Notices
North East New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont

Snow in NE Philly....Had to drive the Z home from work...

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 03-16-2007 | 02:37 PM
  #1  
mifastZ's Avatar
mifastZ
Thread Starter
Registered User
iTrader: (2)
 
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 518
Likes: 0
From: Newtown, PA/Mount Laurel, NJ
Default Snow in NE Philly....Had to drive the Z home from work...

Well this morning it wasn't that bad when I went to work. I figured we'd get a little snow...I was wrong. I left work at 3:00 and what normally takes me 30 min took me 90 minutes. I went 20 MPH the whole way home. Then I couldn't even make it up my driveway. I spent another 30 min tring to get running starts up the hill, with no luck I gave up and backed it in the grass.

Old 03-16-2007 | 05:19 PM
  #2  
ldawg32's Avatar
ldawg32
Registered User
iTrader: (15)
 
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 1,029
Likes: 0
From: Long Island Ny
Default

that sux snowed here too good thing i didnt take my car to work
Old 03-16-2007 | 05:20 PM
  #3  
sry110's Avatar
sry110
New Member
iTrader: (17)
 
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 6,650
Likes: 36
From: Malvern, PA
Default

Word, same thing happened to me except for the driveway business. My 7 minute drive home took about 20. Given the crap-*** road conditions I was happy to drive 25 mph the whole way home. Even with my snow tires I was having trouble hooking up in some spots, especially when I had to stop and then start out in 1st gear. This ice is bogus, I thought it was going to be an early spring!
Old 03-16-2007 | 05:23 PM
  #4  
mifastZ's Avatar
mifastZ
Thread Starter
Registered User
iTrader: (2)
 
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 518
Likes: 0
From: Newtown, PA/Mount Laurel, NJ
Default

I have BFG KDW 2's. Talk about the opposite of snow tires...but I made it home safe w/o a scratch. Next year I hope to have a new set of wheels, and keep the OEM's with Snow Tires that way I can just swap them out.
Old 03-16-2007 | 05:27 PM
  #5  
plumpzz's Avatar
plumpzz
New Member
iTrader: (10)
 
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 7,146
Likes: 0
From: Jersey, New
Default

lawl. I hit the GSP and went 25mph then entire way. My 30 minute trip took 1 hour 15 minutes. I had no choice. I was waiting for my mom to come home so I could take her max (which is WORSE than my Z in the snow) and she rear ended someone.. So..i left in my Z.
It was kinda fun though. With all season tires, i don't get stuck so its kinda fun to drift around corners haha. The scariest part is changing lanes because the snow piles inbetween lanes, and if you change lanes, you have to go through the pile at 30 mph.
Old 03-16-2007 | 06:10 PM
  #6  
bdahern's Avatar
bdahern
Registered User
iTrader: (9)
 
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 377
Likes: 0
From: Delaware
Default

My usual 30 minutes took over 1.5 hours - more because of traffic thatn the snow. Didn't get stuck at all - I have Dunlap M3s on my stock rims. Slid a bit going up the driveway, but no problems on the roads.
Old 03-16-2007 | 06:19 PM
  #7  
mifastZ's Avatar
mifastZ
Thread Starter
Registered User
iTrader: (2)
 
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 518
Likes: 0
From: Newtown, PA/Mount Laurel, NJ
Default

I don't think I have ever been so scared driving in the snow not to mention that my rear tires have about 25% tread left. It was something I don't want to do again w/o snow tires. Can you buy studded tires for the Z?
Old 03-16-2007 | 06:34 PM
  #8  
drivenCSZ's Avatar
drivenCSZ
Registered User
iTrader: (2)
 
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 4,044
Likes: 0
From: NYC
Default

wow wow, you are lucky as hell man. Im right off city line so im in the area and its nasty out there. last weekend i switched my snow tires/wheels off to my OEMs since it was so nice out. Definitly didnt anticipate this and didnt feel like changing them out last night so I called out of work today. Im tired of this winter already.
Old 03-16-2007 | 06:43 PM
  #9  
SighOh's Avatar
SighOh
Registered User
 
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 691
Likes: 0
From: IL
Default

snow bites i went to work and it ended up snowing a foot during my shift. i couldnt get a ride, so while driving home i couldnt make it uphill and had to slide back into a side street. i was in second gear the whole way

snow is super fun..
Old 03-16-2007 | 06:53 PM
  #10  
r0mey's Avatar
r0mey
350Z-holic
Premier Member
iTrader: (35)
 
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 17,785
Likes: 0
From: Morristown, NJ
Default

snow sux gotta eep it garaged
Old 03-16-2007 | 07:03 PM
  #11  
sry110's Avatar
sry110
New Member
iTrader: (17)
 
