16" at 5 pm; still snowing; get to shovel a 3rd time in AM.

Post #318,858 by Another Scott 12/19/09 6:30:42 PM Reply	16" at 5 pm; still snowing; get to shovel a 3rd time in AM.
Post #318,872 by Ashton 12/20/09 2:49:17 AM Reply	If this happened oh, say ... about every two years for a week: sounds like great fun! (But I'd hate to have to take the Acura Plutocrat out in all that salt-infested slush, just to get the fish heads and rice, y'know?) I'd hope that most folks living in such climes have handy a '53 Plymouth for ~~travail~~ travel during such weather. Seems absurd to expose a modrin $25K+ transport to such a chemically destructive milieu. Unless some fanatics have a drive-over spray-wash after every errand?
Post #318,890 by drook 12/20/09 12:20:07 PM Reply	Re: undercarriage wash When we bought the mini-van, we gave the '95 Lincoln Continental to my parents. They drive it for a bit over a year, then it needed brakes. While it was up on the lift, the mechanic told them, "If I try to fix anything down there, things are going to start breaking off." My dad is/was a mechanic, so he took a look and the guy wasn't kidding. The bottom of the car was a solid block of rust, held together by road grime and ancient grease. There were very few bolts that you could still attach a socket, and if you went at it with vice grips you'd just start breaking things. They traded it in. -- Drew
Post #318,899 by Another Scott 12/20/09 1:59:50 PM Reply	It seems to be on a ~10-20 year cycle here. I remember moving in January 1996, just after a huge storm. That was a fun time... ;-) http://en.wikipedia...._blizzard_of_1996 Cheers, Scott. (Who is staying off the roads for now - the ones in our neighborhood are covered with about 2" of compacted slush.)

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