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Thank You Saab!
Posted by chris74 [Email] (more from chris74) on Tue, 18 Feb 2003 11:37:15
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Just a general thanks to Saab...
Last weekend a few of us drove up to Quebec for Carnaval, since Mondays snow forecast was for, well, snow. Nothing heavy. So we went, had a good time, and on 287 in NYS, thanks to poor plowing techniques (roads clear, salted for 4 lanes, then only one) I was in the unfortunate "unplowed" lane - with no warning. So, my 3 week old 9-3 and two friends tried out ESP - at maybe 50mph.I was hard on the ABS so it could have been less - it was the last speed I saw. Nailed the drift, it was well over the hood. The hazards came on by themselves when ESP kicked in, I steered hard left, and drove out of the snow bank- on the stock Pirelli 17's.
Got lots of waves and honking horns when we emerged from the bank; the car, amazingly, has NO DAMAGE!
I could have killed whoever was plowing after that. Imagine driving on clear roads, and with no warning, BAM! A pile of snow in the travel lane!
Anyway, thanks Saab! had I been in my Beetle, I still would be stuck in there.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Thank You Saab!, chris74, Tue, 18 Feb 2003 11:37:15 <-- Viewing This Message
- That's High Pucker-Factor, Chris, Dan W, Tue, 18 Feb 2003 19:55:04
- Re: Thank You Saab!, chris74, Tue, 18 Feb 2003 15:40:35
- you got big cojones to be trying that with 17's, Trev, Tue, 18 Feb 2003 14:08:39
- 50mph in a unplowed snow lane?!?!, George, Tue, 18 Feb 2003 13:57:08
- And the moral of the story is..., bRAD, Tue, 18 Feb 2003 12:01:30
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