Moving to Kenosha, WI in Feb. [Archive] - SR20 Forum

: Moving to Kenosha, WI in Feb.


CenturyI
10-08-2006, 10:46 AM
Well next year I will be moving to Kenosha for 5 months for school. And I'm thinking about bringing my NX because the srt drinks gas like a mother. I have one question for the people that daily drive their car during winter time. What do you do about heating? My a/c in the nx doesn't work so I'm taking it out along with everything under the dash. Is it to cold that I should keep that stuff in there so I have some form of heat or will I be ok?

Peanuthead
10-08-2006, 10:58 AM
Keep the heating gear. Enough said.

CenturyI
10-08-2006, 11:58 AM
thats all I needed to know.

Thanks

sr20declassic
10-08-2006, 01:03 PM
cold was an understatement my friend.

strobe14
10-08-2006, 07:45 PM
Definetly keep the heating components. you will regret taking them out.

saucemaxx
10-09-2006, 09:41 AM
get snow tires for whatever you drive, and I would think about swaping the SRT for a WRX (with snows). It is going to snow on wednsday, and the Alminac says we are in for the worst winter in 10 years. The good news is the ice racing should be good this year.

CenturyI
10-09-2006, 04:00 PM
get snow tires for whatever you drive, and I would think about swaping the SRT for a WRX (with snows). It is going to snow on wednsday, and the Alminac says we are in for the worst winter in 10 years. The good news is the ice racing should be good this year.


Yeah I'm not going to trade in my srt for a wrx(that motor is crap), I'm only going to be there 5 months. I really wanted to bring the nx, but the heater doesn't really kick on until it is running for an hour. I really don't know what to do.

jp314
10-09-2006, 05:58 PM
... I really wanted to bring the nx, but the heater doesn't really kick on until it is running for an hour. I really don't know what to do.

Where is the needle on the temp gauge 5 min after cold start? 10 min? 30 min?
When did you last replace the thermostat? Could be stuck open.

wes
10-09-2006, 09:49 PM
I live in kenosha county. KEEP KEEP KEEP as others have said or you will freeze your ass off!

Where are you going to school?

CenturyI
10-10-2006, 08:07 PM
jp314- It gets up to operating temp just fine. But for some reason the heater is just not the best. Since everyone is telling me I'm going to freeze my ass off I will just bring the srt. That heater works in 5 seconds.

jp314
10-11-2006, 07:30 PM
jp314- It gets up to operating temp just fine. But for some reason the heater is just not the best. Since everyone is telling me I'm going to freeze my ass off I will just bring the srt. That heater works in 5 seconds.

Bad heater core?
Another frequent problem is that the HVAC control for fresh vs. recirc air breaks, stuck on fresh air. So in the cold weather, it's always blowing cold air.

gvr4597
10-12-2006, 12:20 AM
I use to live up their, and it gets cold as hell! Take the SRT