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SirAndy
post Nov 27 2019, 01:48 PM
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As a year end reminder to be safe out there, here's an educational video on how to drive a 914 in the snow.
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PS: Best viewed in full screen mode ...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcgu4xedAjs
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post Nov 27 2019, 01:53 PM
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What happens if you can't find your car?


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post Nov 27 2019, 01:55 PM
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What happens if you can't find your car?

Time to build a storage facility ...
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post Nov 27 2019, 02:00 PM
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Looong ago I drove my orange 914 in the snow up snow skiing, didn't drive that fast (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Nov 27 2019, 02:08 PM
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ Nov 27 2019, 02:48 PM) *

As a year end reminder to be safe out there, here's an educational video on how to drive a 914 in the snow.
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PS: Best viewed in full screen mode ...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcgu4xedAjs



@SirAndy

That is an old video but it just makes me smile every time I see it. Watch his hand speed on the steering wheel. Love the sound of that sweet, sweet air cooled six!

Thanks!
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post Nov 27 2019, 04:02 PM
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If I remember right this is a real six too.
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post Nov 27 2019, 04:22 PM
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That is an old video ...

I know the video is old, but so is winter ...
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post Nov 27 2019, 04:29 PM
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QUOTE(Superhawk996 @ Nov 27 2019, 12:08 PM) *
That is an old video ...

I know the video is old, but so is winter ...
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@SirAndy

You're telling me that from CA? We had 10" of snow here about two weeks ago and we haven't even ofically started "winter". Thank God it finally melted.

Poor @Bbrock probably has 10 feet of snow by now and is probably skiiing off his roof. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

The snow does afford the opportunity to drive at the limit and drift a few corners more often though! I'll consider that a small gift. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/santa_smiley.gif)
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post Nov 27 2019, 04:31 PM
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@GaroldShaffer took me out to lunch in his snow machine a couple weeks ago
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post Nov 27 2019, 04:59 PM
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To all the guys in California, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bootyshake.gif)
We got 10" of snow last night. Thick, Heavy snow that binds up the snowblower auger and sticks to the shovel. Then, today it got warm enough for a little bit of it to melt, coating everything with a layer of slush, which is now freezing into a huge skating rink.
Every winter I curse myself for staying here.
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Time for a beer.
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post Nov 27 2019, 05:41 PM
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Every time I see this video I tell myself.......don't do that. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif)
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post Nov 27 2019, 05:51 PM
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ Nov 27 2019, 02:48 PM) *

As a year end reminder to be safe out there, here's an educational video on how to drive a 914 in the snow.
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PS: Best viewed in full screen mode ...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcgu4xedAjs



You only see it at the beginning; the car has GT flares and very skinny tires. That's because you get the best traction on loose material with minimal contact.
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post Nov 27 2019, 05:58 PM
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That’s going to be me in a few weeks when my Mercedes goes to the body shop. The 914 will be put back to daily use. Wishing I had winter tires on it.
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post Nov 27 2019, 06:08 PM
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I USED TO live in Michigan.


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post Nov 27 2019, 06:12 PM
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Poor @Bbrock probably has 10 feet of snow by now and is probably skiiing off his roof. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)



Ha! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) LUCKY bbrock has had plenty of snow since mid-September. I pity you poor souls with little snow and tepid temps. I tell you what though, it feels cold as a witch's tit here today. Thermometer reads 19F which isn't really that cold, but that wind out of Canada sure sends the man parts up into the chest in a hurry. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)
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post Nov 27 2019, 07:22 PM
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@GaroldShaffer took me out to lunch in his snow machine a couple weeks ago
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It was fun with stone hard summer tires. Got myself a set of blizzaks that will be put on this Friday, then let the real fun begin! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)
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post Nov 27 2019, 07:42 PM
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I loved winter in Colorado Springs and loved driving my wife's xj6 with blizzaks on the roads after a fresh snow and plowing. My wife got the Land Rover Disco in the winter. She took the jag back in late spring.
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post Nov 27 2019, 08:52 PM
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ Nov 27 2019, 11:55 AM) *

QUOTE(Unobtanium-inc @ Nov 27 2019, 11:53 AM) *
What happens if you can't find your car?

Time to build a storage facility ...
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Negative Ghostrider, the inside pattern is full.


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post Nov 27 2019, 09:06 PM
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What happens if you can't find your car?

Time to build a storage facility ...
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)

Negative Ghostrider, the inside pattern is full.

There's nothing preventing you from putting a roof over that outside space ...
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post Nov 27 2019, 09:52 PM
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ Nov 27 2019, 07:06 PM) *

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What happens if you can't find your car?

Time to build a storage facility ...
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)

Negative Ghostrider, the inside pattern is full.

There's nothing preventing you from putting a roof over that outside space ...
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If any of those cars were going to be here for more than a year I might make more of an effort to protect them. But most of the cars we find have spent decades in the elements so one more year at Unobtanium won't make much difference.
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