dam snow

[1993_mullet12]

snow and ice sucks who agree?

[MachineAddict]

I do for sure....my truck is my daily driver. Luckily we were closed today so she stayed in the garage, hopefully tomorrow we have some snow to melt this or maybe we'll close again....either way, I'm dreading taking it out in this.

[Mark #2]

I loved it, got to blast around in the K5 today with nobody on the streets.:D

[dboat]

I loved it, got to blast around in the K5 today with nobody on the streets.:D

:0fftopicwhat year is your K5?

[dboat]

I dont mind it so much.. but I lived in Erie, Pa for almost 6 yrs and enjoyed it.. it can get old if its bad for several months, but otherwise makes for a nice break from the usual.. I wouldnt want to be driving the L out in it.. that would be dangerous to me.

Dana

[Mark #2]

:0fftopicwhat year is your K5?
88, the best year, the last year of this model.

[dboat]

88, the best year, the last year of this model.

http://www.powerblocktv.com/site3/index.php/xtreme

this may be of interest to you.. at least its about your truck and will make it worth watching, well maybe..

Dana

[Mikesvt1]

Its not that bad

[99WhiteBeast]

Yea a L in this would suck. I would not even chance it. There are way too many idiots out there that think they can drive in this.

Keys for me yesterday


don't use brakes



drive 15 to 25 mph



plan route to minimize trouble spots- i.e. hills, bridges....

[Sixpipes]

Yea a L in this would suck. I would not even chance it. There are way too many idiots out there that think they can drive in this.

Keys for me yesterday


don't use brakes



drive 15 to 25 mph



plan route to minimize trouble spots- i.e. hills, bridges....



If you are driving the Focus, it's not so good on ice because of the lack of weight, standard tranny, and low profile tires. But it is fun to drive...:D

[Shiner1]

AWD Merc Mountaineer has done pretty well.

Following Steve's tips is a good thing for sure!!:tu:

[tiffo60]

Luckily my DD is a AWD Denali Truck so it hardly even untracks in this weather:d

[mikelemoine]

I'm in Miami this week, it's about 78 and sunny! Sorry, had to be a bast*rd and rub it in :evil.

Here's a view from my hotel room:

http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk307/mikelemoine/IMG_20110127_172856.jpg

[dboat]

I did a 180 this morning on the way to work.. but no harm.. the AWD CTS is nice in these situations.. that AWD with traction control makes a real difference.

Dana

[Sixpipes]

I did a 180 this morning on the way to work.. but no harm.. the AWD CTS is nice in these situations.. that AWD with traction control makes a real difference.

Dana

So you're saying you would have dona a 360 without the AWD? :cool:

[dboat]

So you're saying you would have dona a 360 without the AWD? :cool:

maaaayyyybbeee... not really.. but it goes to show you even with AWD when you hit ice, nothing really matters unless you have studded snow tires.. but the AWD does help in taking off and in general over 2WD..

Dana

[1993_mullet12]

well its de-iced a little today and i had to took the truck out for a spin. this cold weather really gets to her on start up. at least i got to hit up a parking lot and had some fun drifting but that is all.

[mikelemoine]

I can't believe the weather you guys are having. I lived there for 8 years and snow/ice never lasted more than a couple of days!

Kind of bummed that I'm missing this one, I'd be having a blast drifting in empty parking lots:banana:

Stay warm fellas!

[mikelemoine]

88, the best year, the last year of this model.

I had an 87 back in the day, I loved it. I think the Blazers went to 89 and kept the square body, even though the trucks went to the newer aero design. The 89s had the 2 + 2 headlights horizontally instead of vertically like the prior models. My 87 had a 4" lift with 33x12.50 Michelin all terrain tires, Skyjacker softride suspension and the 5.7V8. Upgraded the motor to a mild built 4 bolt with carb, it would get up and go pretty well. Blew the stock rear end out so many times beating on it we finally put a Ford 9" in there with rear disc brakes. The 9" didn't have posi, but it never broke again! It got about the same mileage as my 03 HD Screw:rolleyes:

Anyway sorry for the hijack, just reliving my youth.....

[FRDRCING]

We had a light dusting of ice in a few spots here Monday Night after I got off work. Tuesday evening we had over a 12 inch's of snow. Today it was -4 without the windchill. More snow is on the way Monday/Tuesday. Should only be just a light dusting of 1-3 inch's this time around.

Dana, my AWD DD Explorer is doing just fine in the snow here as well as on the slippery parking lot Monday night. Wed. morning made it through a foot of snow at work since the Guy had not got the lot cleared yet. No issues at all. Did get a little fish tail in a few spots.

[dboat]

Tyson, you gotta do the AWD 4 wheel drift... killer... :tu::evil

Dana

[99WhiteBeast]

If you are driving the Focus, it's not so good on ice because of the lack of weight, standard tranny, and low profile tires. But it is fun to drive...:D


The Focus is not too bad- it has done pretty good. The e-brake is nice in empty parking lots:d

[dboat]

Got a few more inches of the white fluffy stuff last night..

Dana

[Sixpipes]

http://www.svtgalleries.net/gallery/data/500/medium/DSCN7943.jpg

Four additional inches this morning and still snowing. :cool:

[tiffo60]

I had an 87 back in the day, I loved it. I think the Blazers went to 89 and kept the square body, even though the trucks went to the newer aero design. The 89s had the 2 + 2 headlights horizontally instead of vertically like the prior models. My 87 had a 4" lift with 33x12.50 Michelin all terrain tires, Skyjacker softride suspension and the 5.7V8. Upgraded the motor to a mild built 4 bolt with carb, it would get up and go pretty well. Blew the stock rear end out so many times beating on it we finally put a Ford 9" in there with rear disc brakes. The 9" didn't have posi, but it never broke again! It got about the same mileage as my 03 HD Screw:rolleyes:

Anyway sorry for the hijack, just reliving my youth.....

I had an 85 K5 in Highschool, they kept the square bodystyle till 91:tu:

[99WhiteBeast]

We have 5" in Arlington and still coming down. I got a call in the middle of the night to pick up a sick step daughter at a friends house- it was cool cutting the first tracks through at 3:45am.

[Moonshine]

Only had a couple of inches at the compound this morning when I left, but we've had about 6" at work.

[Aggie Mom]

It snowed 1/4 to 1/2 inch here and shut San Antonio down. Getting to work was a challenge. The truck was sliding everywhere. It took me 45 minutes to go 11 miles to work.


This isn't my truck, it was just part of the cluster on the road here.
3553

[Silver_2000]

picture is scary ...

glad you are ok ...

at least 6 inches of snow here and it was snowing till about 2 hours ago