Winter: Driving or Not

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  1. old81

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    @Tator, only 5 inches of new snow. Of course, you did not tell folks that Berthoud is your daily commute and you know if like the back of your hand. :arf: :Thumbsup:

    I do wonder what the 4wd folks thought as you motored by! :)
     
  2. beken

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    Use snowtires.

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  3. Crashton

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    Great picture! :Thumbsup:

    Snow tires FTW.... :)
     
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    Yea, with the right tires deep snow is not a problem

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  5. Justa Jim

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    :lol::lol::lol:

    I had a pick up truck once that look almost like that. :Thumbsup:

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    Too much wheel gap..... :smilewinkgrin:
     
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    So... for those of you who garage your MINI in the winter, how do you know when it's time to get it back out?

    The weather forecast is looking pretty nice around here... it's getting me antsy. But the roads still have crappy salt all over them. Ugh.
     
  8. DneprDave

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    I drive mine in the winter, but only when the weather is nice. The back of the MINI actually gets less dusty in the wintertime. I guess the damp streets keep the dirt stuck to them.

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    Most of my friends who garage their cars for the winter wait until after the first good rain washes the salt off the streets. That should happen around here by this weekend, according to the weather guessers.....

    However, I doubt the salt is really a problem, especially if you just wash the car sometime in the next few weeks, it's already well diluted by the snow melt.
     
  10. Redbeard

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    What is this "snow" you speak of? :ihih:

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    That's what I was thinking... but the boyfriend mentioned that there's still lots of rocks and crap on the road. Ugh rock chips. My next car is getting completely covered in clear vinyl.
     
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    Rain whats that? I won't see rain till late May. Live at 9'500 feet but we don't use salt. Something better, Mag Chloride although all the trees along the highways are dead because of it.
     
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    jbewely, on avalanches we have had alot this year. Theres one on Berthoud Pass called Stanley, it went two weeks ago, it was 20 to 30 feet high and over two football fields across it closed the pass for 32 hours had to go the long way for two days. Serious snow this year.
     
  14. Justa Jim

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    I saw a film while I was still on the NSP taken at Berthoud Pass. They knew the cornice was going to go, so they blasted it in the name of safety. You watch it start and then keep coming, until it wiped out the photographer who was on the opposite side of the highway, part way up the other side. Those things are scary. :eek6:

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  15. KittyMini

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    I have the MINI to drive all year. I don't mind that.

    However- he does pretty well- garage-kept and in really bad snow, the hubby drives me to work in the Jeep. :D
     
  16. Justa Jim

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    After several days in the mid 60's, driving with the window down and riding in a polo, woke up this morning to 6 1/2 inches of snow. :mad2:

    Jim
     
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    Bummer! I think we only got 3-4 inches here in West Chester.
    The driveway's almost completely dry already! :Thumbsup:
     
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    We're supposed to get about an inch of snow tomorrow, but they say it won't stick at elevations less than 500 feet.

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  19. Justa Jim

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    Glad you got off lightly. I hope this is the last one for this winter. :Thumbsup:

    Jim
     
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    The weather guessers around here are calling for a chilly and wet Spring. I guess that means it's time to retire that freaking groundhog.:devil:
     

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