Rate yourself (and be honest) as a driver on snow and/or ice
Rate yourself (and be honest) as a driver on snow and/or ice 43 votes
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Level II - Competent, but nothing speshialNow that I live in snow country, my driving has improved. When I get overconfident and complacent is usually when this happens
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Level III Expert - I'm basically Mario Andretti of snow driving
Overconfidence can get you sideways in a hurry.dannarc said:Now that I live in snow country, my driving has improved. When I get overconfident and complacent is usually when this happens
My biggest strength is experience having grown up in serious snow cuntry and then moving back to it. I don't know if I quite have 10,000 hours in of snow driving, but it's definitely a "10,000 hour rule" type of skill where everything becomes 2nd nature and muscle memory.
My biggest weakness, is that I've had a lot of time to get my guys in there and I've always had good 4WD or AWD vehicles and good tires. My time logged in 2WD with shitty tires in snow/ice is more limited. -
Level II - Competent, but nothing speshialIt’s not the going, it’s the stopping.
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Level I Beginner - I make bitchy sounds at the first loss of tractionI used to be a Level III, but living in Bellevue and WFH made me soft.
But that’s about to change.
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Level III Expert - I'm basically Mario Andretti of snow driving
Whut? Pray tell.Doog_de_Jour said:I used to be a Level III, but living in Bellevue and WFH made me soft.
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Level III Expert - I'm basically Mario Andretti of snow drivingOn the way to the 91 Rose Bowl after the 90 season (Hi MIke) we went single file through the Siskiyou mountains in a heavy snow storm
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Level II - Competent, but nothing speshialLiving in Spokane (and EWA) for so long, I used to be pretty good. About 20 years ago, upon returning from Mazatlan about 11 PM on Christmas Eve, I decided it would be a good idea to drive to the Tri Cities so I could see my Dad (was in a nursing home) for Christmas. On Snoqualmie pass, the car in front of me did a 360. I still don't know how I did it, but I passed him at the 180 (not willingly, mind you) and skated through. After that, I became a lot less aggressive. Now, where I live, I don't leave the house until our hill has been plowed. I experienced a 1000 ft slide a couple days after moving in, and that was it for me.
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Level III Expert - I'm basically Mario Andretti of snow driving
Back in my shitty Maple Leaf real estate phase - shout out to @Laocoön - we were basically the highest elevation (not altitude @MikeDamone ) in all of Seattle. We used to get double the amount of snow as my Green Lake bruthas and sistas. I always found Roosevelt to be a safe snow day route. Bus line, so it gets plowed first, and heading from the top of the hill south, it was fairly low angle.BennyBeaver said:It’s not the going, it’s the stopping.
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Level I Beginner - I make bitchy sounds at the first loss of traction
I would say more, but I’m trying to elude @Swaye.YellowSnow said:
Whut? Pray tell.Doog_de_Jour said:I used to be a Level III, but living in Bellevue and WFH made me soft.
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Level II - Competent, but nothing speshialWe are looking at going to Cle Elum for Christmas (Daughter and s-i-l bought a house)...It has become a sore subject, because I have never owned chains, and have never put them on a vehicle. My wife used to chain up to drive from her home, in Bellevue, to her office, also in Bellevue. When we coupled, I told her no more rear wheel drive cars (BMW)...
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Level III Expert - I'm basically Mario Andretti of snow drivingI don't let others drive when snow is on the ground. I do it.
Mostly you control the vehicle with gas, not the brake.
Long tim ago I had a pizza delivery job. They obligated a car topper. It started snowing in the middle of my shift and put a good 3" on the ground in about an hour. I was taking out an order and had to cut through a transit center. Started my turn and grabbed the E-Brake to "get my ass-end around quicker". I drove straight out of the turn. I guess I did it right because at that moment I looked left and a guy waiting for a bus started clapping for me.
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Level III Expert - I'm basically Mario Andretti of snow driving
You still need to get some snow tyres bruh.pawz said:I don't let others drive when snow is on the ground. I do it.
Mostly you control the vehicle with gas, not the brake.
Long tim ago I had a pizza delivery job. They obligated a car topper. It started snowing in the middle of my shift and put a good 3" on the ground in about an hour. I was taking out an order and had to cut through a transit center. Started my turn and grabbed the E-Brake to "get my ass-end around quicker". I drove straight out of the turn. I guess I did it right because at that moment I looked left and a guy waiting for a bus started clapping for me.
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Level III Expert - I'm basically Mario Andretti of snow driving
HAHA. I'm literally walking back over to the Tire store to pick my vehicle up.YellowSnow said:
You still need to get some snow tyres bruh.pawz said:I don't let others drive when snow is on the ground. I do it.
Mostly you control the vehicle with gas, not the brake.
