Buried C's (AKA My Big Ten Inch)
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Buried C's (AKA My Big Ten Inch)
Our two C's ... an Everest Green 2002 C320 and an Orion Blue 2002 C230K... buried under several inches of snow... we had a few inches yesterday, and I cleared them off, so this isn't really representative of how much snow we've gotten so far....
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And here's the ten inches... this was about an hour and a half ago, since then we've gotten another two inches or so...
We're probably going to see at least 16" or so total by tomorrow
We're probably going to see at least 16" or so total by tomorrow
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Last one... here's our little shed, about two hours ago... and weather forecasts are saying the heaviest snow won't even fall until tonight... upwards of 16"-20" by tomorrow evening
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ok, ok, ok, on another board I got a reply from someone saying "Let us know when you get some REAL snow...." and he posted THIS link:
http://home.twcny.rr.com/fultonweather/pictures.html
I humbly agree! OUCH!
http://home.twcny.rr.com/fultonweather/pictures.html
I humbly agree! OUCH!
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i'm going out and shoveling every few hours! kind of fun 
so far, i'd guess about 8 inches of snow.
supposed to snow all day and night today. went driving in the bmw all-wheel drive and it was sweeeet (although ei didn't enjoy the drifting...)
so far, i'd guess about 8 inches of snow.supposed to snow all day and night today. went driving in the bmw all-wheel drive and it was sweeeet (although ei didn't enjoy the drifting...)
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That is the number one reason I left the Midwest, to much snow, ice, black ice, sleet, hail just to name a few troubles. Now I am in sunny warm San Diego, the car stays clean and looks great! And I do not freeze my ...... off.
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Update... we're now at about 20" and they've upped the forecast, we may see as much as 30" from this storm, which they're now calling "one of the worst five storms on record in this area"
The governor's declared an emergency because we've run out of snow removal funds, and there's been a ban imposed on any non-essential vehicle traffic... nobody on the roads! Wow.
This pic shows the upright blades of our C-cars not far from being completely coverered.... by tomorrow night, they may be!
The governor's declared an emergency because we've run out of snow removal funds, and there's been a ban imposed on any non-essential vehicle traffic... nobody on the roads! Wow.
This pic shows the upright blades of our C-cars not far from being completely coverered.... by tomorrow night, they may be!
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Yes, in deep snow, leaving the blades up helps in two ways: first, it keeps the blades from getting frozen/buried beneath lots of snow and/or ice, second, having the blades vertical prevents/reduces ice from sticking and caking on them. By doing this, when you finally do dig out your car, you can just brush off the windshield and the blades are good to go. Otherwise, you'd be dealing with breaking them out of their ice enclosure, and having to scrape and chip the ice off the blades.
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wow!
That is just some crazy snow! I don't know how I would handle that being in SD. Only once has it snowed here and that was a little bit of flakes on Valentine's day 1989. That lasted for about 5 minutes and everyone in school got to come out. The flakes when it hit the ground just melted right away, but that was pretty cool!
Does the cars drive fine right after somethime like that? Do you have to warm them up for a while? And you need chains too?! How do you cope?
Does the cars drive fine right after somethime like that? Do you have to warm them up for a while? And you need chains too?! How do you cope?
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Re: wow!
Originally posted by .elijah.
That is just some crazy snow! I don't know how I would handle that being in SD. Only once has it snowed here and that was a little bit of flakes on Valentine's day 1989. That lasted for about 5 minutes and everyone in school got to come out. The flakes when it hit the ground just melted right away, but that was pretty cool!
Does the cars drive fine right after somethime like that? Do you have to warm them up for a while? And you need chains too?! How do you cope?
That is just some crazy snow! I don't know how I would handle that being in SD. Only once has it snowed here and that was a little bit of flakes on Valentine's day 1989. That lasted for about 5 minutes and everyone in school got to come out. The flakes when it hit the ground just melted right away, but that was pretty cool!
Does the cars drive fine right after somethime like that? Do you have to warm them up for a while? And you need chains too?! How do you cope?
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Re: wow!
Originally posted by .elijah.
...Does the cars drive fine right after somethime like that?
...Does the cars drive fine right after somethime like that?
Bottom line, stay home if you can. Now, that's not a "choice" as it is a mandate: No non-essential vehicles on the road. We're at about 22" now and due for 8" or so more by tomorrow, beating the all-time record of 26" here in 1979. If we do get another 4"+, this will be classified as the biggest storm in recorded history in this region.
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I wish I would have stayed home tonight. We don't have nearly the amount of snow that you do, but the roads are pretty bad. I had no problem earlier, but then the snow started. We got about an inch of snow on top of some ice and whatever else was on the roads. It made it nearly impossible to drive. And I put my C7's back on about 2 weeks ago because I never expected anything this bad. Even though I already knew it, now I can confirm that C7's are a no-go when it gets bad enough. Looks like I'll be putting the 16's back on tomorrow, and some weight in the back.
But, I am home now and the car isn't wrecked, so all is good. I got stuck bad in my apartment driveway. At one point, I had the car idling in 2nd gear while I was behind it pushing. Not fun. And I think I burnt out the ESP. I was getting all the same messages as when it's in dyno mode. I had that on earlier in the day when I was playing around, but I shut it off, and all those messages came back after I was stuck for so long. Oh well, I'm tired, but safe.
But, I am home now and the car isn't wrecked, so all is good. I got stuck bad in my apartment driveway. At one point, I had the car idling in 2nd gear while I was behind it pushing. Not fun. And I think I burnt out the ESP. I was getting all the same messages as when it's in dyno mode. I had that on earlier in the day when I was playing around, but I shut it off, and all those messages came back after I was stuck for so long. Oh well, I'm tired, but safe.
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I'm so jealous. It was above freezing here today...not much left of the six inches we got the other night...gonna be brown and grey around here real soon 
My skis are just sitting in the garage getting dusty with a little rust forming on the edges
My skis are just sitting in the garage getting dusty with a little rust forming on the edges
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Well here's the blades almost fully buried, we got about 27-28", with maybe another 2-3" due today. This has now been officially declared the biggest single snowstorm this region's ever gotten.
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Originally posted by C230Jeff
Some dip**** left his little ricer on the street, and the frontloader the state brought in to clear things out pretty much buried his dumb ***. :p
Some dip**** left his little ricer on the street, and the frontloader the state brought in to clear things out pretty much buried his dumb ***. :p
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Originally posted by FrankW
question for you guys who have garages in snowy region. Why aren't ur cars in the garage??
question for you guys who have garages in snowy region. Why aren't ur cars in the garage??
Soon I'll be able to park all the cars in the garage...which will be nice, I hate having to scrape ice of my windows or sitting in a freezing cold car.
