Quattro I delivers!

[Kneale Brownson]

Around THIS part of Michigan, the two-lane highways are clogged with
biddies afraid to exceed 35 (even though they'll speed in towns) if there's
a hint of slip on the pavement.  My daily 60-mile commute can take more
than two hours when there are lines of a dozen cars or more behind one of
these fools who won't buy awd or decent winter tires.  I'm not fearless,
but I can very safely drive at normal highway speeds if I can see down the
road far enough for my Nokian Q's to stop me.  

At 02:33 PM 2/15/2005 +0000, ian at harlequin.hplx.net wrote:
>On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Alan Pritchard wrote:
>
>> More to the point, you like ice at highway speed?
>
>You have to understand just how stupidly fearless Michigan drivers are. 
>They'll do 85 into whiteouts or dense fog, 70 on ice or snowpack, and just 
>assume everything will be okay (while often continuing to tailgate, yap on 
>cell phones, whatever.)  Just a couple months ago here we had an 
>over-hundred car pileup around Lansing because of fog.
>
>Sometimes, if you have to be on the road, you also have to do as the 
>stupids do, and just hope for the best.  Happened to me the first time I 
>ever drove in Michigan, which was directly into a gigantic blizzard.
>
>Detroit doesn't seem quite as bad in that regard, but it may also just be 
>that we don't get the weather extremes that much of the rest of the state 
>does.
>
>ian Butler / ian at harlequin.hplx.net
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