Driving in the Snow

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Vancouver, BC

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I admint it, I don’t really know how to drive in the snow. Luckily my car a Cabriolet/Rabbit is pretty good in the snow and I don’t have to do it often. Most drivers in Vancouver do not know how to drive in the snow and add that to our skimpy budget for snow removal and our traffic is terrible whenever it snows. Thank god for transit – though that is packed on days when it does snow.

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6627

Rochester Hills, Michigan

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Subject: RE: Driving in the Snow

Sure, first good snowfall, head to the nearest open parking lot and experiment. Accelerate, brake, steer, where you have plenty of room to not hit anything.

Exactly. Last night I'm pondering my navel, and it's not big enough...so I run out for a turkey sub, and it's snowing. Hard. Turkey sub in hand, I'm headed home, and - well lookee there - Lo and behold, the parking lot of the store is empty and coated with a fresh, slick coating of wonderful powder, layered with ice.

I made pretty designs and wasted about $40 in gas in about 4 minutes. I am now a parking brake expert, and I know the exact amount of slide a 3 ton vehicle will have in various inclement conditions. Will I ever grow out of this? I hope not.

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St Charles, IL

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rkreuser - 2005-12-09 5:36 PM

Sure, first good snowfall, head to the nearest open parking lot and experiment. Accelerate, brake, steer, where you have plenty of room to not hit anything.

Exactly. Last night I'm pondering my navel, and it's not big enough...so I run out for a turkey sub, and it's snowing. Hard. Turkey sub in hand, I'm headed home, and - well lookee there - Lo and behold, the parking lot of the store is empty and coated with a fresh, slick coating of wonderful powder, layered with ice.

I made pretty designs and wasted about $40 in gas in about 4 minutes. I am now a parking brake expert, and I know the exact amount of slide a 3 ton vehicle will have in various inclement conditions. Will I ever grow out of this? I hope not.

The true test, did you have to set down the sub and did you spill any of the big gulp?

( And have you seen Undercover Brother? )

-C

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Rochester Hills, Michigan

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Subject: RE: Driving in the Snow

coredump - 2005-12-09 7:47 PM

rkreuser - 2005-12-09 5:36 PM

Sure, first good snowfall, head to the nearest open parking lot and experiment. Accelerate, brake, steer, where you have plenty of room to not hit anything.

Exactly. Last night I'm pondering my navel, and it's not big enough...so I run out for a turkey sub, and it's snowing. Hard. Turkey sub in hand, I'm headed home, and - well lookee there - Lo and behold, the parking lot of the store is empty and coated with a fresh, slick coating of wonderful powder, layered with ice.

I made pretty designs and wasted about $40 in gas in about 4 minutes. I am now a parking brake expert, and I know the exact amount of slide a 3 ton vehicle will have in various inclement conditions. Will I ever grow out of this? I hope not.

The true test, did you have to set down the sub and did you spill any of the big gulp?

( And have you seen Undercover Brother? )

-C

No - it was delish, N/A, and yes - what a fine cinematic achievement. Although if I HAD spilled a big gulp, you'd bet that every bit of shrinkage would have been exacted out of the 7-11 by some lawyers for cold spillage. I affectionately refer to it as my cold crotch bike fund.

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7557

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Subject: RE: Driving in the Snow

Lara - 2005-12-09 6:38 PM

so should i pratice that with the accord or his 2500HD?

Both!!!

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Fairport, NY

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Celeb_ithil - 2005-12-09 7:23 PM

A few observation today:

This guy, apparently thinking that his AWD SUV can go through lots of snow, decided to make a u-turn on a narrow road, INTO a 4 ft snowbank on the other side of the road, stucked there and blocked both ways.

And there is this car (looks like a rear wheel drive car) got stuck in a pile of snow, pressed hard on the gas pedal trying to get out. His rear wheels were spinning like mad making this high pitch noise, but the car wasn't moving an inch. Then some people got of their cars to help push it out. I guess some people just don't know what those "2" and "1" at the gear shifts are for.

A normally 20 min ride took us an hour and a half.

I miss so many things about Boston.

That ain't one of 'em.

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