Snow:(

[OklahomaBoxster]

Not a Boxster kind of day it was 80 and sunny 3 weeks ago. Steering out of a massive slide sure wakes you up in the morning.

[CraigM]

Yeah. Just booked a rental car for the next few days down here, the Michelin Pilot super sports would not fare well.
Maybe next year I'll get a winter set of wheels/tires.

[antny]

I was just outside and was debating on finding a nice big open lot to have some fun in. I miss snow days from when I had my Subaru's but todays are the days I need to get a Jeep. My wife is pregnant now so I am going to have m FIL (he just bought a jeep) drive me to her work to drive her home.

[NewArt]

Hahaha! Snow! That's not snow! This is snow:

[CraigM]

Originally Posted by NewArt

Hahaha! Snow! That's not snow! This is snow:

Ha! You'll probably really laugh at us for this - DFW about shut down last night because it was likely to ice. My wife and I had a babysitter, so we were out for the night. Went to get dinner at 8:30 - "Ooh, sorry, we're closing early because of the weather, you just missed last call." Same story all over (Arlington Highlands area), ended up eating at a Whataburger. Classy!

[Jamesp]

I miss driving in the snow! Fish tails around the corners (oops!) and power sliding through parking lots! Don't miss the cold though.

[jmatta]

Here was my path to help a friend out...Northern Illinois and not fun with temps reaching minus 30 degrees F! Bad enough I had to clear my own drive.

[Redboxs]

Yeah today's weather was not boxster weather. And Newart, that's crazy.

[Retroman1969]

By the end of the day we had 5 inches.
That's a blizzard around here.


And year after year, many still drive as if they've never seen snow before.

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by Retroman1969

And year after year, many still drive as if they've never seen snow before.

And 99% of those in the ditch are on all seasons instead of being on winters.


Even my commuter bike tires are winter only. I cut through snow and ice like a hot knife through butter. 5 degrees this morning!

[antny]

I agree, Oklahoman's are the worst inclement weather drivers.

[Jamesp]

Originally Posted by antny

I agree, Oklahoman's are the worst inclement weather drivers.

I've never driven in Oklahoma, but here in Houston when there is ice on the road, nobody slows down. Ice on the freeway means less people out there so you can go 85 instead of 75. If there's no ice on the roadway, why would there be ice on the overpasses? When the rear end slides, either do nothing and hope for the best, or wildly whip the wheel back and forth, hoping for the best. If actual ice or snow ends up on the roads here, it's an accidentpalooza. When there is even a little bit of ice or snow on the roads here, I stay home.

[antny]

Originally Posted by Jamesp

I've never driven in Oklahoma, but here in Houston when there is ice on the road, nobody slows down. Ice on the freeway means less people out there so you can go 85 instead of 75. If there's no ice on the roadway, why would there be ice on the overpasses? When the rear end slides, either do nothing and hope for the best, or wildly whip the wheel back and forth, hoping for the best. If actual ice or snow ends up on the roads here, it's an accidentpalooza. When there is even a little bit of ice or snow on the roads here, I stay home.

I bet it is nuts down there. I have driven in Houston and the beltway can be crazy.

[Retroman1969]

Originally Posted by Jamesp

I've never driven in Oklahoma, but here in Houston when there is ice on the road, nobody slows down. Ice on the freeway means less people out there so you can go 85 instead of 75. If there's no ice on the roadway, why would there be ice on the overpasses? If actual ice or snow ends up on the roads here, it's an accidentpalooza.

Pretty much the same here.

[Retroman1969]

King of the Hill - Snow Job - YouTube
I love how whenever the weathermen (who are wrong 80% of the time anyway) even mention a dusting of snow, people rush the stores knocking each other over to grab all the shovels, blankets, salt, batteries, lanterns, and canned goods they can get their hands on.

[Pdwight]

The essentials are Bread and Milk......I suppose Milk Sandwiches are the key to snow survival when you get 1/4 inch of snow

[antny]

We do not get enough snow here in Oklahoma to warrant a dedicated winter set of tires. I am on summer tires and I was fine yesterday. It is just driving within your capabilities and not over doing it. Just be smart.

[Retroman1969]

Originally Posted by antny

We do not get enough snow here in Oklahoma to warrant a dedicated winter set of tires. I am on summer tires and I was fine yesterday. It is just driving within your capabilities and not over doing it. Just be smart.

That's it right there.
I've driven for 30 years without a set of snow tires and have never once ditched or wrecked a car. The first 20 of those years was in old domestic rear wheel drive cars with no traction control, anti-lock, or computers. Got along fine.
I see plenty of monster 4x4 trucks and SUVs with winter tires in the ditch. They're usually the ones speeding along and weaving through traffic like there's nothing on the road. Winter tires, traction control, etc., while beneficial, don't save one from being a drooling idiot.

[rbet]

I'm not sure what the weather is like in Oklahoma but even if you don't get snow if you have temps consistently below 40 degrees you can benefit from winter tires.

[antny]

Oh I agree I we had weather to that extreme. Seriously our winters are not that bad. The wind chill makes it colder than anything. Literally a couple weekends ago it was 80 degrees and it is normal for it to do that every winter. On average we might have two weeks of constant weather being less than 40 degrees, with only a couple day of snow/ice