It's a winter wonderland

"Clown Shoe Pilot" (csp) 12/09/2017 at 09:43 • Filed to: None

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pip bip - choose Corrour > Clown Shoe Pilot 12/09/2017 at 09:54

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i’ll just stay here and be warm

Clown Shoe Pilot > pip bip - choose Corrour 12/09/2017 at 10:00

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this was yesterday morning. it’s all melted now

Ash78, voting early and often > Clown Shoe Pilot 12/09/2017 at 10:11

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COTA?

Birmingham got dumped on, it’s almost all still here, but with a nice hard icy crust. So strange this early in the year. Half the trees are still leaved. Leafed?

Clown Shoe Pilot > Ash78, voting early and often 12/09/2017 at 10:15

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Driving home thursday was a mess. Turns out the LED headlights on a Miata just collect snow and ice and get dimmer and dimmer while you drive. I had to hope that people would blast past me and splash me with water to knock the crust off the lights

Ash78, voting early and often > Clown Shoe Pilot 12/09/2017 at 10:22

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The one day every 10-15 years when you suddenly realize why all those European cars have headlight washers...

Clown Shoe Pilot > Ash78, voting early and often 12/09/2017 at 10:36

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Either it never snows in Japan, or the Japanese have the good sense to not drive a Miata in the snow.

If history is a guide, I will never have to worry about this again in this car, because when does it snow in Austin? Last snow I remember was a decade ago, and it ruined my sister in law’s outdoor wedding because who thinks it’s going to snow in Austin in April?

facw > Clown Shoe Pilot 12/09/2017 at 11:07

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Snowed in Austin in 2014.

The big problem is the LEDs. While they’re better in most ways, they produce far less heat and thus can’t melt snow off themselves.

Clown Shoe Pilot > facw 12/09/2017 at 11:22

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Did it snow? I thought it just iced a bit. I remember that the road crews were better prepared and had sprayed 45/130 toll road with the anti-ice goo before it moved in.

I knew the heat thing. I recall seeing that it’s been a past problem w/ traffic signals in the northern climes.

facw > Clown Shoe Pilot 12/09/2017 at 11:26

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Definitely snowed where I was. Not a ton of accumulation, but there was snow on the ground:

Tapas > Ash78, voting early and often 12/09/2017 at 11:45

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Enleavefened

Buick Mackane > Clown Shoe Pilot 12/09/2017 at 13:14

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Where?

scoob > Buick Mackane 12/09/2017 at 13:59

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COTA

Ash78, voting early and often > Tapas 12/09/2017 at 14:55

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Only at Passover

EL_ULY > Clown Shoe Pilot 12/09/2017 at 16:52

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Fuckin coooooooool!

ttyymmnn > Clown Shoe Pilot 12/26/2017 at 11:34

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Neat picture. Glad you survived the blizzard of 2017. How was that trail of lights thing out at COTA? We thought about taking the kids, but my wife heard through the grapevine that it was kind of lame.

Clown Shoe Pilot > ttyymmnn 12/26/2017 at 12:38

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I did indeed survive, but driving home during the heaviest snowfall kinda sucked.

Also, Winter Wonderland at COTA is kinda weaksauce. The grapevine is accurate.

ttyymmnn > Clown Shoe Pilot 12/26/2017 at 12:50

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So not worth $16? Too bad.