Drift Monkey Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 Discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fbi012 Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 snow in Houston! Gota call my uncle check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drift Monkey Posted December 27, 2004 Author Share Posted December 27, 2004 snow in Houston! Gota call my uncle check it out. http://www.photodump.com/direct/loantruong/snowA1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT Ski Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 Weak, we did not get any snowfall at all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinSoD Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 hell froze over folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KGreb Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 2" measured at my house (Missouri City, SW Houston). My dogs didn't know what to do. Galveston got 6"+, the paper had pictures of snow all over the seawall and beaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drift Monkey Posted December 27, 2004 Author Share Posted December 27, 2004 2" measured at my house (Missouri City, SW Houston). My dogs didn't know what to do. Galveston got 6"+, the paper had pictures of snow all over the seawall and beaches. Victoria got a foot or more or so I hear....and Lake Jackson.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatt Marrington Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 welcome to the world of effortless awd drifting -Hatt 2005 Obsidian Black Legacy GT 5MT Un-Limited Sedan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drift Monkey Posted December 29, 2004 Author Share Posted December 29, 2004 welcome to the world of effortless awd drifting Not when the snow doesn't stay on the ground. The roads never froze over where I live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGT Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 we drove through a bad storm nobody expected coming out of the Tidewater area Sunday morning. Something like 14 inches, 32-33 degrees (ice pack) and NO plows or salt on the roads. Actually, it was pretty scary considering the volume of traffic the day after Xmas and people forgetting how to drive in the snow. Also....my first outing with the LGT in the snow. I learned that the differentials don't like different levels of traction side to side. The car kept being pulled to the left to compensate for some tires being on pack snow, and some on ice. Made a pretty dicey ride until we drove on the shoulder where the soft, fluffy stuff was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ih8vtec13 Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 we drove through a bad storm nobody expected coming out of the Tidewater area Sunday morning. Something like 14 inches, 32-33 degrees (ice pack) and NO plows or salt on the roads. Actually, it was pretty scary considering the volume of traffic the day after Xmas and people forgetting how to drive in the snow. Also....my first outing with the LGT in the snow. I learned that the differentials don't like different levels of traction side to side. The car kept being pulled to the left to compensate for some tires being on pack snow, and some on ice. Made a pretty dicey ride until we drove on the shoulder where the soft, fluffy stuff was. AWD is great but it doesnt make bad snow situations that much less scary. When I was driving in some snow the other day I was confident in my abilitys and my car but the other drivers on the road were what scared me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGT Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 AWD is great but it doesnt make bad snow situations that much less scary. When I was driving in some snow the other day I was confident in my abilitys and my car but the other drivers on the road were what scared me. You missed my point - ever have the car tug hard to the left on you on snowy/icy roads? What do you do to avoid hitting the car beside you? Turn the wheel right? Sure, but when the diffs stop pushing you left, you risk swerving to the right and hitting that car. I learned to drive in the snow around Buffalo 20 years ago in a RWD car. I drove the AWD WRX in the snow around here for the last two years, so am fairly comfortable with the system. The actions of my car this weekend scared me to the point that I wished I had my Jeep and 4wd back for the trip. I never had to worry about it going anywhere except where I wanted it to, as long as I didn't exceed the traction available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drift Monkey Posted December 29, 2004 Author Share Posted December 29, 2004 Tires have much more to do with traction limitations in teh snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGT Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 Tires have much more to do with traction limitations in teh snow. True. But tires weren't the cause of the car pulling left in the snow, the diffs were. Lack of traction on one side causes the diffs to do their work. I let off the gas and the car corrected straight again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne53 Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 http://premium1.uploadit.org/tylerwayne/snow-christmas-eve-004.jpg http://premium1.uploadit.org/tylerwayne/snow-christmas-eve-3-002v.jpg We got a lot of snow! 3+ inches -Tyler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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