Snowy day today [Archive]

bubba1983

12-16-2007, 10:03 AM

so whats erbody doing today?
im currently at the g/f's house, watchin everybody tryin to get out of the complex's parking lot (its on a hill) they are all struggling to make it up it....its quite funny

hows the snow round your neck of the woods, hows the driving? Im diying to test the roads (im wierd liek that)

any pictures you folks got ud like to share of this snow!!

dentinger

12-16-2007, 10:04 AM

i just woke up, and from my bed all i saw was white out the window. so i got up, put on my glasses, and sure enough, everything IS white....
now if i could just find where my mazda is parked under all this snow :chuckle

bubba1983

12-16-2007, 10:12 AM

bahahahhahah
days like today i love!!!
ill go out random driving, nobody is on teh roads i love it

dentinger

12-16-2007, 10:28 AM

yes!
i picked up my sister from her friends house last night at 11ish. and on our way home, i made a stop in a snowy, empty parking lot.
it was quiet funny, cuz while i was drifting, me and her where having a really calm conversation. i found it amusing.

unfortunately, i think im going to be the one who has to shovel/snowblower the driveway.....
*shivvers from thought of cold*
lol

bubba1983

12-16-2007, 10:34 AM

lol
jus watched another poor sole try to make it up the complex driveway hahahah

WhiteSpeed3

12-16-2007, 10:44 AM

SNOW iv been waiting for this day and the best part is theres not much snow on my driveway cuz are cars cover most of it

WhiteSpeed3

12-16-2007, 10:45 AM

lol
jus watched another poor sole try to make it up the complex driveway hahahah

i wish i can watch stuff like that but i live in a stupid court that no one comes into

doughboyr6

12-16-2007, 10:48 AM

lol
jus watched another poor sole try to make it up the complex driveway hahahah

you're evil...haha.....

i hope they're not sliding backwards into cars or onto a street.

dentinger

12-16-2007, 11:12 AM

lol, i agree with bubbs, its fun to watch ppl slide all over the place.
and thats what i love about standard tranny's, if you cant get any traction in 1st gear, just put it into second. its a lower gear, so its harder to lose traction. its only saved my about a million times now lol.

also, i just shoveled my driveway. wow, wat a waste of time that was. i started in my backyard, and made my way forward. by the time i finished at the sidewalk, my backyard was already covered in about an inch of snow.
then i dusted my car off in case i have to go somewhere later, agian, a big waste of time.

dentinger

12-16-2007, 11:14 AM

and with my car being lowered on sportlines, i dont think i'll be going anywhere until the streets get plowed.....
altho, ive been tihnking about just turning my underglow onto 'blue pulse' and using my car as a snowplow. lol

mit-gee-mui

12-16-2007, 11:15 AM

I just attempted to go to Richmond Hill from Mississauga. Bad idea. :loco I couldn't even make it to the street from my house. Then, I got stuck at the end of my driveway. :bang Thanks to Pilzz and my other neighbour, my car is back in the garage, my driveway is shovelled and I am nice and warm again.:) THANK YOU AGAIN!:)

Stop laughing at me.....:complain

dentinger

12-16-2007, 11:38 AM

meh, i get stuck all the time. luckily, i rarely get so stuck that i need a push.
but im with you tho mgm, i shovelled the driveway, and went back inside...where it is warm

Unoriginalusername

12-16-2007, 12:23 PM

brrrrrrrrr

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v252/cndxrs/HPIM0707.jpg

Tokic_o

12-16-2007, 12:26 PM

haha I'm too lazy to go shovel/snowblow my driveway, theres too much coming down!!

I'll just enjoy the raptors game first :chuckle

cwp_sedan

12-16-2007, 12:46 PM

I might venture out in this a little later. I love driving in the deep snow. I'm past bored already and I need something to do other than watch TV...

dj_chinaman2097

12-16-2007, 01:02 PM

Snowy picture time!

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f100/djchinaman/IMG_0011_copy.jpg
My car is in this shot. Can you find it? :chuckle

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f100/djchinaman/IMG_0007_copy.jpg
My sister asked me to take a few photos to send back to her friends in Hong Kong. So this is my half-arsed attempt at being a photographer.

