Saved from the freezing rain.

[Patrick]

...To this day I imagine they still can't figure out how a Corvette beat them off the line in 3"-4" of snow while they're in these 4x4's.

You know, it's always curious to me that owners of big 4WD trucks and SUV's get into their vehicles and assume that because they have on-the-fly shift into 4WD, they are immunized from any weather or road conditions. They forget that 4WD does not mean four wheel stop, and as a result, they are always the ones most likely to need to be pulled from a snow drift off the side of the road.

The only time I've been caught in a snow in my Z06 when I wasn't able to get myself through was in January, 2004. I got caught down in Colorado Springs when it started to snow- hard. No one was expecting this, and I quickly got in my Z06 and made for home. The conditions on the interstate made for more than a few white knuckle moments, but I was handling things fine. I had momentum on my side, and once I made it over Monument Hill, I figured I was home free.

Not so. Just north of Castle Rock, the interstate was closed at Surrey Ridge due to a series of five jack-knifed semis. Nobody could move. We were stopped on the interstate, waiting for a lane to re-open, in four inches of snow. And when I got stopped, that was it. My car wasn't going anywhere, as I couldn't get any traction. I had to call AAA and have my Z06 towed home.

At that moment, I learned to hate snow and ice.

-Patrick

 

[Vettepirate]

Reminds me of the '98 ice storm.

Those of you who live in Eastern Ontario and the US northeast will remember this one... how can we forget 2 inches of ice covering everything.

I feared a repeat that night when my vette was outside in the rain.