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Old 12-01-06, 12:59 AM
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Re: Catera not made for winter ?

Und3rd06, I live where it gets real cold too. I've had to hold the doors shut when it was cold but not just on my Cat. This has happened to other cars I've left out in the cold so this is not just a Cat problem in my experience. Once the car warms up, the door latching mechanism will engage which I'm sure you've discovered. Short of finding a nice warm garage, it's bound to happen again. Before I bought mine, several well intentioned friends tried to tell me that a Cat wouldn't go in the snow. Mine does great. I have a set of Bridgestone Blizzaks that are great in the snow & ice; sorry I didn't get to you before you bought the Kumho's. I would have suggested buying Blizzaks. One other thing I tried and to my amazement actually worked was the spray-on traction that Prestone makes. It really works. I first read about it in Popular Mechanics. The only problem is that I haven't been able to find it for the last couple of years. I first found it at Walgreens for about $4 bucks a can. Downside, when it gets on the paint job, it's very hard to remove but it's better than spinning!
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