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Replying to: hondafriek (Jan 07, 2009 12:57 pm) Then again, I don't like chrome, period. |
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Finally joined the bandwagon. I'm looking for Lucien to send a Friend request, anyone else here? Maybe Lucien can suggest friends from the Crew once I find him.
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So the WRX +16" of snow + Dra at the wheel finally met its match. Well, we saw about 16" of snow over a couple of days and didn't see any snow plow on our street. Dra got stuck in our cul-de-sac after leaving the driveway. I was able to get it out but required repeated back and forth runs. She was fine once she got to the main part of our street which had seen more traffic to compact the snow. The car simply high centred and couldn't get the push it needed. After she had left it was hilarious because there was still about 5" of snow under the tire tracks. Maybe those extra 2" of clearance from the Forester would have helped, but I doubt it - even the 3/4 ton Yukon bogged more than once and was leaving a big flat spot behind, and it's more than 12" from ground to the belly . (I ended up using it as a big snow flattener and drove it repeatedly over the street to compact things down.) For the record, WRX and I are still undefeated, but I would consider that last one a split decision in my favour.
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Replying to: volkov (Jan 09, 2009 9:54 am) 
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Replying to: volkov (Jan 09, 2009 9:54 am) You have a new '09 WRX, correct? What tires are on your car? Stock summer tires? Bob
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Replying to: rsholland (Jan 09, 2009 10:15 am) I'm running proper winter tires, and they were doing fine - she was throwing plenty of snow around the neighbourhood. That actually makes things worse of course because eventually you throw off your contact patch and are on your belly with tires spinning in air. It was just that things were so deep, the tires bit the snow, but the snow-snow adhesion wasn't enough to push the increasing pile on the front bumper. As I said, there was still 5" of snow under her tire tracks.
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we have the snow machine cranked and running .... we had several inches today (was wishing I had the taller boots and not the "high ankle" ones) ... more tonight ... good possibility of at least a foot by tomorrow ....
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Replying to: ateixeira (Jan 09, 2009 9:13 am)
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Replying to: ladywclass (Jan 09, 2009 4:12 pm) I was prepping myself last night and wore that garb, along with my winter coat, gloves, and boots, out to feed the chickens. I tell ya, my knees were quite cold by the time I made it back to the house ten minutes later! 
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Replying to: ladywclass (Jan 09, 2009 4:12 pm) We're in the middle of a major melt-off - even made the national news Wednesday night for our 60 inches of snow in 3 weeks and the flooding that ensues when it all melts all at once. So... the auger clutch cable on the snowblower broke the day after the first big snow. Yesterday afternoon, at the zenith of the meltdown, the shop called... it's fixed  Changed the oil after I got it home, during which I managed to take most of the skin off a knuckle trying to get the oil drain bolt loose. At work, we've sustained a 38% increase in calls for service in the last 3 weeks compared to the same period last year. Yet another chapter in the story of Spokane Snowmageddon  Cheers! Paul
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