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Posted by WildFire532FB (Member # 1482) on :
 
Woke up this morning to 14 inches of snow. Last night I went to go pickup my brother from work and I lost control going down my driveway and smashed my frontend of my explorer into the trees. I am not going to try leaving my house when there is snow on the ground ever again. Same spot where I crashed my Jeep last winter. Driveway is just too steep and slippery
 
Posted by NiftyWhiteFifty (Member # 4320) on :
 
damn thats crazy. ice is a mofo [Frown] how bad was the damage?
 
Posted by CALiFORNIAGT (Member # 7845) on :
 
damn thats shitey [Mad]

and in your own driveway [Mad]
 
Posted by t top freak (Member # 6269) on :
 
yeah i cant make it down my drive way either...well i can but i wont have any control lol [burnout]
 
Posted by WildFire532FB (Member # 1482) on :
 
I am going to go look at the damage in a few minutes. Last night all i noticed was the driverside headlight was gone, and the bumper was pushed in
 
Posted by WildFire532FB (Member # 1482) on :
 
So cool, I go and check on my explorer and it slide another 10 to 20ft down our driveway and is in the ditch now. Atleast a grand in damages. Luckily no major body damage just a broken grill, headlight and bumper
 
Posted by 89bluenotch (Member # 7454) on :
 
what it slid while it was parked?? thats crazy
 
Posted by WildFire532FB (Member # 1482) on :
 
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Originally posted by 89bluenotch:
what it slid while it was parked?? thats crazy
parked and with the parking brake on, i am glad i turned the wheel to the right instead of left, would have went into the trees again.
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Posted by WildFire532FB (Member # 1482) on :
 
Heres a pic of my Jeep, had to pull it out of its garage last night to get the tractor out to pull my Explorer out of the trees.
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Posted by essasin (Member # 4741) on :
 
Holy shit that's nuts.
 
Posted by 89bluenotch (Member # 7454) on :
 
Does the jeep got a heater?? i would drive that thing around.
 
Posted by WildFire532FB (Member # 1482) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by 89bluenotch:
Does the jeep got a heater?? i would drive that thing around.
Yeah its got a badass heater, it'll slide off the road and into the trees too on my driveway, i did it in the same place last year with it
 
Posted by John91coupe (Member # 18) on :
 
We had about a foot over by me.

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Posted by WildFire532FB (Member # 1482) on :
 
Nice John. Sun looks like its coming out now.
 
Posted by John91coupe (Member # 18) on :
 
Yeah, should melt pretty quick now. How are the headers coming along?
 
Posted by NiftyWhiteFifty (Member # 4320) on :
 
Get some nice chains on all 4 tires on the jeep and then it won't slide [Wink] Thats pretty crazy what happened to the explorer. driveway must have been really icey.

you guys got a good amount of snow!
 
Posted by 90FoX (Member # 1974) on :
 
Heated driveway FTW! [patriot]

http://www.warmquest.com/products-snow-melting.php
 
Posted by Venomized93 (Member # 55) on :
 
Going snowboarding on Saturday, hopefully it will be decent for being early.
 
Posted by blkfoxbody89 (Member # 8361) on :
 
That sucks about your explorer. We got a foot and a half of snow where I live also, I didn't even try to go to work today. but my cousin had to bring his gf to work, and while leaving the driveway ( which took him 45 minutes) he managed to do damage to 3 of his vehicles, a 90' gt , 93' Coupe, and a 00' F-150. Using the 4wd truck, he slid into the Coupe first, and then proceeded up to the GT to trade some paint. luckily the snow worked as a barrier for most of the contact that was made with the Coupe. not so much on the GT.
 
Posted by 50Reasons (Member # 6452) on :
 
Do you run spikes or screws in your tires? Is the drive way paved or gravel
 
Posted by NiftyWhiteFifty (Member # 4320) on :
 
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Originally posted by 90FoX:
Heated driveway FTW! [patriot]

http://www.warmquest.com/products-snow-melting.php
Sounds like a product definitely worth investing in if you live where it snows frequently!! [patriot]
 
Posted by WildFire532FB (Member # 1482) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by 50Reasons:
Do you run spikes or screws in your tires? Is the drive way paved or gravel
its newly paved and sealed so that's why its slick. Before we paved it my Jeep could drive up and down it in 4low with over a foot on it. Now it just slides off into the trees on the first turn so i am not going to leave anymore unless one of them is at the bottom of the driveway
 
Posted by WildFire532FB (Member # 1482) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by blkfoxbody89:
That sucks about your explorer. We got a foot and a half of snow where I live also, I didn't even try to go to work today. but my cousin had to bring his gf to work, and while leaving the driveway ( which took him 45 minutes) he managed to do damage to 3 of his vehicles, a 90' gt , 93' Coupe, and a 00' F-150. Using the 4wd truck, he slid into the Coupe first, and then proceeded up to the GT to trade some paint. luckily the snow worked as a barrier for most of the contact that was made with the Coupe. not so much on the GT.
That SUCKS! My Mustang definitely doesn't come out in the snow, not even if the roads are clear.
 
Posted by BUKSING (Member # 6594) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Venomized93:
Going snowboarding on Saturday, hopefully it will be decent for being early.
word..ill be up there too. mt.rose..scored free tix [dance]
 




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