slip sliding away

[Jim Haseltine]

Ha!

And over here thing grind to a halt as soon as we reach 1/2". It's almost a 
waste of time driving a quattro 'cos the roads are blocked by SUV driving 
wankers who pussyfoot around because they can't see the road markings.
Thank God we haven't had any snow yet - After a long day at work I don't 
think I can face crawling along behind some arse who is driving so far to 
the side that he's almost in the next county because the edge of the road is 
the only thing he can recognise.

Regards,

Jim Haseltine


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lee Levitt" <lee at wheelman.com>
To: "Qlist" <quattro at audifans.com>
Cc: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 2:27 AM
Subject: slip sliding away


> My wife and I spent the weekend in NYC, drove back Sunday night.
>
> Nobody told us that Boston was in the process of getting 10 inches of 
> snow.
>
> We got stuck in traffic on the Merritt near Fairfield, crept along for a
> good 45 minutes while a variety of numbknutzes tried to slide slip up a
> minor incline.
>
> The roads *were* awfully clippery, pretty icy. The snow fell and froze on
> the roadway making a pretty good ice covering. Some cars just could not 
> make
> it up the incline, including one new MB coupe. His rear wheels just spun.
>
> I was following a Subie and he and I just motored right around the 
> carnage.
>
> After that it picked up a bit. The Merritt up to 91 was a mess, but
> fortunately most of the traffic was stuck on that hill.
>
> 84 eastbound to Sturbridge had packed powder, and was also pretty 
> slippery,
> but by then it was late and there wasn't much traffic, so we made okay 
> time.
>
> The Mass Pike at 12:30 was just wet...we ended up getting home...and stuck
> in my driveway, at 1 PM. I took a good run (backwards) at the pile of snow
> at the end of the driveway, but got stuck (highspotted) in a 14" drift. 
> Some
> quick work with the shovel and the A6 was back safe in my garage.
>
> Whee!
>
> In the five and a half hours of driving, the car didn't lose traction once
> (except when I tapped the brakes to check the conditions) until we got to 
> my
> driveway...
>
> So my sister asks me today whether she should pay the extra money for the
> 4Motion Passat wagon. She's trading in a V6 Jetta. I mentioned the fun we
> had Sunday, she was sold.
>
> Lee
> '02 A6 3.0 quattro avant
> '96 A6 quattro avant
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> quattro mailing list
> quattro at audifans.com
> http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/quattro
>