The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #65034   Message #1068141
Posted By: Jeri
08-Dec-03 - 09:37 PM
Thread Name: BS: Where Were You Stranded in the Storm?
Subject: RE: BS: Where Were You Stranded in the Storm?
Never played with a bug in the snow, but I confess to doing donuts in whatever car I had. Empty parking lots were a lot of fun. Unfortunately, front-wheel drive cars don't do donuts so well and all wheel drive cars don't do them at all - you just slide sideways a little. Studded snow tires (do they make those anymore?) didn't work worth diddley.

I once lived in a place where the road approaching it went up a hill and around a slight curve. If the road was slippery enough, you had to go hell-bent-for-leather up it, or slide back down and off the side at the bend. And then there was the year I went to a New Year's party and drove home in an ice storm. Small bridge at the bottom of two hills. I went down, went up (almost), then slid back down again. Ditched the van and slid, on foot (most of the time) the last mile or so with Bat Goddess & curmudgeon to their house. I don't mind rain, snow, dirt roads or puddles. I HATE driving on ice.