Worst snow storm in 30 years, Mustang on chains
12-24-2008, 11:41 AM
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Location: Wilsonville Oregon
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Worst snow storm in 30 years, Mustang on chains
We are having our worst snow storm in 30 years here in the Portland OR area which gets very little snow and this is what I"m driving:
The pile of snow to the left is a 550hp 454 powered 74 Camaro - Not too great a snow car.
The other pile of snow is my 99 4x4 Suburban with a new 400+hp 383 stroker motor that needs a little tweeking before being on the road. My car accident (thanks to a 16 year old driver) has put me on lite duty for a while so car car work for me.
The pile of snow to the left is a 550hp 454 powered 74 Camaro - Not too great a snow car.
The other pile of snow is my 99 4x4 Suburban with a new 400+hp 383 stroker motor that needs a little tweeking before being on the road. My car accident (thanks to a 16 year old driver) has put me on lite duty for a while so car car work for me.
12-24-2008, 11:53 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: North Pole
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you think that's bad.. imagine me trying to drive a 93 mazda rx-7 in about 13-14 inches of snow in my younger years lol. We have a big storm every year that gives out at least 16-18 inches of snow every year... sucks.
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I have snow tires on my GT right now, hauls ***** in the snow and ice! do it!
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I have snow tires on my GT right now, hauls ***** in the snow and ice! do it!
12-24-2008, 12:05 PM
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Location: hillsboro, Oregon in Dec.
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im also in the portland area, actually hillsboro and i have driven my gt through this crap a few times, no chains and its been ok...i have to put some wieght in the trunk but i only loose traction on the ice, which most do..
12-24-2008, 01:33 PM
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Location: Buffalo, NY
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We got dumped on here in western NY like crazy too. For 3-4 days we seemed to average 10 inches of snow. At that rate it hard to find a place to put it after shoveling your drive 2 times a day. The mustang on the other hand did great. With a little weight is the back end the rear is very predictable and I have been finding myself throwing it sideways around corners just b/c I knew how it would react.
