FRS in the Snow..

[Fang]

Lol well that car isn't mine and neither is the lambo from my previous post (wish it was). Maybe "weirdest snowplows of the interwebs"


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[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by STV3

Sooooo should we change the name of this thread to "Post your plow!"

Would be Just as valuable as being thread 4298 on how to drive in the snow!
Besides my car is my plow!

[gravitylover]

Since you said "car = plow" that makes me want to ask, did you do anything to brace the lip or are you just pushing through snow piles and hoping for the best?

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by gravitylover

Since you said "car = plow" that makes me want to ask, did you do anything to brace the lip or are you just pushing through snow piles and hoping for the best?

I have been worried a bit about that but when I checked it out I figured it would be better to leave it alone as designed. I think it is better to have a bit of flex instead of being too rigid and creating some isolated stress points. So far the snow as been deep but light and fluffy so I haven't had any issues.
Other then that:

[gravitylover]

Best o' luck my friend. A couple of years ago we had a series of sleet storms that accumulated 4-6" of very heavy pellets that were like ball bearings. I had a 97 OB and was coming home from work, the highway portion was a kick as long as you stayed in the left lane but once I got off and on the secondaries the piles were nearly unbreakable. Changing lanes was pretty much out of the question because the car would just slide back into the formed ruts. I was sitting at a red light when the lopw went by across the road and left me a 6" high runnel, I figured no big deal it's just a pile of pellets then I hit it and the car shuddered and stumbled like it hit a wall but it recovered pretty quickly. I jumped out figuring I was going to pull the bumper out of the way but the whole lower section had folded and pretty much just spring back. You could see the slight creases in the corners and where there were ice chucks wedged in but unless you knew what to look for you'd never know how hard the hit was.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by gravitylover

Best o' luck my friend. A couple of years ago we had a series of sleet storms that accumulated 4-6" of very heavy pellets that were like ball bearings. I had a 97 OB and was coming home from work, the highway portion was a kick as long as you stayed in the left lane but once I got off and on the secondaries the piles were nearly unbreakable. Changing lanes was pretty much out of the question because the car would just slide back into the formed ruts. I was sitting at a red light when the lopw went by across the road and left me a 6" high runnel, I figured no big deal it's just a pile of pellets then I hit it and the car shuddered and stumbled like it hit a wall but it recovered pretty quickly. I jumped out figuring I was going to pull the bumper out of the way but the whole lower section had folded and pretty much just spring back. You could see the slight creases in the corners and where there were ice chucks wedged in but unless you knew what to look for you'd never know how hard the hit was.

Had almost the exact same scenario happen with my last Lancer so I know what you mean. I was aware of the risk but find it at an acceptable level.
I do have the luxury of staying home and working from here if things get too dicey and the very worse case scenario involves an add on lip or new bumper. At least the bumpers for these are reasonably easy to change and relatively cheap.
All of it is worth while to me just to throw the 40 foot plumes of snow up while driving down my unplowed street since it is a blast!

[STV3]

Originally Posted by gravitylover

Since you said "car = plow" that makes me want to ask, did you do anything to brace the lip or are you just pushing through snow piles and hoping for the best?

Well that's actually an APR wind splitter on my SRT and that thing is tough as nails. So I'm not too worried. Plus its seen at least 5+ winters with no issues.