Message from @Ancient

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2020-12-06 23:21:52 UTC  

It snows upwards here i swear

2020-12-06 23:22:13 UTC  

Oooh driving down the highway and watching the snow swirl on the road

2020-12-06 23:22:19 UTC  

Thats my favorite

2020-12-06 23:22:34 UTC  

Its like watching a fire

2020-12-06 23:22:40 UTC  

But snow

2020-12-06 23:22:43 UTC  

i went on a road trip couple years ago and i drove through a blizzard

2020-12-06 23:22:51 UTC  

it was both mesmerizing and terrifying at the same time

2020-12-06 23:22:55 UTC  

So scary

2020-12-06 23:23:36 UTC  

driving into the snow looks cool through the winshield, but its scary driving cause it makes me sleepy

2020-12-06 23:23:43 UTC  

We got sudden weather change signs here that frigging mean it

2020-12-06 23:23:58 UTC  

Goin up a mountain its all sunshine and lollipops

2020-12-06 23:24:13 UTC  

Then its hail and fog on a 12% grade goin down switchback

2020-12-06 23:24:23 UTC  

MN with all its lakes means a lot of bridges over streams, channels, and such, and those always Ice up first so theres signs

2020-12-06 23:24:45 UTC  

Yes be very careful on any suspended roadway

2020-12-06 23:24:54 UTC  

They get a lot colder than the rest of the road

2020-12-06 23:24:59 UTC  

So little thermal mass means it cools quicker

2020-12-06 23:25:01 UTC  

Very dangerous

2020-12-06 23:25:25 UTC  

Yeah it heats up fast to and ices over when it cools again

2020-12-06 23:25:27 UTC  

and it's usually a narrowed section of road too, for cost savings, so it's already a more dangerous section then the rest

2020-12-06 23:25:46 UTC  

Winter driving ain't no joke

2020-12-06 23:25:52 UTC  

all in all, bridges are bad juju

2020-12-06 23:25:53 UTC  

Drive well below the speed limit lol

2020-12-06 23:26:29 UTC  

I'm driving a fwd minivan for the time being, got winters on the front and all seasons on the back (all the shop had at the moment and mine were bald)

2020-12-06 23:26:48 UTC  

Better than bald man

2020-12-06 23:26:50 UTC  

so I putt around with 200 lbs of sand and salt bags in the back to keep it planted

2020-12-06 23:27:06 UTC  

You dont want bald tires in the winter you will probably kill someone sliding into them

2020-12-06 23:27:14 UTC  

Oh absolutely

2020-12-06 23:27:39 UTC  

even in the summer, you hydroplane on anything more than a misting at highway speeds

2020-12-06 23:28:33 UTC  

Hydroplaning is so scary

2020-12-06 23:28:44 UTC  

Slush is very very dangerous too

2020-12-06 23:28:47 UTC  

Avoid slush

2020-12-06 23:28:49 UTC  

My traction control was kicking in when I was accelerating anything more than gentle from a stop, so I bit the bullet and got em done that afternoon. We had snow coming down for a couple weeks right after that so I really didnt want to risk shopping around and losing these two i found

2020-12-06 23:28:54 UTC  

two winter tires i mean

2020-12-06 23:29:13 UTC  

Yeah its always worth it to just get em on

2020-12-06 23:29:21 UTC  

As many as you can at least lol

2020-12-06 23:29:54 UTC  

man i remember one of the winters here the roads were nothing but ice rinks

2020-12-06 23:29:59 UTC  

I got myself a set of rims from a wrecker and pit my winters on em so I dont have to pay for the switch

2020-12-06 23:30:04 UTC  

literally skating with your car

2020-12-06 23:30:18 UTC  

Any kind of acceleration is a slip probably lol

2020-12-06 23:30:58 UTC  

I planned on doing that but also consider the likelihood that this van dies this winter anyways

2020-12-06 23:31:03 UTC  

Don't drive rear wheel drive in the winter if you can avoid it