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Old Dec 1, 2006 | 02:33 PM
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Default 6-12 inches...OF SNOW!!!

My lowered tC is like a snow plow in this weather!!!!
I hope my underbody kit is still there

Anybody else get smacked with one hell of a snow dumpping?
Old Dec 1, 2006 | 02:51 PM
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Maybe someone sells a CF front lip-snow plow
Old Dec 1, 2006 | 02:56 PM
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I am lucky I decided not to put the Fiberglass lip kit on the car. That would be in the street a few miles back!
Old Dec 1, 2006 | 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Scott8
My lowered tC is like a snow plow in this weather!!!!
I hope my underbody kit is still there

Anybody else get smacked with one hell of a snow dumpping?
I'm in Downers Grove and had to drive to work at 8 in to morning. We got around 5-6 inches. Good luck going anywhere. I got stuck 5 times leaving my subdivision because the roads weren't plowed. My car is stock height without a lip kit and I was ramming snow clumps all over the road.
Old Dec 1, 2006 | 03:10 PM
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I live on Route 59 2 miles from the store and it took me 25 minutes to get here today!
Old Dec 1, 2006 | 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Scott8
I live on Route 59 2 miles from the store and it took me 25 minutes to get here today!
Surprisingly, once I got out of my subdivision it only took me 35 minutes to get to work compared to the normal 25-30. There wasn't any traffic, so even with 3 inches of snow on 63rd, I went the same pace.
Old Dec 1, 2006 | 03:17 PM
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LMAO try riding a stechs and goign to school when nothing has been plowed yet!



good thing i iused my moms CRV!
Old Dec 1, 2006 | 03:21 PM
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lucky... took me 30 min just to get out of my sub division... i live in a dead end where you cant see the houses from the main road so no one thinks there is anything important back there...
Old Dec 1, 2006 | 03:22 PM
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That's Chicago for you!
Have people started to put lawn furniture out to mark their parking spots?
Old Dec 1, 2006 | 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by roflitzjinno
LMAO try riding a stechs and goign to school when nothing has been plowed yet!



good thing i iused my moms CRV!
Lucky. My fiancee's mom has a Hyundai Sante Fe and her sister has a Lexus RX330 and both of them stayed home today, but could I take there cars, nope. They were both making excuses like "I have to go here and blah blah." So I just left all ____ed off and stared at them as they watched me get stuck 5 times going down the streets. Jerks.
Old Dec 1, 2006 | 03:46 PM
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Yeah, my work is at the bottom of a big hill. It took me 1 1/2 hrs to get home last night. I live 2 miles away from work. That's an average of 1.3mph!!
Old Dec 1, 2006 | 03:49 PM
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1.5 hrs... WoW that sucks! I bet that was very nerve racking!
Old Dec 1, 2006 | 03:53 PM
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it sucks when the huge pickup truck gets right on your butt!
Old Dec 1, 2006 | 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Scott8
it sucks when the huge pickup truck gets right on your butt!
I got lucky on the second half of my commute and stayed behind a snow plow. I was cruising past everyone. Luckily it wasn't one of the ones with a salt sprayer behind it too.
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it sucks when the huge pickup truck gets right on your butt

lol, I live in Texas, so that happens to me everday.
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I got lucky on the second half of my commute and stayed behind a snow plow. I was cruising past everyone. Luckily it wasn't one of the ones with a salt sprayer behind it too.
You're probably the same kind of person who follows the EMS and Fire trucks so you can make all the lights...
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We got dumped on this morning. Out of every university in the Milwaukee area, MSOE is the ONLY one open. And I go to MSOE . Took me 2 hrs to get to school, which is normally a 25min drive. All in all the tC is a really good car in the snow. (Mine is not lowered)
Old Dec 1, 2006 | 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by flintgauge86
I got lucky on the second half of my commute and stayed behind a snow plow. I was cruising past everyone. Luckily it wasn't one of the ones with a salt sprayer behind it too.
You're probably the same kind of person who follows the EMS and Fire trucks so you can make all the lights...
Nah, I know better than that. You have any idea how big the fine is for that? I may follow from a distance, but not close enough to interfere with anything, though I have been tempted before.
Old Dec 1, 2006 | 04:28 PM
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Stay 500-1000 feet behind of the EMS vehicles
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We got about 10 inches of snow here in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I haven't taken my car out yet but the main roads have been plowed.



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