BEST drive to work evurrr!! please post your stories!

[seanfournier]

I came to work in my TDI today and just had Michelin Arctic Alpin's put on them monday!! car drives like a frigging dream in this snowy road weather. I'm getting Dunlop Winter Sport M2's on the 1.8T today...

[R_Ethug]

HOLY GOD THE RIDE HOMe was twice as worse!! crowchild sucked ass well not super bad but was bad enough.. i climbed the rocky ridge hill in 3rd gear no prob muahahaha!!
local ridge roads are ohh 4" thick pure ice like a skating rink but they had so much traffic it turned into washboard like a gravel road!!

[1.8Trip]

Thanks for the warning. I'm about the leave work:thumbsup:

[Deuce]

I have a set of Michelin Arctic Alpins and they were holdin' up pretty good today. In fact, I had to wait for this guy in front of me who was having trouble getting into this little strip mall around 8th Avenue and Edmonton trail. Its about a 20 degree incline so he was spinning out all over the place and ended up having 2 kids push him up the ramp. Then, as the kids were ready to help me go up... i just gave 'er a calculated little run and bombed it up the whole way.

On the flipside though, I sure wish I had like a Jeep TJ today. Doin' some 4x4'in in a Jeep is always a good time.

Hope nobody smacked up their dubs today!

Cheers... :mrpimp:

[Dubs]

LOL I have a TJ I can drive and I would prefer to drive my dub in the snow, with the nokians on it holds the road way better when driving on icey roads like glenmor and deerfoot. I even parked in a big pile of snow right between a h2 hummer and a range rover, drove out fine.

[R_Ethug]

hey bill drive you parents pimped out rover around thats rolling in style for winter

[Smartiepants]

Well I almost got creamed today, some guy was coming up behind me and he wasn't straight so I know he's sliding, so I run through the yellow and the car doesn't stop until about 15 feet past the intersection. That would have written off the car.

[R_Ethug]

whoo thats good luck nick.. last year i was at a light at the bottom of a hill and i see in my rear view this car sliding down the lane next to me.. and i see the guys face just swearing and freaking out.. somehow he stopped seriously like 1/8" from the guy in front of him.. he looked so scared.. he looked over at me and yelled 'f' yea!!! and gave me a thumbs up and away he went.. haha

[PuppageVW]

ya last year i was taking it easy and stopping sooooooo far before the light on John Laurie and like 53st or something, and i just slid and there was no hope of stopping...I had enough time to debate whether or not i could stop in time or slam into the curb and get up on the meridian. Luckily I stopped in time, about an inch or two from the back of someones bumper...I shat myself in the process. lol.

[PuppageVW]

Oh, and I am laughing my ass off right now at all those who have said Calgary has pussy winters

[Derick]

Lowered car + Oettinger bumper = World's most expensive snow plow:mrsly:

Drove to the entrance of Rocky Ridge and decided, f@#k it. Drove home jumped in my '85 Jetta and all was good

BTW, hand brake induced drifting rocks :thumbsup:

[PuppageVW]

is that bad on your car at all Derick? I've busted it out on the occasion on the ice, but is it hard on the car?

[Simon]

i know exactly what you mean C-town, i go down a back alley to get out of my parking lot, and I was obviously the lowest car to go down the alley today. scraped the entire way and put a nice pile of snow on 17th when I pulled out

[Derick]

Yeah Simon, the worst part about plowing is all you can do is sit there cringing, hoping nothing gets pulled off. Last winter, a buddy of mine plowed through an alley and ripped off both Rieger sideskirts, a lower grill piece, and the plastic protector thingy under the engine. I think my Bora is gonna finally be put to rest for the winter. As soon as the roads are a bit cleaner I'm planning on washing, waxing, parking, and modding like hell

Puppage, as for the hand brake turns. I don't know if its that bad for your car. But I suppose it can't be good for it either. I figure that if its done on really icy roads, the pressure and loads placed on your rear brakes is probably no greater than if you were parked on a hill. Also, I was pulling these drifts in my Mk2. That's the best part about having a winter beater is that you can BEAT on it. Quite frankly, if I were to break something on the mk2, I'd be like whatever. Your GTI is a MUCH more finely tuned machine, so bagging on it can have far deeper consequences. Just my $.02

[R_Ethug]

haha c-town for sure.. i'm glad i'm stock fronted again cuz i even plowed like a mofo this morning but it was all good.. i just hate being lowered and hearing all the crap fling into my wheel wheels but there is nothing i can do about that