NYLIBUD Posted January 4, 2018 Posted January 4, 2018 Well it's official,we are having a blizzard here on Long Island.Total white out conditions.But when it's all done,I'll be going out and do some snow wheeling with my Jeep Cherokee,which is sitting on 35 inch tires,with a 6 1/2 inch lift.Lots of fun.
espo Posted January 4, 2018 Posted January 4, 2018 1 minute ago, NYLIBUD said: Well it's official,we are having a blizzard here on Long Island.Total white out conditions.But when it's all done,I'll be going out and do some snow wheeling with my Jeep Cherokee,which is sitting on 35 inch tires,with a 6 1/2 inch lift.Lots of fun. Be sure to post your Dash Cam Videos for all to enjoy. Stay warm.
RAT-T Posted January 4, 2018 Posted January 4, 2018 1 hour ago, SfanGoch said: Whaddya drinking? NOTHING YET
Dragline Posted January 4, 2018 Posted January 4, 2018 Getting hosed here in SE Mass as well. Probably a foot on the ground so far. I have beverages and plan on using them if I have to.
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 4, 2018 Posted January 4, 2018 So...do youse Yankees still use chains for driving in snow and ice like folks did when I was a kid up there? In the sunny South, every time we get frozen precip, the ditches are littered with 4WD vehicles oh their roofs, after their big tires and traction-control failed to compensate for just plain stupid.
Fabrux Posted January 4, 2018 Posted January 4, 2018 Left NC yesterday and stopped for the night in Stamford, CT. We're stuck here for the day.
cobraman Posted January 4, 2018 Posted January 4, 2018 I remember the chains from back in my Chicago days. Also the snow tires with the studs in them. Things were noisy if you hit dry ground. If I remember right you could spin those tires and spark with the studs.
Dragline Posted January 5, 2018 Posted January 5, 2018 Yessir, studded tires. The are no longer legal in Mass I believe. Typical Dem state.
SfanGoch Posted January 5, 2018 Posted January 5, 2018 You might want to check that, Bob. according to this, studded snow tires are legal in Massachusetts from Nov. 2 to April 30. As of Oct. 2015, even the clowns here in New York are again allowing use of studded snow tires from Oct. 16 to April 30. Time to shred some asphalt!
mchook Posted January 5, 2018 Posted January 5, 2018 9 hours ago, SfanGoch said: Whaddya drinking? The weather man said -24 degrees with the wind chill the next few nights, so I'll be enjoying these this weekend. Xmas gifts from the wife & kids.
Pete J. Posted January 5, 2018 Posted January 5, 2018 7 hours ago, Dragline said: No chains here. My FWD Cavalier does well. I remember well the first FWD car I had. I lived in Spokane, Washington(eastern side of the state on the Idaho boarder) where it really gets cold and we actually had winter. I figured studded snow tires on the front because I got through winters in a RWD car with them on the rear only. Bad move!! First time I hit the brakes, the rears immediately locked up and lost any semblance of traction and steering control and I was doing 360's down an ice road, and there was no catching it with opposite lock. I learned that FWD needs studs front and rear.
NYLIBUD Posted January 5, 2018 Author Posted January 5, 2018 9 hours ago, mchook said: The weather man said -24 degrees with the wind chill the next few nights, so I'll be enjoying these this weekend. Xmas gifts from the wife & kids. Oh yea,there ya go.You'll be having a nice relaxing weekend. Have fun.
Dragline Posted January 5, 2018 Posted January 5, 2018 Glad I didn't have to learn that way Pete. That is a tasty tidbit there Joe. Time to SHRED. Oh wait...what Pete said. Even though my fronts are a tad low pro they were up to it yesterday morning. About 1/2 way to work and I turned tail. The store closed at 10:00 and now I'm looking at my driveway and it's a frozen mess. I threw out ice melt last night [Actually 3 AM this morn]. Good thing I did.
SfanGoch Posted January 7, 2018 Posted January 7, 2018 Bet you still jones after a knish with spicy brown mustard, dirty water dogs with mustard, sauerkraut and onions washed down with a Yoo-Hoo and and a slice which doesn't taste like a piece of cardboard coated with ketchup and topped with imitation pasteurized cheese product. If you don't........
Dodge Driver Posted January 7, 2018 Posted January 7, 2018 7 hours ago, SfanGoch said: Bet you still jones after a knish with spicy brown mustard, dirty water dogs with mustard, sauerkraut and onions washed down with a Yoo-Hoo and and a slice which doesn't taste like a piece of cardboard coated with ketchup and topped with imitation pasteurized cheese product. If you don't........ Stop it! I'm practically drooling now. A knish and a good cannoli are impossible to find in Amish country.
SfanGoch Posted January 7, 2018 Posted January 7, 2018 Frank, hop in the car and go to Circo's on Knickerbocker Ave. in Bushwick. Their cannolis are even better than Ferrara's in Little Italy. They also do mail order, wink-wink, nod-nod. You can get Gabila knishes at Shop Rite. Get some Sabrett's Mustard and Onion Sauce and you're squared away. BTW, I'm typing this while having a chocolate egg cream and some tiramisu.
Mike C Posted January 7, 2018 Posted January 7, 2018 12 hours ago, SfanGoch said: Bet you still jones after a knish with spicy brown mustard, dirty water dogs with mustard, sauerkraut and onions washed down with a Yoo-Hoo and and a slice which doesn't taste like a piece of cardboard coated with ketchup and topped with imitation pasteurized cheese product. If you don't........ All I miss are the knishes. Forget the rest. I had an uncle that had a Kosher deli there for around 20 years or so.
Tom Geiger Posted January 7, 2018 Posted January 7, 2018 Here in PA west of Philly we did get some snow, but no biggie. Barely enough to drag out the snow blower, and then it was all gone with one pass. Yesterday we went to coastal New Jersey... man was there snow! On my sister's suburban street there was a path down the center, and people had to dig out parking spaces.
High octane Posted January 7, 2018 Posted January 7, 2018 1 hour ago, Tom Geiger said: Here in PA west of Philly we did get some snow, but no biggie. Barely enough to drag out the snow blower, and then it was all gone with one pass. Yesterday we went to coastal New Jersey... man was there snow! On my sister's suburban street there was a path down the center, and people had to dig out parking spaces. Diggin' out parking spaces, I remember those days when I had lived in Chicago a long time ago. What a pain.
Tom Geiger Posted January 7, 2018 Posted January 7, 2018 4 hours ago, High octane said: Diggin' out parking spaces, I remember those days when I had lived in Chicago a long time ago. What a pain. I think it was last year in Patterson, NJ that a guy got shot for parking in someone's clean spot!
SfanGoch Posted January 7, 2018 Posted January 7, 2018 I was expecting to read about the same here. It's a post-snowstorm ritual in some neighborhoods, along with placing traffic cones and garbage cans in the spot to stake your claim. Usually, it doesn't work.
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