leftride Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Headed up to Breck today, figured we'd get in a couple of runs and hit up Breckenridge Brewery. Snow was pretty good, still not much open, but it started coming down around noon. Well after a beer or two we headed back home and found ourselves in this .... http://homepage.mac.com/rserven/images/lgt/i70fun.jpg (sorry for the camera phone pic) This pic was after the stand still and not even in the worst spots. It was a dead stop from the Dillon exit until about 1/2 way up to the tunnel. There must have been 20+ cars stuck, or being pushed up the mtn. It was seriously nuts, tow trucks, people pushing their FWD cars up the highway. I don't think I have ever seen so much chaos on I-70. Damn glad I was in the OBXT, slipped a couple of times starting off, but it was basically a slalom course getting around the other cars. It did make me happy I am getting new tires on Tuesday...the RE92's are about gone. Freaking nuts. *vb gallery* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkl303 Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 People should buy snow tires and chains...but it also sounds like cdot isn't doing its job. Glad and amazed the RE92s did their job for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KA81 Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 haha tell them to get the f out of the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest heightsgtltd Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Just think if you didnt have the RE-92s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 great example of more idiots moving to CO Should have hit the right foot a tid more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tytek Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Well after a beer or two we headed back home and found ourselves in this .... Drinking and driving FTL Nice snow though... if those people had winter tires they would not have any problems. Why would someone live in Co and not buy dedicated tires for the snow, ice, and low temps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftride Posted December 2, 2007 Author Share Posted December 2, 2007 Drinking and driving FTL Nice snow though... if those people had winter tires they would not have any problems. Why would someone live in Co and not buy dedicated tires for the snow, ice, and low temps? 2 beers FTW, 6 beers FTL. And someone would live in CO without dedicated snow tires because the vast majority of the time the roads are perfectly clear and FWD or AWD + all seasons have served me fine. EDIT...unless you are saying that M+S all seasons are acceptable, and then I agree. *vb gallery* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftride Posted December 2, 2007 Author Share Posted December 2, 2007 Yeah, it was seriously a mess... There we few FWD cars doing just fine. I think this was an good example of bad driving and the wrong tires. I even saw a 4Runner being pushed, it must have just been a RWD, not a smart idea in CO. *vb gallery* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftride Posted December 2, 2007 Author Share Posted December 2, 2007 I will also add that the combo of the traffic jam and the crappy conditions really made the clutch stink. Everything I have ready is that it's just a stinky clutch, never had a problem with an other stick I have driven. *vb gallery* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rawfish Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 gotta get my RE-92's put back on before I go up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hops Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 That's awesome! My LGT has summer tires on it and didn't do so well here a couple nights ago compared to when it had RE92's last winter... But, my 98 OB kicks ass in the snow! Buy my cars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hops Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Check out the Utah dumbasses http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n121/JDMChizad/1201070946.jpg Buy my cars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hops Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 That's in a parking lot, BTW Buy my cars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnAWD Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Most likely all Texans and Californians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftride Posted December 3, 2007 Author Share Posted December 3, 2007 gotta love the first snow....everyone forgets how to drive. *vb gallery* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Utard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rawfish Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Most likely all Texans and Californians. Damn, tourist!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isuace Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 I went to Vail on Saturday, even worse... On the way back we got stuck going over Vail pass because there were semi's getting stuck all over the place, then after Frisco (as you know) it was a nightmare. Took 4.5 hours to get from Vail to Denver. BTW, we were in my friends Chevy Cobalt and while we slid a little from a dead stop on the ice we never even came close to getting stuck. Driving in the mountains in a car that can't handle snow or ice FTL!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2furious Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 I went to Keystone on Sunday and it was okay except the semi driver hit by stupid driver. I just passed after the accident and didn't know why... I saw a stupid Civic from Loveland to the west of the Tunnel. He kept changing lanes but always couple of cars in front of me. On down hill he moved to 2nd lane and followed semis with several fish tailing... My LGT was on Hankook Ice Bear 225-45-17.. It worked good... On the way home I took Loveland Pass and no problem.. I will go to Breck this week.. See you guys on the mountain... From Desert to Rocky to SLC !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brady Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 You should have seen it tonight. Your pictures are NOTHING compared to the disaster on I-70 up the hill to the Tunnel. It took us 2 hours to get to the tunnel (2 hours, 2 minutes courtesy of the computer's ET calculation). Over all, I spent 8 hours in the car today ... Snow was good, but it wasn't worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brady Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 great example of more idiots moving to CO Should have hit the right foot a tid more. I disagree with the bad drivers being from other states. No state I've ever been to produces drivers as god-awful as the drivers I find in Colorado. I don't know what it is, but driver's here couldn't find their way out of an empty parking lot because they wouldn't have anyone to tailgate, no one to needlessly pass, and there's no median to crash into. I love this state, but it produces retards for drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsdzine Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 I disagree with the bad drivers being from other states. No state I've ever been to produces drivers as god-awful as the drivers I find in Colorado. I don't know what it is, but driver's here couldn't find their way out of an empty parking lot because they wouldn't have anyone to tailgate, no one to needlessly pass, and there's no median to crash into. I love this state, but it produces retards for drivers. i've had some close calls so far with colorado drivers, and i grew up driving in jersey. the only thing that really bothers me around here is the abuse of left-hand lane drivers. that's the passing lane, driving is the right-hand lane! granted i've never had to drive in more than a few inches of snow before, so i'm not giving myself the highest expectations of my snow skills driving. i did hit a curb today after all... brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftride Posted December 9, 2007 Author Share Posted December 9, 2007 yeah the left hand lane drivers piss me off the most... and I hit a damn curb today too, all my fault I was screwing around....f'ing pissed cause it was my my new Rotas. damn it! *vb gallery* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praedet Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 It's because 90% of the "Colorado" drivers from Denver just moved here in the last 10 years from California Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brady Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 Still not buying it. I've been all over California, and while people drive a little crazy there, the traffic still flows. I've never been anywhere in California where traffic will be moving along at 70, then inexplicably everyone is doing 40, then 2 miles later everyone is doing 70 again. I've also never seen someone in California use the Median to pass a single car while stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic. The kind of awful drivers I see around here are unique to this area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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