about to go down the slip and slide

[diymirage]

so we have had a few BEAUTIFULL weeks here in Michigan
temps in the mid 40s not a cloud in the sky, slippers shorts and hoody weather, if you know what I mean

so, when my parents rolled into town a week ago, I told them it would be no problem for them to borrow my winter beater for a road trip (they flew in)
so sure enough, I dropped my boy off at school under a lead grey sky, and when I came back, I tossed my parents the keys to the charger
just as I watched the tail lights disappear I saw the first few specs of snow come dwindling down

now, about 6 hours later there is a few inches of fresh snow on the roads and I'm about to go pick my boy up from school in the duster
the funny thing is, I cant even get this car to hook on dry pavement, so it shouldn't be much different from summer driving

 

[diymirage]

good news, I made it back home

turns out, driving a 480 HP duster with open 3.23 gears on shoddy 225 tires in the snow is very much like riding a dirtbike...you get to steer with the throttle



the only real mistake I made was picking up pizza on the way home
with no heater in the car and snow on the rear window that whole car fogged up like a shower door

 

[Dr dan]

but it smelled divine!

 

[999yards]

40° is long johns, flannel lined pants, two shirts, and a sweat shirt with hoodie for me.

 

[diymirage]

40° is long johns, flannel lined pants, two shirts, and a sweat shirt with hoodie for me.

here in MI "official" snow shoveling attire is flipflops, shorts and a hoody
and if the person shoveling is smart, an MSU ball cap, if hes not to smart...UofM

 

[diymirage]

 

[chrgdrt]

At least you still have both wipers on the car, I removed my passenger one glad I didn't have to take the hotrod out today!

 

[diymirage]

At least you still have both wipers on the car, I removed my passenger one glad I didn't have to take the hotrod out today!

yes, I do still have both wipers BUT the low speed is busted, and so is the "return to zero doohickey" which means I have to play "wheel of fortune" and try to stop them right on the bottom each time

 

[daliant]

Snow on the back window and no pass side mirror sucks. One thing I don't miss is driving an A body in the snow.

 

[diymirage]

there is a passenger side mirror, but there was so much snow on it, and the window was so fogged up, there might as well not have been

 

[cosgig]

here in MI "official" snow shoveling attire is flipflops, shorts and a hoody
and if the person shoveling is smart, an MSU ball cap, if hes not to smart...UofM

Shoveled and ran the plow truck in crocs yesterday!! No problems!!