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jsnbd3ll 01-16-2007 12:17 PM

Stupid Texas weather!
 
Great, two days off from work and cant go drive cause of stupid ice and now it is snowing....GREAT!!!

The only benefit so far is that I was able to install my amp in preparation for my sub box.

½mv² 01-16-2007 12:28 PM

Dude, now's the best time to drive.

Go to a wal-mart, local mall, or some other place with a bigass parking lot. Go the far edges where there are no parked cars, no people, and no bigass lights with a concrete base. Turn off your DSC and HAVE A FUCKING BALL :D

EZ drift fun that's easy on your tires!

jsnbd3ll 01-16-2007 12:40 PM

I would love to do that but getting out of the garage and to that drifting paradise would prolly end in disaster b4 i even got to do anything worthwile..... :mad:

w0rm 01-16-2007 01:00 PM

Yes. The 8 is pathetic in the snow, probably mostly the fault of the tires.. but I had to get a running start through an intersection today to make it off some ice.

I keep meaning to get a sandbag to throw in the back of the car..

Keef 01-16-2007 04:30 PM

ya, I kinda like this cold weather... Any sign of water and my 8 slides on 245/40/18 F1 Goodies...

w0rm 01-16-2007 05:03 PM

The "drive" home was hellish. I'm calling in tomorrow unless the roads improve. I had to "shoot the gap" today with oncoming traffic because i needed to get a rolling start to make it over some uphill ice on the way home. Lots of reverse + slow driving forward(oncoming cars.. brake/reverse/repeat) it was retarded.

Its entirely my fault for leaving the tires on it but we just dont seem to get the weather enough to make it worthwhile.

Terrance26 01-16-2007 05:23 PM

This weather messed up my whole weekend. Me and a couple friends were gonna go 4 wheeling, we were looking forward to it all weekend. And although I like riding my raptor in the mud I wasn't gonna go in the cold.

BigOLundh 01-16-2007 05:53 PM

so is it icing in most of texas?

Jose 01-16-2007 06:06 PM

I was going home today, and I saw clumbs of ice on I-10 east Houston.

alerx-8's 01-16-2007 06:28 PM

yea its getting horrible i want snow not sleet

rotarygod 01-16-2007 07:26 PM

It's raining here at my house about 30 miles north of downtown Houston. It's right at or very near freazing as there is ice acculumating on my car but not on the streets (yet) and it's still rain falling and not ice or sleet. It's only a little after 7 pm now so I suspect that will change very quickly.

It's global cooling!!!!!!

jsnbd3ll 01-16-2007 07:51 PM

Well it is supposed to snow up here in Austin/Round Rock area tonight, anywhere from 1-3 inches.....more time in the garage for my new 8.....

It has jacked up ups delivery too so i dont have my new clear corners to install.

Wilson 01-16-2007 07:56 PM

We all need to take off our cats to help warm the earth.

legendkurado 01-16-2007 09:29 PM

haha ^ ^

canaryrx8 01-16-2007 11:21 PM

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I'm loving this weather actually, free days off, get to hang out at home and relax, and whoever said go out and drive must be smoking something, Austin people can't even drive in the dry, wouldn't chance this shizzle for anything. Although, on the other hand, most folks will probably be to skurred to drive anyway. Here's some shots from around the house:

dtorre 01-17-2007 02:15 AM

Not only snowed ((less than an inch)) here in SA....but we are having a ice storm as well...power down in alot of the city :rock:..........got out to my car and it was covered in a layer of ice....couldn't even open the door or trunk without having to pour hot water on it for awhile...drove over to my friend to pick him up after work.......had shaved door handles and the car doors were frozen so he couldn't pop them open :rollingla:

canaryrx8 01-17-2007 07:18 AM

this is a great time to pull door dings by the way :D:

Keef 01-17-2007 08:08 AM

wow, so I drove to school today only to find out that it was closed... No problem... Doing fishtails in the massive college parking lot was worth the non-iced roads I had to deal with...

Although I did see the aftermath of a car accident on 1960, the bridge east of 45 had some 4 wrecked cars... I really didn't have any problem with driving though...

avenger 01-17-2007 11:06 AM

Bwahahahahahahaha .... 1/2" think layer of ice on it.

http://www.boostleak.net/Images/ice_rx8.JPG

legendkurado 01-17-2007 11:22 AM

>< good thing my ride is in the garage right now what area of houston are you at avenger.. its' not as bad over here.. i'm on westheimer and synott

avenger 01-17-2007 11:55 AM

Whoops ... need to change that. I moved up to Austin last year.

canaryrx8 01-17-2007 05:53 PM

dang dude, your driveway looks like a deathtrap, mine was the same way, and the street was even worse, patches of ice all hidden all over the place. Thursday supposed to be pseudo normal, we'll see 'bout that. lol

kartweb 01-17-2007 10:06 PM

The 8 is tucked neatly in the garage.

The 7 hasn't been so lucky this week. It's a ball to drive with DSC off really drifts nicely with all 4 wheels spinning but it's still front biased on the drivetrain - you've got to pitch it into a drift and sort of balance the throttle and steering a bit differently then RWD. Taking a cloverleaf entry is a real treat though. The AWD hooked up a perfect drift on bumpy ice - so nicely I wanted to get off the road, go back and do it again!

alerx-8's 01-17-2007 10:41 PM

yea my white rx8 blends in with the ice nicely : D

BigOLundh 01-18-2007 12:35 AM

my blue one blends with the ocean. its great.

i'll be here on saturday for a swim and a nap....
http://www.cfc-hawaii.org/bellows.jpg

=hS


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