Long tim ago I had a pizza delivery job. They obligated a car topper. It started snowing in the middle of my shift and put a good 3" on the ground in about an hour. I was taking out an order and had to cut through a transit center. Started my turn and grabbed the E-Brake to "get my ass-end around quicker". I drove straight out of the turn. I guess I did it right because at that moment I looked left and a guy waiting for a bus started clapping for me.
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Level III Expert - I'm basically Mario Andretti of snow drivingRaceBannon said:
On the way to the 91 Rose Bowl after the 90 season (Hi MIke) we went single file through the Siskiyou mountains in a heavy snow storm
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Level III Expert - I'm basically Mario Andretti of snow drivingNot Donner Pass bro
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Level III Expert - I'm basically Mario Andretti of snow drivingThe Throbber has to be Andretti on snow because the rest of you fucks think you are
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Level III Expert - I'm basically Mario Andretti of snow driving
True. But there's no readily accessible stuck in the snow in the 1800s images of Siskous. C' est la vie.RaceBannon said:Not Donner Pass bro
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Level III Expert - I'm basically Mario Andretti of snow driving
You don't gotta worry about me. But those others guys are fags!PurpleThrobber said:The Throbber has to be Andretti on snow because the rest of you fucks think you are
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Level III Expert - I'm basically Mario Andretti of snow drivingYou wouldn't believe the shit I drive through to go fishing in the winter. People say no fish is worth risking your life for, but those people are pussies who don't have fish in the freezer.
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Level III Expert - I'm basically Mario Andretti of snow driving
Can confirm.dflea said:You wouldn't believe the shit I drive through to go fishing in the winter. People say no fish is worth risking your life for, but those people are pussies who don't have fish in the freezer.
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Level II - Competent, but nothing speshial
Ahhh winter steelhead, it's probably what killed @puppylove_sugarsteeldflea said:You wouldn't believe the shit I drive through to go fishing in the winter. People say no fish is worth risking your life for, but those people are pussies who don't have fish in the freezer.
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Level II - Competent, but nothing speshialI don't claim to be good, but I do it a lot and have never had an accident.
If I'm going to break trail in deep snow, and have to chain up (I'm two miles up a steep hill from where they plow), I do get to get to be a little more like Mario Andretti. It's fun being chained up. -
Level III Expert - I'm basically Mario Andretti of snow driving
ISWYDHDoog_de_Jour said:I used to be a Level III, but living in Bellevue and WFH made me soft.
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Level II - Competent, but nothing speshialI drove a Uhaul truck towing a car trailer from Tennessee to Seattle back in 2007. Took the Oregon trail and came to a pass with the signs out saying chains were required. I stopped at Les Shaub to buy some chains and asked the guy if I needed them on the trailer as well. He said yes. So I chain up, white knuckle it over the pass and pull over to take the chains off only to find the trailer chain was wrapped around the axle. That was a fun 45 minutes laying in wet snow on the shoulder of the interstate getting that unfucked.
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Level III Expert - I'm basically Mario Andretti of snow drivingMy first tim driving a car was in the snow when I was 12. 89 full size bronco. The butch dad let me drive all the way down from whisky dick to ellensburg. It was pretty easy without a bunch of dumbucks on the road next to me. Btw referring to Ellensburg, CA. Not a very well-known town!
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Level II - Competent, but nothing speshialSlow and steady in the snow - one time in Lynnwood me and a friend were in my 4x4 SUV making a beer run. He says lucky I have a 4x4 can go anywhere in the snow. I slam on the breaks and explain to him a 4x4 slides off the road just like any other vehicle. and proved it. No traffic was the only reason I did it
Lucky there were no ditches just curbs - then I explained a 4x4 can get you out of trouble once you are in it. took off nice and went slow and steady -
Level III Expert - I'm basically Mario Andretti of snow driving
You lying fuck, CB. You've never left the sunny, dry So Cal pavement heading towards your smoggy little, studio apartment in Fontana.coronabruin said:My first tim driving a car was in the snow when I was 12. 89 full size bronco. The butch dad let me drive all the way down from whisky dick to ellensburg. It was pretty easy without a bunch of dumbucks on the road next to me. Btw referring to Ellensburg, CA. Not a very well-known town!
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Level III Expert - I'm basically Mario Andretti of snow driving
Sure.coronabruin said:My first tim driving a car was in the snow when I was 12. 89 full size bronco. The butch dad let me drive all the way down from whisky dick to ellensburg. It was pretty easy without a bunch of dumbucks on the road next to me. Btw referring to Ellensburg, CA. Not a very well-known town!
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Level III Expert - I'm basically Mario Andretti of snow drivingDecades of skiing, I feel I can drive on anything but black ice.
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Level II - Competent, but nothing speshial
Level 3 in snow, level 2 on ice. Not quite a Finnish driver yet.
