jeez!

[tiamatlady]

Unless you have a honkin big truck like bunicula, do NOT go outside!
And if you have an auto like gothboy's you should run and HIDE.
I just saw a car like his in my parking lot, slipping and sliding, with NO control.

Let me explain.
There's a metric buttload of snow out there. I drove down to a main corner to go to my new favorite pizza place for a pizza. It took me twenty minutes to clean off my car, it's all light fluffy snow, which means taking a big sweep with a brush puts half of it back onto the car. I got to the place and found a spot. Got my pizza, which I hadn't bothered to order in advance. In TEN minutes, my car is covered again. Then I can't get out of the spot, there's snow everywhere any my tires can't find purchase. Some numbnuts actually STOPPED and waved me into traffic. I turned around and looked her in the eyes and said "I'm Stuck you stupid bitch. Just get out of the way." I mean, who stops in the MIDDLE of traffic, when it's obvious that I'm stuck.

THEN I make it to the side street leaning to my house. At the end is an incline, I was building up momentum to get up it. Except stopped in the MIDDLE of the road is a Toyota, who kept backing up and moving forward. OK say I, it's slippery. Except it's NOT,she's trying to get into a driveway. SO I go around her, but since I went from a stop, and it IS slippery I can't make it. I have to turn around, and go back around the car, where I very satisfactorily told the woman driver and her husband digging out the driveway how much they sucked. My window was open. *evil grin* They both glared at me, thus proving the "I no speak Engrish." can be SO faked, I know this particular couple has played that card before. Or maybe they just have heard the word "Asshole" enough that they know what it means.

I make it home without anymore undue problems, expect for the moron in my driveway who seems to think I can float my car over him while he's pulling out and I'm pulling in, as evidenced by his "come on" gestures. Um, buddy, you're in the MIDDLE of the driveway. Move your ass.

So the moral of that story is told by how much I slid around. My car doesn't slide. My car has traction control, we don't slide, we don't get stuck. Since we did, it can be assumed that the weather and conditions are VERY Crappy.

Stay in til it stops. Stay at work, stay home, stay where you are. You'll be happier for it, believe me.

Comments

[developer.livejournal.com]

This is the weather for which I buy stick cars :)

[tiamatlady]

Yeah, I can see that, especially after the problem sI had.
but I usually don't drive during the Gawd awful weather. As long as there isn't ALL snow, I can get out of any spot. Besides, I don't know how to handle sitck *evil giggle*

You're very bored today, aren't you? *grins*

[developer.livejournal.com]

I'm doing sick things to try to track down a bug. My veeps are clearly desperate because they are letting me get away with it. :)

[bratling.livejournal.com]

and snow tires.

my snow tires rawk.

[kazama.livejournal.com]

I just linked to this message because that wasexactly what I was going to write. My van handled it well but I almost got hit 3 times on the way home. I spent an hour clearing the driveway and it still isn't done. Then, I took a face plant in the snowbank as I was moving the cars.

*greg mode*
I need a convienient sex parter to stay home and f**k like mad. That's the only thing this weather is good for.
*/greg mode*

[tk7602.livejournal.com]

i watched my co-workers shovelling out their little cars as i was leaving work. i got in, drove through it, and went home.

in the driveway, i just drove through the snow.

i like my truck.