it's snowin!!!!!!!!

[albert]

:) :hitit:

[SJW]

Thanks tips.

[yue]

:rofl: was gonna wash my car this morning until i saw the weather report.

[albert]

Originally posted by SJW
Thanks tips.

open ur eyes n see the light

[SR240SX]

It has already snowed a few times, Why does this suprise you?..:dunno:

[Preslow]

its December? :confused:

[eljefe]

been snowing on Ontario since October

[drtoohotty1]

OMGWTFBBQ guys are my summer wheels on my 240 gonna be fine in this weather?????? i think they should do fine.....i figured i would say it before someone came on here and asked it seriously

[SJW]

Originally posted by albert


open ur eyes n see the light

I have seen the light!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dj_Stylz]

Finally. 4-5 months until i can drive my car now.:(

[Phil_McGraw]

Straight up i'm slidin like a mofo in the NW. SLIPPERY!

[finboy]

saw two cars jump curbs already today, one was resting nicely in someones front yard, how can people still not drive in this stuff? :dunno:

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by drtoohotty1
OMGWTFBBQ guys are my summer wheels on my 240 gonna be fine in this weather?????? i think they should do fine.....

No man, you need 2 winter tires. Put one on your front left, and one on your rear right, this way you have a nice balance of front/back winters. Just so you don't mess your summer rims though, I'd put temporary tires on the remaining 2 spots though.

[Ukyo8]

faaaackkk :thumbsdow

[EK 2.0]

Is that what that stuff is outside??...

[SR240SX]

Originally posted by drtoohotty1
OMGWTFBBQ guys are my summer wheels on my 240 gonna be fine in this weather?????? i think they should do fine.....i figured i would say it before someone came on here and asked it seriously

Just put tire chains on the front, You''ll be fine.

[natejj]

F you Calgarians. You don't know what Snow is. Come to Fort Nelson for a winter.

[CivicDXR]

To the OP:


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/14/19143690_29e25b7b8c.jpg

[TC2002]

Originally posted by CivicDXR
To the OP:


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/14/19143690_29e25b7b8c.jpg


:rofl:


Just got back home from running errands. Canyon Meadows Drive is an ice rink with people sliding all over the place! Going southbound Deerfoot wasn't much fun either. Accidents everywhere.

[albert]

all u negative people r weiners

[A790]

Originally posted by TC2002



:rofl:


Just got back home from running errands. Canyon Meadows Drive is an ice rink with people sliding all over the place! Going southbound Deerfoot wasn't much fun either. Accidents everywhere.
People always forget how to drive on the first major snowfall. It's a damn death sentence for some people :(

[Isaiah]

Albert, why the need to post the obvious? Do you not think your post is completely redundant?

If you have meaningful questions, feedback, or newsworthy events to post, by all means go ahead. Otherwise, don't bother.

Thank you.

[albert]

:burnout: :burnout: :burnout: :burnout: :burnout: :burnout: :burnout: :burnout:

[epp01]

It's supposed to be 15-20cm today and tonight, south deerfoot is already closed.


Yay for going to work tommorow. A 45 minute drive in good weather and decent traffic.. sigh..

[finboy]

Originally posted by Isaiah
Albert, why the need to post the obvious? Do you not think your post is completely redundant?

If you have meaningful questions, feedback, or newsworthy events to post, by all means go ahead. Otherwise, don't bother.

Thank you.

:werd: ban+1

[n1zm0]

Originally posted by TC2002
Going southbound Deerfoot wasn't much fun either. Accidents everywhere.

yea i just sat 45 mins on southbound near Lafarge, 2 accidents on the bridge 100 yards apart :nut:

it's like omg, wtf is snow?! should i keep driving like it's august out errr i r so confuse.. :banghead:

maybe the OP has been hidden underground for years and hasn't seen snow in his life? :dunno: c'mon guys, put away the jump to conclusions mat

[vietdood]

kuhmo kw21 + TCS + ABS = :thumbsup:

[eblend]

just went out to drive my wife to work at TD square....i live on 15th ave and 1st sw and saw 2 accidents on desserted downtown roads! seriously, first day snow = i stay home!

