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TNT4ME

01-22-2005, 06:18 PM

Looks like someone has some snow exercise in their future. Snow sucks unless you get to play in it like snowboarding, sleding etc...

I spent 8 hours winterizing my car and no snow. Normally we get Northwest weather 14 days later, but this year just rain. So send some this way so I can justify my 8 hours and sickly stock looking car please.

exsailor

01-22-2005, 06:22 PM

We are getting that tomorrow with a -33F windchill thrown in :mad:

At least I have ABS, TCS and a remote starter with heated seats :D

GTSTISL

01-22-2005, 06:38 PM

This is why i love usein my dads carport, just a thin sheet of snow-
http://www.freewebs.com/joshnsabbath/kdm.JPG

th003g

01-22-2005, 06:45 PM

i got a garage spot...hehe.... right now I have my 17's in back and GLS 15 steelies in front... here where I live on LI we are supposed to get 18 -24 inches by the time it ends... lucky for me my father pent the big bucks a few years ago on a snowthrower with a 6 speed tranny...and a headlight... lol... if need be I can ride that around town...

JacksonJ

01-22-2005, 06:51 PM

When I saw this topic with your name Ilan, I thought you crashed your car.

GTSTISL

01-22-2005, 06:56 PM

So did i...= (

04GTboySC

01-22-2005, 07:03 PM

I have a white elantra, the next go around maybe tonite i'll be sure to take pics

JacksonJ

01-22-2005, 07:09 PM

I was caught in a blizzard earlier. It was lake effect snow and caused visiblity to be like 200 Feet. I had my wife and kids so I didn't do anything stupid, everyone else was being very good on the road too. No accidents, but I seen a lot of domestics pulled off on the side, I guess they couldn't handle this much snow.

2loud2k2xd

01-22-2005, 07:42 PM

well i just got back from snowboardin. i love winter, but i cant wait till spring to get the xd out. tired of driving salt ride. btw, ilan, glad to hear this is not a thread about fubar the car. :)

mbv2001

01-22-2005, 07:48 PM

snow does sux had to work today so i was driving a huge dunbar truck thats RWD and hard to control that crap i was oh so happy when they called us back to base early but i also hate driving my XD in snow so guess same damn thing

ilanpro

01-22-2005, 08:41 PM

More Snow :(

http://www.nitrousworld.com/pictures/snow3.jpg
http://www.nitrousworld.com/pictures/snow4.jpg

Keyan

01-22-2005, 08:44 PM

Yup the snow's about halfway done lol.

Hey ilan, take a pic of a ruler in the snow! :)

Jlivan

01-22-2005, 08:49 PM

That does suck! How cold is it up there now? I haven't seen snow for a while. It's prob been like 10 years since I have been up north (Cleveland).

04GTboySC

01-22-2005, 08:55 PM

no more snow for us right now, i'd actually like some more

jcr557

01-22-2005, 09:11 PM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v258/jcr557/Picture981.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v258/jcr557/Picture1013.jpg

Jlivan

01-22-2005, 09:18 PM

all I have to say is yikes

mrhoaf

01-22-2005, 09:21 PM

They were calling for us to get anywhere from 3-6" to 10-11"...... instead we were lucky enough to get freezing rain and sleet!!! Fortunately, it warmed up to almost 40 degrees and melted the worst of it..... we finally did get some snow in the late afternoon and early evening, but maybe an inch at the most....

04GTboySC

01-22-2005, 09:33 PM

yea we got about 4 inches and we were supposd to get 8 - 10

Keyan

01-22-2005, 09:37 PM

I'm in the 18-24 inch zone :( I'll take pics in an hour...
It's falling 2 inches per!

th003g

01-22-2005, 09:39 PM

i've got two driveways...so it took me 30 minutes to clear both with the snowthrower.... fun fun fun... honestly.... i did that around 7pm and just looked outside.... 2-3 more inches since then where I had cleared the stuff...and I finally got my mini-sportbike working again... gonna try to have some fun... dunno if i'll actually be able to drive it...snow is about up to the door trim on my mom's accent which is located in the same area as the strip on the XD... so take a guess how high it is...24 inches here we come.... lol

southpawboston

01-22-2005, 09:47 PM

6" of snow here and counting...could end up anywhere between 12 and 24" before it's over.

would have taken a pic of the car but my wife already brushed it off...

OPZ

01-22-2005, 11:36 PM

Snow sucks... at least when it isnt delaying school. Im thinking about hopping on the quad and having some fun in the yard tomorrow! haha

ilanpro

01-22-2005, 11:49 PM

Mission acomplished :D

http://www.nitrousworld.com/pictures/snow5.jpg

My Back is hurting now, the years are starting to show

Why did I shoveled So early!, One may ask. Less work Tomorrow :D

04GTboySC

01-22-2005, 11:55 PM

that looks like my car now i like thosde fog lights on the suv

OPZ

01-22-2005, 11:57 PM

Good idea putting the wipers up, I should do that probably... lol

04GTboySC

01-23-2005, 12:18 AM

i forgot to do that oops :(

SuperGLS

01-23-2005, 02:17 AM

Ha, I was about to say "What are you waiting for Ilan, get out there and shovel it," but it looks like you've taken care of it. I was sad, we only got about 5-6" here, I could have used some more... it's sucky too, because it isn't even "packable" for snowballs.

Keyan

01-23-2005, 07:31 AM

Hey ilan, what's that? In that picture your elantra is backwards. You moved it. WTF are you doing taking that thing out in the snow LOL

southpawboston

01-23-2005, 08:16 AM

once this storm is over (still 12 more hours of snowfall predicted) i will take a pic of the car. it's amazing, you can't even make out what color the car is, just about every inch of it is covered-- including the sides.

