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03-02-2009, 07:33 PM
No one made a thread about the biggest snowfall of the year?
I was outside digging my car out during the peak of the snowfall. Started the car, defrosters on full, then started cleaning it off. Sides first. Back windshield and trunk. Front windshield and hood. Then the top. By the time I was done with all that another inch had accumulated on my hat, shoulders and the trunk again.
Thank Suzuki I have AWD. The streets were half packed snow and half slush. I’m thinking damn plows never came but then realized they had and that much more snow had fallen. I know AWD does not mean XTREME OFF ROAD so I’m conservative on the speed and stopping time. No troubles at all. But I passed more than a few people who insisted on fishtailing their way down the street or highway.
I could clip along at 40 decent. Passed many people doing 20 on the highways.
I drive to work 20 miles from the heart of DC to suburban/rural MD, get there early, then start getting calls from employees asking if we are opening. I’m like, yeah, I’m here, the kitchen staff is here, and I have unlocked the doors already. rofl. Of course, I realize not everyone has AWD, my (or the kitchen staff who are from Central America’s) leet driving skills or a sense of adventure.
After I finish my shift I am headed back home... roads wet, but you can see pavement and its easy going. I’m not originally from the East coast but I know you need to clean your car off before hitting high speeds as a courtesy to those behind you... who shows up behind me as I enter the Beltway? A goddamn snowball on wheels! I shit you not. It was the silliest thing I had seen all day.
I let the idiot pass me in a flurry of white. Good thing it was still powder otherwise it could have been shrapnel.
I was outside digging my car out during the peak of the snowfall. Started the car, defrosters on full, then started cleaning it off. Sides first. Back windshield and trunk. Front windshield and hood. Then the top. By the time I was done with all that another inch had accumulated on my hat, shoulders and the trunk again.
Thank Suzuki I have AWD. The streets were half packed snow and half slush. I’m thinking damn plows never came but then realized they had and that much more snow had fallen. I know AWD does not mean XTREME OFF ROAD so I’m conservative on the speed and stopping time. No troubles at all. But I passed more than a few people who insisted on fishtailing their way down the street or highway.
I could clip along at 40 decent. Passed many people doing 20 on the highways.
I drive to work 20 miles from the heart of DC to suburban/rural MD, get there early, then start getting calls from employees asking if we are opening. I’m like, yeah, I’m here, the kitchen staff is here, and I have unlocked the doors already. rofl. Of course, I realize not everyone has AWD, my (or the kitchen staff who are from Central America’s) leet driving skills or a sense of adventure.
After I finish my shift I am headed back home... roads wet, but you can see pavement and its easy going. I’m not originally from the East coast but I know you need to clean your car off before hitting high speeds as a courtesy to those behind you... who shows up behind me as I enter the Beltway? A goddamn snowball on wheels! I shit you not. It was the silliest thing I had seen all day.
I let the idiot pass me in a flurry of white. Good thing it was still powder otherwise it could have been shrapnel.