Here is a brilliant idea!

[hollohas]

I made sure to get to the office by 6 this morning in an attempt to avoid most of the traffic. Easy drive but a few folks in tiny, RWD cars with slicks made for a few bad words.

That's not to say there aren't some bad spots out there. When I parked in my VERY slightly sloped driveway last night, put the e-brake on, turned the truck off and got out to get stuff from the back seat, my truck slid down my driveway and all the way into the street...while I was half in, half out of the back seat. Funny sight I'm sure. I have never had a vehicle slide on ice while parked.

Parked it back in the driveway with the front axle engaged and blocked the tires to make sure that didn't happen again.

[Zundfolge]

Winter here is always fun ... as someone who grew up in Kansas (where you learn to drive on ice and the snow weighs about 30 times what it does here) I enjoy watching the Texans, Californians (and now Mexicans) tear it up here.

When we first moved here I drove a 914 Porsche with Yokohama A509s (not as bad as the A008 track tires I ran back on the streets back in Kansas but not exactly "all weather") and never had half the problems I see these Texicans with their 4x4 pickups and SUVs having.

Stay frosty out there

[TFOGGER]

[ruthabagah]

FROM THE DIARY OF A NEW COLORADOAN (formerly from California)

Aug. 12 - Moved to our new home in Colorado. I am so excited. It's so beautiful here. The mountains are so majestic. Can hardly wait to see them with snow covering them.

Sep. 15 – Colorado: it is the most beautiful place on earth! The leaves have turned all colors and shades of yellow. Went for a ride through the beautiful mountains and saw some deer. They are so graceful. Certainly they are the most wonderful animals on earth. This must be paradise. I love it here.

Sep. 22nd. Deer season ends soon. I can't imagine anyone wanting to kill such a gorgeous creature. Hope it snows soon. I love it here.

Nov. 11 - Remembrance Day - It snowed last night. Woke up to find everything blanketed with white. It looks like a postcard. We went outside and cleaned the snow off the steps and shoveled the driveway. We had a snowball fight (I won). When the snow plow came by, we had to shovel the driveway again. What a beautiful place. I love Colorado.

Nov. 12 - More snow last night. The snow plow did his trick again to the driveway. I love it here.

Dec. 19 - More snow last night. Couldn't get out of the driveway to get to work. It's beautiful here but I'm exhausted from shoveling. Fucking snow plow.

Dec. 22 - More of that white shit fell last night. I've got blisters on my hands and a sore back from shoveling. I think the snow plow hides around the corner until I'm done shoveling the driveway. Asshole.

Dec. 25 - Merry effin’ Christmas! More frigging snow. If I ever get my hands on the son-of-a-bitch who drives the snow plow, I swear I'll kill the bastard. Don't know why they don't use more salt on the roads to melt the fucking ice.

Dec. 27 - More white shit last night. Been inside for three days now except for shoveling out the fucking driveway after that snow plow goes through every time. Can't go anywhere, the car's stuck in a mountain of white shit and it's so frigging cold. The weatherman says to expect another 10 inches of the shit again tonight. Do you know how many shovels full of fucking snow 10 inches is?

Dec. 28 - That fucking weatherman was wrong. We got 34 inches of the shit this time. At this rate it won't melt before summer. The snow plow got stuck up in the road and that bastard came to my door and asked to borrow my shovel. After I told him that I had already broken six shovels shoveling out all the shit he had pushed into my driveway, I damn near broke my last one over his fucking head.

Jan. 4 - Finally got out of the house today. Went to the store to get food and on my way back a damned deer ran in front of the car. Did about $3,000 damage to the car. Those fucking beasts should be killed. The bastards are everywhere. Wish the hunters had exterminated them all last September.

May 3 - Took the car to the garage in town. Would you believe the thing is rusted out from all that fucking salt they put all over the roads.

May 10 - Moved back to California. I can't imagine why anyone in their right mind would ever want to live in such a God forsaken place as Colorado.

[Zundfolge]

If only the May 10 entry were common.

[SuperiorDG]

Meanwhile, 11/11/2014 in Maui (Jaws)

http://www.surfline.com/surflinetv/f...er-11th_120162

[Mazin]

FROM THE DIARY OF A NEW COLORADOAN (formerly from California)

Aug. 12 - Moved to our new home in Colorado. I am so excited. It's so beautiful here. The mountains are so majestic. Can hardly wait to see them with snow covering them.

Sep. 15 – Colorado: it is the most beautiful place on earth! The leaves have turned all colors and shades of yellow. Went for a ride through the beautiful mountains and saw some deer. They are so graceful. Certainly they are the most wonderful animals on earth. This must be paradise. I love it here.

Sep. 22nd. Deer season ends soon. I can't imagine anyone wanting to kill such a gorgeous creature. Hope it snows soon. I love it here.

Nov. 11 - Remembrance Day - It snowed last night. Woke up to find everything blanketed with white. It looks like a postcard. We went outside and cleaned the snow off the steps and shoveled the driveway. We had a snowball fight (I won). When the snow plow came by, we had to shovel the driveway again. What a beautiful place. I love Colorado.

Nov. 12 - More snow last night. The snow plow did his trick again to the driveway. I love it here.

Dec. 19 - More snow last night. Couldn't get out of the driveway to get to work. It's beautiful here but I'm exhausted from shoveling. Fucking snow plow.

Dec. 22 - More of that white shit fell last night. I've got blisters on my hands and a sore back from shoveling. I think the snow plow hides around the corner until I'm done shoveling the driveway. Asshole.

Dec. 25 - Merry effin’ Christmas! More frigging snow. If I ever get my hands on the son-of-a-bitch who drives the snow plow, I swear I'll kill the bastard. Don't know why they don't use more salt on the roads to melt the fucking ice.

Dec. 27 - More white shit last night. Been inside for three days now except for shoveling out the fucking driveway after that snow plow goes through every time. Can't go anywhere, the car's stuck in a mountain of white shit and it's so frigging cold. The weatherman says to expect another 10 inches of the shit again tonight. Do you know how many shovels full of fucking snow 10 inches is?

Dec. 28 - That fucking weatherman was wrong. We got 34 inches of the shit this time. At this rate it won't melt before summer. The snow plow got stuck up in the road and that bastard came to my door and asked to borrow my shovel. After I told him that I had already broken six shovels shoveling out all the shit he had pushed into my driveway, I damn near broke my last one over his fucking head.

Jan. 4 - Finally got out of the house today. Went to the store to get food and on my way back a damned deer ran in front of the car. Did about $3,000 damage to the car. Those fucking beasts should be killed. The bastards are everywhere. Wish the hunters had exterminated them all last September.

May 3 - Took the car to the garage in town. Would you believe the thing is rusted out from all that fucking salt they put all over the roads.

May 10 - Moved back to California. I can't imagine why anyone in their right mind would ever want to live in such a God forsaken place as Colorado.

WIN!

[rbeau30]

Many people think that having a 4x4 makes them invincible. Well when handled improperly it just ensures that all four wheels spin and loose traction instead of two.

[HoneyBadger]

Many people think that having a 4x4 makes them invincible. Well when handled improperly it just ensures that all four wheels spin and loose traction instead of two.

Driving would be a lot safer if more people understood the basic laws of physics.

[Zundfolge]

Driving would be a lot safer if more people understood the basic laws of physics.

Just like voting would be a lot safer if more people understood the basic laws of economics.