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> You've seen those ads on TV where the driver blasts through snow so deep
> it sprays off the front bumper? I did that a couple years ago on a road
> that hadn't been plowed. It was cool.
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> But Frank is right...don't get over-confident. Always carry a shovel, just > in case.
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> -John O
Heh, heh. I remember trying that in my '86 Civic wagon AWD right after I got it. Went to a shopping center that had long stretch of painted parking spaces. Got up some speed in the 12" newfallen snow and suddenly found myself airborne. Crushed the front bumper, bent 2 rims, broke an axle and had the driver's airbag go off, almost singing my eyebrows off.
The shopping center had installed parking bumpers the day before. Jon