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Why I like AWD
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 11:20 pm
by dscoobydoo
Ok, headed to Spokane from Sandpoint ID on Sunday. 4 inches of fresh snow. Now you all know that means the old people are doing a snail's pace. So we get this HUUUUGE line of cars headed south. Plows have not made it through yet, so there is just one lane.
This idiot in a HonDUH! accord decides he is too good to wait in line and punches it for the 2nd unplowed lane.
See him in the ditch 2 miles down the road shortly after.
Seems the legacy likes the snow. Handles great and tracks straight.
I would not trade that for anything!
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 12:30 am
by jamal
I really miss driving my Subaru in the snow. I'll be in Missoula, MT Saturday but I have to leave my car behind. New snow, eh? How are the ski-hills doing? I'd expect to be able to get a few days in at Lost Trail.
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 12:38 am
by LaureltheQueen
Hopefully I'll have the Twagon back by the time it snows. I <3 AWD
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 2:09 am
by BAC5.2
I love AWD when I have traction

Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 2:17 am
by Yukonart
BAC5.2 wrote:I love AWD when I have traction

I'll second that.

Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 2:30 am
by Subaru_Nation555
I absolutly love driving in the snow. My parents like to borrow the car so they can actually get around. The only problem is that some other people are going a mile an hour in front of you.
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 2:52 am
by BAC5.2
My car is intolerable to peoples other than myself. Therefore, no one but me drives it
Matt is the only one who has driven my car, and that was back when it was slow.
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 2:57 am
by Yukonart
BAC5.2 wrote:My car is intolerable to peoples other than myself. Therefore, no one but me drives it
Matt is the only one who has driven my car, and that was back when it was slow.
I know the feeling, Phil. Only a few others have driven my car, and Laurel's the only one I truly trust with driving it on even a semi-regular basis. I'm sure this is largely due to the fact she's one of the few people I know who truly understand the car's potential.
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:04 am
by LaureltheQueen
he's a fool. First i wreck my 160hp automatic station wagon, then he puts me into a 300+hp 6spd sport sedan.

Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:04 am
by Yukonart
LaureltheQueen wrote:he's a fool. First i wreck my 160hp automatic station wagon, then he puts me into a 300+hp 6spd sport sedan.

Yup. . . I'm dumb.

Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:11 am
by legacy92ej22t
BAC5.2 wrote:My car is intolerable to peoples other than myself. Therefore, no one but me drives it
Matt is the only one who has driven my car, and that was back when it was slow.
And I
am an incredibly good driver too.

Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 5:28 am
by entirelyturbo
Snow??? What's that?
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 6:22 am
by 123c
AWD+Snow=Fun
Now only if I had a decent set of tires, then I can really see what I can do

Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:22 pm
by Brat4by4
123c wrote:Now only if I had a decent set of tires, then I can really see what I can do

Naaah! I've got some bald Potenza Re-730's that are gonna get some seat time in the snow. Then you can
really see what you as the driver can do! I have some rims with Re-92's on them in case I want some sense of traction under 35 degrees. (That's in F for all the metric people, 35 C would be a scorching day

)
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 4:26 pm
by dscoobydoo
Hmm, now you have me thinking:
4 inches of fresh snow+ 225/45/16's on wrx rims (bald of course)+ empty parking lot= FUN

Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 10:56 pm
by dwreck30
I was recently up on a mountain road that does not get plowed just to see how my car did in deep snow. I did not have any problem getting around in the foot or more that was up there. I'll be back up there agian when there is more.

The only thing I have to worry about is the car getting to hot, because all the snow blocks the air from getting in.
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 6:15 am
by Tleg93
legacy92ej22t wrote:BAC5.2 wrote:My car is intolerable to peoples other than myself. Therefore, no one but me drives it
Matt is the only one who has driven my car, and that was back when it was slow.
And I
am an incredibly good driver too.

Matt, you're so good it's scary.
