Snowing here in Fairfax, Virginia...

[K Frame]

I have such an urge to abandon my car in the travel lane and stock up on all the bread, toilet paper, and milk I can carry...

[charby]

It was 19 F this AM in Ames when I went off to work. Tomorrow is going to be 50 F for a high.

[Manedwolf]

Any inverted SUVs?

[K Frame]

No, not quite enough snow on the roads for a turtle.

But, that's always MY official start of winter.

[makattak]

I have such an urge to abandon my car in the travel lane and stock up on all the bread, toilet paper, and milk I can carry...

Are you kidding!? People here FREAK about the FORECAST of snow. Not even the real stuff. (I'm in NOVA too)

My favorite example was my first winter here.

Now, I grew up in central Illinois. We knew it had to snow and snow HARD about 6 hours before school to get out of school that day. Otherwise the roads were cleared for the busses.

I went to college in Southern Michigan. We closed school ONE DAY (the four years I was there) because of an ice storm that knocked out power.

I wake up one morning to the radio broadcasting all the school closings in the area.

Excited (as I love snow) I get ready for an enjoyable day of the crunch beneath my feet, the large flakes floating down and other fun in the snow.

I walk outside. TO BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Not a cloud in the sky. Not a flake on the ground. Snow was forecasted for LATER IN THE DAY and the school districts all cancelled.

Now, I stay in every time it snows. This is because I know how to drive in snow. No one else seems to.

I just avoid them.

[Dannyboy]

I looked out the window and saw that and I wanted to cry.  All I could think of was somebody plowing into me tonight on the commute home.  An hour later I went outside and it was bone dry.  There was much rejoicing.

[lupinus]

Tell me about it.  I grew up in NJ and later PA.  Stuff that shuts SC down wouldn't even have gotten my hopes up as a younger child.

The first snow while I was down here I show up for work and was like "Uhm,....wheres everyone?"

It was me, and the manager, everyone else called in because they couldn't get to work.

WTF?!?  There was maybe an inch of the snow on the friggin ground.

The snow doesn't bother me, if I can drive an 80's camero in PA snow storms, I can drive down here in the coatings we get.  It's the other drivers that scare the hell out of me.

[makattak]

Tell me about it.  I grew up in NJ and later PA.  Stuff that shuts SC down wouldn't even have gotten my hopes up as a younger child.

The first snow while I was down here I show up for work and was like "Uhm,....wheres everyone?"

It was me, and the manager, everyone else called in because they couldn't get to work.

WTF?!?  There was maybe an inch of the snow on the friggin ground.

The snow doesn't bother me, if I can drive an 80's camero in PA snow storms, I can drive down here in the coatings we get.  It's the other drivers that scare the hell out of me.

Mine was Michigan snow storms. And an 80's Caprice Classic. Was THAT an experience!

[Gewehr98]

Imagine how well you would've done driving a Camaro... 

[K Frame]

I grew up in Central Pennsylvania driving a Ford Maverick with a 302 V8.

I know all about how to get myself through snow.

Now I drive a Subaru Outback and things are even better.

[Manedwolf]

Mine was Michigan snow storms. And an 80's Caprice Classic. Was THAT an experience!

I just recall last winter watching a Mustang do ballet across an entire intersection.

[charby]

I just recall last winter watching a Mustang do ballet across an entire intersection.

I used to drive in the midwest winter with a 89 Mustang GT that had about 300 ponies under the hood, wasn't hard to get around if you keep your foot out if and it was a lot of fun when you did stomp the gas.

[Gewehr98]

I remember an S-10 two years ago going sideways through an intersection at 15mph. 

I'd considered putting windshield wipers on the driver's side window after that little bit of excitement.

I installed a positraction 3rd member in the differential housing earlier this summer, instead.

Can't wait to try it out.      

[charby]

Can't wait to try it out.      

Make sure to pick a huge parking lot with out light poles. :)

[lupinus]

Imagine how well you would've done driving a Camaro

....oops

I used to drive in the midwest winter with a 89 Mustang GT that had about 300 ponies under the hood, wasn't hard to get around if you keep your foot out if and it was a lot of fun when you did stomp the gas.

