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Rate yourself (and be honest) as a driver on snow and/or ice
- Thread starter YellowSnow
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Overconfidence can get you sideways in a hurry.
My biggest strength is experience having grown up in serious snow cuntry and then moving back to it. I don't know if I quite have 10,000 hours in of snow driving, but it's definitely a "10,000 hour rule" type of skill where everything becomes 2nd nature and muscle memory.
My biggest weakness, is that I've had a lot of time to get my guys in there and I've always had good 4WD or AWD vehicles and good tires. My time logged in 2WD with shitty tires in snow/ice is more limited.
BennyBeaver
New Fish
It’s not the going, it’s the stopping.
Doog_de_Jour
New Fish
I used to be a Level III, but living in Bellevue and WFH made me soft.
But that’s about to change.
But that’s about to change.
Whut? Pray tell.
On the way to the 91 Rose Bowl after the 90 season (Hi MIke) we went single file through the Siskiyou mountains in a heavy snow storm
Fishpo31
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Living in Spokane (and EWA) for so long, I used to be pretty good. About 20 years ago, upon returning from Mazatlan about 11 PM on Christmas Eve, I decided it would be a good idea to drive to the Tri Cities so I could see my Dad (was in a nursing home) for Christmas. On Snoqualmie pass, the car in front of me did a 360. I still don't know how I did it, but I passed him at the 180 (not willingly, mind you) and skated through. After that, I became a lot less aggressive. Now, where I live, I don't leave the house until our hill has been plowed. I experienced a 1000 ft slide a couple days after moving in, and that was it for me.
Back in my shitty Maple Leaf real estate phase - shout out to @"Laocoön" - we were basically the highest elevation (not altitude @MikeDamone ) in all of Seattle. We used to get double the amount of snow as my Green Lake bruthas and sistas. I always found Roosevelt to be a safe snow day route. Bus line, so it gets plowed first, and heading from the top of the hill south, it was fairly low angle.
Doog_de_Jour
New Fish
I would say more, but I’m trying to elude @Swaye.
Fishpo31
Active poster
We are looking at going to Cle Elum for Christmas (Daughter and s-i-l bought a house)...It has become a sore subject, because I have never owned chains, and have never put them on a vehicle. My wife used to chain up to drive from her home, in Bellevue, to her office, also in Bellevue. When we coupled, I told her no more rear wheel drive cars (BMW)...
I don't let others drive when snow is on the ground. I do it.
Mostly you control the vehicle with gas, not the brake.
Long tim ago I had a pizza delivery job. They obligated a car topper. It started snowing in the middle of my shift and put a good 3" on the ground in about an hour. I was taking out an order and had to cut through a transit center. Started my turn and grabbed the E-Brake to "get my ass-end around quicker". I drove straight out of the turn. I guess I did it right because at that moment I looked left and a guy waiting for a bus started clapping for me.
Mostly you control the vehicle with gas, not the brake.
Long tim ago I had a pizza delivery job. They obligated a car topper. It started snowing in the middle of my shift and put a good 3" on the ground in about an hour. I was taking out an order and had to cut through a transit center. Started my turn and grabbed the E-Brake to "get my ass-end around quicker". I drove straight out of the turn. I guess I did it right because at that moment I looked left and a guy waiting for a bus started clapping for me.
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You still need to get some snow tyres bruh.
Not Donner Pass bro
The Throbber has to be Andretti on snow because the rest of you fucks think you are
True. But there's no readily accessible stuck in the snow in the 1800s images of Siskous. C' est la vie.
You don't gotta worry about me. But those others guys are fags!