Blackdiamond

01-23-2005, 11:21 AM

Here we got 7-8" ... and at my apt complex.. they are schedule to plow on MONDAY!!! I almost got stuck twice last night... everyone is parking on the street which the city does the plowing.. I would but last time... they towed cars!!! and its about 200 yards away... I found a spot and did the back and foward deal to make a semi-path so I dont get stuck trying to get out :)

NorthernYankee

01-23-2005, 11:35 AM

Yeah we got around 12" at my house and around 16" here at work(yes I am at work right now)...but I took the wives Tracker 4x4, I am actually surprised how well it does in the snow...but I think much more than we have now and it could get stuck too...it would just run out of ground clearance.

It was fun doin RWD doughnuts in the parking lot at work yesterday when the snow started:D

--NY

04GTboySC

01-23-2005, 11:40 AM

brr the wind is bad today and omg my car is icky dirty

ilanpro

01-23-2005, 11:48 AM

Hey ilan, what's that? In that picture your elantra is backwards. You moved it. WTF are you doing taking that thing out in the snow LOL

I had to move it to clean the way :rolleyes:

Morning Pics

http://www.nitrousworld.com/pictures/snow6.jpg

My back yard

http://www.nitrousworld.com/pictures/snow7.jpg

http://www.nitrousworld.com/pictures/snow8.jpg

nogo2.0

01-23-2005, 01:43 PM

I wish we had that problem. so far we only got about 12" I been hoping for big snow blizzarrds out here in Iowa for the last 5 years. you know you could probably get a another vehicle more ment for the snow. shoving does suck though I prefer plowing

ilanpro

01-23-2005, 01:47 PM

southpawboston

01-23-2005, 02:11 PM

i guess i'm not going to be going anywhere, anytime soon...

my car this morning:

http://homepage.mac.com/tutter/snow-left.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/tutter/snow-right.jpg

ilanpro

01-23-2005, 02:23 PM

At least you got the wipers up. :D

Nyck

01-23-2005, 02:29 PM

i guess i'm not going to be going anywhere, anytime soon...

lmao~!~1!! buhaahahahhahahahahahahhahaahaha

now i see why you guys want heated seats.

SuperGLS

01-23-2005, 02:39 PM

Ha, that's a good one SPB. It doesn't matter, just sit tight today and watch the football games.

ilanpro

01-23-2005, 02:46 PM

I have to work :(

Oh Well! I can still listen to them on the radio

E-A-G-L-E-S

slow 2K2GT

01-23-2005, 02:52 PM

Go take a snow bath in your yard, it changes your whole outlook on snow and the cold, thats how us infanteers stay clean in the winter on exercise. Perhaps try a polar bear swim, I do every year on new years day its good for your heart. Winter does suck ***, but hey no mosquitos or bees!

EliteElantra02

01-23-2005, 03:26 PM

HAHA, i just dug my car out...and went to work..but the mall is closed, so NO WORK!!...it's only the 2nd time in a loooooong time they closed the mall here....anyway, my poor car was litterally covered...look!!

CuddleBug1899

01-23-2005, 07:57 PM

So I'm at a friends house in Delaware and we were shoveling... nothing exciting just a bunch of snow... and then I hit my rear bumper with the shovel. The BLACK METAL SHOVEL that I was using. Made a nice huge mark. I'm really upset. ****ing snow.

OPZ

01-24-2005, 12:34 AM

That sucks. Espically for SPB. Nice are those rims or hubcaps there ilan? haha

CuddleBug1899

01-24-2005, 12:38 AM

Wow Ilan I didn't know you lived in the sticks! lol

evan938

01-24-2005, 12:54 AM

wow...that sucks for all of you....saturday, i was going to go drive to muchigan to go to the detroit auto show...tell my friend friday night..drive into town tomorrow, i dont wanna spend 1:15 driving out of the way to come get you...she tells me shell drive in in the morning...doesnt happen..so i drive to get her...

4 hours from columbus ohio to a little south of ann arbor, and then over to detroit...some of the worst snow ive driven in...went to winsor...thats gonna be a whole nother post :) but im goin back...like...tomorrow...LOL

ilan...do you have one side of the cars wheels painted, and the other side not???

ilanpro

01-24-2005, 01:28 AM

That sucks. Espically for SPB. Nice are those rims or hubcaps there ilan? haha
Accord alloys :D

hyunelan2

01-24-2005, 09:03 AM

We were on the front edge of the storm in Chicagoland, so it wasn't as bad as you guys to the East got hit. I'm on the Southwest side, we were lucky... only about 5-6." I spent 14 hours in a snow plow on Friday and Saturday... the rest of saturday was devoted to sleeping. Which, then of course, made Sunday the day I had to squeeze the entire weekend 'to do' list into one day... only got to see one quarter of football (Philly - ATL game). I'm still exhausted... my back and shoulders are beat up from driving around in that snow plow, manipulating the leavers, and trying not to run into idiots on the road.

On a side note, is it bad that I'd laugh out loud evertime I'd pass a parked car on the street (illegal after 2" of snowfall) and would here the psssshht of salt pinging off their car? Litereally, made me giggle everytime. I also enjoyed putting snow back in peoples driveways when they snowblow it into the street. Hit that at about 30 mph and throw it back to their porch... hehe. Oh, and I got to spend that time with a turbocharger... but it was a diesel and needed one to move, lol.

Stupid snow. Ruined my weekend.