OFFICIAL: 2020 Weather and Road Conditions MEGA THREAD

[tirebob]

Took the wife's Escape out today on studded Goodyear WinterCommands and ripped it up! Pushing snow with the bumper no problem. Surprises me how well that little SUV works in snow. Good winter tires definitely help!

[ThePenIsMightier]

Last two days reminds me of this classic footage taken by Carl Weathers several years ago.

An agonizing, but hilarious 4 minutes from Edmonton.

[tonytiger55]

I was tootling down Marda loop in my batmobile today.
I saw a guy in his new Hyundai struggling to pull out from a side road. His wheels were spinning like mad in the snow. He was huffing and puffing.. His eyes were bulging and his face was red. He had a intense strain on his face. The kind one has has when facing the ungodly constipation from eating too many meat pies from the night before.
I cruised past him in my mechanical wonder. As he watched me fly past. He must have looked at my vehicle and thought 'What is this great archaeological wonder that defies the laws of physics in the snow...?'.
It made me wonder.... people will pay over $30k for a new suv.. but not spend $600 on a decent set of winters.... That is the thought of the day..

[Mitsu3000gt]

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I was tootling down Marda loop in my batmobile today.
I saw a guy in his new Hyundai struggling to pull out from a side road. His wheels were spinning like mad in the snow. He was huffing and puffing.. His eyes were bulging and his face was red. He had a intense strain on his face. The kind one has has when facing the ungodly constipation from eating too many meat pies from the night before.
I cruised past him in my mechanical wonder. As he watched me fly past. He must have looked at my vehicle and thought 'What is this great archaeological wonder that defies the laws of physics in the snow...?'.
It made me wonder.... people will pay over $30k for a new suv.. but not spend $600 on a decent set of winters.... That is the thought of the day..

Agree with your last statement (most people still think all season includes winter), but just to add, it amazes me that people can get THAT upset (as you describe) over something like that. If he had somewhere important to be today he would have dug himself out yesterday.

Winter tires do nothing in deep snow though, I just dug someone out with good winter tires at the end of the street. Doesn't matter how soft the tire is at that point, you aren't getting out without help or 4WD + chains.

[90_Shelby]

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+1

They plowed the main roads in my hood last night and now there are 1.5-2" tall windrows blocking all the cars in. It narrowed what is usually a super wide road that you can park on both sides + tons of room for cars traveling in each direction down to a single lane road as the "parking lane" is now twice the car width on each side. Thankfully we park in the garage and drive my truck because if you park on the street you're fucked.

1.5 - 2 inches? Yikes! Sounds serious!

[Sentry]

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I was tootling down Marda loop in my batmobile today.
I saw a guy in his new Hyundai struggling to pull out from a side road. His wheels were spinning like mad in the snow. He was huffing and puffing.. His eyes were bulging and his face was red. He had a intense strain on his face. The kind one has has when facing the ungodly constipation from eating too many meat pies from the night before.
I cruised past him in my mechanical wonder. As he watched me fly past. He must have looked at my vehicle and thought 'What is this great archaeological wonder that defies the laws of physics in the snow...?'.
It made me wonder.... people will pay over $30k for a new suv.. but not spend $600 on a decent set of winters.... That is the thought of the day..

Because you can't finance 600 dollar winter tires over 96 months

[Tik-Tok]

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Because you can't finance 600 dollar winter tires over 96 months

Yeah but you can get those $600 winter tires from the dealership thrown onto your payments for only an extra $25 a month!

[flipstah]

It gives me joy burying lazy neighbors; don’t just watch me smoking weed

[schocker]

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Last two days reminds me of this classic footage taken by Carl Weathers several years ago.
An agonizing, but hilarious 4 minutes from Edmonton.

I remember the year that skyview and whatnot got snowed in, they had a canadian newcomer complaining about not being able to get out and then switched to him just flooring it to get out. Hilarious.

[revelations]

definitely had it worse - I think it was 2009 when McIvor road SE was totally shut down (blizzard) and cars/trucks were buried in drifts - the city had to bring in the airport rotary snow throwing equipment in

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It gives me joy burying lazy neighbors; don’t just watch me smoking weed

thats a great way to start a pissing contest

[killramos]

Took a little rip to pound down the windrows along side my house. Truck started throwing stabilitrak and abs codes. Fun times.

[90_Shelby]

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Took a little rip to pound down the windrows along side my house. Truck started throwing stabilitrak and abs codes. Fun times.

Should have bought a Trackhawk.

[killramos]

If it had been an FCA product it just wouldn’t have started lol

[Manhattan]

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It gives me joy burying lazy neighbors; don’t just watch me smoking weed

Not very neighborly.

My package has been under processed in Surrey for over a week without an update. Does that mean its still stuck in BC? Gifts & packages not arriving in time for Xmas is very fitting for 2020.

[ercchry]

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thats a great way to start a pissing contest

Jokes on them! He doesn’t even live there

[AndyL]

Resident manager was calling around for a plow yesterday/today getting fuckoff we're too busy pricing.

Rental places have skid steers in excess sitting around for Christmas. Guess what I'm doing tomorrow

[Maxt]

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Hey - you're better and back to work already?!
Good for you!
*Sorry, I bet it doesn't feel like "already" to you...

Yeah, went back at it last thursday, energy level isn't back yet, but I'm getting there.
It's nice just to be back in the truck again, even with shitty roads.

[revelations]

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Jokes on them! He doesn’t even live there

welp, whoever lives there is going to get the piss on

[flipstah]

Those cars haven’t moved in a year plus I was the only one clearing the cul de sac

[ExtraSlow]

I spent an hour this morning, and another hour this afternoon, moving snow from the intersection of my street onto the grass or at least out of the driving lanes. Good enough now that awd cars don't get stuck, but fwd cars still do. I'm sick of pushing people out.