OFFICIAL: 2022 Weather and Road Conditions MEGA THREAD

[89coupe]

Zero issues with the new winters, a couple trucks held me up going up the hill on 17th, slipping and sliding, appeared to be on ALL seasons.

[cycosis]

Had a tire swap scheduled for this weekend but ended up doing it myself this past sunday.

I dont have studded anymore but the new winters are holding up just fine. Much more fun to drive with traction control off

[SJW]

Everyone should just get the fuck outta my way. End of story!

[SJW]

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LPT for trucks with hard tonneau covers. These get the snow off the back very efficiently, and can easily be stored in your truck bed.

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Where to buy?

[ercchry]

Stereotypes reinforced themselves today… great skill though turning a 3 lane hwy into a 1 lane 30km/h school zone though

[SJW]

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Stereotypes reinforced themselves today… great skill though turning a 3 lane hwy into a 1 lane 30km/h school zone though

It makes me wanna put a bumper on straight out of a mad max movie and start fucking bumping these lame ducks outta the way.

[Tik-Tok]

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Where to buy?

Homedepot, Lowes, Can.Tire etc. It's just a garage/shop floor squeegee.

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I don't help people who are stuck unless it's right in front of my house.

I help myself by not helping them and getting run-over by their dumb asses. I've been almost seriously injured attempting to help because people who get stuck usually have no idea what they're doing behind the wheel in that situation.

[max_boost]

Nasty out there. Maybe it’s time for those studded nokians lol a right turn from a dead stop at the lights (12 ST NE next to St. George drive by the zoo) almost did a 180 with my blizzak ws90 and awd! That made me sad haha

[jutes]

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Left almost double my commute time to get to work today and still ended up late. Stoney was largely a case of people not using the lines and weaving randomly back and forth, driving 40 in the fast lane, and vehicles scattered in the ditches.

I think the story is the same every year - the first snowfall catches all the people who are either ill equipped to handle the winter conditions, too scared to travel at reasonable speeds, or clueless as to the illogical things they are doing which endanger or frustrate those around them.

I wonder how many of these people are new to Canada and snow driving.

[benyl]

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I wonder how many of these people are new to Canada and snow driving.

There might be some of that, but then there is just dumb. This one guy here putting salt down is blocking dozens and dozens of cars getting through. Should have turned around to go back home.

Video from my "TESLA Vision" or what I like to call potato vision cameras.

[SJW]

The level of idiocy on r/Calgary reddit is amazing regarding the driving.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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There might be some of that, but then there is just dumb. This one guy here putting salt down is blocking dozens and dozens of cars getting through. Should have turned around to go back home.

Video from my "TESLA Vision" or what I like to call potato vision cameras.

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I can smell the potato:

[benyl]

fuck, I am potato user. lol. Try again.

[rage2]

I'm actually curious how many days studded tires are really useful in Calgary. So I'm going to start keeping track of the days.

2022-23 Winter Season Studded Tires Advantage so far: 1
Days Details: Nov 2

I'll update this every day I feel studded tires are worth it.

[Sentry]

Normal commute 15 mins
Todays commute 22 mins

I just drive around the slow idiots. They might honk at me as I do it but they're a spec in my mirror after 30 seconds anyway lolol

[gpomp]

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I'm actually curious how many days studded tires are really useful in Calgary. So I'm going to start keeping track of the days.



I'll update this every day I feel studded tires are worth it.

Can you track where days with AWD are useful too.

[rage2]

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Can you track where days with AWD are useful too.

That would be pointless as it's every day.

[ExtraSlow]

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I'm actually curious how many days studded tires are really useful in Calgary.

I LOVE this idea, keeping a tally is a great idea.
My gut feel is that it's under 10 days per winter in Calgary, and on most of those days, the difference between decent winters and studded winters is pretty subtle.
Now the number of days that good winters beat all-seasons is a MUCH higher number.

[benyl]

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That would be pointless as it's every day.

[rage2]

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I LOVE this idea, keeping a tally is a great idea.
My gut feel is that it's under 10 days per winter in Calgary, and on most of those days, the difference between decent winters and studded winters is pretty subtle.
Now the number of days that good winters beat all-seasons is a MUCH higher number.

I'm comparing 2 cars really. Sienna with Hakka 13s or whatever last years were, and E53 with Michelin PA5's which are the bottom end of performance for actual winter use. So yea, the van needs to beat the convertible considerably to count as a day.

Today is easily one. I had a hard time stopping at a few really bad places in the E53. Didn't even engage ABS in the Sienna.