by "Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
Published 03/14/2017 at 10:13
by "Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
Published 03/14/2017 at 10:13
Tags: Snow
STARS: 4
So, the initial snowstorm only dropped 7 inches in my neighbourhood. Not bad, manageable. Most of it was melted by the end of the day too. Oh, but Lake Michigan likes to be a showoff...
By this morning, my neighbourhood got an additional foot.
On top of that, the temps dropped to the teens, so it took 45 minutes to remove the wall of snow and ice covering Tucker.
I decided to take a paid day off. I’m not even going to try going to work, the traffic map to work is redder than a Ferrari.
Once I got Tucker excavated, I went out for some breakfast. It was a blast drifting my way about empty parking lots while drinking a nice tea. :)
I also helped get a FR-S up an incline it was stuck on.
I also love how Tucker handles snow . The Best way to drive a smart in snow is to “brute force” it. Keeping momentum is absolutely key. So long as you keep momentum, the car will slice through any depth of snow. But, if you stop and the snow is deep-ish, there’s no guarantee that you’re going to get going again without turning off traction control and flooring it, or getting a push.
"boredalways" (boredalway666)
03/14/2017 at 10:19, STARS: 3
Seems appropriate
Because it is
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
03/14/2017 at 10:25, STARS: 2
Woke up to 4 inches yesterday, shoveled and went to work. Parked in 4 inches at work. Left to find I was now parked in 12 inches and got stuck trying to leave to go home....
Thankfully we only got a dusting last night so I didn’t have to dig out again.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
03/14/2017 at 10:53, STARS: 2
You guy’s got a lot more than we did. We got maybe 2" yesterday and another 4" or so last night. Might actually have to snow-blow when I get home.
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
03/14/2017 at 11:32, STARS: 0
I bet those are just fun little cars. Makes me want to drive one
"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
03/14/2017 at 11:41, STARS: 1
The new ones are a blast when you spool up the turbo. No tiny car should feel that fast. :D
"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
03/14/2017 at 11:41, STARS: 1
The new ones are a blast when you spool up the turbo. No tiny car should feel that fast. :D
"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
03/14/2017 at 11:42, STARS: 1
I’m like a mile from the shore. So when we get lake effect, we get hammered!
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
03/14/2017 at 11:59, STARS: 0
I don’t miss those days. I grew up in Deerfield, and that was close enough to get hammered by the Lake effect stuff pretty regularly.