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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 04:11 PM
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Well I have 4 studded snow tires, I take my car snowboarding and have never once been stuck, and have more control then most Subarus and SUVs. I've never once been in an accident. I only drive mine in the snow when I'm out to have fun, for DDing I just drive my Honda.... Hater.... ur car's ugly!!!! Lol j/k

Me and my girlfriend.
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 04:19 PM
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Glad to see some good responses in this thread.

We managed to get some pretty decent footage today before the snow melted. I'll post as soon as it's edited.
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 04:21 PM
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hey I aint preachin just suggestin'
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 04:31 PM
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NY Snowy....

The Scooter is what I ride everyday rain sleet or snow & the Fb just chills till the weekend.....
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Rob XX 7
guess Ill be the one to rain on the parade- you really should park the cars when it snows, send that thing into a curb or a pole and the smile will wipe from your face real quick. Or have a careless driver send their car into yours.

sorry to be a downer
I'm just in a neighborhood on the corner of an intersection, so may not be so safe leaving it there.. Still, I'm confident in my ability to control the car [drove 39 miles home on icy/packed snow a couple years ago with phone dials and cheap tires with no siping left - scary - the car kept trying to twitch left or right and going ~25 on the freeway]

But yes, other people are really what's scary in the snow.. That same trip going up to the GF's I saw a Tercel that had apparently spun out on the side of the road [it was parked the wrong way on the shoulder ]
A few years before that I saw a nice Frontier 4x4 try to make a turn and slide [with the wheels turned] right into a sidewalk.. lol, instantly deflated that tire and probably bent something..
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 06:23 PM
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thats what Im saying, as careful as you might be **** happens

looks fun though, we used to jump in the crappiest car one of us owned and had fun in the snow
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 09:04 PM
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glad someone else in KY enjoyed this snow we received ! i had a blast yesterday in it. where are you in Kentucky?
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 09:46 PM
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I do wish I could shelter my FC from bad weather in general, but she's my only car. I've been driving her in Colorado winters for 7 years now and I have a pretty good feel for how she handles and what the limits are. I agree that it's all the other people who don't know how to drive that scares me. When I call in to work due to bad weather, it isn't because I can't get there, it's because I don't want to be on the roads with all the other *********.
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by bikeboy23332
glad someone else in KY enjoyed this snow we received ! i had a blast yesterday in it. where are you in Kentucky?
I live about half an hour away from Paducah (in western Kentucky).
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Old Jan 22, 2011 | 12:19 AM
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<iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zePnuBlDcC4" frameborder="0" allowFullScreen></iframe>

Not slow mo... but snow mo.
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Old Jan 22, 2011 | 12:48 AM
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Wow, obviously no snow tires on those cars. Looks like fun though.
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Old Jan 22, 2011 | 06:03 PM
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Me and my girlfriend.
To old!
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Old Jan 22, 2011 | 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by MadScience_7
Wow, obviously no snow tires on those cars. Looks like fun though.
Haha, nope. Just your average street tires. The s13's were so bald that they may as well have been slicks. I had to help get him unstuck a few times.

It seems like you would have a lot more control while drifting on snow tires. Dunno though, I've never driven with them.

Thought some of you might enjoy this high quality quicktime version of the snow edit:

http://a12.video2.blip.tv/9710007658...30482&bri=84.9
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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 12:17 AM
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Snow In MO

Here is my contribution... We are supposed to get another 4 to 6" on top of what's in the pic. Sorry, no live footage. Notice the tracks I made though. That's how I park when it snows. (Don't have to use the driveways to turn around. )

Tires: Stock size, Bridgestone Potenza Grid (G-019)
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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 07:08 PM
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few right after i washed her,after some daily driving in the snow
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Old Jan 25, 2011 | 01:11 PM
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I'm fairly confident my FC has never seen snow, aside from what blows in when I open the garage to move other cars in and out.

My BMW is a blast to drive in the crud though, good balance + I6 = fun.
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Old Jan 25, 2011 | 08:39 PM
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More snow tonight where i'm at. Tomorrow is gonna be fun.
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Old Jan 30, 2011 | 08:38 PM
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same here snow tomorrow. its going to be an adventure getting to school. i just hope i can make it to the street my "driveway" is a 1/4 mile away lol
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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 10:04 AM
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i drove my car the other day,storm came out of no where while in school.Car slid out and spun 2 times on the way home.Glad no one was around idk how i got it home.
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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 11:27 AM
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Snow will eat a car like cancer. I keep my fc parked in a warehouse atm.
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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 02:53 PM
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correction, snow will not eat a car like cancer, salt will eat a car like a fat kid eating a cupcake, or cancer. I agree with rob, but do understand that some people can only have one car.

my car is of course in the garage as well, want an rx8 for a winter beat:p i am jealous of the parking lot fun though
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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 03:22 PM
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^ You know what I meant. Driving in the snow = salt on your car. Almost 90% of driving on roads in the winter will eat your car.
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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 06:57 PM
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wash the car after driving. during winter i wash it at a car wash after a drive. it only cost like 2 dollars to wash with high pressure. my record is 3 washes in one week. better than walking.
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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 08:52 PM
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Colorado doesn't salt the roads nearly as badly as they do back east. I've always been amazed at how much rust the cars have out there. In the high altitude sun, the snow melts pretty quick.
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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 09:32 PM
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/\ +1 waaayyy too much salt here. not worth gettin salt all in the cracks and crevices under my 7 even after a wash.

As for snow here we are looking at another foot or two.

when i used to drift in the snow I slid off the parking lot a bit not really realizing it and hit one of those small water pipes that go in the ground. ruined a stock rim so i guess that wasnt too bad.
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