Just thought that I would share with our fellow CC’ers south of the Equator what it looks like north of the Mason Dixon, and why it is that we buy Subarus.
This is our Back Yardo, or more specifically our East Back Yardo. We expect 20 feet of snow today. The Impreza should have no problem tunneling through this insignificant accumulation. Merry Christmas dudes.
20 feet? Maybe too much even for a Subaru! Looks roughly like that here.
Its about 79 here now……
Is Suzy jealous of your new love interest? Oh, that’s right; she has one too.
Welcome to the wonderful world of Subaru.
I think it got down to 50 today in east texas.
20 feet?? Wow and I thought it was bad that I had to put on a sweatshirt today. Well not today, really tonight, after the sun went down. It was warm earlier. Winter in Florida… gotta love it…
That’s just a dusting of snow … here’s my Forester after an hour of digging it out. In California, by the way. The snow that looks like it might be on the roof, is on the roof.
After seven years of throwing bags of portland cement bags in the trunk of my Crown Vic, I finally went all out and got a four-wheel drive (pickup, not car). I’ll never go back.
These Subaru’s do intrigue me.
Ah, yes – now you can get stuck twice as fast! (c:
I had to fire up the 1950 Ford 8N tractor yesterday (still 6v!) to “unstick” my 4wd F-150. The little boy in me said ‘hello’ just long enough to convince me I could power my way through a 2-3′ snow drift. Almost made it, too!
Some years back during a major ice storm in Atlanta (GA), I had enormous fun driving around in my ’64 Beetle (also 6v) thumbing my nose at all the Jeeps and 4x4s stuck in ditches. Four wheel drive does help in many cases, but ice makes for a pretty level playing field.
Ed, I remember at GT watching students hold onto ropes and snow ski behind designated tow vehicles (Beetles, etc.) in the EE parking lot and around campus. Usually on sleds, boards, plastic dishes, etc. On the other hand, my ’71 Ford Custom 500 with open diff didn’t make it very far in the average Atlanta ice storm. I would usually walk to the Varsity and have a couple of dogs and a peach pie and watch the traffic on I-75/85.
Cul-de-sack, back of the lot, When Up a Dirt road… Many drive Subarus For Good reason. up a hill in snow its the go to car.
What state do you live in Mr. Martin? New Jersey? I’m currently living in Michigan right now but there’s barely any snow compared to the amounts seen in past winters.
Alfa-I live in Utah, in the valley. The mountains, ie, the ski resorts will see far more snow tonight than we in the valley will.
I’m green with envy and Christmas trees right now!
Just checking in from South of the Equator. Merry Christmas from Chile =)
Feliz pasquas mi amigo del sur. Tenemos bastante nieve aqui en Utah. Pero con el Subi, no le hace.
Kevin:
Greetings from St. George. What is all that white stuff?
Richard
Other than icy roads where winter tires are clearly superior, I have found little performance difference between the former and four-wheel drive with all-season tires. The economic differences are obvious, however.
We tried studless winter tires on our RWD Ranger. OK in snow, terrible in ice. We usually have ice all winter long, so all of our other winter tires wear studs. We park the Ranger in November, too. On a bad day, I need 4WD (or AWD on the Forester) and a running start to get up the icy apron into the garage. Even the chains on the tractor don’t work when the conditions are too icy.
Also checking in from near the Equator line, where Christmas is brown, always! I’m also envious of you and the beautiful white Christmas!
Flying into snowland tomorrow with the kid. While we hardly ever get snow here in Houston, my new car next year will be AWD….when the rain or drizzle starts, the road oils create sloppy conditions.
Beautiful pictures!
Comment from my phone didn’t load the other day, we had 3-4 days of 100 F pre Christmas, couple of hundred miles up the road it was 128. It cooled off a bit for the actual day thankfully.
And just where was this?
The real high temp was at Mildura Victoria, which is a notoriously hot place being between the desert areas of northwest Victoria and the Mad Max territory further north. I spent Christmas further upstream on the Murray River but it was hot all over.
I have a Subaru AWD Legacy, but unless you work in a hospital emergency room or you are the guy/gal who drives the snow plow, did you ever think… Just stay home.
Buy some groceries the day before the storm and keep off the roads until they are plowed.
I used to tell my boss, when WBZ (Boston) radio announced, “Multiple spinout accidents on I-495”, I was going to be late. Call me or e-mail me.