[WPTA] DYTD

[Mark J Bradakis]

On 2/6/21 10:30 AM, EDWARD WOODS via Wpta wrote:
> Don’t laugh about snow tires. Back in the day when I drove the TR3 
> though the winter months, I had VW Beetle snow tire recaps on the car. 
> I once passes a stuck Volkswagen on the Vilsack hill with that 
> arrangement.


I live in Salt Lake City.  It can get snowy here.  For years my one and 
only vehicle was a '69 TR6.  I fondly remember an incident regarding 
snow.  Obviously, it was during the winter.  I had Pirelli Winter 190s 
on all four corners, one of the top snow tires of the time.  I was 
motoring off to work at the U of U.  It involved going up a steep hill, 
the Wasatch Fault line.

It had snowed that night, the street hadn't been plowed, or sanded or 
salted yet.  I motored up the slope at maybe a steady 5 - 6 mph.  Slow, 
smooth, steady.  There was a high school kid in a Jeep also driving up 
the hill.  He would hit the gas, spin all 4 tires, and slide backwards 
while doing so.  He had NO clue whatsoever about driving in snow.  I 
waved as I easily passed him.

mjb.