ZeroChalk

12-16-2007, 02:01 PM

staying in - don't want to snowplow the road with my lip or get stuck in the snowbanks..

dentinger

12-16-2007, 02:03 PM

wow, it took me ~10 minutes just to get out of my driveway!!!

lets see, i was able to slowly make it to the curb, where the trouble happened.
i had 2 wheels on the road, and 2 still on my driveway. it was about 10 minutes of digging out the snow under my car, and getting back in, and driving out as far as i could. usually about 6 inches at a time.
FINALLY, i got out, and very slowly made it to food basics for some grocerys....
it was fun nonetheless tho.

oh, you know whats fun?? U-turns on a snowy road. turn the wheel, and yank the e-brake. :chuckle

dentinger

12-16-2007, 02:04 PM

oh, and at times like this, i WISH i had a snowmobile or ATV.

i tihnk ive seen about 4 or 5 of em drivepast my house today.
GOD i am SO jealous!!!

Wild Weasel

12-16-2007, 02:06 PM

Must have been a little over 2 feet of snow out there. :(

I spent a few hours shovelling my driveway... and then my shovel broke!!!

Drove to Home Depot... bought a new one... came home and finished the driveway.

THEN the freakin' plow came by!! Hmph!!

gqstunning

12-16-2007, 02:06 PM

I just made my home commute from Newmarket to Markam. it was next to 0% visibility on the 404. If you don't have an emergency outside, then don't drive! My car has normal ride clearance and I was struggling! The snowtechs are awesome though. But even with good tires there are still a lot idiot drivers to take the better ones out!

Skarbro

12-16-2007, 02:43 PM

We spend the night at a friends house, then drove home at 9am in white-out conditions on the 404. I can't believe some of the idiots out there driving at nearly 100 km/h on the snow.

dentinger

12-16-2007, 02:58 PM

i think the fastest i was going today was around 30km/h... and that was after the snow plow had plowed the roads

Xerox

12-16-2007, 03:13 PM

I live in a court so there’s about 7 feet of snow piled up in the center. One of my neighbor apparently didn't see it and drove her van right into it and got stuck. It's all white so if you're not paying attention it can happen.

1flycdnM3

12-16-2007, 03:29 PM

I have already shoveled my driveway 3 times today and still not even gone anywhere but lastnight it was AWESOME driving my car in the snow!!!
If anyone has a chance to get Pirelli winter tires... DO IT... I LOVE THEM!!!

This is my first time EVER driving with winter tires and the difference is night and day :)

dr1ft3r

12-16-2007, 03:48 PM

i can't believe i left this
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa194/dr1ft3r310/DSC00729.jpg

for this
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa194/dr1ft3r310/16122007461.jpg

:bang

cereal83

12-16-2007, 03:55 PM

My car is currently stuck in snow up halfway up the door. I tried to shovel all around it but it's too much work, even if I do get out I have 3 feet of snow behind my car and 3 feet infront of it so I am screwed.

Oh yeah, we are getting 2-4 cm an hour for the rest of the day so watch out

dj_chinaman2097

12-16-2007, 04:08 PM

i can't believe i left this :bana2

for this :bang

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f100/djchinaman/IMG_0065_copy.jpg
At least you have a garage for your 3. A Nissan 240sx sits in my garage. :complain

Wild Weasel

12-16-2007, 04:20 PM

This is my first time EVER driving with winter tires and the difference is night and day :)

Now you see what we've been talking about all this time. :bana

Any other recent converts out there feeling they've made a good investment now?

cwp_sedan

12-16-2007, 04:39 PM

Just got back from doing some shopping. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. The winter tires definitely made the difference. The mall was empty too so that's always a bonus.

Unoriginalusername

12-16-2007, 05:03 PM

Now you see what we've been talking about all this time. :bana

Any other recent converts out there feeling they've made a good investment now?

my winter beater doesn't have snows, but at 4000lbs it did just fine with the all seasons today :chuckle

SilentJay

12-16-2007, 05:26 PM

Drifting around parking lots with winters is a unique experience but not anywhere near as exciting as using bald all-seasons :P

dentinger

12-16-2007, 05:31 PM

winter drifting is perfect when you have about 1-2 inches of fresh snow imo

sunnyhomeboy

12-16-2007, 05:50 PM

my car is doing aggresive X-GAMES skiing maneuvers outside....skidding all round everywhere...freaking stock tires are crappppppp~GOOD YEAR SUCKX!

