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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 11:21 AM
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Only a silly Canadian would wax his car on a day like today. -30 this morning but the sun was hot by 1 pm. Anyway didn't see too many picks with snow in the back ground. Now I can put her away until May.
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 12:44 PM
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Gleamin......nice, now come do mine!!!
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-30 this morning but the sun was hot by 1 pm.
Hot like 2 degrees
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 06:51 PM
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So instead of "hot waxing" the car, you cold waxed it... Doesn't wax instructions have directions to apply between x and y degrees? I'm pretty sure that -30 (F or C) is not the minimum temp...
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 07:04 PM
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So instead of "hot waxing" the car, you cold waxed it... Doesn't wax instructions have directions to apply between x and y degrees? I'm pretty sure that -30 (F or C) is not the minimum temp...

I woke up to -30 waxed it in the afternoon sun at just over the freezing mark. I had to wear cotton gloves and work fast
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 08:29 PM
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-30C = -22F I believe.
That's got me beat - I've only got down to -15F so far in the BC interior this year when skiing. My car is a US car and I couldn't be bothered having the dealer flip the switch to celsius, so I'm still operating in farenheit
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only a canadian could do such a thing in such weather haha
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-30C = -22F I believe.
That's got me beat - I've only got down to -15F so far in the BC interior this year when skiing. My car is a US car and I couldn't be bothered having the dealer flip the switch to celsius, so I'm still operating in farenheit
What is C? Is that Celcius? Who in the world uses that measurement???? ha ha.

The "worst" we get here in NY is maybe 0F, which is what it was this morning so cold cracked my colleagues 550i windshield.
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Its been single digits here in KY for the past few days. It's a beautiful and clear day, but it is freakishly cold.
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Its been single digits here in KY for the past few days. It's a beautiful and clear day, but it is freakishly cold.
Call Al Gore it may be GLOBAL WARMING?
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WOW! Your car looks fantastic!!! But wow! that's some serious dedication to be waxing in that cold weather!
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What is C? Is that Celcius? Who in the world uses that measurement???? ha ha.

The "worst" we get here in NY is maybe 0F, which is what it was this morning so cold cracked my colleagues 550i windshield.
Historical Weather: Perth Ontario
Search Results: January 15 , 2009 Ottawa Airport
Max Temp: -20 °C

Min Temp: -29.5 °C

Mean Temp: -24.8 °C

Precip Accumulation: 0 mm

No matter where you live this is minus TOO F%*^&#G COLD
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Call Al Gore it may be GLOBAL WARMING?
I hate that man.

Nice LS430 lxus4xms
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What is C? Is that Celcius? Who in the world uses that measurement???? ha ha.
...er, like everyone else?
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...er, like everyone else?
I'm aware of that... it was just an attempt at dry American humor on metrics. We try not to conform to the world and be our own...

Hey, we've conceded to metrics, we still buy soda in liters (2 liters) and some socket sets come in mm sizes
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