Almost got side swiped by some idiot who couldn't stop (even thought the green light for me was on for a while before i got to the intersection.

[5000Audi]

AUDI QUATTRO WITH DIFF LOCKS FTMFW... fun driving out there...

[nismodrifter]

Sounds like a typical first snow fall....the idiots seem to come out in masses and smash into anything/everything.

On that note...I'll brb...going to take a walk to the beach.

:D :bigpimp:

[Redlyne_mr2]

On a side not if you've ever posted a thread about when to put on your winter tires, or how to control a car in snow.. or any other general question regarding driving in the snow please stay at home today. i don't want you hitting my truck.

[95EG6P]

Time for Snow Angels

[nich148_9]

Originally posted by drtoohotty1
OMGWTFBBQ guys are my summer wheels on my 240 gonna be fine in this weather?????? i think they should do fine.....i figured i would say it before someone came on here and asked it seriously

Is it JDM? 'Cos then you're going to need to take it to a special JDM shop to get all that changed.

To Albert:
http://kttns.org/gwmwy

And +1 for banning him.

[Dren]

:thumbsup:

[KoukiS14]

Originally posted by finboy


:werd: ban+1

Ban +3

[albert]

Originally posted by nich148_9


Is it JDM? 'Cos then you're going to need to take it to a special JDM shop to get all that changed.

To Albert:
http://kttns.org/gwmwy

And +1 for banning him.

lol

that wasnt even funny. dont try so hard

[EK 2.0]

Originally posted by nismodrifter

On that note...I'll brb...going to take a walk to the beach.

:D :bigpimp:

Theri ghand....

[Scope951]

technically he is in the clear because it is a current event.
I dont understand why half of you are all being so anal about this thread when there are a million useless threads by other users all the time.

For some they look at the computer before they look at side.

why is everyone so serious:dunno:

[revelations]

This slop (not "snow" as we know it out here) is the WORST SHIT POSSIBLE to drive in.... I'm showing 0 outside right now.

Rule of thumb, if you can make snow balls, its going to suck driving.

[bigbadboss101]

It'll be the first day I drive in the snow with 245 40 18 Dunlop WinterSports M3. Will see how that goes.

[vipstyle2]

Originally posted by albert


lol

that wasnt even funny. dont try so hard

Why did you "lol" than ? ....exactly.
....I thought it was pretty funny =]

[sexualbanana]

if the first major snowfall is going to happen, i'm glad it happened on a weekend. if this happened late sunday night or on a weeknight, morning rush hour would be a total mess. at least this way, people can get a little acclimated to the snow without a ton of people being on the road.

[Transp0rt3r]

muhahahah ... just got back from a drive - it is a nightmare ! People seem to forget what the hell snow is and how to drive in winter! And of course , douchebags still drive on 19" summer tires ! :facepalm: How else BMW can drive but on low profile , summer tires ??? :bigpimp: Had fun watching BMWs try to launch at stoplights :D

Shopping cart drift :D
http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp254/ka3ak_2008/DSC00038.jpg

[cityhunter2501]

driving was a nightmare today...my all-year tires are getting pretty bald as well so had barely any traction.

time for me to start taking the bus again


btw anyone know whats happening northbound past 64th ave?

[Tik-Tok]

Is Deerfoot north THAT bad? I need to get to Hamptons from Chinook around 3:30 or so... should I leave now? lol

[koopkoop2]

I need to go down the following roads:

-Anderson
-CrowChild
-Glenmore

Are they clear or are they really slippery?

[jsn]

too bad i have to study for exams... I would love to hit up COP today. With all the snowfall, it should be decent there, unlike the usual icesheet that covers it.

[///328is]

:( i hate snow!

[ICEBERG]

Good thing i got winter tires on...My 335i was great in snow today. No problems what so ever. :thumbsup:

[ICEBERG]

:thumbsup:

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn222/icegberg70/335i.jpg

[Sorath]

cant wait :) awd turbo winter studded tires

[n1zm0]

Originally posted by Transp0rt3r
And of course , douchebags still drive on 19" summer tires ! :facepalm:

+1 i just saw a TL with 19 inch black w silver lip rims and everyone had to reverse and go around him cause he was actually sliding backwards while trying to move!!. I'm surprised he made it to the stop light.