SP33D 3

12-16-2007, 05:53 PM

yeaaa, the snow here in whitby is above my lip so i think the speeds gonna be staying in the garage today, unlesss someone needs a snowplow! too bad since i need to find my way to the airport by 6am tomorrow, that will be quite the mission

iconicrocket

12-16-2007, 05:56 PM

Feel like going skiiing or boarding.

azn_outlaw

12-16-2007, 06:08 PM

I am slammed to the ground, so could not get anywhere in this weather...been at home all of Sunday and my car is well a giant snowball outside...meanwhile the other Mazda3 (also know as someones favorite car on this board)has not touched or seen the snow at all...

all though I did drive on Saturday night and got around fine, minus the Don Mills area where it sorta got stuck...car was to low and attempted to negotiate an unplowed area

but when I got on the 401 West, highway was not to bad....and when I got to Mississauga, i just entered the Storm on Sunday morning around 12:30am...

none the less was plowing but nothing dangerous, snow tires and driving according to conditions helped...yet fun to drift a bit in certain sections of the west end..

MattC

12-16-2007, 06:23 PM

I was unable to leave my house until 20 mins ago when the plough cleared our street. God damn car was too low to even get out of the driveway.

Tokic_o

12-16-2007, 06:32 PM

after 1 hr of snowblowing + brushing the snow off the car and helping a neighbour out, I've finally cleared my driveway of snow (for now) lol.

saw a lowered subaru get stuck on my street :chuckle

dentinger

12-16-2007, 06:36 PM

i got passed by a brand new impreza wrx today.

damn subie's and their 4wd lol

alhope34

12-16-2007, 06:49 PM

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Got that from Birchmount rd and Danforth rd today around 11am. I went out today to shovel our old neighbour's sidewalk, normally a short 10 minute walk turned into about 25 minutes walking in the knee-high snow. Poor old woman was so worried, she's 96 now and still tires to shovel her own snow. Other than that I was helping people get out of driveways and side streets.

One guy I helped out was really really REALLY stuck. He explained to me that he's from India and never even seen snow in his life before this winter. I told him what to do and got him out and told him how to avoid being stuck in the future. Really thankful guy.

And about building parking garages...ours has a really steep slope to get out from the basement, and while I was getting my winter work boots from my car I saw a car leaving, then going up the hill I started hearing his tires spin. Well, the door closed and he started sliding back with the wheels spinning like crazy then a big BANG. I went around the corner to look and the guy's trunk was through the garage door...ouch... When they got out of the car the dude's little girl said "Daddy, why did you back up into the door?" That almost made me burst out laughing, even though I felt really bad.

Another fun thing today to watch... I live right at Birchmount and St Clair, and just north of St Clair, Birchmount has a pretty steep hill. A big rig with no trailer was stuck at the top with a TTC bus stuck behind it across both lanes, and two of those huge snow plows stuck facing the wrong way on the other side.

alhope34

12-16-2007, 06:54 PM

Arg...on the AWD subject... I hate it when people with huge 4x4 trucks and AWD cars think they can go speeding by in snow or ice and think they will be fine. Yes, they get added traction for acceleration, but what most fail to remember is that ALL cars have 4 wheels to stop. Braking statistics do not change from FWD to RWD to AWD (not counting engine braking). I still firmly believe FWD is best for snow. AWD and RWD can both spin out, AWD is much better to avoid being stuck, but also get a false sense of traction. FWD won't spin out so easily around corners, and you still realize just how slippery it is.

Anyway, that's just my opinion and mini-rant on oblivious AWD and 4x4 drivers.

KenYork

12-16-2007, 07:08 PM

allhope34... My parents just live down the street just north of Birchmount Park CI. you may see me driving by once in a while.

Was at the airport this morning dropping off a friend, not bad 35mins or so from my house (WC&dundas)to the airport. Spent most of my day in and out of the house shoveling my driveway.. I didn't attempt to do it all at once since I wasn't going anywhere anyhow.

Suppose to be -9 tomorrow and feel like -18. Dress warm.

OnkelHans

12-16-2007, 07:19 PM

Damn Plows!
I just missed a flight to Calgary cause I can't get a taxi and my condo is plowed in. Of course I don't own a shovel (but I don't think I could move the snowbank anyway.
Damn Plows!

bubba1983

12-16-2007, 07:46 PM

LOVE THIS WEATHER!
i was out today, ALL OVER gods creation...
i purposely go out and drive in this stuff....I LVOE IT WOOHOOO

im like a freakin kid on christmas when it coems to snow....

i will say one thing tho...i will NEVER be lowered in winter EVER AGAIN. Im currently on stock springs/struts, and i LOVE IT. Not sure if its a combination of the crazy winter tires i have, or my driving abilities, or just sheer luck, but i put my car in some haaaaaairy spots today, and it just chugged on right thru it!!
Helped out sooo many people from gettin stuck, and their comment to me was "thanks....but i think your gonna need help getting thru here"...then i proceed to chug right past them.

yay snow....im so ...i love this car in teh snow!!

alhope34

12-16-2007, 08:10 PM

allhope34... My parents just live down the street just north of Birchmount Park CI. you may see me driving by once in a while.

Haha, I went to Birchmount for 4.5 years of schooling. I've lived in this area for 14 years now. If you see an 08 red 'speed3 with the plate letters BCJJ, give a honk. Go to the mini meet tomorrow! I plan to be there if the roads are good enough.

dr1ft3r

12-16-2007, 08:11 PM

Damn Plows!
I just missed a flight to Calgary cause I can't get a taxi and my condo is plowed in. Of course I don't own a shovel (but I don't think I could move the snowbank anyway.
Damn Plows!

Youy are better off staying at home. most flights are delayed for hours or cancelled. My moms flight to philippinnes was cancelled today too.

chinsterr

12-16-2007, 08:41 PM

I had no trouble driving on the major streets at 11am, and the fact that no one else was brave enough to go out made it a lot easier.

I got home an hour later only to get stuck on my driveway going into the garage ><

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KenYork

12-16-2007, 08:42 PM

Haha, I went to Birchmount for 4.5 years of schooling. I've lived in this area for 14 years now. If you see an 08 red 'speed3 with the plate letters BCJJ, give a honk. Go to the mini meet tomorrow! I plan to be there if the roads are good enough.

I graduated from there 1994. Lived in the area for 4yrs myself, 12 years at Vic.Park Gerrard.

chinsterr... should have shovelled for you car to get in... caus you'd have to shovel to get out anyhow.

chinsterr

12-16-2007, 08:49 PM

I graduated from there 1994. Lived in the area for 4yrs myself, 12 years at Vic.Park Gerrard.

chinsterr... should have shovelled for you car to get in... caus you'd have to shovel to get out anyhow.

Ya , I thought about shoveling before I went out but I was in a bit of a rush.

I was afraid if I left my car on the street to shovel, a snow plow might come. So I took the chance and got stuck on the driveway which is probably better than being trapped on the street when the snow plow blocks in your car !

I still can't believe I didn't get stuck in the middle of the street on my way out , which happened the last snow storm we had.

///M

12-16-2007, 08:58 PM

I got around fine today with a low RWD car. The Dunlop Wintersport 3Ds cut through the snow with no problems at all!

http://www.digitastic.biz/misc/snow.jpg

Thunder 3

12-16-2007, 09:02 PM

Sounds like I moved to Manitoba right on time!

I think its funny that this is all over every news channel...Barrie gets snow like that all the time and nobody cares, lol. Suck it up!

alhope34

12-16-2007, 09:35 PM

yearoftherat

12-16-2007, 09:49 PM

Sounds like I moved to Manitoba right on time!

LOL...My old stomping grounds. Wait til you get the snow.. Manitoba usually gets hit with 2 to 3 big storms and nothing like the -30'C !!

Tokic_o

12-16-2007, 09:56 PM

chinsterr

12-16-2007, 10:24 PM

Oh man, nice mansion.

Wow what area is this? The house looks huge (and the lot must be huge since I only see 1 house lol)

you still on Htechs?

AHAHA that mansion is the house across the street.

I live in markham @ warden/16th. The area is cachet woods.

Yup, still on Htechs :)

ZeroChalk

12-16-2007, 11:00 PM

I took my car for a spin around 6:00p to get groceries.. and I got stuck on the side street going out. Snow too deep? Thankfully I always keep a shovel and dug myself out. I dunno, perhaps I let the clutch out too fast, but sometimes I spin on winters at a red light? I'm using hankooks.

Any tips? Next car will definitely be awd.

WhiteSpeed3

12-16-2007, 11:35 PM

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/8408/spa0216zn1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

sorry for the pic it was on my cell

u think the government would pay if the plow did some thing to my car

dentinger

12-16-2007, 11:50 PM

i doubt it.

unless you had to park it on the road.
ie, the plow had just blocked in your driveway.

