w00t for 3 1/2 hour trips in 8 hours!

Every highway was at a standstill most of the time. My average speed for the trip was about 30mph. When I got to the MI border, I stopped to de-ice my wipers and clean the headlights. I snapped a shot of the ice caked front:



here's a shot when I got home, 8 hours and 20 min. after I left:



Grand total for the carnage:

cars off the road: 27
accidents: 3
car fires: 1
cops stuck in the snow: 1
inches of ice on my front lip: 5"+
times I almost went off the road: 1

-Andrew


Modified by Stealth 95 GS-R at 7:47 PM 11/25/2004

 

Glad you made it through bro.....that is some nasty weather

 

what side of the world are you on? ORANGE ITR??

 

is that orange

 

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yeah yeah, I bought it like that. Original color is FBP (its a 2000). The engine bay is still black so it will be easy to restore it, but more people like it than I thought, so I'll probably keep it orange. It's starting to grow on me, plus I can pick out my car easily at Expo 5.

 

Yeah...glad to hear ya made it safe. My sis spun out in Canada on the way home from NY and I just said fockit to goin up north with the rest of the fam since it took me 1 hour to go 6 miles...like ppl haven't lived in MI long enough to learn how to drive...I passed everyone going the speed limit or just above including the SUVers...I love the face they get seeing a lil FWD tiny car flying by lol.


WRX34

 

Glad joo made it home otay

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by WRX34 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yeah...glad to hear ya made it safe. My sis spun out in Canada on the way home from NY and I just said fockit to goin up north with the rest of the fam since it took me 1 hour to go 6 miles...like ppl haven't lived in MI long enough to learn how to drive...I passed everyone going the speed limit or just above including the SUVers...I love the face they get seeing a lil FWD tiny car flying by lol.


WRX34</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah, how's your sis doing, J?

This winter should be fun, the LSD makes snow driving totally different compared to my GS-R two winters ago...

 

the trick to driving in the snow is to drive a beater, i had a 91 hatch(which was suppose to be my race car so it had no heater) and i had to drive it about 30 miles home witha hangover in fresh 6" of snow last year, i did not reall give a **** about the car so i didnt put to much effort into driving, when i slid i just let it slide and not correct it

but i wouldnt take that chance with a itr

 

Dude the second picture makes it look like your car has a beard.

 

That's some crazy weather to be drivin' tha R in. I barely drive my R in the rain.


&lt;----who's lovin' the "cone" paint job. With the engine bay black that must be hottness

 

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&lt;----who's lovin' the "cone" paint job. With the engine bay black that must be hottness</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah, I was hoping it wasn't gonna be that bad...boy was I wrong. Bald Kumho 712s made it that much more interesting.

I'll post some more pics in another thread after I get some complete shots of the car...

-Andrew

 

hardcore..hehe mine was all weather car until the conversion n other bling..hehehe...but that's how my car looked a year ago in the snow parked outside on the street

 

yesterday was hella horrible, a half hour drive took 3 hours my intercooler looked similar to your front grill, that was one shitty day out here in IL

 

Damm, I hope you got snows on those GM wheels!

 

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hahaha, I wish...up a couple posts I wrote I have bald Kumho 712's.

 

you rock. Period.

 

Damn I'm glad I'm in FL cause #559 is my daily driver and I couldn't imagine driving in that chit.

 

wow.. fast and furious ITR&gt;.

 

Almost died last year on my Kumho 712's...This year, I'm on Nokians with 1" studs.

 

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ditto on dying with kumho 712s

those pics kick ***

 

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I'm not sure about that. 712s + snow + freeway = digging your own grave.

 

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oh belive me, this wasn't by choice. I'm picking up a beater in the next week or two. Probably a CR-V or Passport.

 

The orange looks good, but your crazy driving the R in that.

 

The orange really doesn't look bad. I just figured the color from the camera was off.