborg 0019
I am not paying the bill,I can assure you,bloody yuppies living in
high rises,have not the faintest clue how to work for a living.

A bloke I know, got up a business driving dead auto batteries from Canberra
to Sydney for recycling. He reckoned that he liked the requirement to do
that BAS, as it forced him to keep an eye on how his business was going, and
things couldn't get out of control. This guy, although young, built a very
successful business out of nothing.

[Cyborg 0091]

Post by ant

Post by Cyborg 0019
You don't know how good you have it.
Atleast you can do something,below 10C paint dose not dry and mositure
is everywhere,hands split into bits and slip from spanners making it
painfull,it means up go the costs of living or one has to just
hibinate and not make any money.
All the workshops out this way were never designed to be used in these
extreme conditions,we cannot work!

That is cold to be working, I agree. Mechanics' shops are usually bloody
cold in Winter.
My house isn't heated, and this winter it seems to have been colder than
usual. Some nights it's at 5 C so I just go to bed (or have a rug over my
head, like a little tent).
When your fingers split, there's a beaut thing for them. Ski instructor
colleague in the US put me onto it. As our fingers split too, and boy it
hurts.
Neutrogena hand cream, in a tiny little tube. Quite pricey in Australia. You
only need a little bit though, and it repairs split fingers fast. Developed
for the Norwegian climate, especially for the fishermen, apparently.
There's an unscented version. It's more like vaseline than "cream",but it
disappears and works.

Post by Cyborg 0019
Just got a $600 bill from the ATO for not putting my BAS.
My office was so cold for the last 6months that I could not even type
on a keyboard for 5 minutes without my hands freezing.

My fingers puff up (cold damage from Vermont) and I make lots of typos! they
go all red and glassy.

Post by Cyborg 0019
I am not paying the bill,I can assure you,bloody yuppies living in
high rises,have not the faintest clue how to work for a living.

A bloke I know, got up a business driving dead auto batteries from Canberra
to Sydney for recycling. He reckoned that he liked the requirement to do
that BAS, as it forced him to keep an eye on how his business was going, and
things couldn't get out of control. This guy, although young, built a very
successful business out of nothing.

Its cold 5C is annoying weather,so is 10C

Yeah BAS is pretty good,however it all revolves around GST and if you
are in retail making a dollar costs you 10cents so effectivly you only
made 90cents in every dollar,which happens to everyone in business but
affects profit margins terribly.
instead of being able to run a 10% profit margin one has to run a 25%
profit margin to make the same amount as we used to before GST
It means the consumer pays shitloads more,business is slowly cause
no-one can afford anything.


Have an idea,I am going to sell Ice to the mainlanders.That will fix my BAS.

[ant]

Post by Cyborg 0091
Its cold 5C is annoying weather,so is 10C

I prefer it to be 10 C inside my house than 5 C.
It's 10 C inside right now, so I can be on the computer.
When it's 5 C inside (usually on a cloudy day, so the house never warmed up)
I just go to bed.

[DalienX]

Post by Cyborg 0019
It is fucking freezing down this way,My poor car.It dose not like
starting with a radiator frozen solid,letalone frozen bore.
I just removed it from out front as by 9 pm it was iced totally
over,lucky the engine was still warm from 5 pm,moved it to the
workshop and found a bucket of water in there frozen 2 inch deep
solid. Got it out of there right away and moved it elsewhere to a no
frost zone(go figure)
The road out front is an ice skating ring,great for those wishing to
take a customised defensive driving course or just find a use for the
old cross ply's.
No idea about snow,think its too cold for snow...lol,
Few days of this a couple degrees down the river will freeze.
-5C used to be a record down here in various parts,only on occasions
however,can't get more than 1 hours work done a day.
Bring your skates.

Like i've been saying for about 3 years now, global warming is a con.

[Cyborg 0091]

Post by DalienX

Post by Cyborg 0019
It is fucking freezing down this way,My poor car.It dose not like
starting with a radiator frozen solid,letalone frozen bore.
I just removed it from out front as by 9 pm it was iced totally
over,lucky the engine was still warm from 5 pm,moved it to the
workshop and found a bucket of water in there frozen 2 inch deep
solid. Got it out of there right away and moved it elsewhere to a no
frost zone(go figure)
The road out front is an ice skating ring,great for those wishing to
take a customised defensive driving course or just find a use for the
old cross ply's.
No idea about snow,think its too cold for snow...lol,
Few days of this a couple degrees down the river will freeze.
-5C used to be a record down here in various parts,only on occasions
however,can't get more than 1 hours work done a day.
Bring your skates.

Like i've been saying for about 3 years now, global warming is a con.

Same here,everyones says the world is warming up,sitting there at 35C
with the heater on,just outside it is -4C ...lol

Ha ha,Its actually just been getting colder and colder since 2001
here,slowly more so every year.