RallyPlaya

12-17-2007, 01:22 AM

It Toook Me Sooo Long To Showel My Driveway But After My Car Got Out Real Good That Was A Ton So Snow Im Happy I Didnt Buy Raps Tix 4 The Boston Game

Voodoo

12-17-2007, 02:55 AM

the worst road condition i ever drive on. it took 2 hrs for me to go from Guelph to Vaughan on Sat night, thing was fine till i hit Mississauga, the road was flippery, traffic was flowing @ 40km/h on 401. my mazda3 stuck in my gf house' driveway the whole day Sunday with 3 feets of snow all around it. Had to go shopping with her on her brother's Murano, it could make out/in the driveway. Drove back to Guelph Sunday night, still flippery road. But at last i made it home.
one thing i like about FWD is that i can feel the flippery road on my finger tips :)

Flagrum_3

12-17-2007, 05:26 AM

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/8408/spa0216zn1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

sorry for the pic it was on my cell

u think the government would pay if the plow did some thing to my car

Unfortunately, by law, its expected that all parked vehicles be cleared from the streets for snow-removal....so if there was damage there is no recourse.The onus is on the vehicle owner as the vehicle is classified as abandoned...they have the power to also tow the vehicle, impound it and it would cost you quite a bit to get it back...just FYI.

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WhiteSpeed3

12-17-2007, 06:18 AM

that sux well nothin is wrong with it

i was just woundering

yearoftherat

12-17-2007, 08:07 AM

Skarbro

12-17-2007, 08:12 AM

bubba1983

12-17-2007, 08:53 AM

whiteomega

12-17-2007, 08:54 AM

This is what I do not understand....

Why do large SUV drivers drive so freaking fast in this weather? Just because your truck has 4WD or AWD, it doesn't mean you should drive like it's dry out! Those freaking things do not stop any where near as well as my car. SUV drivers can be real morons.

Because they think they can. Because they think that technology will save them from their own stupidity.

Make something idiot-proof and someone invents a better idiot..

gqstunning

12-17-2007, 09:17 AM

Don't forget the transport trucks. I had one bear down on me until I let him overtake me yesterday. It looked like it was pushing 120km/h on the 404 at this point there was almost 0% visiblity. I hate being bullied on the road, especially in this weather.

Flagrum_3

12-17-2007, 09:48 AM

Flagrum_3

12-17-2007, 09:56 AM

I'm surprised that Toronto doesn't have a parking ban like they do in Winnipeg. In the winter, especially after a huge snowfall,you are not allowed to park on certain streets between 12 midnite and 6 am. This allows the snowplows to properly clean the streets. If a car is parked,they will get a ticket and may be towed.

They do.....But only on main streets such as Danforth Rd, Vic Prk, Yonge etc, etc; they can tow the vehicle away, but I guess they just don't have the resources.On back streets like I mentioned before the onus is on the vehicle owner to not have their vehicle on the road during snow storms such as the one we just experienced.But again resources i.e; Tow trucks are pretty busy taking care of other things to be dealing with illegally parked vehicles.They tend to focus on getting vehicles off the hiways.

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Wild Weasel

12-17-2007, 10:00 AM

I think that ploughing the car right in is just as good, and much easier, than towing it away. Then start putting tickets on it until it's gone. :D

Flagrum_3

12-17-2007, 10:38 AM

I think that ploughing the car right in is just as good, and much easier, than towing it away. Then start putting tickets on it until it's gone. :D

True, but I just heard the guy in charge of snow removal in Toronto say, that in those cases they must return to the same road again to remove the pile left behind eventually, thus costing you and me and all tax payers more money!

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Wild Weasel

12-17-2007, 11:35 AM

Yep. And I saw them doing exactly that last night on my street. There had been a van parked on the road and they ploughed it right in. I wish I'd been around to see the owner dig it out. :D Then, later on, a pickup with a plough came along to clean up the area where it had been.

But what's the solution? There's no way it could have been towed once the plough went by and you can't expect the plough driver to stop and give tickets. I can only hope that the guy in the pickup would have had that authority if it had still been there when he came to do the cleanup.

Flagrum_3

12-17-2007, 04:03 PM

Well I have put some thought into this exact problem, don't ask,I guess I'm just anal or bored...and I don't know if its a perfect solution but here goes; Say they have a schedule, they know approx what time they will do your street, they have one guy driving around the streets that are scheduled in the next hour or 2, now if there is a car or cars parked illegally, than he calls for a tow truck(s) to tow the vehicle(s)...the poor sod(s) who own(s) the vehicle(s) would have to pay the towing and storage fee, plus a ticket which funds would help pay for the guy whose doing the spotting....Now people might think thats a little cruel and maybe it is, so lets say this spotter has access to information such as the police with a computer in the vehicle where he can take the plate number(s), call the owner(s) and warn them, that their vehicle(s) will be towed if not moved in the next hour.Hopefully the owner is home, takes the call, goes out moves the car long enough for the plow to do its job and parks back in his spot again....he might be out some sleep but he's not out a shitload of money.It all sounds nice but I don't know if its feasible.

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