perhaps 'impressed' is not the operative term, kat...*grin*...but this is now in the top 2 or 3 snowfalls the Wash DC area has had in 100 years, so they are simply not designed or geared for it.

(A guy in little red sports car with 8" of clearance just tried to roar up my street with 12-18" of snow in it....guess what happened? It took 4 men an hour to get him backed out again...)