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<blockquote data-quote="pridemore54" data-source="post: 16046015" data-attributes="member: 174636"><p>Wish I had seen A post like this a few years back.</p><p></p><p>One thing I want to add for people in cold climates who might not know is BRIDGES FREEZE OVER WITH BLACK ICE IMMEDIATELY IN THE SNOW OR RAIN. I learned this the hard way.</p><p></p><p> I was 19 and had just gotten to my new base in Missouri where it really doesn't snow a whole lot but enough that I should have had a daily. I had a beautiful 2004 Mustang GT in sonic blue with about 30k miles. This was 2014 so it was really nice for its age and I got it for 7k. I loved the mustang, even if it wasn't fast, it was fun as hell.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1526235[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I was trying to get home (Iowa) to be with the family on thanksgiving the next day. So I got out of work at 6pm and immediately hit the road for the 5 hour trip. A snow storm blew in out of nowhere and caught me right in the middle of my trip. It was still relatively warm out so the snow wasn't piling up or anything. I don't know why but younger me was dead set on making it home that night, I didn't even consider a hotel. Even though I was only moving at 45ish mph.</p><p></p><p> At the time I was never taught the physics of how bridges freeze over almost immediately in snow. So I hit the bridge linking Missouri to Illinois and a van with a trailer tried switching lanes about half a mile ahead of me and started a 10 car pile up. So I lightly stepped on the brakes and nothing... okay I'm pretty cool headed and kept it together and tried to use the brakes even lighter.. still moving at 40 and nothing is happening, it was like my brakes were completely disabled and I was coasting. So I tried pumping them and nothing. At this point I'm about 100 feet away from the pile up and still moving at 40 mph. So I give it one HAIL MARY and freakin' smashed that pedal. It kicked my ass end out to the left and last I saw I slowed to 35mph before slamming into a pickup truck with my front end and spinning around into an impala..</p><p></p><p> [ATTACH=full]1526240[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1526241[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1526238[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p> Long story short, I wish I had just bought some piece of crap beater for the winter or even thought of getting a hotel when things were looking bad cause I would still have that car today if I could.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pridemore54, post: 16046015, member: 174636"] Wish I had seen A post like this a few years back. One thing I want to add for people in cold climates who might not know is BRIDGES FREEZE OVER WITH BLACK ICE IMMEDIATELY IN THE SNOW OR RAIN. I learned this the hard way. I was 19 and had just gotten to my new base in Missouri where it really doesn't snow a whole lot but enough that I should have had a daily. I had a beautiful 2004 Mustang GT in sonic blue with about 30k miles. This was 2014 so it was really nice for its age and I got it for 7k. I loved the mustang, even if it wasn't fast, it was fun as hell. [ATTACH=full]1526235[/ATTACH] I was trying to get home (Iowa) to be with the family on thanksgiving the next day. So I got out of work at 6pm and immediately hit the road for the 5 hour trip. A snow storm blew in out of nowhere and caught me right in the middle of my trip. It was still relatively warm out so the snow wasn't piling up or anything. I don't know why but younger me was dead set on making it home that night, I didn't even consider a hotel. Even though I was only moving at 45ish mph. At the time I was never taught the physics of how bridges freeze over almost immediately in snow. So I hit the bridge linking Missouri to Illinois and a van with a trailer tried switching lanes about half a mile ahead of me and started a 10 car pile up. So I lightly stepped on the brakes and nothing... okay I'm pretty cool headed and kept it together and tried to use the brakes even lighter.. still moving at 40 and nothing is happening, it was like my brakes were completely disabled and I was coasting. So I tried pumping them and nothing. At this point I'm about 100 feet away from the pile up and still moving at 40 mph. So I give it one HAIL MARY and freakin' smashed that pedal. It kicked my ass end out to the left and last I saw I slowed to 35mph before slamming into a pickup truck with my front end and spinning around into an impala.. [ATTACH=full]1526240[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1526241[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1526238[/ATTACH] Long story short, I wish I had just bought some piece of crap beater for the winter or even thought of getting a hotel when things were looking bad cause I would still have that car today if I could. [/QUOTE]
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