Snow handling Pictures
01-19-2019, 02:12 PM
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Pre-storm pic with some that fell yesterday.
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01-19-2019, 02:37 PM
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I've had mine a week, but it's winter, so, yeah, it's been snowing (blizzard going on right now). With the Hakkapalitas it's a beast, no problems, rock solid. Up here you can't get away from driving in winter weather, unless you hibernate for six months. While it's always dicey in bad conditions, in terms of risk from all sorts of things, in general folks up here understand how to do snow, and by now even the laggards have their snow tires on. The Audi is perhaps not _quite_ as solid in snow as my Golf R was, but the Golf was on 17" wheels too, which help.
In South Jersey we don’t usually see a lot of snow in any given winter. Consequently, many long-time South Jersey drivers do not have much real-world experience driving in frequent snow accumulations. And for that same reason these same drivers do not have snow tires — just the all season tires. Then add the drivers in jacked-up pickup trucks with massive mud tires who don’t realize that while that truck can go fast BUT it doesn’t stop any faster than any other vehicle! And ice is a great equalizer — without studs, nobody has control.
01-19-2019, 02:53 PM
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Great pics and stories, keep 'em coming! Nemesis has some snow building up there 
yup, that's how I remember it! Have fun in it all (especially you wombat, from my old stomping grounds!)
yup, that's how I remember it! Have fun in it all (especially you wombat, from my old stomping grounds!)
01-19-2019, 03:41 PM
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Had snow in DC last week, and my A5 cabrio was as solid as our 4Runner. Quattro was pretty impressive. I didn't take any pics, though. The worst part about the snow, though, is the damn salt!
01-19-2019, 05:34 PM
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01-19-2019, 06:00 PM
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My A6 was always(well, as long as I had good snow tires ) better in the snow than my Tundra, even with 4wd on and similar tread snow tires, it wasn't as solid feeling.
01-19-2019, 06:48 PM
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01-20-2019, 06:04 AM
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In South Jersey we don’t usually see a lot of snow in any given winter. Consequently, many long-time South Jersey drivers do not have much real-world experience driving in frequent snow accumulations. And for that same reason these same drivers do not have snow tires — just the all season tires. Then add the drivers in jacked-up pickup trucks with massive mud tires who don’t realize that while that truck can go fast BUT it doesn’t stop any faster than any other vehicle! And ice is a great equalizer — without studs, nobody has control.
01-20-2019, 06:08 AM
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Ah yes, the old "I have a 4x4, the laws of physics do not apply, bro!" thing. You still get that up here occasionally, usually with new transplants or tourists. Most of the locals have figured out that mass, velocity, and vector doesn't magically become immaterial because you have all wheel drive.
01-20-2019, 07:54 AM
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Ah yes, the old "I have a 4x4, the laws of physics do not apply, bro!" thing. You still get that up here occasionally, usually with new transplants or tourists. Most of the locals have figured out that mass, velocity, and vector doesn't magically become immaterial because you have all wheel drive.