I too have done 80 on snow and ice, in a Jeep Liberty 4WD w/ a slight lift and studded tires.
The scubarus behind me got stuck in the drifts - not enough ground clearance. The pickup trucks skidded off the road when the rear end slipped - no weight in the back. On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 10:30 AM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > I do 80 on snow and ice. But I have a 4 wheel drive Subaru with studded > snow tires all the way around. > Nothing like it. > > From: George Skorup > Sent: Monday, December 28, 2015 11:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Snow gone..moving east > > My boss is on a road trip from home to Houston to LA. He left Houston and > wanted to go through Amarillo. He said he was surprised to see all of the > vehicles in the ditches. Then he figured out why. He was doing 80MPH and you > Texans were flying past him. See, in Illinois, you probably won't get pulled > over by the state police for doing 10 over, so that's what we all do. Unless > you're swerving or something stupid. I usually do the speed limit, sometimes > 5 or 10 over if there isn't a lot of traffic. And troopers just zoom past > doing like 90. How nice that the law doesn't have to obey the law. > > So as I'm heading to the office today (normally 20 minute drive which took > 40), I get on the highway and people are doing like 35-40. By this time it's > mostly raining and the slushy stuff is pretty much gone. People, if you > can't drive in shitty Chicago weather, then stay off the road or at the very > least move the hell over. To piss me off further, what comes on the radio? I > can't drive 55. You gotta be kidding me. I see lots of Missouri plates on > I-55. You guys like to go way, way over the speed limit when the weather is > decent and then drive like old folks if it's even a little cloudy. So I > think you should stay in MO cuz your driving really pisses me off. Probably > you downstater's too, stay down there. I saw one car in the ditch, flipped > over I might add, and the plate was Tennessee. So you guys too. > > Sorry, I had a bad day. > > On 12/28/2015 11:04 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: > > Ouch! > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > On Dec 28, 2015 11:44 PM, "Jaime Solorza" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> My back yard with fallen tree... or free firewood for friends and family.. >> >> On Dec 28, 2015 9:22 PM, "Josh Luthman" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Is that snow real??? Aren't you by the border? >>> >>> Josh Luthman >>> Office: 937-552-2340 >>> Direct: 937-552-2343 >>> 1100 Wayne St >>> Suite 1337 >>> Troy, OH 45373 >>> >>> On Dec 28, 2015 11:16 PM, "Jaime Solorza" <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> We had record snowfall for two days...much of it melted by afternoon... >>>> I did get a snowman pic from son >>>> >>>> On Dec 28, 2015 9:07 PM, "Josh Luthman" <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Low 40s in Ohio. Feels good to be getting some generous winter days. >>>>> >>>>> Josh Luthman >>>>> Office: 937-552-2340 >>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343 >>>>> 1100 Wayne St >>>>> Suite 1337 >>>>> Troy, OH 45373 >>>>> >>>>> On Dec 28, 2015 11:05 PM, "Jaime Solorza" <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> We are hitting low 20s ...black ice!!! I know it's cold in Abilene >>>>>> but not sure if Lewis is making a snowman tomorrow... > >
