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#197253 - 02/15/07 10:59 AM I hate snow!
brown Offline
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Loc: Belleville, MI
There was a pretty big snow storm that rolled through the region tuesday night. (I'm sure some people here got some of it.) Snow and lowered cars dont mix very well. The snow was up past my door sills so getting out of the driveway to get to class was a bit of a challenge. Took me 15 mins to back up 75 feet to get to my street. When I got to school I took a look at my car and there was snow all inside of my rims and my car looked like crap.

Anyone have a similar experience this winter?
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#197254 - 02/15/07 12:19 PM Re: I hate snow!
Baas140 Offline
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Loc: Grand Rapids Michigan
2 weeks ago when that big storm came through here over the weekend... my girlfriend lives in a subdivision that rarely gets plowed and it snowed really bad friday night till monday... saturday when i went to her house there was like a foot of snow on her road... i had so much snow packed in my wheels and front axel, that when i got out on the main roads i thought my car was having a seizure... it was vibrating so bad from all the snow in the rims...
i dont really mind the snow or the cold... it was alot worse when i went to school at lake state university in the U.P. i just get annoyed with the people who dont know how to drive in the snow...
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#197255 - 02/15/07 12:46 PM Re: I hate snow!
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Nope not here, in fact is was 80* the other day :-D...
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#197256 - 02/15/07 01:26 PM Re: I hate snow!
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Yah here in Ormond Beach, it is like a beach day!!
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#197257 - 02/15/07 02:26 PM Re: I hate snow!
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Loc: Texas
It doesn't snow here, at least not enough to stick. It just ices everything over, which is probably worse, since this is Texas and most people don't know how to and aren't sufficiently equipped to drive on ice. Fortunately alot of people are smart enough to stay home when it gets bad, but it's 50/50 with the people that do go ahead and drive. Some drive like the weather is normal and they end up in a ditch, or in the side of another car, hurting someone.

Oh, and when the ice melts, it leaves all manner of crap on your car. laugh
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#197258 - 02/15/07 03:27 PM Re: I hate snow!
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Loc: Belleville, MI
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Originally posted by Arcxnus:
Oh, and when the ice melts, it leaves all manner of crap on your car. laugh
thats dec-march in michigan.
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#197259 - 02/15/07 03:45 PM Re: I hate snow!
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We had about 4-6" stick around here. Shoulda seen these tards puttin themselves in the ditch. It was great.
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#197260 - 02/15/07 04:44 PM Re: I hate snow!
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Loc: Belleville, MI
why is NM getting 6'' of snow? There were plenty of people in the ditches. On my way to school yesterday I saw 6-7 cars in the ditch. Some people seem to forget how to drive when it snows.
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#197261 - 02/15/07 05:32 PM Re: I hate snow!
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Hell, I dunno what snow was doin hanging out here, what I do know is that Cali gave us the stuff, skipped AZ altogether, then gave us hell before unleashing itself upon thine butt. What I do know is that it was FLIPPIN cold around here for a good 3-4 weeks. It was still funny to see these ppl doin like 70 on the highway, then see them pointing the opposite direction in the ditch. 'at'll learn 'em.
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#197262 - 02/15/07 05:42 PM Re: I hate snow!
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I work from home if there is a chance of even an inch.
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#197263 - 02/15/07 07:47 PM Re: I hate snow!
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Loc: Bradenton, FL
its nice and sunny down here!

Its getting kinda chilly at 50*...lol
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#197264 - 02/15/07 08:33 PM Re: I hate snow!
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Loc: Brooklyn, NY
I'm gettin snow in BRookly we just got 3 inches and nows it 3in of ice.
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#197265 - 02/15/07 10:15 PM Re: I hate snow!
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Weather is good here....