Yes, yes it was    Of course, my mother and grandfathers "This is how you drive in the snow" lesson was a large, open, empty parking lot in a snow storm making me do dough nuts till I was absolutely sick of them.  Why?  When you learn what sliding in snow feels like, you don't panic and do something stupid when it does start to happen.  You also know what it feels like when you are about to start slipping.  Part two of the lesson is how to avoid doing the spin out.  Was great fun and has served me well.

[Jamisjockey]

Yeah I learned to drive in snow living in Utah.  Learned real quick. 
Owning 2 4x4's helps.
Evil spawn #1 and I were out running errands in the "snow" today. 
Me "Look, Scott, it's snowing"
Him "Where? I don't see snow" 

[Modifiedbrowning]

It was around 60 degrees here in MT today. I can't complain.

[Regolith]

I went to college in Southern Michigan. We closed school ONE DAY (the four years I was there) because of an ice storm that knocked out power.

I wake up one morning to the radio broadcasting all the school closings in the area.

Excited (as I love snow) I get ready for an enjoyable day of the crunch beneath my feet, the large flakes floating down and other fun in the snow.

I walk outside. TO BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Not a cloud in the sky. Not a flake on the ground. Snow was forecasted for LATER IN THE DAY and the school districts all cancelled.

Now, I stay in every time it snows. This is because I know how to drive in snow. No one else seems to.

I just avoid them.

I *almost* wish my college was like that.  But then, if it was it'd probably be closed through most of the winter.

The only time I remember them closing for snow was when it was coming down so thick you couldn't see five feet out in front of you.  That's the only time I remember campus closing for snow.  Hell, they don't even close it when snow chains are required to get up the hill to get to campus.

[K Frame]

The only time I can remember my college in Central Pennsylvania suspending classes was because of a very heavy snow storm that overwhelmed the system. Many of the professors simply couldn't get to campus.

[charby]

Its offically winter here, saw a 4x4 turtle today in the median. 3" wet slick snowfall and the a-holes think they can still drive 65mph on Hwy 30.

Even saw a 4x4 pickup in the ditch with tire rolled off the rim.

I actually had to use 4x4 to get up a hill out of the Des Moines River bottom.

[Waitone]

The problem in SC and NC is not snow.  The problem is snow followed by partial thaw followed by hard freeze.  You can spot the idiots fairly quickly.  I just stay inside and try to keep out of the way.

[Jamisjockey]

I remember an S-10 two years ago going sideways through an intersection at 15mph. 

I'd considered putting windshield wipers on the driver's side window after that little bit of excitement.

I installed a positraction 3rd member in the differential housing earlier this summer, instead.

Can't wait to try it out.      

My truck's got a limper in it.  Mtnbkr can attest that it can be a fun ride on ice.....

[Gewehr98]

My brother warned me straight up that a positraction differential can be good in snow and ice, but also very, very, bad. 

I hope it works ok this winter, because I installed the version that makes a slight clicking sound when cornering on dry pavement, based on his recommendations.  Putting up with all that noise had better have its benefits.   

[Zed]

My brother warned me straight up that a positraction differential can be good in snow and ice, but also very, very, bad. 

I hope it works ok this winter, because I installed the version that makes a slight clicking sound when cornering on dry pavement, based on his recommendations.  Putting up with all that noise had better have its benefits.   

Er, Limited Slips work better in Snow & Ice than Posi-Trac's do...

[Gewehr98]

We'll see.

My brother and I put a Detroit Locker in my little truck's 7.5", 10-bolt rear end, hence the faint clicking heard when going around corners.

Installation was actually quite easy, although it took a little getting used to, especially accelerating out of a turn, etc.

I figure I have another couple of weeks or so before the roads here give me the chance to really try the investment out.

At the worst, I'll have my wife drive the S-10 the 3/4 mile to her work, and I'll drive the Jeep Liberty the 15 miles to mine.