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 6,650
Likes: 36
From: Malvern, PA
Default

Originally Posted by drivenCSZ
wow wow, you are lucky as hell man. Im right off city line so im in the area and its nasty out there. last weekend i switched my snow tires/wheels off to my OEMs since it was so nice out. Definitly didnt anticipate this and didnt feel like changing them out last night so I called out of work today. Im tired of this winter already.
Yeah when it was 70 degrees out few days ago I was about ready to put on my summer wheels/tires, but now with the current snow and the week+ until all of the cinders and salt are removed, it will be April before I dare put them on. LAst thing I need is road salt and stones bouncing around in new polished lips. I was in Reno for 4 days Friday thru Monday and it was 75 degrees and sunny every day. Everyone was rolling around with the windows/tops down. I don't know why I came home
Old 03-16-2007 | 07:08 PM
  #12  
tranceformer95's Avatar
tranceformer95
New Member
iTrader: (20)
 
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 5,399
Likes: 0
From: Palm Beach, FL
Default

I thought the snow storm we had in mid-February would be the end of it. Nope. Then i thought the storm we had last week would be the end of it. NOPE. Hopefully i won't be wrong for the 3rd time. F'in snow.
Old 03-16-2007 | 07:27 PM
  #13  
V3rbatim's Avatar
V3rbatim
Registered User
iTrader: (3)
 
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 160
Likes: 0
From: NY
Default

my Zs in the garage...

i wouldnt think of driving the Z in this snow, it would be pointless...
Old 03-16-2007 | 07:30 PM
  #14  
tomiegunzz's Avatar
tomiegunzz
Registered User
iTrader: (2)
 
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,625
Likes: 0
From: Beantown, MA
Default

Took me 2.5 hours to going up 93N. Going 5-20 mph the whole way. Coming home........took me 1.5 hours......going 15-40. I am so sick of the east coast im movin to Cali.
Old 03-16-2007 | 07:31 PM
  #15  
drivenCSZ's Avatar
drivenCSZ
Registered User
iTrader: (2)
 
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 4,044
Likes: 0
From: NYC
Default

Originally Posted by tranceformer95
I thought the snow storm we had in mid-February would be the end of it. Nope. Then i thought the storm we had last week would be the end of it. NOPE. Hopefully i won't be wrong for the 3rd time. F'in snow.
yea i thought i was done with this crap...i think were getting spoiled with all this global warming stuff, lol. hopefully this is the last of it, but i think im gonna have to bolt up the snow tires one more time, damnit
Old 03-16-2007 | 08:40 PM
  #16  
CelticPride2's Avatar
CelticPride2
Registered User
 
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 2,308
Likes: 0
From: Somewhere...
Default

My usual 45-minute ride home took me about an hour or so today with all the snow. Never even came close to getting stuck, though...thank God for Blizzaks.
Old 03-16-2007 | 09:36 PM
  #17  
Zmazing03's Avatar
Zmazing03
Registered User
iTrader: (9)
 
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 12,899
Likes: 0
From: Waterbury, CT
Default

I went into work at 8 AM which is earlier than normal, hoping I could get out early because of the snow that was coming. I left aroudn 12, so only half a day but my boss wasn't about to tell me I couldn't go home.

Normally takes me around 25-30 minutes, took me just a little over an hour. 35 MPH on the highway and 17-25 MPH on every other road. I even saw an "abandoned" Redline Z parked on the side of the highway.

I had snow tires, so probably could have made it fast than I did -- but I didn't want to test it. Z and myself got home in one piece without a scratch. Blizzaks FTW!!!
Old 03-16-2007 | 09:41 PM
  #18  
savvy's Avatar
savvy
Registered User
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 4,124
Likes: 0
From: Salem, New Hampshire
Default

took me 2 hours to go 14 miles home from work today. God i hate driving in the snow, but only becuase of the traffic. Other than that it is fun as hell
Old 03-17-2007 | 07:24 AM
  #19  
tranceformer95's Avatar
tranceformer95
New Member
iTrader: (20)
 
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 5,399
Likes: 0
From: Palm Beach, FL
Default

Let's hope that this is the last of this f'ed up winter we've been having. I duno about the rest of you but i'm just about ready to order some tires for my LMGT4's. The last thing i need is another f'in storm.
Old 03-17-2007 | 12:54 PM
  #20  
jes81697's Avatar
jes81697
Registered User
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 41
Likes: 0
From: Dela-where?
Default

Car's stuck at work, wife had to get me...I'm an a$$, swapped my winter set up for my 19's last week...damn weather fooled me!


Quick Reply: Snow in NE Philly....Had to drive the Z home from work...



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 10:15 AM.