Damn midwest snow

neon angel · Post by **neon angel** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 12:53 pm

last night we got 8in of snow ,well this mourn i was supposed to be at work @4am left my house at 3 to make sure i got there could get dow my hill snow plows never plowed last night waited till 6 then braved it well that was wrong lost traction ass end came around on a corner and off the road ended about 4ft from the end of a guard rail called the tow truck they came after 5hrs and then said the couldn't tow me out cuz they cant get to the front finally DUG my way out now the bottom of the front bumper is pushed in/under so im looking for a bumper now which sucks cuz my deductible is 500 but i can buy an srt front or and srtd new for less than that so now what?

esteinmaier · Post by **esteinmaier** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:19 pm

Yea, snow sucks. I waited until just now to come to work out in the far west suburbs by DeKalb.

What color is your car? I can keep my eyes open.

rOniN · Post by **rOniN** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:29 pm

You got to be careful out here...this snow was particularly nasty for driving. Sucks that you need a new bumper.

I hit a patch of ice a couple of days ago when it rained and froze and almost slid into a truck but I just hit the e brake and swung the rear to the other side.

What color is your car? I'll keep on the lookout around here.

Panhead · Post by **Panhead** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:29 pm

if there was that much snow, id stay home. if the employers got a problem with that, they can come pick me up instead.

sorry about your neon dude...

titansxt · Post by **titansxt** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:32 pm

Yea the snow here was ridiculous. Any one else notice that the snow plows were NOT around at all?!

neon angel · Post by **neon angel** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 2:16 pm

PS2 silver dido on the snow plows when theres an inch or less their all over the place as if were getting the storm of all storms,now when we need them there off hiding

jmr · Post by **jmr** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:13 pm

I hear you on the snow we got 8" ourselves in St. Charles county.
Sorry to hear about your bumper, good excuse for a SRT front end conversion.

neon angel · Post by **neon angel** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:56 pm

srt front end i wish my insurance deductible is 500 and the srt fascia is anywhere between 5-600 so im probally going to get the 03-05 front w/fogs

titansxt · Post by **titansxt** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:38 pm

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ewetho · Post by **ewetho** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:07 pm

My morning was a bit rough in my 04 SE trying to play plow in several areas. Lowered Neon and deep snow don't mix very well. OH well....

neon angel · Post by **neon angel** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:17 pm

i know but i have srt rims with 50 series so i sit 2in higher

NickKo · Post by **NickKo** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:09 pm

I noticed the same, and heard other people complain about this too.... snow plows were SCARCE.

Well, I guess there's no more money in the budget for sand, salt, and gasoline to drive plow trucks.

People had better get used to this .....

-Nick

jckevns · Post by **jckevns** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:40 pm

snow plows start with the main streets and highways
they don't do much plowing if its still snowing its a waste of time and our money

i do agree it takes too long to get to my neighborhood but oh well thats winter for yah

CAMS_02 · Post by **CAMS_02** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:02 am

titansxt wrote:Yea the snow here was ridiculous. Any one else notice that the snow plows were NOT around at all?!

Yes! I live in east central Wisconsin and I heard on the news the other night that there wasn't enough of a budget left to plow and salt all the roads. Not only do I drive to work, but I drive all day at work and over the past week or two, I've been in some pretty hairy situations, because the roads haven't been either plowed or salted. I understand that our past few winters have been pretty mild and I know that affects the budget, but come on -- how the hell can you not have enough money to plow the roads? For the cry-eye, it's frickin' Wisconsin (and Illinois and Michigan)! That would be like the state of California saying the budget for fighting fires is no more!

I agree with 03NeonSE, if you don't feel safe driving in the snow or if you physically can't drive in the snow (as has happened to me more than a few times over the course of my driving and working career), call your boss and tell him you'll either be late or won't be in at all. Back when I still lived at home with mom and dad, I had to drive about 30 miles to work, from the country to the city. One time I had to call into work, because I literally got my Dodge Omni stuck in my freakin' driveway. My boss was pissed and argued with me on the phone, but eventually realized I wasn't going to give in and he let it go -- until the next day when I was called into his office and reprimanded for the fact that I'd only been working there a couple of months and had already called in twice due to snow. He said, "Where I come from, if you put your car in the ditch, you call a cab and get yourself to work. Worry about your car when you get home." I was like, "So I'm supposed to pay for a cab to take me to and from work (who knows how much that might cost) and then pay for a tow truck to pull me out of the ditch (probably $50 at that time), so I can come to work for 7 bucks an hour?" Needless to say, I didn't stay at that job much longer after that...

rOniN · Post by **rOniN** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:45 pm

Sucks to live outside of Indiana then...our plows are all over the place. Roads were cleared and salted by noon.

I know that INDOT trucks are out at least 1 hour before the storm hits and pre-salt / brine the roads. They plow through the whole storm with each driver plowing a certain stretch of road. Though that is how they do it up in the northern part of the state, though they get the largest part of the budget.

lolelectricbluesxt · Post by **lolelectricbluesxt** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 1:59 am

I'm so glad I don't have to deal with all that crap. I take my little day vacation to the mountains to snowboard and that's that

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Themaggots · Post by **Themaggots** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:09 pm

Almost 15inch last weekend here in Quebec. An other 6 last Tuesday.

Fortunately, they take care of the snow pretty quickly here.

Oh yeah, winter tires studs is really useful.

dodge_girl · Post by **dodge_girl** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 12:28 am

that sucks dude, we got a shit load of snow here to. the plow snowed my car in on the street and i got a ticket for it being there over night cause i couldn't move it

snow FTMFL!

Cbussilver01es · Post by **Cbussilver01es** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 12:36 am

Midwest snow? what snow, it was 65 here on Monday, lol

That sux bout your bumper tho

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:01 pm

esteinmaier wrote:Yea, snow sucks. I waited until just now to come to work out in the far west suburbs by DeKalb.

What color is your car? I can keep my eyes open.

i just applied for a job at NIU

Bluerocketsneeks · Post by **Bluerocketsneeks** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:27 am

where can you buy a cheap srt-d bumper?