Miss driving your Ep3 this winter??

[MugenReplica]

As usual for the salt season, I purchased a winter vehicle (a 1992 Lexus SC400). Although I am highly enjoying the poor man's Supra with a V8 this winter, I am thoroughly missing my Ep3. It seems I appreciate it more now that I can't drive it, than when I was able to drive it daily.

I was wondering if anybody else has had similar "longings" to drive their Ep3 in the winter such as myself?

[TXEP3]

Absolutely. My tleg is great fun and all in the snow, but I miss the crap out of my EP.

[RedSiBaron]

Definitely...I miss driving the ep, but I've taken it out once on clear roads, but its nice having a beater I have no love for to drive so I don't have to feel bad about putting the ep on the road and cringing knowing its getting coated in salt

[Kerby]

same here. I had to go in the garage to get a screwdriver yesturday and when I looked up, i sighed alittle.

[jed_averill]

I stare at my car for at least 10 seconds, 3 days in a week. Imagining what it would look like after I graduate college. Probably the same....

[shanewdude]

I want to cry when I DO drive my ep... salt-bathing ftmfl. :mfrown:

[SIisaLowRydaEP3]

ive been driving her everyday but then again its nice out and we get no snow in central florida :tehe:

[Twisted-X]

Every winter I miss it. I have fun pissing off the neighbors when I start it up bi-monthly. :mbiggrin:
I don't miss the salt corrosion though...

[talonXracer]

This is the very first winter that the EP3 has resided inside the garage, I do have a 05' Silverado to putt around with and just traded my DS650 for another project vehicle today, a Suzuki Samurai with coil spring 3 link suspension, 32" tires and a 1.6L engine out of a Geo Tracker.
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g96/talonxracer/newsammi1.jpg

[EPo3Hatch]

Too poor for a dd. The ep runs 365

[mitchlikesbikes]

i'm only 17 so the ep is my daily. it bothers me that i have to take it out and get it covered in salt but i try to keep a decent layer of wax on it for protection. i wish i had an awd wagovan or something for winter though. that would be sooo much better

[civicsi0281]

Yes it does because its parked in the garage and I wanta drive it. I have a winter beater Mazda truck though

[PatrickJamesYu]

talonxracer: dude the samurai is soo fun!

[2k3hatchie]

Short answer, no..

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5242/5361266305_5853a8171f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/loosewheel26/5361266305/)
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[civictype_r04]

I hope next year it will be put away!!!!

[Tougeep3]

Driven daily. It's a honda, not a Porsche.

[civicsi0281]

Yeah your right its not a Porsche its much faster. haha! Not much traction in snow

[Heitzke]

I do, sort of. Mine has been dead (battery) in the front yard for over a month now.

[ImportCustomx]

god do i miss driving my ep3.

i am driving a 1992 oldsmobile bravada.. awd v6..its fun...i have a plow for it..but its got 12-16 mpg...kinda poopy

[TXEP3]

..but its got 12-16 mpg...kinda poopy

I hear ya. My tleg gets 20mpg on a good day. If I can't resist getting into boost I end up getting ~16mpg.

[ImportCustomx]

haha...yeah its lame.

oh well, ya know what..its a few months..and its safer then wrecking my little baby and getting her all salty etc.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5168/5352690606_c8504f8618_z.jpg

Dude talonx...the samurai's are hilarious...they dominate trails..

[ace of spades]

EP is my daily

[McTaggart34]

i cry every night ... its 2 hours away at my nana's :"( so i can't look at it every night

[j.lai]

EP is my daily =( I got studded tires on them though =)

[ep3_2_envy]

although i have never driven my EP in the winter i miss it most this year cause my beater is falling apart and i refuse to put any monies into it. even if its to change the oil, i wont do it. driver door doesnt close(thank you bungie cords.. lol), exhaust is broken somewhere up front, alignment is screwed, shocks are blown, and windshield slightly cracked. too lazy to go through puchasing a new beater when the corrola still limps along on its final winter.

so yeah the EP just sits under the cover.. i peeked under the cover yesterday to remind me i can have a female in my car, just not during the winter months if i ever want to see her again.

[ImportCustomx]

daily ep's rock! dont be a sad face:) be happy you can rock them 24/7 i wish i could rock this one 24/7. i might get another one eventually for the right price..just so i can have 2

[mitchell_ep3]

i hit a deer october 12th, and i took it to the body shop that following week, since then i had to drive my 2001 5.9L dodge 1500 up until december 28th... it sucked so much, but now i got the ep3 back and i love it even more than i did before... i forgot how much FUN it was to drive... i hope to never go 2.5 months away from the ep3 AGAIN!!!

3 feet of snow in saskatchewan, but i still rock the ep3 daily in winter, its too cold here to salt the roads, they just sand the intersections, and streets are plowed at 4AM every time it snows, so there is no need for a 4wd here... only thing i use the dodge for is to drive out to the farm to pick up the sled, or the quad so i can save my rims.

my em1 with factory LSD was THE SHIT!! to drive around in winter, it pulled through everything and i was tuckiing tire for 2 winters in a row and never got stuck once.. nokian Hakapolita RSi's FTW

[Kerby]

i might get another one eventually for the right price..just so i can have 2

^^ THIS!

till then I'll have to put up with $90 to fill up my Silverado every week.
My grandparents decided to head down south for the winter so I convinced them to give me the keys to their corolla....
been putts-in around the thing for a month now. Filled up the other day with $30. Tank lasted me 9 days. On a windy day going down hill I hit 59.125MPH.

[mitchlikesbikes]

On a windy day going down hill I hit 59.125MPH.

that must have taken some serious horsepowers:)

[Hajdoki_Ep3]

Last winter I didnt drive my ep3 during winter and did i ever miss it, but decided to prep the hell out of the ep3 for winter to see how it does (the previous owner drove without rustproof for 4 winters with no issues, so i put some ws70's on and rustproof. I was told not to wash my car as much, cause the rust proof will eventually wear off. So the last car wash i did was when i got my car rustproofed, almost 2 months ago. I think its time for a car wash. Good news is when i rust proofed the car is rust free for car that has never been rust proofed. Owner said that hes seen cars that have seen winters for 30+ years and are still fine. Just need to rust proof every winter and fix any possible rust spots asap.

[chuck83]

Too poor for a dd. The ep runs 365

same here