Snow Donkey Run-Ins:
 

Here are Mike and I's run-ins with the Snow Donkeys of Nevada.

I'll start with mine.

With Pointers:

Forgive my paintshop skills...I am at work. No good program here.

Mike's to come in a sec.

Mike's Run-in with a Snow Donkey:

With Pointers:

OMFG!

Yea. I took these today, so most of the skid marks and grass marks are gone. Mike must have someone that likes him up there, because he barely missed the tree and fire hydrant. :shock:

We need Pictures of Matt's now...

I can't beleive Mike missed the fire hydrant and the tree... I always wondered if that looks the same in real life when you hit a fire hydrant as it does in the movies.

Are you guys driving on summer tires in the winter? ;) That's a lot of creative driving.

Actually I was. I was on the Kuhmo's the first day it snowed. Came into that corner at normal speed, turned the wheel, but the car went straight. BAM.

I'm on winter tires and the pointer Art used is bad becuase I was in the left lane :lol:
Got all kind of grip once I was in the grass 8)

A fire hydrant does shoot in the air if you break it how far is of course how much pressure the water is under so it could shoot 100' in the air or 10' but it will flow the same amount of water either way thats why fire trucks have pump so if theres not enough pressure they got some in the truck

:lol: :lol: Scott you or someone with photo chop need to add some snow donkeys into the pics :lol:

I started working on it as soon as Art posted, but real work slowed me down.

http://www.seccs.org/images/misc/art_donkey.jpg

http://www.seccs.org/images/misc/mike_donkey.jpg

Mike, your's was a big one! :lol:

BWHAHAHAHA....Thats friggin awsome Scott. :lol:

I've seen around 80-100psi on fire mains... when it's pushing a 6-8" diameter column of water that's a fucking lot of force.

most city mains in Sactown only carry 50psi if your lucky :?

Well, we are a bit of a special case... :lol: the lab has its own separate water supply gravity fed from hills above us, so pressure is guaranteed.

This would definatly get me to slow down :lol:

:lol: :lol: Where was that taken?

my bet's on "Branxton"

:lol: :lol:

I was just thinking about Matt's sig...

"...look out for the snow donkeys..."

Isn't looking at them what gets you in trouble?

Shouldn't it be DON'T look at the snow donkeys?

err??/ uhh? you have to loOk out so you dont getz surprised, er something...They tend to jump out in front of youz.

I'm gonna go ahead and say England...

http://www.swinhope.myby.co.uk/genuki/NBL/Branxton/

I don't know Matt, The pictures clearly show that one Donkey was securely restrained behind a fence, and the other was well away from the road. Clearly no chance either woodz jumpz outz in frontz of ya... They are clearly in the direct line of sight to the incident sites. Your car goes where your eyes go, so as a driving instructor, I would suggest looking away from the donkeys. :lol:

Well no shit Branxton, but i had no clue where that is.

Priceless. :lol:

Hey that looks like my old neighborhood, was that the keystone turn off of mccarren, and if I am not mistaken that was coleman near rancho san rafael park.

Man take it ez on the curbs......

That first picture is across the street from where I live. I'm glad it's not snow donkey season yet, all are still hibernating.

yeah good reminder to get the winter tires out....;)

Ok so what would you consider a winter tire, I have these Falken 205/55/16s on there only 2500 miles on them so far.

Falken what?

As far as I know, there is no decent all season or winter tire from Falken. But, my subaru is never going in the snow again.

Damn this thread is old

FK451s (I think) are getting good reviews as a 3 season tire. If not the FK451 then one with a name very very close to that.

FK451 is more of a summer tire. The Ziex ZE512 is Falken's all season offering. Consumer Reports rated it as the top all season performance tire a while back.

Wait what? A subaru never going in the snow again. I think I can even hear your car crying!

No, it is rejoicing, as it won't have to get bounced off curbs and overheated with it's grill packed full if snow anymore...hehe.

Subaru not in snow = blasphemy!

Matt's got one them there Pick em up trucks with the optional physics exemption. Whatz he need one of them there odd or is it AWeD Karz 4?

I drive me by many o those truckers that b-line their heavy beasts into the banks!

Ahhhhh...But put a subaru driver in a big ol 4 wheeler and you have an unbeatable combo...





Honestly, I'm wishing I still had a set of snows for the sti just for fun days...Maybe I'll make some custom snows out of my Advan's hhahaah...Anyone have a tire siping iron? :lol:

And this is how it starts. The pick em up truck oners forget to read das fine print on their physics exemption.

Paragraph 3 clearly states

I have zeix 502 89v, on the lil red subie.

This Thread LIVES.......

You mean 512? That's the one I meant before, not the 451s. They're decent 3 season tires, but I don't know how they'll be on ice.

no the tires actually say ZE 502, I found them on the Falken Website, They were listed as all season, and the ZE 512 were all season performance

Of course this also allows for that given mass, if large enough, to simply flatten any damn snowdonkey in its path.

For the truck drivers that can't read, they have pictures.