OT: It's Snowing in SE P-Town

[Buzz Killington]

MY ASTIN MARTON VONTAGE V12 DID QUITE WELL IN THE SNOW>

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

Drove from Intel in Hillsboro to Milwaukie, 5 hours....my leg is dead from the clutch, DEATH

 

[cdub503]

drove down fremont to 92nd to go pick up my friend on 141st the overpass had a bunch of idiots on it that probably had no business in snow so i went home and went right down a hill..... car started sliding ran into a curb and figured out when i was at the bottom of the hill that my chains that i just bought dont fit my car! awesome! haha anyways somehow slowly inched my way back home and figured out that im an idiot that shouldnt be on the road!

 

[Rodolfo]

Glad I didn't have to deal with bad traffic today!

 

[blue32]

My kid was at zoo camp, so I had to go get her. Me, in my antique, RWD BMW with open diff got around without a problem around all the people that had no idea what they were doing in their fancy SUVs and AWD cars. The wife was smart enough to realize that she was out of her element as well, so she parked the Subaru downtown and took the Max, so I just had to go to Sunset TC to pick her up.

I love driving in the snow. Years of rally competition really help, I guess.

WTF? How can you not get around with a Subaru? Those things are beasts in the snow.....

Crazy talk! Been running a Suby up to Hood 3-4 days a week for ski/boarding for the last 10 years!

 

[andalusian]

WTF? How can you not get around with a Subaru? Those things are beasts in the snow.....

Wrong tires. There was no snow forcast, so... it is still running the stock crap tires that come with them new, like the RE90. Sure, they have traction going forward, but the AWD does crap to stop them when it's slippery.

The BMW with the old rally tires, RWD and open diff will run circles around it.

I would rather be in a sport car with proper tires than an AWD car with crap all-season/summer tires - when it's slippery. If it had proper tires, it would an entirely different story.

 

[Eastoff]

anyone know what Stanford road is like right now?

In case anyone was curious, Stafford*** road was pretty nasty. But I made it back without a real problem God Bless you chains!

 

[blue32]

Wrong tires. There was no snow forcast, so... it is still running the stock crap tires that come with them new, like the RE90. Sure, they have traction going forward, but the AWD does crap to stop them when it's slippery.

The BMW with the old rally tires, RWD and open diff will run circles around it.

I would rather be in a sport car with proper tires than an AWD car with crap all-season/summer tires - when it's slippery. If it had proper tires, it would an entirely different story.

Yah, tires would definitely cause an issue..

I purchased some new continental conti-sport DWS's, for the AWD hatch I got. The only issue I had was too much lead foot hehe. Although, I'd much rather have Blizzak's, just didn't have the coin to spend on new rims (18" stockers).

 

[julius]

If I was posting a video on youtube, I would not include my last name, nor a substantial chunk of my address AND the city I live in, in the video.

Of course, I doubt anything would happen...but still.

 

[THE HCP]

Here's me having fun last year in my wife's ride!

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[SheedSoNasty]

Here's me having fun last year in my wife's ride!

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[THE HCP]

Do you have to have a facebook account to view it?

 

[Buzz Killington]

Do you have to have a facebook account to view it?

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[THE HCP]

This video either has been removed from Facebook or is not visible due to privacy settings.

It's there. Let me check my settings!

 

[mgb]

My wife went out last nite and it was snowing. We've got about 3 inches of snow last we checked. Now you can go 45 mins from here and get six feet of snow!

Ok, I have to admit something to tell this story. I hate soaps!! But my wife watches General Hospital. I use to just do stuff on my puter while she watched it, but some how I got hooked on the stupid show. Well today during the show they break in first with the a snow report then with the presidents report on the terrorist attempted bombing! Come on, what is news for?? So we decided to stop watching it and record the replay of it on the soap channel at midnite. We start to play it after it recorded, fast forward pass what we seen, and just at the part we haven't seen the sat signal goes out because of the snow!! Now we'll have to wait until Saturday when they play all of the week soaps in a row and record it and not watch the ones during the week.

Anyway as others have said snow is nothing here, but ice/wind storms can be really bad. Ice is much harder to drive in and the weight of the ice on trees will break off branches which means a lot of power outages. And when it's a windy ice storm trees start falling over especially the firs since they have shallow roots.

 

[ppilot]

Yah, tires would definitely cause an issue..

I purchased some new continental conti-sport DWS's, for the AWD hatch I got. The only issue I had was too much lead foot hehe. Although, I'd much rather have Blizzak's, just didn't have the coin to spend on new rims (18" stockers).

Great Tires....just picked some up before Thanksgiving and couldn't be happier. A little soft in the sidewall they just don't lose grip.

 

[Sedatedfork]

Here is my commute story from last night. I slowly made my way up Burnside towards Sandy. Some lady driving a black mercedes in front of me was just spinning her tires. After a couple of minutes of pushing her she just kept getting stuck every 2 or 3 feet. I looked back and now I had enough room so I just got back in my car and went around her. The way I see it, this lady was just going to get stuck somewhere else even if I got her free.

 

[Eastoff]

Here is my commute story from last night. I slowly made my way up Burnside towards Sandy. Some lady driving a black mercedes in front of me was just spinning her tires. After a couple of minutes of pushing her she just kept getting stuck every 2 or 3 feet. I looked back and now I had enough room so I just got back in my car and went around her. The way I see it, this lady was just going to get stuck somewhere else even if I got her free.

Martell Webster helped strangers get their car unstuck with a broken foot!

I drove by a business man in a tie changing his tire in the snow

 

[Sedatedfork]

Martell Webster helped strangers get their car unstuck with a broken foot!

I drove by a business man in a tie changing his tire in the snow

I did help her in my suit and tie... but it was clear that she didn't know how to drive in the ice and snow. Some drivers are beyond help. I pushed her car 30 feet and she KEPT getting stuck. Meanwhile, a bunch of other Oregonians are passing us without offering a hand.

 

[Eastoff]

I did help her in my suit and tie... but it was clear that she didn't know how to drive in the ice and snow. Some drivers are beyond help. I pushed her car 30 feet and she KEPT getting stuck. Meanwhile, a bunch of other Oregonians are passing us without offering a hand.

wow 30 ft is impressive. I would wager she had bad tires and/or no chains, yes?

 

[Masbee]

My kid was at zoo camp, so I had to go get her. Me, in my antique, RWD BMW with open diff got around without a problem around all the people that had no idea what they were doing in their fancy SUVs and AWD cars. The wife was smart enough to realize that she was out of her element as well, so she parked the Subaru downtown and took the Max, so I just had to go to Sunset TC to pick her up.

I love driving in the snow. Years of rally competition really help, I guess.

One thing I notice as a common problem here in Portland is drivers going up snow coverered hills go WAAAAAY too slow.

Momentum is your friend people. And, please god, don't fucking STOP!

Jeez, if I hadn't been in my AWD, I would have got stuck several times last night, as too many idiots stop going uphill.

 

[Sedatedfork]

wow 30 ft is impressive. I would wager she had bad tires and/or no chains, yes?

I just remember that I had to walk about 4 car lengths back to my car. She was driving a newer Mercedes. Tires were probably fine, but no chains. It was a solid sheet of ice there in between Union Jacks and the Doug Fir. I had to rev in 1st and turn my steering wheel back and forth to get any traction. I think she just didn't know what to do and I was getting frustrated.

 

[Blazer_Hippie]

I just retrieved my truck off Germantown Rd...people were definitely out of their element last night. It was like watching bumper cars. I saw 5 cars hit each other (and block the road) before I got sick of waiting and walked home...

 

[Eastoff]

I just retrieved my truck off Germantown Rd...people were definitely out of their element last night. It was like watching bumper cars. I saw 5 cars hit each other (and block the road) before I got sick of waiting and walked home...

WOW yeah I guess it is. I remember driving along and seeing many cars stopped on the side of the road, and felt smug i kept my chains in my trunk. I saw a cali plate and was even more smug.

 

[THE HCP]

MY CAR WAS GREAT! I'm anti-chains. Keepin it real! German auto performance at it's best!

 

[mgb]

It's funny when people try to turn a corner to fast and their car starts sliding forward and they don't let off of the turn! Or if they hit the brakes and start sliding they just stay locked on the brakes.

Anyone know how the roads are now? Any better?

 

[Eastoff]

It's funny when people try to turn a corner to fast and their car starts sliding forward and they don't let off of the turn! Or if they hit the brakes and start sliding they just stay locked on the brakes.

Anyone know how the roads are now? Any better?

pretty good in LO.