Anyone go driving in the snow w/ their Miata?
02-08-2010, 11:17 AM
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Anyone go driving in the snow w/ their Miata?
We were hit with ~28" of snow b/w Friday night - Saturday afternoon. I was severely tempted, but thought better after seeing how big some of the pilings in the middle of the plowed roads still existed.
I had someone pick me up in an older Subaru and we had some fun while they were plowing some of the office buildings. We'd find a virgin parking lot and had fun in the snow. Saturday and Sunday still had some nice (if you're out looking for snow) roads that had that piled up mush and some packed snow.
Rappadan came over to watch the UFC Saturday night w/ his truck and apparently had some fun on the way back home. Silly guy!
I had someone pick me up in an older Subaru and we had some fun while they were plowing some of the office buildings. We'd find a virgin parking lot and had fun in the snow. Saturday and Sunday still had some nice (if you're out looking for snow) roads that had that piled up mush and some packed snow.
Rappadan came over to watch the UFC Saturday night w/ his truck and apparently had some fun on the way back home. Silly guy!
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02-08-2010, 11:26 AM
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Was out in the miata earlier in the week when it first started to snow... RS3=Terrifying and obviously should never be driven in the snow but.. make a little fun for parking lots. With sub 1 inch of snow. Than rolled around in my friends Subaru got stuck in about a 3 ft snow drift we couldnt barely even get our doors open. Then some mennonites pulled us out lol
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02-08-2010, 11:54 AM
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We were hit with ~28" of snow b/w Friday night - Saturday afternoon. I was severely tempted, but thought better after seeing how big some of the pilings in the middle of the plowed roads still existed.
I had someone pick me up in an older Subaru and we had some fun while they were plowing some of the office buildings. We'd find a virgin parking lot and had fun in the snow. Saturday and Sunday still had some nice (if you're out looking for snow) roads that had that piled up mush and some packed snow.
Rappadan came over to watch the UFC Saturday night w/ his truck and apparently had some fun on the way back home. Silly guy!
I had someone pick me up in an older Subaru and we had some fun while they were plowing some of the office buildings. We'd find a virgin parking lot and had fun in the snow. Saturday and Sunday still had some nice (if you're out looking for snow) roads that had that piled up mush and some packed snow.
Rappadan came over to watch the UFC Saturday night w/ his truck and apparently had some fun on the way back home. Silly guy!
I was really disturbed by the lack of treatment to 66. Some spots were completely clear while others had inches of slush and muck.
So I'll keep the miata under the tarp, thank you very much.
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02-08-2010, 11:58 AM
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No miata cause driving it in this weather is dumb. I did however go pull some AWD drifts/doughnuts in a friends WRX in the lowes hardware parking lot... That was so much fun, I was really surprised how well that thing did in the snow! Sliding around all the lightpoles made me feel like a ken block wannabe lol
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02-08-2010, 08:36 PM
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Drove through 3 wisconsin winters with it, back when I had an open diff. I think the only truly scary time was when I put my RS-2s on too early and we had a freak blizzard the next day while I was at work. I had to try and stop going down a steep hill at which the bottm had two completely destroyed cars, a civic and a lincoln towncar (one couldn't stop while going downhill, slid right into the intersection at the bottom).
I've driven through snow deeper than the bottom of the car plenty of times. Its all about momentum. And yes I've also been ticketed for playing around in parking lots.
I've driven through snow deeper than the bottom of the car plenty of times. Its all about momentum. And yes I've also been ticketed for playing around in parking lots.
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