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Old 01-06-2011 | 11:20 AM
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every day it doesn't look like this











maybe I should get some blizzaks?
Old 01-06-2011 | 11:24 AM
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No you need a snowmobile^^^^^^
Old 01-06-2011 | 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider
every day it doesn't look like this

maybe I should get some blizzaks?
LOL i haven't seen an fbody buried that bad since they dug KARR out of the sand in KITT vs KARR.
Old 01-06-2011 | 12:10 PM
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hahaha yeah it sucked. maybe mattracks will fit?
Old 01-06-2011 | 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by 1995blacktattop
LOL i haven't seen an fbody buried that bad since they dug KARR out of the sand in KITT vs KARR.
XD hahahahaha seriously.. thats horrible. but we got it Bad on the east coast... My car woulda looked like that if we didnt have 40 mph winds. My car had maybe 8" on it but my neighbor that parks right next to me by a wall had a good 4' on her car
Old 01-06-2011 | 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Torque Fiend
i USE blizzaks and have 150 lbs of sand in the back.. It's pretty good, but what can suck is getting into/out of parking spots.


| 95 Trans Am | do you wash the car yourself, or take it to get washed? If you wash it yourself, how do you brave the cold?
I get asked that alot, i wait for a sunny day and i do it. And i also use hot water in the bucket so that helps. Feels wierd being the only non salt covered car on the road
Old 01-06-2011 | 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider
every day it doesn't look like this



maybe I should get some blizzaks?
Lol was that the blizzard from last year? We're in PA and thats how mine looked as well
Old 01-06-2011 | 04:13 PM
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nope that was the one like 2 weeks ago. here is mine:







Old 01-06-2011 | 04:17 PM
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mine was "covered" during that blizzard as well, well kind of



(its an old photo but its in the same garage under the same cover currently)
Old 01-06-2011 | 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by coolmanvette75
nope that was the one like 2 weeks ago. here is mine:

I feel for you guys!!

That's not all that an unusual sight for those of us in the "snow belt", but our highway departments have the equipment to handle it, so they have us dug out in a couple of hours. I'm originally from central NJ, and my relatives keep me informed about how bad the roads get, when you get one of those "freak storms"....
Old 01-07-2011 | 01:19 AM
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My TA has never been driven in winter, but it has always been a play car and never used for daily driving either.
In Nebraska 4x4s are for winter.

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I driven mine 365 a year. Not having traction is a pain especially driving on black ice. Adding weight hasn't helped for traction or my midsection lol. I'll be trying to buy a dd early spring.
Old 01-07-2011 | 07:04 AM
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i live in chicago. i have owned several cars and the worse problem i have had is letting them site to much. if it is dry out in winter i take mine out around the block at least . the exhaust can rust out on a car just sitting. tires can flatspot. gaskets dry out, etc. at least start them up. a heated garage helps a LOT.
Old 01-07-2011 | 01:22 PM
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[QUOTE=coolmanvette75;14326095]nope that was the one like 2 weeks ago. here is mine:



Thats a car? Haha
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yup somewhere under that mess was my camaro
Old 01-07-2011 | 04:44 PM
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My 94 Camaro saw her first snowfall of the year today. Took a pic of my Camaro while stopping for lunch...



I have 4 salad shooters on the car with 225/60r16s on the front and 245/50r16s in the rear...i know you are supposed to have skinny ones, but I made it through last year with the same no problem.
Old 01-07-2011 | 04:49 PM
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Here's a funny (well not-so funny) fact.

it was so hot in december I needed AC.
Old 01-07-2011 | 10:16 PM
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It gets pretty cold in Louisiana but it hardly ever snows. So I can drive mines anytime of the year...
Old 01-16-2011 | 06:22 PM
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i run a pair of used bridgestone blizzack tires on the rear of my 91 camaro "winter beater"
with a sand tube for weight . no problems traction wise.
Old 01-16-2011 | 06:32 PM
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They throw so much salt here on the roads I wouldn't have a car left after the winter was up.... yuck


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