Like really, wtf is going thru these retards fken minds, either trying to look good in winter or just think that they can drive with summer tires on?? :banghead: :banghead:

Toyo Observes ftw! i had no problems at all getting around just now, but it's insane out there.

[Cooked Rice]

:cry:

Only days from completing my turbo KA. :banghead:

[mekeni]

:eek: Winter tires + AWD + defensive driving FTW !!!

stupid drivers FTL !! :thumbsdow

[Transp0rt3r]

Originally posted by ICEBERG
Good thing i got winter tires on...My 335i was great in snow today. No problems what so ever. :thumbsup:

Thanks ICEBERG ! I almost lost respect for BMW drivers ! good looking car :thumbsup:

[Transp0rt3r]

Originally posted by koopkoop2
I need to go down the following roads:

-Anderson
-CrowChild
-Glenmore

Are they clear or are they really slippery?

Anderson :facepalm:
Crowchild :dunno:
Glenmore :facepalm:

[Sorath]

just drove outsite, wow is it fun to drive out lol.. so slippery

[bigbadboss101]

My roommate said it took him one hour to get from 48th ave and centre street to Beddington.

I've had winter tires on since the week before Halloween.

[CaptainReboot]

Man, luckily I put on my snow tires a few weeks ago, on both our cars.

I live in the NW and it's still coming down. Was gonna go grocery shopping today, but I'll probably stay in and watch whatever's on the PVR.

I'll need to decide if I want to go out to the field this week (Edson) for work or not.

[Mibz]

It's easy to see who's on all-seasons. People are sliding coming to a stop and 4WD vehicles can't get started yet I'm doing 50, starting, stopping just fine on the RSi's. Hi-godamn-larious.

[max_boost]

Epic fail to a lot of the motorists out there! You should be ashamed of yourselves! haha j/k

Yeah it's slick. Cars unable to stop and sliding into curbs etc.
Winter tires are designed for the winter time!

What's more expensive? Your insurance deductible or winter tires? Yeah, that's right! l know you are a good driver, I know you can get by on all seasons, but not today you didn't!

Pwned!

[van]

Down Harvest Hills one of those buses that are two busses attached went side ways and blocked off the entire road. People in trucks were able to hop the curb and get over but for everyone else :dunno: I just saw them sitting there confused.

Country Hills was a nightmare as well, especially when there is plenty of idiot drivers out there. Such an example, one of those 'throw your junk away' trucks was tailgating other drivers and every time he pressed on the brake he would slide a foot ahead. This guy then gets in my lane (as I cringe) and he keeps going and braking hard and sliding a foot and even when he was only about a foot from my bumper he decided that he should move up even further while talking to the car next time (leaving me absolutely no room to roll back not that I need to but it's nice to have the space just incase).

It was good to see all the city workers out in full force trying to sand down the roads though, that helps a lot and just have to remember that tomorrow it's probably gonna be all gone.

[Toms-SC]

Greetings from Vancouver. It is +10 sunny now.

[88CRX]

Not look forward to the morning commute tomorrow :banghead:

[eglove]

country hills is fucking WRECKED. counted 10 fender benders from harvest hills to deerfoot, u-turn'd and went back to harvest hills and saw that bus that van was talking about, the rest of the drive to deerfoot mall was fine though!

a lot of people sure can't drive....

[Scope951]

Just saw a red Rx-7 with work Meisters grinding the shit against the curb sliding backwards along 28th right after the exit at university DR.

Felt terribly bad for him, but nothing I could do would help him.

[nich148_9]

Just took a walk up 19 street NW – looked like I walked in at a bad time. I think a Saab and a lamppost were mating.

[psycoticclown]

Sounds like fun out there, good thing theres still no snow in Lethbridge:D

[revelations]

Originally posted by Toms-SC
Greetings from Vancouver. It is +10 sunny now.

It does that at least once a month there during the winter.... rest of the time its gray and wet.... like the rest of the weeks' forecast there.

[nobb]

This is my first winter owning winter tires. I should be studying for finals, but I couldnt resist. I took the car out for a spin with my new blizzaks. These things are freaking amazing. Winter tires should be mandatory here.

