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Old 2004-11-27, 09:15 PM   #26
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Old 2004-11-27, 11:13 PM   #27
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Old 2004-11-28, 05:23 PM   #28
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I went to Alpine Meadows with the family today. It was great, but very cold. It never got over 20. They had tons of snow though. 30" at the top.
Unfortunately we forgot to download the digital camera before we left, so no pics. Roads up here were crazy today. Sheets of ice! Skiing conditions were near perfect.

Now it's veg time.
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Old 2004-11-28, 05:41 PM   #29
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I went to Alpine Meadows with the family today. It was great, but very cold. It never got over 20. They had tons of snow though. 30" at the top.
Unfortunately we forgot to download the digital camera before we left, so no pics. Roads up here were crazy today. Sheets of ice! Skiing conditions were near perfect.

Now it's veg time.
Good to hear I will be up next weekend skiing at alpine!! I just put the ski racks and my new SECCS stickers on the car today!
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Old 2004-11-28, 06:05 PM   #30
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I went to Alpine Meadows with the family today. It was great, but very cold. It never got over 20. They had tons of snow though. 30" at the top.
Unfortunately we forgot to download the digital camera before we left, so no pics. Roads up here were crazy today. Sheets of ice! Skiing conditions were near perfect.

Now it's veg time.
Good to hear I will be up next weekend skiing at alpine!! I just put the ski racks and my new SECCS stickers on the car today!
Where's the pictures?
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Old 2004-11-29, 08:08 AM   #31
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That picture rules.. yarrhh.
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Old 2004-11-29, 09:58 AM   #32
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I guess I'll chime in:

SVX + Winter Sport M3's > Dean's Audi > Dean's WRX > *.SUV

That little Red Sled is a snow CHAMP! Toss the auto tranny into Manual mode 1st or 2nd gear, and it will romp through any weather! The only thing it can't do is keep other people from mucking out around me... I saw 7 vehicles off the road unintentionally between Applegate and Reno... *all* of them were SUVs. One big SUV + SUV + truck wipeout on 80 East just after Boomtown... that added 30 minutes to the drive (that was 7h30m total, Bay to Reno! :shock.
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Old 2004-11-29, 10:00 AM   #33
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I fear no ice.

I saw a snow donkey last night, and I killed that mother fucker.
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Old 2004-11-29, 10:03 AM   #34
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I saw a snow donkey last night, and I killed that mother fucker.
I know...I was in the backseat...you don;t give a damn about the snowdonkeys...very impressive..
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Old 2004-11-29, 10:05 AM   #35
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I fear no ice.

I saw a snow donkey last night, and I killed that mother fucker.
I sense a new sig coming on.

On a related note, I hope my anti-Snow Donkey devices are functioning properly... if my tires think there's ice near me, they slide like crazy. I'm honestly surprised I'm not at the bottom of Scenic Hill still.
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Old 2004-11-29, 10:17 AM   #36
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I fear no ice.

I saw a snow donkey last night, and I killed that mother fucker.
I sense a new sig coming on.

On a related note, I hope my anti-Snow Donkey devices are functioning properly... if my tires think there's ice near me, they slide like crazy. I'm honestly surprised I'm not at the bottom of Scenic Hill still.
That hill is the great equalizer...Snow Donkey's or not
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Old 2004-11-29, 10:20 AM   #37
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I'm honestly surprised I'm not at the bottom of Scenic Hill still.
That hill is the great equalizer...Snow Donkey's or not
Where is it?
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Old 2004-11-29, 10:23 AM   #38
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While working on my car, I used my brothers to run up to the store a few times. As Matt knows, the streets around my house have been almost pure ice. We had 12 cars piled up about a block down the street from me.

Anyway, the 4Runner was actually amazing in the snow with 4 wheel drive. I was definatly going very slow and anytime the tires would start to slip, some type of traction control would kick in (loud buzzer noise and light turns on when this happens also).

I guess SUV's do have their purpose as long as you don't put a idiot behind the wheel.
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Old 2004-11-29, 10:25 AM   #39
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SVX + Winter Sport M3's > Dean's Audi > Dean's WRX > *.SUV

That little Red Sled is a snow CHAMP! Toss the auto tranny into Manual mode 1st or 2nd gear, and it will romp through any weather! The only thing it can't do is keep other people from mucking out around me...
I'm sure it is, except it is a bit heavy, so have to keep that in mind. I don't recall, how is the ground clearance on it? That was one of the primary reason I think the A4 was doing so much better than my Rex on my neighborhood test track with about 6-10" of snow, more clearance.
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I guess SUV's do have their purpose as long as you don't put a idiot behind the wheel.
Exactly...they do work good...4 runners are bad ass in the snow.
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Old 2004-11-29, 11:17 AM   #41
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Pirelli Winter Sports 240's + Perrin Rear Sway (set to stiff ) + Tein's (middle softness) + TBE + Me > snow, ice, idiot drives, emergancy lanes


I Love WINTER DRIVING hate that I have to share with idiots
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Old 2004-11-29, 11:45 AM   #42
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perotes = pirouettes?, pilates?, peyote? lol
I don't know why, but of all the new posts I've seen so far (since signing off Wed) this line cracked me up!

I can't believe it, you guys got heck-a-snow while I was gone. It snowed all day on Friday & Sat. in Wisconsin, and the accumulation where I was, was -- 4"!! lol!
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Old 2004-11-29, 12:03 PM   #43
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I'm sure it is, except it is a bit heavy, so have to keep that in mind. I don't recall, how is the ground clearance on it? That was one of the primary reason I think the A4 was doing so much better than my Rex on my neighborhood test track with about 6-10" of snow, more clearance.
Ground clearance isn't that high... but it's plenty considering all the suspension travel. It's certainly got more clearance than the WRX.

As far as the weight... 3500lbs can't be much different than the Audi. The weight actually helps with traction, but does make it harder to slow down on ice. However, the 225 snowtires still get quite a bit of bite on the ice, plus the ABS on the SVX seems to work better than the WRX's which is so finicky on ice/loose surfaces, so I'm having a lot less of a hard time driving this winter than in years past w/ the WRX.

On the other hand: you really can't beat the sheer joy of romping an STi in full lock DCCD on ice and snow.
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Old 2004-11-29, 12:25 PM   #44
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On the other hand: you really can't beat the sheer joy of romping an STi in full lock DCCD on ice and snow.
Your welcome! Now if I could only get the ice out, I've got to drive to Truckee today.
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Old 2004-12-01, 08:16 PM   #45
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wow! The snow over there is INSANE!!!
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