SNOW !!!!!!!!!!!! PHILADELPHIA area

[techieman33]

We get plenty of snow, and lots of the horrible salt. But my street/performance tires don't like it so much

 

[zonianbrat]

I love how everything in the south will close down for light dustings of snow. Takes plural inches to get roads to close, even then most of the time if it's not drifting horribly then they'll stay open. My stepbrother's dad works for IDOT and knows the best roads in the winter. The state has the interstates and highways cleared in no time. The city tends to drag their feet, and usually the blades low enough to rip up tons of concrete. Saw a girl last year in our parking lot that hit a huge chunk of concrete and blew a tire, lucky that's all that happened.

Poor southerners don't know how it is to really have to have some skill at driving, no snow on your roads, no huge gaping potholes and blown water mains and ice, slush & snow. That's when the 4wd really comes in handy, especially if you've got a winch, you could probably pull at least 3 cars out in a night the way it gets here sometimes. And you could just a be a knight in shining armor to a good looking lady and maybe warm her up . And what could beat doing donuts in the snow in a big open parking lot?

And having so much snow on the ground that you really do have to close down nearly the whole town. Got the day off work and go out to play in the snow and come back and warm up with some Irish Coffee. Can't wait til it hits here in IA. Should be a fun one this winter. So all of you who say we can keep the snow, that's fine, I get a lot more days off work in the winter than you do.

But you don't have to deal with the salt and rust, which is awesome. Since our city is telling us to use the less corrosive salts, yet they'll still be salting the roads with the old stuff that just eats your car. If I ever did buy a restore vehicle it'd definitely be from the south. Anyways, you all enjoy the holidays. Even if where you're from doesn't snow on X-mas.

I agree with you, I was in Arlington TX last year and they had a dusting of snow in the morning. I was out running errands and OMG people were literally freaking out on the road. I was on a 40mph road and people were doing 15-20 at best. I'm sure they thought I was crazy when I was flying by them doing 40! Dont get me wrong I am not ****y about winter driving as I had to learn the hard way. I lived in Alabama for 10 years and saw maybe an inch total of snow while I was there so when I moved up to Colorado I had to learn how to drive in the snow from scratch. To make things worse, I drove a a 95 Camaro SS (you can imagine how crappy that was). When the first good snow hit my buddy took me to a huge parking lot and we did alot of donuts but he also taught me some basics to snow driving.

Before too long I bought my first 4x4 in the way of a Nissan Pathfinder (great little SUV). I quickly put some BFG AT KO's on it. We had some decent storms along with 2 good ones with 25+ inches of snow. So I gained alot of experience driving in the snow. I am not saying I am great at it but I am confident with my driving ability. I did learn about Ice the hard way when on the way back from visiting my bro in TX me and my wife (who was pregnant with out first child) hit black ice and flopped the truck on it's side going 25mph. Luckily we were wearing or seatbelts! After that we winched the truck over, let the fluids drain back where they go and drove the rest of the way home.

I look forward to the snow every year cause it is a blast to drive in I think. Especially since I work on oil rigs in the middle of nowhere we get some good snow so I occasionally take off for an outing in the snow. This will be my first winter with the Ex. I havent lifted it yet or put on BFG's (still have the small goodyear wranglers) so we will see how it handles the snow.

 

[Implorer]

jesus.. you should have looked up one post above that.. and you would have caught on to what i was saying......

 

[Thelt]

People around here tend to go crazy over the snow but probably not like they do farther south or further from the mountains. I live in the foothills of the blue ridge. They get a lot of snow along the top of the ridges. Boone is just one town over and they get lots of snow. I kind of like being able to drive up there and play in the snow then come home and not have to deal with any snow where I live.

It is pretty silly how people will buy all the bread and milk the grocery stores have when they call for snow. It is like they think they will get snowed in or something but even a foot of snow would not keep you trapped for more than a couple of days even if you drive a sports car.

 

[Four0Sport]

i was watching the weather channel yesterday hoping we'd get hit hard with snow.. we didnt. but while watchign they had a reporter in erie pennsylvania and when they went to a live shot of commuters they focused on a c5 corvette fishtailing around a turn. and that got me and a friend thinking.. most people who have corvettes.. thats their only car bc they cant afford another one, but still.. why drive a vette in a blizzard?