re: #415 Soap_Man

I feel a little lucky that I learned to drive in Chicago. There is nothing that I can’t handle. :)

I don’t take any driving conditions for granted…even when I’m zipping along the straights Skyline at 80mph on sunny days in my Z (35-40 mountain road) I bring it down to 55-60 for the curves…slower still when the deer are around.

As for snow/ice driving, my biggest concern is the number of assholes driving around me who are driving too fast and hitting the brakes. Last year, my wife and I drove past four wrecks in a 1/4 mile stretch…Jeep stuck under a trucker’s trailer in the right lane, two car collision blocking the left about 100 yards ahead, tour-bus with the front end into the snow-bank on the right again a bit in front of that, and shortly thereafter another spin-out on the left. It was like a slalom course…just took my foot off the gas and coasted through the entire mess with my hazards on as three others got in line behind me and wound our way through.