[veritas]

Post by Cyborg 0019
It is fucking freezing down this way,My poor car.It dose not like
starting with a radiator frozen solid, let alone frozen bore.

I once had to replace a block on a new Merc because the factory didn't
ship it (from Germany) with AF and the dealer didn't "catch" it. It
didn't just crack the thing, it split open and deformed a 6" section of
cast iron with the ice expansion.

Post by Cyborg 0019
I just removed it from out front as by 9 pm it was iced totally
over,lucky the engine was still warm from 5 pm,moved it to the workshop
and found a bucket of water in there frozen 2 inch deep solid.
Got it out of there right away and moved it elsewhere to a no frost
zone(go figure)
The road out front is an ice skating ring,great for those wishing to
take a customised defensive driving course or just find a use for the
old cross ply's.
No idea about snow,think its too cold for snow...lol,
Few days of this a couple degrees down the river will freeze.
-5C used to be a record down here in various parts,only on occasions
however,can't get more than 1 hours work done a day.
Bring your skates.

SOP in Canada. During winter, the councils line the edges of the
playing (grass in summer) fields with 3 x 2's then flood the grounds so
that the kids can skate 'till their hearts' content. They usually skate
on the footpath to get to the park as well. The compacted snow becomes
ice for the duration.

At least one can get out and "enjoy" winter there (but I ain't going
back). Lots of skiing (and associated snow sports), ice racing (car) on
the frozen lakes and, of course, skating (as mentioned) and ice hockey.

Cars are usually "winterised" with AF in the fall and in the autumn, the
AF is removed and put aside for the next winter. Mains powered heater
elements (same as I have in my elec. jug) are available for the engine
block (remove an expansion plug and install like a locking wall
plug/screw) and mats (like a water-bed heater) that goes under the
battery. Can't leave a discharged battery out - it will freeze and
burst the case. The petrol companies change the fuel additives four
times (seasons) per year (maybe here as well - at least for summer and
winter). They even heat some of the bus shelters....

In MEL, I found the winters bloody miserable 'cause it was neither
summer nor winter - just a pain in the arse with cold rain. If it's
gunna get cold - let's have a good cold winter so one can dress for it
and get out to enjoy it! :)

[veritas]

UMM - replace the obviously wrong word 'autumn' and replace it with
'spring' where required....

[Cyborg 0091]

Post by veritas
UMM - replace the obviously wrong word 'autumn' and replace it with
'spring' where required....

Yeah,I recon I could start an ice rink, I am getting 7 inchs of Ice in
water sitting around.

Here are some pics of some I could dig out. never seen anything like it
except on the top of a mountain,normally about 3-4 inchs.

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Its about 2.5 inch thick and melted a bit.its solid like a rock.

another photo taken at 10:30 am it was -10C on the night this was taken.
Not very good photo's just some I snaped when out side for a freeze
dry...lol..the ground is solid,must be frozen all day 4-5 inchs down.

Loading Image...

There is nothing worse than neither hot or cold,I always used to
complain about this here in Tassie,atleast I can say its cold now.

All the doors have stopped working on the car now...lol
when they open they don't shut again.
Locks are jammed.

[Cyborg 0091]

Post by Cyborg 0019
It is fucking freezing down this way,My poor car.It dose not like
starting with a radiator frozen solid,letalone frozen bore.
I just removed it from out front as by 9 pm it was iced totally
over,lucky the engine was still warm from 5 pm,moved it to the workshop
and found a bucket of water in there frozen 2 inch deep solid.
Got it out of there right away and moved it elsewhere to a no frost
zone(go figure)
The road out front is an ice skating ring,great for those wishing to
take a customised defensive driving course or just find a use for the
old cross ply's.
No idea about snow,think its too cold for snow...lol,
Few days of this a couple degrees down the river will freeze.
-5C used to be a record down here in various parts,only on occasions
however,can't get more than 1 hours work done a day.
Bring your skates.

Jumped in the car today,noticed the petrol gauge had gone down bye about
1/4 a tank,thought nothing of it,drove along hearing this large dong
dong noise in the back of the car.
Got back went for a fuel drum to pump some water to thaw my house water
tank as it had frozen 7 rungs solid(it sits 15ft in the air)
Any how picked up the 5 litre fuel drum filled up the pump,some terrible
looking fuel came out and only a dribble, was full last time I
looked,went for a 20 litre drum,picked it up and it was heavy but
nothing in it,looked in the hole and there she was,
Frozen Petrol,all but 3 inchs in the bottom.
20 litres of the stuff.
They must be putting shitloads of water in unleaded these days.
went to take some from the car,could not get the hose in,there is an
iceberg floating onto of the tank.

Now I know why the diesel was going thick.