[Shotimes] snow and ice

[Paul Nimz]

Nothing like driving at 60 mph on glazed ice in my '93 SHO with the Michelin 
Artic Alpins, passing all the blokes doing 25 mph.  :)  Always good fun 
watching the SUVs trying to keep up too.

Paul Nimz
'97 TR
'93 EG mtx


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bjshov8" <bjshov8@comcast.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 11:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] snow and ice


>> People in the far North US seem to look
>> forward to snow, people in the central parts of the northern
>> states just put up with it.  the farther south, the worse
>> the cold weather drivers are, it is just a fact of what you
>> are used to.
>
> We tend to get coatings of pure ice, and nothing gets traction on it no
> matter which tires are powered or what they are made out of.  Sometimes it
> happens that 50 miles north of us is slightly colder and they get snow, 50
> miles south of us is warm enough to just get rain, but here we get rain,
> freezing rain or sleet and it ice-cubes the pavement.  Unless you've got
> studs or chains you don't go anywhere very fast.  I guess compared to this
> ice show would seem like good dry asphalt.
>
> Years ago I remember my Scirocco and Jetta doing better in the ice.  Even
> owning SHO's for a long time I haven't had that many chances to try them 
> on
> pure ice.  What I do remember is that they would take me where I wanted to
> go but I had to take it easy.  More conventional vehicles couldn't go at
> all.
>
> Back when I was driving the Jetta I remember one of our yuppie employees 
> had
> a new 325e, with antilock brakes.  He came driving into our parking lot
> which was nothing but a pure skating rink.  When he touched the brakes 
> they
> locked up, the fancy anitlock brake system in his car turned off the 
> brakes,
> and he rolled all the way across the parking lot and into the brick wall.
> When I arrived shortly after that the simple brakes in my Jetta didn't 
> have
> any trouble stopping.
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