Well today was one of my retarded days. The c230 has been sitting in the garage for about a month now cuz I drive an explorer in the snow. We've had a brutal last couple weeks with it being 0 or under almost everyday. :ohnoes: Since the car has been sitting so long I decided that it would be a good idea to move the car a little bit so the tires don't get messed up. (idk if that helps but that's what my uncle always tells me. :dunno: ) But I move the car out of the garage maybe 10 feet and it won't go back in. So i have to rock it back and forth but it ends up going backwards and gets stuck. I tried to get it out for a long time. I shoveled the entire driveway and got the neighbor to help me push. But nothing worked. I tried the ESP on and off, C mode, S mode going up the driveway slow, up fast, in reverse. Nothing worked. After 2 and a half hours I decides I'll fly into the driveway from my neighbors driveway. And it finally worked! I'm so happy becuase I was worried I had to leave the car outside and I never leave it overnight outside the garage, let alone drive in snow. Oh well, i've learned that my bald pirellis are ****ty in snow and cold weather. :thumbdown:

(I didn't put the snow tires on since I wasn't driving it in snow this winter and I am looking to get new rims/tires. )

Well here's a really BORING vid of my trying to get the car unstuck just putting the car in reverse and drive, but i just made it worse lol. This is only the second vid i made so its pretty bad


(Btw the sound at the end of the vid is not the car, its the tire finally reaching concrete)
Some pictures






My lights don't look that bad in real life.


The Explorer last night.

Finally in!

(i know i used flash )
I wish I was in Kalli.

 

LMFAO and thats like not even that much snow
my snow tires would troop right through that
3 car garage ftw, we only have a 2-car garage
so my parents take it...and i have to park mine outside every night 365 days a year

 

awww i know how you feel -- no snow here but never exactly good weather -- and i park under a tree with birds that have extra fiber in their diets-haha.

garage is only a 2'er and it keeps the boat and the jag

now back to topic!
im happy i dont live where it snows i cant imagine having to go through that constantly! better luck in the future eh!?

 

I feel your pain, cause the same thing happend to me at my driveway~

What I do is take a bucket of HOT water and just pour it down the tire to melt the snow away, that way I can get some momentum going for my car and drive into the garage.

 

hahahahahahahahhhahahahaha

 

Oh i didn't know that, Thanks for the idea. I always thought that would actually make it worse since it would freeze.

Eric

 

lol...I know how it feels getting stuck in the snow. My mom's maxima would roll right out of our driveway like nothing. My car just spins on like 0.3" of ice...Today I got stuck, so i just left it in the middle of my driveway (in the way), and I came back when the snow had hardened and I got right out...
I swear I could smell burnt rubber watching that video lol.

BTW your car looks nice with the tints. I love the '05 rims. You should get HID's too...

 

Bro,

The images are good, and the attempts valid, but lets just think clearly.

What would you have done if your full throttle attempts of movement launched you toward the driveway?!

Traction cures all. I won't go into detail. You needs (ebonics intended) to think private (as in E-1).

All the same, the vid was good for the laugh.

E

 

lol... thats basically flat ground... shoulda just shoveled your drive way

 

If your car is a tad lower, your CF lip can be a snow scraper

Anyways, your car is cleannnn ..

 

+1, i kinda wished we had snow in cali. i have to hop into reno, nv, before i see any of that white precious powder. in the yay tho, we have snow white / powder all day

 

Man... I know how that feels. Alaska is the worst with snow and ice. I ran all-seasons last winter and let me tell ya... I am never doing that again.

 

What would you expect to happen with low profile SUMMER tires!!??

I run with winter radials with 100lbs of sand in 2 pillow cases behind each wheel well and go through much deeper snow and the difference is night and day.

The only time I get stuck is when the plow has not come by and with deep snow I beach my car. Eventhough I have traction, the friction is too great when the car is dragging on the floor pan.

 

that's expected with summer tires. but good pics and vids though.

 

Well, that was a great laugh for the day. Your pain made my morning!

You could have turned on your neon and melted all that snow, and you would have been all good!

4-Matic in Michigan FTW.

 

If you are in Alaska, Perhaps you should have gotten a 4-Matic

 

LMFAO i feel your pain man. been stuck all week!

 

i wish we snow here in cali...

 

daaaamn! you're just itching to put those on huh?

 

brandon i will use this set for you during the winter

 

Nice pics of car in snow.

 

You got it J, I ordered a set of Sevas wheels, so when i have these refinished, you can have them for the low!

 

You know it.

 

Did u try turning the traction off?

 

RIF