[Canmorite]

Originally posted by nobb
This is my first winter owning winter tires. I should be studying for finals, but I couldnt resist. I took the car out for a spin with my new blizzaks. These things are freaking amazing. Winter tires should be mandatory here.

I don't agree on the mandatory point, but my Hakkapeliitta are the grippiest winter tires I've ever owned! :thumbsup:

[torob]

Would like to have a sti right now :)

[schocker]

Lots of cars pulled over today, one new idea I had not thought of before was just stopping in a lane and putting your hazard lights on instead of pulling off the road. :facepalm:
Looks like my car will remain in the garage on summers.

[cloud7]

the driving conditions were not that bad, but once again the roads were made worse by people who were not prepared to drive in these kind of conditions. I have little sympathy for people who insists on driving with sub standard equipment. Some people say winter tires are not needed in Calgary... that's fine, they have the right to their opinions. However, in a day like today, winter tires are indeed needed. Long lines of cars stuck behind a couple of cars/SUVs who couldn't get up a hill is ridiculous. My rwd sports car with winter tires had no problem going up the hill from a dead stop (as the result of these crowns in front).

[Ukyo8]

I was just driving on 22X and saw a silver E36 in a ~6ft ditch backwards :nut:

[r0g3r]

Originally posted by nobb
This is my first winter owning winter tires. I should be studying for finals, but I couldnt resist. I took the car out for a spin with my new blizzaks. These things are freaking amazing. Winter tires should be mandatory here.

lol I wanted to go for a spin too but my dad would just question what I was doing and advise against that....

I driven about 3000kms on my pirelli winter carvings but now I get to really experience them in snow, whooooo.

btw how early would i have to leave the house tomorrow to avoid the traffic? I got an exam at 8 am at the uofc, I take shaganappi

[gam0s]

my kind of weather.. its never christmas without snow :clap:

[sergejsk2]

just went for a drift hahaha
its crazy out there my car was like a snow plow picking it up
got stuck once.. brought a mini shovel though haha out of there in no time :clap:

[frozenrice]

Winter tires alone doesn't mean you're invincible either. Key is not losing traction. Once your tires start slipping you're done. On inclines, I sometimes start off in 2nd gear to avoid slippage.

Cut through Bowness via Bowfort road to get to 16th Ave this morning. I was about 1/3 of the way up the hill coming around the corner and there's a car BACKING UP down the hill. He must have got 1/2 way up and started slipping. @#($!. Had to stop to avoid this doofus hitting me. Sure enough, I'm stuck now as I can't get enough grip to get the car moving so my only choice is to join this guy backing down. Once I got to a flat enough spot, I got the car moving forward and tried again. 2nd gear 3000rpm all the way up. :D

[chkolny541]

Banned OP :rofl: :rofl:

[nobb]

Originally posted by r0g3r
btw how early would i have to leave the house tomorrow to avoid the traffic? I got an exam at 8 am at the uofc, I take shaganappi [/B]

I take shaganappi too and Im going to leave the house at 6:30. Dont want to be late for my 8am exam.

By the way, have any of you guys tried different pressures for your winters and do you notice a difference? Usually for summer driving I run my tires 5-7 psi above manufacturer's spec (but still way below the max rating) just because I like a stiffer ride and better handling. Dont know if this applies for winters too. I find the manufacturer's 32psi too soft.

[HiTempguy1]

Originally posted by nobb


I take shaganappi too and Im going to leave the house at 6:30. Dont want to be late for my 8am exam.

By the way, have any of you guys tried different pressures for your winters and do you notice a difference? Usually for summer driving I run my tires 5-7 psi above manufacturer's spec (but still way below the max rating) just because I like a stiffer ride and better handling. Dont know if this applies for winters too. I find the manufacturer's 32psi too soft.

I tend to run my winter tires below 32psi if it is icey out (tire is more compliant then, better grip due to larger contact patch when ran softer) but there is the downside to terrible handling. If it is just snow on the other hand, I'll have em at 35psi (much better for highway driving). I'd be more worried about grip then feel in the winter though!

