What's your weather like ?
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IllogicTC
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dmanns67 said:Amazingly, it got up to 57º today. Just a tease though, we are getting 8" of snow starting late tonight through monday
They told us 3 to 6. It's currently in the 6 to 9 category. 29 degrees fahrenheit a few hundred feet from the Ohio, so many people have packed the snow down the plows can't really get it to come all the way up, and at least over here looks like they're tossing more salt than sand which kept me from getting up the road to work. Deciding if that's a good thing or not
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Today the sun is out and shining brightly.
This is CaptainKD reporting to you live from the beautiful suburbs of Chicago, IL. Back to you in the studio......
This is CaptainKD reporting to you live from the beautiful suburbs of Chicago, IL. Back to you in the studio......
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Kane County, IL has a Winter Weather Advisory for a storm coming this evening with potential of 2-4" of snow and 20-25 mph winds.
I have come to accept that winter will never end and I will never see summer again
I have come to accept that winter will never end and I will never see summer again
HARDTRAILZ
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What's the use of a 4WD Trailblazer when everyone is doing 25 MPH? May as well just drive my WS6.
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Too Fast said:
Because if the snow plows are stupid or inexperienced, there may be hazards left on smaller roads that a car isn't going to chance, but a TB can hop over 18" drifts left behind as long as the plow didn't pack it too tight. Could be a time saver.
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^^^I agree.
I will also take the 8'' snow we are getting and the 22* over upper 30s and drizzle.
Shovelled 3x last night, and am going out right now for more. At least this round of global warming is not the heavy, wet stuff!
I will also take the 8'' snow we are getting and the 22* over upper 30s and drizzle.
Shovelled 3x last night, and am going out right now for more. At least this round of global warming is not the heavy, wet stuff!
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A bunch of snow. A bunch of sun. A bunch of dumb midwest drivers that act like this is their first time driving in winter 
IllogicTC
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Garbage. Went off the road since we have all curves thanks to mountains, went from being okay to drive at 45-50 to suddenly needing about 25 without warning (since the roads were already affected). Took out a trash can and a little "fence" that was just pieces of wood set up on cinder blocks. As far as I know the damage is cosmetic. Brush guard under the front, a little chunk of bumper cover in the lower cowl, maybe a few other dings. The support member under the front that the front of the skid plate bolts to has a ding in it, too. I'll find out more as I drive it around more, limped home just to be safe. Wonderful West Virginia.
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Fire06 said:
Wasn't any more sounds than there were before
all lights appear to work, did just a cursory glance under the hood while waiting for my tow but everything seemed to be in order still, alignment seemed about the same. Weather needs to clear out for like just a couple days, where I can actually get under there.
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Just kinda regretting not adjusting my policy when I turned 25 and it went down like 40 bucks a month, still on the $1000 deductible collision, and that's a bit steep. I may have to arrange a personal loan if I want to get it all fixed.
I'm not really in shock or anything, just mainly upset. I'm still two years out on loan payoff, $1000 deductible to get it all patched up and I don't like the new "body mod" (just noticed my one running board is bent upward a little bit too but I could probably get that pushed back down), tore up someone's yard, the lady who owns the property may make a claim on my insurance but that remains to be seen, and this has really never happened to me before, at least not like this. First time for everything. Hindsight's 20/20, I should have been going slower just in case, and I'm wondering if I let off the brakes if it wouldn't have caught a little bit and kept me from going so far in (or in at all), since it seems even with ABS when you're sliding the truck likes to keep its forward momentum the moment you touch the brakes.
I'm not really in shock or anything, just mainly upset. I'm still two years out on loan payoff, $1000 deductible to get it all patched up and I don't like the new "body mod" (just noticed my one running board is bent upward a little bit too but I could probably get that pushed back down), tore up someone's yard, the lady who owns the property may make a claim on my insurance but that remains to be seen, and this has really never happened to me before, at least not like this. First time for everything. Hindsight's 20/20, I should have been going slower just in case, and I'm wondering if I let off the brakes if it wouldn't have caught a little bit and kept me from going so far in (or in at all), since it seems even with ABS when you're sliding the truck likes to keep its forward momentum the moment you touch the brakes.