Travels to work

I hate snow.  Especially when I have to drive in it.  Now, I have a Mustang with good solid tires (Aquatread 3) and 140lbs of sand in the back.  Last night I thought that I'd be OK.  First, I can't get out of my parking spot.  I tried everything.  Rocking the car didn't work and going very slow didn't work.  So, I took out the good ole handy dandy ice scraper and proceeded to scrape the concrete.  This worked!  I was finally out of my parking spot!  Now, to get to work.  Usually it takes me 20 minutes to get to/from work during rush hour.  So, I knew it was going to take awhile.  I get onto the mainroad, and find out that it's not salted or sanded, just plowed. Great.  Well, I'm on my way into work, and a SUV is stuck near the top of a hill in my lane.  Great.  Then I realize, there's an idiot in front of me.  He's stuck near the crest of a hill and he's going in reverse and then putting it back into drive and gunning his car!  Hint of advice: when stuck on snow/ice DO NOT HIT THE ACCELLERATER HARD!  So, of course, since he's stuck, I get stuck.  Great.  But after a bit of wiggling, I get my car unstuck.  Guess who's still sitting there.  After this, i believed it to be smooth sailing to work... and it was.  Much to my surprise though, the subdivision that my work is located in has better roads than the mainroad I was just on!  How ironic.  As I said earlier, I hate snow.

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At least you didn't have some moron take out a stoplight because of the snow! I got stuck waiting 20 minutes this morning because the cops were directing traffic due to one of the lights being knocked down during the storm by someone. Needless to say, I was not impressed.
Left by Adam on Dec 10, 2003 10:14 AM

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I hear ya...I used to have a mustang and getting around KC in the snow is NOT FUN!
Left by Tim Hibbard on Mar 22, 2005 11:36 AM

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I love my Mustang but I hate to drive it when the weather is bad. I've been stuck several times in the snow but the ice storm we had in New Jersey the other day was the worst. I was in a parking lot and went to pull away but the tires just spun freely. The car didn't even vibrate as the wheels spun. After a few unsuccessful attempts to go both foward and backwards I got out to look around the car. I found no ruts or any reason for why I couldn't move. I got back in and after a few minutes, the tires finnally got through the ice to the payment and I was finnaly able to get going.
Left by Kelly on Jan 19, 2006 7:44 PM

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