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Old Dec 19, 2009 | 06:12 PM
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lol you cant even tell what kind of cars are in the parking lot here.
Lol the cars are almost covered it looks like. All you see is the snow piled on top of the side mirrors.
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Old Dec 19, 2009 | 06:15 PM
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I'll play too. I fully disabled TSC with my Wintersport M3's. So much fun. Here are pics after getting home:

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My front lip swallowing snow, we have almost a foot now.
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Old Dec 19, 2009 | 06:15 PM
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Screw that crap. Sunny and 70's here today Nice pics though!!
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Old Dec 19, 2009 | 08:41 PM
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Shoveled once, buried again. The lump behind the van is the -8, sleeping under cover.

Floundered to the front yard, took about eight snow depth measures across the open area.

19" average.

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Old Dec 19, 2009 | 09:26 PM
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I'll try digging my WWP out tomorrow after they plow the development. It is still coming down steady here.
Good luck getting the poor dear out
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Old Dec 19, 2009 | 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Striker-7


Shoveled once, buried again. The lump behind the van is the -8, sleeping under cover.

Floundered to the front yard, took about eight snow depth measures across the open area.

19" average.
Good ole snow blanket.
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Old Dec 19, 2009 | 10:06 PM
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Old Dec 19, 2009 | 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Rotr8
Wow I vote this the worst so far!
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Old Dec 20, 2009 | 12:22 AM
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^ It's only going to get deeper!
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Old Dec 20, 2009 | 02:28 AM
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lol I was wondering if folks were posting their own snow-covered 8s and found this thread.. here's mine just before shoveling.. still pouring outside



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Old Dec 20, 2009 | 09:01 AM
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I'd show a pic of my car with snow on it....but she's snuggled in the garage! But here is a pic from my front yard...

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Old Dec 20, 2009 | 09:17 AM
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Yea, the weather is wierd. It's pissing us heavy resort fanatics off since the south is getting more snow while the north is getting nadda, capital W T F. Makes no sense, Jersey getting over 12", MD, even where I'm at in CT, but nadda for upper NY or VT, lol. Wierd storm.
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Old Dec 20, 2009 | 09:29 AM
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Just took this pic. Forgot to get one before the neighborhood kids came by to shovel.

Still coming down right now, but supposed to end within an hour or so, radar looks like it's ending. I don't have to go anywhere for another week anyway...




This is out our side window. that is a standard 6ft wooden fence, that black thing is a 4ft long roll of old tar paper. Kinda cheating a bit, cause the wind is piling it up all along the side of the house (40ft x 10ft), but still...
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Old Dec 20, 2009 | 04:11 PM
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Oh the joys of NYC street parking. The plows were thrashing the car with snow all night long, I hope the paint is okay, I was too scared to take a look.
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Old Dec 20, 2009 | 04:22 PM
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i hope you paint is okay rot8te...you need to invest in a car cover...
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Old Dec 20, 2009 | 07:18 PM
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Wow, R3 parked on NYC streets? Makes me cringe.
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Old Dec 20, 2009 | 07:37 PM
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riwwp, that's a very square block of snow on ur 8 lol

I shoveled my driveway out today (with no intentions of going out anymore), only to realize that a big van was blocking half of the driveway

....and was surrounded by 4 feet of snow. I don't think I'll be going out anytime soon.
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Old Dec 20, 2009 | 08:12 PM
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Yeah, next time I HAVE to leave is next Saturday, although I think I will need to clean off that block of snow to replace my coils when they arrive Another 2 inches after that pic, but doesn't show up on the camera.

We got some wierd wind patterns around my house, does sculptures like that alot. Causes problems with near freezing temps, because somehow it puts my driveway a few degrees colder, and my cars will be covered in frozen dew, and the rest of the cars on the street are just liquid dew, if not dry altogether. Drives me nuts sometimes.

I took a few more angles of the block of snow to show the shape the wind made...



Excuse the quality, 9:30 at night, only light is the porch light and the street light, not the best picture conditions
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Old Dec 20, 2009 | 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by rot8te


Oh the joys of NYC street parking. The plows were thrashing the car with snow all night long, I hope the paint is okay, I was too scared to take a look.
Wow, and I thought forgetting to cover up my 8 in the driveway was bad.
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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 03:33 AM
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i hope you paint is okay rot8te...you need to invest in a car cover...
Thanks for the kind sentiment. I'm hoping it's fine, I guess it's just frozen water after all. I'm just worried that snow had rocks and what not in it and was then thrashed on the side of my car. Then again the car only took a beating once or twice, then the snow started to build on top of itself.

Originally Posted by 9krpmrx8
Wow, R3 parked on NYC streets? Makes me cringe.
You and me both. Thankfully, my apartment is in a really safe area. Usually a 2009 Audi TT parked right in front of me. However, this does little to comfort me. Next year I'll be in Manhattan paying out the *** for garage parking, but at least I'll sleep at night. There are simply no garages in my area right now, or else I'd be in one. My attitude is I can enjoy the car and accept a ding and a scratch as a reality of urban life and have them fixed in due course, or I can leave it at my parents house on Long Island and enjoy it a few times a year, spending the rest of my time miserable on the subway.

Originally Posted by SayNoToPistons
Wow, and I thought forgetting to cover up my 8 in the driveway was bad.
Believe me, I go all out with the detailing, clay baring, etc. But I have no other option than to street park, although I should invest in a cover, my fear being that it makes my car even more of a target, covered on the street that is.
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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 08:34 AM
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We had over 2 feet yesterday. Guess where my car stays?



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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 08:40 AM
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on top of it?

I was seriously tempted to take it out late last night for some fun, but decided it wouldn't be prudent with a quickly failing ignition system and it's actually unpleasant to drive right now (~9mpg, massive loss in power, misfires constantly, can't go WOT, etc... fresh plugs are in, coils will be here this week)
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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 08:54 AM
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Wow, I agree with whoever said it was a weird storm... All the southern coastal areas getting hit the hardest was very odd. I got 28" here... Here's my 3 in the snow.. or what you can see of it, I'll get pics of the 8 up later, lol.

Well.. here's what supposed to be a black hatch 3.... heh
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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 11:21 AM
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What I woke up to:

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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 11:26 AM
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^ jeeeeeeeeeeez.. i thought we got hit hard.. haha
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