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Old 01-16-2007, 01:09 PM
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Unhappy My poor track car...left outside in an ice storm...

Very untypical weather for Carjackistan:
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Yah, had a pcar and the 5 out in the driveway for it. Sucks, but oh well.
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I guess Hell does freeze over once in a while. It's not that bad up here. It's freezing but no precipitation.

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The sleet has just turned to snow, George. Forecasted to sleet and/or snow through tomorrow night, maybe into Thursday morning. The meteorologists are so excited, they ar epeeing their pants. They will be making this one of their grad school case studies, it is such an unusual event (an unending stream of winter precipitation from the Big Bend/Rio Grande Valley all the way to Maine).
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SNOW!!!!!! I bet the locals will be freaking out. Sunday and yesterday were a blast. It was funny to see all the people trying to drive on ice. I finally got to use 4x4 mode in my truck......

It's dry here and none in the forecast until the weekend. I need a track day and am having no luck.

G.
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that will teach for having a car with a propeller on the hood
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Originally Posted by George A
SNOW!!!!!! I bet the locals will be freaking out. Sunday and yesterday were a blast. It was funny to see all the people trying to drive on ice. I finally got to use 4x4 mode in my truck......

It's dry here and none in the forecast until the weekend. I need a track day and am having no luck.

G.

The locals freaked out a the iced overpasses yesterday, and how even 4wd doesn't really help if you try to steer or stop suddenly...

Yet, my stud paperboy delivered my paper this morning despite 1" of sheet ice on EVERYTHING.

Come to TWS in 3 weeks for the LSR event. We can have some fun!

STFU on the propeller comments, Sean!
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Sprinkle a bag of salt over it.
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Originally Posted by Veloce Raptor
The locals freaked out a the iced overpasses yesterday, and how even 4wd doesn't really help if you try to steer or stop suddenly...
I was getting some great four wheel drifts. It was actually pretty controllable. I was amazed.

G.
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Originally Posted by George A
SNOW!!!!!! I bet the locals will be freaking out. Sunday and yesterday were a blast. It was funny to see all the people trying to drive on ice. I finally got to use 4x4 mode in my truck......

It's dry here and none in the forecast until the weekend. I need a track day and am having no luck.

G.
Snow? What's that?!?

-Z-man, living in the snow-free Northeast. (No snow this season yet)
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Mid-Atlantic States continue to dodge this stuff. Wet and close to 50 yesterday, dry and 35 or so today. Supposed to warm back to the high 40s by Thursday.
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Originally Posted by George A
I was getting some great four wheel drifts. It was actually pretty controllable. I was amazed.

G.

That's because YOU know how to drive, G.
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Originally Posted by Veloce Raptor
That's because YOU know how to drive, G.
Now you are buttering me up. What do you want?

BTW, I learned it all on the PS3. Theres a drift mode and you can select a F599...............

G.
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Originally Posted by George A
Now you are buttering me up. What do you want?

BTW, I learned it all on the PS3. Theres a drift mode and you can select a F599...............

G.

Pffftttttttt.........Amateur....



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Originally Posted by Bull
Mid-Atlantic States continue to dodge this stuff. Wet and close to 50 yesterday, dry and 35 or so today. Supposed to warm back to the high 40s by Thursday.
All I want to do is go skiing since I can't hit up any track events over the winter!


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