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-mike
especially when flanked by 18 wheelers on each side.
-Dave
-mike
The Miata is surrounded by a two foot deep wall of ice from the plows. It probably won't get out of that spot until Spring.
-juice
It was 70 degrees and sunny here in the Bay Area! :-D
Ken
About 10" of pure ice rained down on the Hudson Valley on Wednesday. It was like living in a real live snow globe for most of the day. Tempertures remained in the teens as 1/8" ball bearings bounced everywhere. The end result was incredibly heavy and difficult to move. I was out there after dark with a roof rake, and used a little electric snow blower on my deck, concerned about that much weight. Figure something like 40-50 lbs per square foot. Then add in a little sunlight on Thursday morning, and it quickly fused to solid ice.
Meanwhile, over at the Poughkeepsie Galleria Mall, snow crews decided to make a three story high mountain with the snow they scraped off of the upper deck of the parking garage. Yes, right there on the deck. It didn't last long.......
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=BK&Date=20070215&C- ategory=NEWS01&ArtNo=215001&Ref=PH&Params=Itemnr=3
Steve
-mike
For the first day or so I just drove over it, since it wasn't that deep, but I suspected the big freeze so I used a flat metal shovel to break it up and a snow shovel to push it away.
Brrr, it was 20 degrees when I went out today.
-juice
got to build a fire in my living room...burn the couch to stay warm!
Serge
Jim
Well it's in the high 30's here but that is in Celsius so 100 F for you folk.
I've spent the day erecting a glasshouse where it was getting up to high 50's inside (about 135F - sauna temperature) I reckon I lost a couple of litres of fluid as i had to work inside for a while. Much happier when we got onto installing the frog pond and I had to stand in the middle of it with the hoses on me. All this is in aid of environmental education for the kids who attend the local primary school where I am Council President.
I must say that snow seems quite appealing at present!
Cheers
Graham
This has become a real problem for motorists, as large chunks of ice flying off trucks, cars, SUVs, and minivans have caused a lot damage and a number of accidents, at least here in Maryland. The police are now actively ticketing cars with an $80.00 fine when they catch vehicles that haven't cleaned off their roofs.
This happened to me a couple of weeks ago, as I was driving on the Baltimore Beltway when a large chunk of ice flew off a truck in front of me and hit my windshield. Fortunately it didn't break the windshield, but it scared the hell outta me.
Because of this ice, we've also had a rash of sledding accidents, because you can't control the sleds. In fact we just had a fatality yesterday when someone sledding crashed into a tree and was killed instantly.
Bob
We were in West Virginia last week for skiing, and their winter climate is more like what I grew up with. Barely warmed up to 10F a couple days and was about -12F to -5F at night. It always amazes me how different the climate is when I travel just 250 miles west into the Appalachian mountains. Part of it is the 4000-5000ft elevations, I am sure.
Looks like the East Coast will get a gradual warmup starting Monday. I have a feeling we'll see one more cold snap before spring shows up, however. We had a mild early winter, and many years these are followed by a harsher late winter and early spring. More moisture shows up in March, which is often when we get the biggest snowfalls in these oddball winters. I have been studying weather a lot recently, and sometimes the best way to predict the future weather is to look for analogues with past winters. These say we could have a very snowy March.
It's supposed to hit 45F here today, which will be the warmest day in a long time by far. I think I am going to wash my car since it's coated in salt from last week's ski trip. Hard to believe, but 45F will feel balmy!
Craig
We're starting our spring yard cleanup today. Currently 52F at 10:30AM here in my corner of western WA. Sunny, mild breeze (for Feb.), and a forecast of highs in the mid fifties. Definitely smells like spring. Supposed to cool down to low 40s w/rain soon, though... more like normal. Like you, Craig, I think we'll see one more cold snap, too. Not uncommon for us to get a small, slushy snowfall or two in March.
Craig
-Brian
I have seen multiple cars on the roadside with caved in windscreens, and very nearly lost mine as well. I have also seen 2 in the neigborhood, where ice chunks gave way from tall trees and crashed through the glass of cars parked below.
I have missed the FXT's LSD a little bit this go-round. But the GF hasn't gotten stuck (nor has the BG). I will say, these conditions were almost too much for A/S tires, first time I've ever really felt that way. 20" of snow wasn't a problem for the tires the way this ice and extreme (for us) cold is. I don't know if it's worth the trade-off in overall winter sport handling to run winter tires instead of HP A/S for how rare an occurence it is, though
Bob
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(and here's one for you Bren, since you don't like people tweaking the discussion titles around here: Bad Audi)
Bob
Hmm. :confuse:
Bob
-mike
This is due to low ground clearance and a lousy angle of approach. In this kind of weather I really do wish I still had a 4x4 truck
Bob
Those lower parts are plastic, right? Is it just a scrape in the paint that can be filled?
If it's any consolation, I watched a guy "beach" his Audi on some snow the other day when he pulled into a spot at the local ski area. He immediately backed out and ripped the bumper cover loose from the bottom, and then grille parts and trim rings went flying forward! It was a rather fantastic spectacle to see the bumper blow apart like that.
As for the log in issues, it seems to be an issue sometimes with IE. I use Firefox and never had problems.
ladywclass are you still having issues?
Bob
Bob
New name = new discussion = new posts
I THOUGHT some of those posts looked familiar as I was catching up!!
Details of the car:
1994 Subaru Legacy Turbo 5MT
Grahm Goode Turbo Back 3.5" Exhaust
FHI 4-pot front Calipers
DBA DB4000 Slotted and treated Rotors Front
Mountain Vented stock rotors rear
Hawk Blue Pads Front
Hawk Black Pads Rear
Goodridge SS Lines
ATE Superblue Fluid
Hella Micro DE HID Projector Fog Lights
99 2.5RS 16" Rims
Yokohama A048R Race Tires
Toyo Proxy RA1s Race Rain Tires
Faulken Azenis Sports Practice Tires
GAB Coilover Struts Front and Rear may swap to JIC Coilovers midway through the weekend w/camber plates
Autopower Rollcage Weld-in
Tekk 5watt Radios with 1/4wave antenna
STi Short Throw shifter w/linkage
Sparco Evo 2000 Seat
Sparco Removable Steering Wheel
That's it the rest is fairly stock.
Adam the driver won the ECHC- H5 Class last year, 1/2 way through the season he had it locked up! He is a long time 2.5RS owner since 1999 and we started Auto-xing and HPDEing together. Great driver. Alex will be our crew chief, and we have a few other support folks as well. I'll be managing and spotting/working the radios from the pits and Timing.
Anyone in the Danville, VA area that wants to come down and watch drop me an e-mail!
-Mike
-mike
The Miata, on the other hand...I'm sure I got some scratches when I got it out. Had to rock it, a lot, and this is after it had been stuck for 8 days!
I let it melt as much as I could, then carved a narrow path, but I had to back out up a slight incline.
After having lots of clearance, AWD, and snow tires, going to RWD with all seasons 4" off the ground is pretty much the opposite - horrible in these conditions.
-juice
I'm sorta helping coach my daughter's hoops team, mostly because I want to start my own team with my son later on. She plays Sat. afternoon. They're pretty good, too, haven't lost a game yet. :shades:
-juice
Ken
Bob
-juice
This would have the added benefit of reducing the silhouette of your car, making it more aerodynamic! LOL