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Old 02-10-2010, 02:50 PM
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NY Shoulda bought snow tires...

Cuz NYC is currently getting blasted by almost 2 feet of snow. My baby is stranded for a couple days.
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ontario is getting some nice snow man been snowing since last night and i got no snow tires either gotta live life on the edge lol
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The RX8 sleeps in the driveway. Infiniti AWD ftw.
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snow tires won't work in 2 feet of snow
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Originally Posted by dillsrotary
snow tires won't work in 2 feet of snow


More than ~6-7 inches (or whatever ride height) on the road, and it doesn't matter what tire you have on
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yah the rx8 is good till about 4 inches if it' completely unplowed. But in the NY area it usually either gets matted down by other cars, or plowed, so you really just need them for the traction.

I just spent an hour drifting around town.....yah you really do need some snows + shitty winter rims, or a FWD/AWD beater...
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worst is when slush gets stuck ontop of the plastic part under the car and freezes
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Agreed was suppose to be working on the car but snow has taken the joy right out of my heart!
Hay crazyjek what part of the Bronx r u from I'm in co-op
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I live in CT. I bought a brand new snowblower about seven weeks ago, it hasn't snowed since!
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Originally Posted by Mr.We$t
Agreed was suppose to be working on the car but snow has taken the joy right out of my heart!
Hay crazyjek what part of the Bronx r u from I'm in co-op
Im from Morris Park right off of Pelham Parkway. Literally 5 minutes from co-op

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I live in CT. I bought a brand new snowblower about seven weeks ago, it hasn't snowed since!
LOL that is what usually happens. Its kinda like detailing your car. It wont rain for 3 weeks, but the day after you wax it, it rains.
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K cool when ever I get my ride off of bricks we gotta head to the Thursday night meets
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Im NOT in NYC now yay ~!

nice and hot outside ... 70 something degrees.

I wonder what my car is like right now, I left it in my drive way hmm ...
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my mx3 is ftw in nyc ;]
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its not bad down here is colorado, but too late to buy tires, guess we just have to troop it out or get a little risky which i would rather just stay home and miss work/ school w/e. then go and get hurt, hurt someone else or just have to deal with a lot of ****... thats why over the summer im saving up and buying some pos integra w/e to drive when it snows.
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im in pa and we got hammered too needless to say mine is in the grage for a long time lol till it all melts away
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I know what you mean. I went to Nebraska on Friday early in January. Not much happened.....it was ever so slightly snowy. Nothing my summer tires couldn't handle. I heard it would snow Sunday evening, good thing I'd be gone already.

Saturday night/Sunday morning....it started snowing.

I was in Yutan at the time, and they didn't really plow. Thinking "As long as I get to the highway, I'll be OK. Nope, they did jack there also. After about 20 minutes, there was a hill with a slight turn to the left. Well, let's just say I went out of control. Back end goes left into the oncoming lane while my front end runs into the previous weeks snow drift. Luckily, no damage, but a 6 hour drive home took about 10 hours.

Rawwwrrr, if I would have had snow tires at that time, I wouldn't have had an issue. Thank god I have it now.

Gotta post pics still...
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Mine is in its bed under a blanket , hibernating till mid April . I haven't even looked at it since like a month ago .
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