GotGarlic
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Meanwhile, I'm all ready for a storm that is not coming...
It's not yet winter. Don't worry, you'll get yours
Meanwhile, I'm all ready for a storm that is not coming...
As kids, when we were 16 and driving, we would take whoever's car we were in up to the drivers ed. course at night and have a good time after a fresh snowfall.
You had a drivers ed course? We drove on the streets.
...That big paved area was popular for a lot of things, including donuts in the winter. Not the kind of donuts we always picked up with the one instructor.
We used shopping center parking lots for that stuff.
Winter tires. I haven't bought winter tires since the advent of All Season radials decades ago. Of course, I don't live as far north as you. I've always been able to do OK with All Season tires and front wheel drive. My last car was rear wheel drive and that was an adventure in the snow.
A great deal depends on your tire brand. It has been my experience for some time that Bridgestone tires absolutely suck in wet/snow conditions. On my previous rear drive car, it was like magic when I replaced the Bridgestones that came on the car with Michelins. All of a sudden I had traction!
Yeah, that snow is very wet and heavy. The 12 cm (~5") that the Weather Network says we got looks more like 7 or 8 cm (~3"), since it has been packing down and melting. It's been above freezing by 1 degree C since 02h00 (AM).Pretty warm here. Around 30 I'd say. Wettest snow I've ever seen.