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    Default So, who cat get to work? (ice)

    My jetta has traction control and abs. Not good enough for a hill on the way out of my neighborhood. My fiance's car has neither (focus) and we cant get her car back in our driveway.

    Apparently there is a 27 car accident near the airport.

    Be safe!



    On a side note - went to let my car warm up. When I turned it over there was a loud pop then every 2 seconds or so I would hear a sound like someone firing a laser gun. Pew!....Pew!....Pew! when the noise would happen my lights and instruments would dim. It stopped doing it now but that was a serious wtf moment.

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    Haha, I can't even get into my car to try out my commute(like 4 miles, but still).

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    Damn...Athens is dry as a fucking pussy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by simontibbett View Post
    Damn...Athens is dry as a fucking pussy.
    More foreplay?

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    Drove to Chamblee from Dallas. Roads were fucked on the Dallas into Marietta side. I told my wife to stay home with the kids.

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    failboat for me im stuck at home boss said come in saturday ftl
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    It's pretty much all dry in Henry County. I get to go in four hours late and work half a day though

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    No problems at all getting to work. I let my car warm up for about 30 minutes to let everything melt. The roads weren't bad at all. Little patches here and there but nothing to prevent me from getting to work on time. However, there are like 10 people here and not 1 manager from any dept here yet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ilovemyhonda. View Post
    No problems at all getting to work. I let my car warm up for about 30 minutes to let everything melt. The roads weren't bad at all. Little patches here and there but nothing to prevent me from getting to work on time. However, there are like 10 people here and not 1 manager from any dept here yet.
    Where do you work?

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    Damn i wish I was around to take the STi out for a "spin" (in the literal sense)

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    Quote Originally Posted by LaotianAsn4 View Post
    Where do you work?
    she works the same place as Chandler Bing, nobody knows...

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    Quote Originally Posted by LaotianAsn4 View Post
    Where do you work?
    Primerica
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    Quote Originally Posted by bdydrpdmazda View Post
    Damn i wish I was around to take the STi out for a "spin" (in the literal sense)
    AWD ftw!

    Too bad I has none...

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    Quote Originally Posted by bdydrpdmazda View Post
    she works the same place as Chandler Bing, nobody knows...
    Chanandeler Bong
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    learn to english

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    Quote Originally Posted by LaotianAsn4 View Post
    AWD ftw!

    Too bad I has none...
    I had a lot of fun with it when we got snow last year. When i get back from Iraq, Im either gonna move back up to Alaska or out to Colorado ad get myself some snow tires...

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    La La La La La La, I am bored as fu(k
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    grrrr this just in lsd wont help you get up icy hills
    now with LSD
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    Quote Originally Posted by JDMJAYDC2 View Post
    grrrr this just in lsd wont help you get up icy hills
    punctuation buttons broken?

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    Everyone is having so many problems. I got in my car and drove like a normal day. Guess because it wasn't bad here...
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    My cat got to work.

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    it takes me about 10 minutes to make it out of the SPSU parking lot and i dont dare want to fund out what roswell rd is like now. did have fun sliding around last night but i dont feel like doing it all the way from marietta to alpharetta.

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    i just found insurance for 75/month!

    that's 40 per month less than geico!
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    Quote Originally Posted by TicketRedBB6 View Post
    It's pretty much all dry in Henry County. I get to go in four hours late and work half a day though

    Funny, my car slid into a curb on my way to work...
    I'm just that guy that spends all his time printing.... T-shirts, banners, vinyl, etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dorin48 View Post
    My jetta has traction control and abs. Not good enough for a hill on the way out of my neighborhood. My fiance's car has neither (focus) and we cant get her car back in our driveway.

    Apparently there is a 27 car accident near the airport.

    Be safe!
    Most of the time it's better to turn traction control off. Most of the time with the thin ice we have you can spin the tire enough to burn through the ice and catch real pavement.

    In deeper snow it's better to not have abs. But since it barely snowed and is icy I would leave that turned on.

    Go give it hell!!!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Humphries View Post
    i just found insurance for 75/month!

    that's 40 per month less than geico!
    yeah, geico really isn't the cheapest like they say. Progressive was cheaper than Geico..and Statefarm is cheaper than both. who'd you go with?

    oh, and I got to work fine.. last night.

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    No work for me today, but I did make a trip out to Batlground and on the way there it was pretty clear. Coming back home going down Chastain there are some nice sized ice patches. Took the turn to get in my neighborhood and the front end just slid. A little opposite lock and everything was just fine.

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    i atempted to leave today at 1pm

    e30 + an inch of snow and ice underneath = fail


    i made it about 30ft out of my hood before i gave up
    btw im in northern dahlonega

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    Quattro yo... No problems here

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    Quote Originally Posted by JITB View Post

    LMAO

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    Hit a toolbox sized block of ice at 9 AM about 1/4 mile from work.

    Shit. Fucked my brand new paint up....$250 to fix it.

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    had fun trying to make it up one of the hills going to 41 on southern poly campus around 1pm this afternoon. had to get a running start in order to coast up past most of the ice. watched my friend in his 300zxtt spin out and hit a curb.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DunDunSkeert View Post
    Most of the time it's better to turn traction control off. Most of the time with the thin ice we have you can spin the tire enough to burn through the ice and catch real pavement.

    In deeper snow it's better to not have abs. But since it barely snowed and is icy I would leave that turned on.

    Go give it hell!!!!!!
    very good english.. but no thats not what you do. not even close... at that point youve done everything wrong.
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