Naaah, you never lose the talent or ability. What you lose is the ability to do something stupid without thinking about the possible consequences. I'm pretty sure that's what happened to me at least.
More along the lines of how much gas to give it, how fast to actually go given the road conditions, what stopping distance is needed and when you brake will the car slide into the gutter due to the crown in the road. Just don't have the recent "experience" to stay attuned to the adjustments needed to drive in the crap on the one or two days a year we have this kind of stuff here. And don't like driving in it and usually won't more from the standpoint that the idiots around here will put you and themselves at risk from their thoughtlessness and lack of training in how to drive in these conditions. Some years back we had a wreck that involved 139 cars, started when a gent driving way too fast ran straight into the back of a slightly slower car at a bottleneck where the HOV lanes exited to the freeway - and everyone behind this wreck got into it too. From stupidity and not driving for the conditions. I do okay when I am driving out west when visiting family but I really don't care to drive in it.
Snow, snow and more snow! I bet we've got drifts up 6" too !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here's another chuckle for ya............As of 8am there's only 1 set of tire tracks heading out of our subdivision. I reckon we're all going to setting down for a long winters nap.
Haven't seen so much as a flake - so much for my telecommute... VDOT did smear the roads with Salt & Sand, may not get any snow but we still get the benefits of our headlight lenses sandblasted.
Driving in today, looking up, I noticed to the left (mountain way) the sky was clear and blue; to the right (VA Beach way) was clouds and gray. I guess we're on the edge of the mess.
The bad thing about all this mess is the wife called this morning from the hospital and her mom is allowed to go home today. That's great news except Kimbo don't like to drive in this crap. I might need to go and get them.
Just remember these tips: 1: Leave room between you and the car in front. 2: Slow down before a turn way before you usually would (and if you don't think you can make the turn safely, don't). 3: While turning, peg the throttle and slide around the corner (works best with RWD vehicles). 4: If you find yourself heading toward a ditch, floor it. The added momentum may cause you to jump it.
Don't go to any trouble there, Robert. She's only your wife. I know you don't want to miss getting to watch the innauguration on TV. My only advice is that you should drive the Suburban. It's big enough to knock those little econoboxes out of the way, and if you should happen to total it, that's the only way you'll ever get your money back for it.
Watching to tube today? I think not. She's got the Suburban. I'll probably need to take the F250 up there then drive back the bowtie. MIL can't sit in the front seat due to the airbag. Accidents all over the place. It's got to be those "powersliding, I've driven in this stuff all my life" northerners cuz us "hick" southerners are all at home.
Yep, you can usually recognize those yankees who "know how to drive in the snow". They're the ones with the big dents in thier cars.
Still no snow - what a let down. This is kind of funny, all the schools are closed for the entire region due to the "Winter Weather Warning" and the roads are bone dry, not a snow flake to be found.
Awww, them dents are like kill stickers on war birds. Most are from takeing out yard jewelry thanks to that added momentum what got you across the ditch into those front yards. Never let off the throttle, your aim is to regain the street before the lawn owner finds his shotgun.
Calls to mind a '62 Simca that was one of the family cars - 4 banger, 4 speed on the column. Out messing around in that thang in the snow with 4 HS buddies doing the donut/powerslide/heyya'llwatchthis maneuvers and it ended up on the roof out on someone's lawn... That makes the Chinese Fire Drill more fun - everybody out, roll the car back onto it's wheels, everybody back in, pop the roof back out, start and leave. That should be a winter Olympics event. 3 attempts for scoring. Extra points for each lawn gnome you permanently take out in the process. DQ if the lawnowner gets to and fires his shotgun. If lawn owner gets the plate number and tells "Dad" team is grounded for one score attempt (except a random draw is done and 10% are awarded "Dad laughed and uttered Boys-will-be-boys" points.
is it winter? we got 60 above today and it was 58 yesterday! did i say i live in montana too. i guess if i can get 9 inchs of snow in june-2008. then i can have summer in jan-2009
Send some of those temps my way, it's been low 30's and bowl of milk style fog here. Still not cold, but that fog is getting annoying.
25 F As I write this with a high of 36 F and a low forecast for 22 F. We never did get any snow... for a winter storm warning it was a bust.
