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YOUR RESEARCH996's versus the Great Apocalyptic Snow of 2016
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The weather system has already proved to be deadly, with two drivers killed in North Carolina, one in Tennessee and a pedestrian dead in Maryland.
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Fortunately for me, I just put the 996 up on jack stands last week to replace my front control arms and wish bones...
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I'll be putting the wheels back on in time to run the Snowflake rally on the 31st
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Well as of this morning, the schools are STILL not open.
Alright, you Northeasterners apparently have some snow headed your way. We know this in flyover land because 1) apparently it's a slow news day, and 2) anytime anything happens to that area, it's the lead story and sells better the more dire the predictions. Reportedly, it's so bad that Gonzo and Kalashnikov are stocking up on supplies.
Sooo, let's see some pics, especially of any soul brave enough to take the 996 out into the fray.
Reporting over an inch here in NC.. I drove the Honda Element (woo hoo!) to work today even though the aero kit would have probably held me to the road like glue
. No traffic today, so nice!
Calling for anywhere between 6-10 in Northern NJ.
Pictures to follow.
And I'm taking the Land Rover today. People act like complete morons driving in snow in this state.
Sitting here in FL, I love those pics and your "bravery". Grew up in snow country and loved winter/snow driving. Good for you, heading out in the white stuff!
Also, your plate is very cool. Hope it's not an indication of the state of the paint work on your beauty. It looks great just as it is!
It even made the news over here .........
A huge blizzard bearing down on the US east coast is expected to dump near-record levels of snow on Washington and the Mid-Atlantic region.
More than 50 million people have been warned of a "potentially paralysing storm" late on Friday that will bring 24in (60cm) of snow within hours.
There are warnings the blizzard could cause power outages and will bring road and air travel to a halt.
A rush for supplies led to long queues and empty shelves at supermarkets.
The weather system has already proved to be deadly, with two drivers killed in North Carolina, one in Tennessee and a pedestrian dead in Maryland.
No snow yet up in CT. We're supposed to get off easy though. They're only talking about 6-12" by me starting late tonight -- but my baby's locked away in the garage until the weather warms up. Unfortunately, I don't have snow tires for it and having done the "summer tire in the snow" thing before, I can assure you I won't be looking for a reason to do it again.
-Eric
You Americans get so easily scared by the media. Empty shelves!!! As if this is the end of the World......it's a fricken snow storm that'll pass in a day or so. All you need is beer to get through it.
Up here, I can't wait to get more snow so the snowmobile trails can open for the season.
Catt.. I AM man enough NOT to take my 996 out in that kind of stuff. Actually it's not the snow, but the 'black ice' or any kind of ice that scares me. The 996, or any car for that matter, can have the best of winter tires on it and the car will still leave the road under black ice conditions. I experienced that kind of stuff when we were stationed in Germany during the 90s. If any of you crazy posters are taking your 996 into the snow this winter you wont see the ice until it's too late. The road surface appears to be wet and not icy. BEWARE. Better still, stay indoors.
Except that neither the drivers nor the road crews know how to deal with it. The DC area got 1" the other evening and it turned the evening commute into a 6 hour ordeal for some.
Personally I go with the "if I starve, I starve" approach and skip the whole panicking aspect.
Ummm... In this kind of weather if you lose power keeping your beer cold is NOT an issue.
Can someone explain the logic of backing a front wheel drive car into it's parking space to prepare for snow? Doesn't that just guaranty the least amount of traction/momentum when trying to get out?
The logic is keeping momentum .....because you don't have to stop going backward, shift into 1st, and then start all over. If there's a plowed area somewhere close, you're hoping to make it there; with a lot of snow and no plowed area, you're screwed either way.
"Bread & Milk" -THE ORIGINAL VIDEO- vicdibitetto.net
Bread & Milk vicdibitetto.net
We don't panic we just stock up.
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We don't panic we just stock up.
I'm currently on call at a hospital in the northern DC suburbs. The NWS forecast for this location is for 21-33" by midnight tomorrow night. So, realistically, I don't expect to be relieved until Monday at the earliest. When I do, I promise to take a picture of the 996 in the snow.
Holy crap - just turned on CNN and I'm hit immediately with "85 million in path of storm" and that these affected persons will be in a "life and death struggle" with the storm. I am not exaggerating.