[HybridTheory]

Beddington coming off Deerfoot was pretty bad today. I'm so happy that I got new winter tires. Much better than the all seasons I used to have.

:banghead: Fuck work is gonna be a bitch tomorrow...I wonder how many new claims I'll have to deal with. But at least I won't have to deal with driving to work. Sometimes it's good to just take the train to work.

[malbadon]

Since it was the first real snow, I did what any Calgarian would do for supper, tossed on some flipflops and jogging pants and headed out to crank up the bbq and grill up some steaks.
Then sat in my front window with blood dribbling down my chin watching idiots create big icy skidmarks, sliding into the curb, or sliding sideways back down the the hill in front of my house in MacEwan.
Murder tastes good. Murder with a side order of idiot, pure bliss.

[Redlined_8000]

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=WRhuOz_c4NI&feature=related
build one of these


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[Black Gts]

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=FW6dZFwegnE&feature=related

I should have put the winters on but I thought id be okay...:rofl: :rofl:
obviously not really me

[msommers]

As usual, people stuck on the 8th ave hill by my house, one car stuck sideways :rofl: 16th ave was a shit show going to the University this afternoon but God I couldn't stop laughing at all the RWD guys with summers still on, this one mustang at the SAIT intersection almost smoked the lightpole hard! He was from Sask, so secretly I was praying he would hit it:poosie:

[joyridder]

Originally posted by Toms-SC
Greetings from Vancouver. It is +10 sunny now.

:clap:

It gets quite rainy for about 4 - 5 days, but Victoria has less rain that Van, glad I chose to live here ;) The roads can get slippery here too, got rear-ended a week ago, stopped at a checkstop!! , but on the upside I sure as hell don't miss the snow...except at this time of the yr, does not feel like xmas here :(

[Ukyo8]

oh and also anyone knows whos s2000 is stranded on 22x just west of the turn to sunvalley blvd.?

looks like its been sitting there for a while because its covered in a few inches of dirty slush spray :thumbsdow

[sexualbanana]

Originally posted by 88CRX
Not look forward to the morning commute tomorrow :banghead:

i don't think it'll be bad tomorrow morning. it's stopped snowing for the most part, and now city crews have all night to clear, gravel, and salt the roads.

[SR240SX]

Originally posted by Scope951
Just saw a red Rx-7 with work Meisters grinding the shit against the curb sliding backwards along 28th right after the exit at university DR.

Felt terribly bad for him, but nothing I could do would help him.

Ouch haha I'm pretty sure I know who owns that.....shitty deal.

[5000Audi]

hahaha awsome with a drift shopping cart... i was drifting mine at superstore today..lol.. its a bitch to push once its loaded...

heres some of my pics from today!


http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1404/177/37/617495297/n617495297_5146949_5784.jpg
heres deerfoot at like noon today
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1404/177/37/617495297/n617495297_5146952_6415.jpg

southland drive exit
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1404/177/37/617495297/n617495297_5146954_6841.jpg
and then just a cool pic i took
http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1404/177/37/617495297/n617495297_5146971_798.jpg

[/////AMG]

I saw this every year, I miss the snow!!

[toyboy88]

For those of you stuck in a cave and haven't heard about it yet, winter storm warning this weekend:

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/index.php?product=alerts&placecode=caab0049&region=wwcaab0006

[n1zm0]

Originally posted by toyboy88
For those of you stuck in a cave and haven't heard about it yet, winter storm warning this weekend:

i thought it was just deep freeze, already dropping temp here @ springbank, it's block heater weekend.

edit: lotsa snow coming, always get the shitty weather first out here, sux

yay all flights grounded=no more work :thumbsup:

[Canmorite]

Originally posted by toyboy88
For those of you stuck in a cave and haven't heard about it yet, winter storm warning this weekend:

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/index.php?product=alerts&placecode=caab0049&region=wwcaab0006

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/9420/dancingbananafh5.gif

[eglove]

oh christ. i wonder if my car will start...

[Xtrema]

I went home early. Roads are shit already. Can't imagine what it'll look like when 4pm roll along.

[SJW]

Now is a GREAT TIME for a checkstop.....................

Rock on Chief Hanson....rock on.

[01RedDX]

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