[mkfarnam]

After living in Ca. over 30 years, except for the mountains, I've never driven in snow.
They would'nt let you go up in the mountains without chains on your tires.
It gets icey here in OK. So I found an old abandon grocery store parking lot to practice in.

[lidiya]

Originally Posted by tcb

Driving in the snow can be a challange, the big things to remember is if you see a stop sign with a huge pile of snow to go though DO NOT STOP, just run the sign otherwise you will get stuck, it's common for the piles to build up at the end of driveways, streets, etc. Of course you may still have to stop if there are other cars around, just be careful with that. When you get stuck you go forwards and reverse and shack your weight and the car back and forth and most of the time that will get you out. If you have 4x4 just because you can go faster doesn't mean you can stop faster, so be careful don't dart around other drivers. Also you have to drive like you have an egg under the pedal to prevent yourself from sliding or burying the tires sometimes. That's some basics in a nutshell. Also #1 thing to remember, DO NOT USE CRUISE CONTROL in the winter, there is the possibility of black ice, snow, ice, etc and it will cause you to loose control if you aren't careful when the vehicle looses traction then tries to speed up.

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Tcb,
thank u for your nice pictures of the flying snow and i love it a lot.
let me remenber the time of ten years old at that time I live in the north can see the 8 ins of snow on the fround ,but after that never seen the snow in the winter ,alway above the 0 degree in the winter....
thanks and if there are more snow cover all the thing then take some white world for me.

[IMOGAJAD]

Michigan truly does have a balanced four seasons. I spent 14 years (1966-1980) in Western Michigan before joining the Air Force. Since then, I’ve spent winters in Idaho, Texas, and Florida, not to mention Korea, England and Germany. While I reside in Alaska, here, nor do the aforementioned locales have the brilliant fall colors Michiganders enjoy. Also, no locale has such brilliant sunsets (I lived 30 miles from Lake Michigan in Oceana County). Enjoy your winter - Alaska's is a considerably darker and colder, although there's no place I'd rather live.

[mkfarnam]

I'll have to say, Oklahoma doesn't have the fall colors that Michigan does.