We had a cold spell a few weeks ago..... Snow hit Downtown which doesn't go over well.
There was an ametuer video that has become famous. Letterman used the video in a sketch... Check it out.
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#197266 - 02/15/07 11:47 PM Re: I hate snow!
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lol...thats funny I saw that one..lol..
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#197267 - 02/15/07 11:49 PM Re: I hate snow!
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i live in winterpeg, we have snow like 8months of the year it seems lol, snow isnt to bad, good drifting, but yeah all cars look like shit in winter, cant clean them up real nice either :\
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#197268 - 02/16/07 01:54 AM Re: I hate snow!
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Quote:
Originally posted by ordonez1307:
Its getting kinda chilly at 50*...lol
If it got up to 50* in MI people would think its summer. Its been usually cold lately. One day last week the high was like 5 degrees or something crazy like that.
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#197269 - 02/17/07 01:33 PM Re: I hate snow!
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Registered: 02/09/07
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Loc: Kentucky
We got a few inches last night. First time I have had the chance to drive in the snow with the GP. VERY IMPRESSIVE! Low track light once and only one fishtale... in a parking lot smile
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#197270 - 02/17/07 03:14 PM Re: I hate snow!
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Loc: USA
I got to drive my mom's GP last night, wasn't too impressed by it. ABS actually kicked in a few times, couldn't figure out why. Wasn't breaking very hard at all. I think I'll just stick to my car in snow...no ABS system to mess with.
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#197271 - 02/17/07 03:25 PM Re: I hate snow!
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I've never had much trouble in the snow with my GP. The two nice snows I did drive in last year, I just slid when I was breaking. Just let off and hit the brakes again to stop the slide and I was fine. It has plenty of grip on hills/curves, but some of that is related to the thin stock tires on the SE.
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#197272 - 02/17/07 04:53 PM Re: I hate snow!
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Loc: shelby twp, mi
i was just thinking about adding a post about this same thing...i had ice packed inside my rim too...i thought i was going to lose a wheel on the highway. Im off to the car wash right now...so that it will look clean until i get home but atleast ill get some of the salt off frown
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#197273 - 02/17/07 06:58 PM Re: I hate snow!
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Just got back from another trip to town... roads are covering over and it's coming down pretty good. The morning is going to suck when I go into work.
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#197274 - 02/17/07 07:29 PM Re: I hate snow!
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In the 60's in florida and Sunny as it can be!
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#197275 - 02/17/07 07:51 PM Re: I hate snow!
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Just got back from hiking Squaw Peek... warm 86* today there laugh
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#197276 - 02/18/07 12:10 AM Re: I hate snow!
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Shoveled 14 inches of snow out of my driveway on thursday morning. On wednesday while leaving work my GT2 drove past 6 other co-workers that were stuck in drifts in the parking lot and front road, laughed my ass off. Love the TC.

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#197277 - 02/18/07 03:19 PM Re: I hate snow!
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I drove through it this morning. Wasn't too bad, mostly melted off now. (see sig)
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#197278 - 03/05/07 05:05 PM Re: I hate snow!
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couple nights ago we had some freezing rain. took a corner at 10mph and slid into a brick pillar. now i need a new front fender. they don't salt in my little community where i live so it was worse than an ice rink. other than that we can get a foot of snow and i can get to school 14 miles away without the low trac or abs kickin in. like brown said its amazing how people forget how they drove in snow 6 months ago.
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#197279 - 03/08/07 11:50 AM Re: I hate snow!
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the ppl that make me angry are the ppl that go 10-20 mph on freeway entrance ramps...like yeah, be cautious, but when im merging onto I94 or US23 the speed limits 70, im doin 15 mph and a semi is coming at me at around 55-60 i want to go....maybe if i woulda bought a GTP i wouldn't have the issue of worrying about speeding up :p but seeing as how my SE is stock....ya...

i raced my best friends 03 Chevy Malibu last night and it tore me up lol. Gogo same engine but 32000000 pounds lighter. wish i had the 3.8 :[
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#197280 - 03/08/07 12:10 PM Re: I hate snow!
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Here it is march 8th and I still have single digit temps frown Lookin forward to the 40s next week. I'll be able to get the bike out again. I'm putting way too many miles on the GTP.
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#197281 - 03/08/07 12:35 PM Re: I hate snow!
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Man, this weather is TERRIBLE. Somehow or another I'm going to hafta deal with these 75 degree highs and mid-50s lows. Mike, can you hand me some of your sympathy? lol.
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#197282 - 03/08/07 04:40 PM Re: I hate snow!
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Man, the past two days have been the finest in months here. Yesterday and today, the high has been mid-60s. Just enough for the Stratus' sunroof and windows to be let down for the ride.
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