Snowmageddon!!! Run (err, slide?) for the hills?
It was nice knowing you guys. Helluva way to go. Please leave your keys and maintenance records in a convenient place for us survivors to find when we come in a few weeks after the melt.
EDIT: I just learned from CNN that Atlantic City is getting hit with both a high tide AND a full moon at the same time as the storm! Oh man, you guys are soooo screwed!
Just checked.... it's plummeted down to 56 degrees at the track, and we have a 2 mph wind....crazy stuff! Luckily, the beer supplies are holding out so far.
Issued by The National Weather Service
State College, PA
4:11am EST, Sat Jan 23
... WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY...
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... 20 TO 30 INCHES.
* TIMING... HEAVY SNOW WITH RAPID ACCUMULATION RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TONIGHT AND END LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS... EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SOME ROADS WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE BY SATURDAY MORNING WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. WIND GUSTS FROM THE NORTH- NORTHEAST UP TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...
Other Alerts in the Vicinity
There are currently no other weather alerts in the vicinity.
Left the garage door open while cleaning up outside.
*Don't worry, no 996TT's were harmed, it rests comfortably in my climate controlled garage.
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Fortunately for me, I just put the 996 up on jack stands last week to replace my front control arms and wish bones... Finished the job yesterday, but left 'er up on the stands for now. I'll be putting the wheels back on in time to run the Snowflake rally on the 31st
The 944 won't be participating, as it needs some more work...
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Twin, TT's ! How sweet is ^that^
We've gotton about 10 - 12" on the east end of Long Island so far... The wind is still howling so I'm sure there'll be quite a bit of drifting
Storm is done and here is the final damage.
Unburying the BMW and P!g will result in a pile growing behind the 911, so it will likely be there for 1-2 months unless we get some freak warm weather.
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seriously?...
Is it just me or has anyone else noticed the trend?... The hyping of storms and natural kerfuffles is reaching Superbowl proportions... I live in Canada, and even here my kid's school buses are cancelled 2 days before the "storm"...the day arrives and I can't even be bothered to shovel my driveway it's that puny. I actually like driving in storms, I tend to get the fast lane to myself
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Thermometers said it was 40 today here too. It was actually quite pleasant out while moving more snow around this afternoon. Good short sleeve weather while working.
It's 65 degrees here today. In the midst of the "snowpocalypse" we had some fairly heavy flurries (for here) that melted as soon as it touched anything.
We almost never have snow that sticks. We have precipitation that freezes overnight, particularly on bridges. This INSTANTLY turns every driver here into a complete idiot.
News reports of coming snow sends everyone to the store to buy milk and bread. If you actually work until 5pm they are completely out of both. Apparently it is a Southern Tradition to eat french toast if it gets cold.
I am originally from the Illinois/Wisconsin state line right on Lake Michigan. You can imagine how ridiculous I consider all this to be.
Just to be clear guys I in no way mean tend to make light of anyone hurt by this... but real snow to me means having to shovel out the tops of the stop signs... my buddy Neil in his old hometown had the job of driving around every morning when it was bad and spray painting a red blob on the snow bank where the stop sign was buried...screen doors that open into the house and the shovel is kept inside... But I also understand that 5 million people on summer tires in a city that has four snow plows 3000 miles of streets and 40000 acres of parking lots... has potential to shake things up
We had a snow storm in Colorado a few years ago that dumped more than 40" on my house over two days. That storm didn't have a name or national news coverage. We called it "winter".
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Here in Charlotte we got about two inches of snow. But then some freezing rain on top of it. The next day it began melting and now with temperatures in the 50s-60s it's pretty much gone.
Well as of this morning, the schools are STILL not open. I made it into work fine yesterday in the 996 but yet a school bus can't handle the light dusting of snow along the side of the road.
But this is expected living in the south, thankfully it only happens 1-2 times per year so no big deal. And it was great business for grocery stores while it lasted!
"otherwise she would have been a German submarine ! "
*In case you didn't know...^Those^ were/are called U boats !
Ok, here we go (all together now...) We all live in a German submarine, German submarine, German submarine...We all live in a German submarine etc. etc. etc... I guess U boat doesn't work in that context...
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