In need of some encouragement

[wiggo]

Frost has come. Roads are salted and greasy. Snow is due soon. First Spider is sent into winter hibernation. Second Spider goes into hibernation later this week. 5 1/2 months to life reappears with nice, dry roads.
Suggestions for something positive to think about all this time? What do you folks do?

[wikkid]

Cross-country skiing? Skating? Snowmobiling? Reading good books? Getting cars and bikes into a warm-ish place to do those "winter projects?"

[So Cal Mark]

ice racing!

[spiderrey]

This brings to mind that insurance comercial.

[Zippy]

I keep mine in the garage so I can go out and look at it. Nice glass of red wine and the portable heater...
http://www.cruzin.us

[Raze]

Move to a more southern latitude...

[spidernut]

I drive mine...I live in California. The downside of it is that I live in California with all of its lousy politics and emissions laws.

[Gunsmith]

Move to Florida.....Like everyone else.....

It's going to be freezing this weekend, high of 72!!! I have to go find my pair of long pants.....

[wiggo]

Lots of good suggestions here
Cross-country skiing, yes.
A glass of wine sounds good.
Moving south doesn't sound too bad, either.

Personal favourite so far is Ice racing. Used to go looking when I was young, but no events has been arranged here for over 30 years. But I'll be a spectator at the WRC round of rally i Sweden in February
http://www.rallysweden.com/?lang=en

[baltobernie]

That should be a great race, the first with the new rules. Care to make a prediction?

[azygoustoyou]

I will be sewing! That's right "SEWING". If I don't make my interior. I'll have nothing to sit on. So all the interior has to be made this winter.

[wiggo]

Upholstery is a quite uncommon skill at my latitude. Care for some extra jobs?

Rally; my guess is Loeb, Hirvo and Latvala, in that order. With the younger of the Solberg brothers fourth (Petter) But I will of course cheer for my countrymen Petter and Henning winning.

[baltobernie]

We've got to stop rooting for Citroen; another manufacturer's title or two and they will overtake Lancia for the most wins! I wonder how Mini will fare? Not too well, I think. Maybe I heard somewhere that they're only entering a few events.

The new formula seems perfect for Fiat. I wish they'd siphon off a few million from their F1 budget and rejoin the WRC. Ferrari would hardly notice the difference, thinking a few euros had fallen between the sofa cushions.

Winter will soon be visiting us also; the last of Autumn is upon us. I don't like raking the leaves, but I sure miss them when they're gone.

[wiggo]

What a view you have, baltobernie! Could only be bettered with a 124 on the driveway, perhaps.

And you gave me an idea how to cope with winter Combining wikkid's suggestion of 'Reading good books' with Zippy's 'Nice glass of red wine': I have a few rally books where I can dig into cars like 124 Abarth, 131 Abarth, Fulvia, Stratos, 037 and the rest. Now, THAT was a great idea!!