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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. :twisted:

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. :twisted:
Yup. . . I'm dumb. :P

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. ;)

:D

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 :D

Now only if I had a decent set of tires, then I can really see what I can do :lol:

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 :lol:
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 :wink: )

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 :lol:

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. ;)

:D
Matt, you're so good it's scary. :twisted: