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lets say you wake up in the morning and want to take a quick drive down to the shops to buy a few things and some beer.
In 90F, this would be a very simple task, simply slap on a shirt and shorts (takes all of 1 minute), grab ya keys and start ya car up.
In 0F, you will have to find appropriate clothing and then layer them on. Then you try to start your car, but the bloody thing won't turn over. After 5 tries, you get her started, but have to wait 5 minutes for the engine to warm up. You might then have to shovel a crapload of snow out of the way. If you have steep icy driveway, then good luck with that ****, it's another several minutes to apply the snow chains (or winter tires, which is another chore that is unnecessary in the 90F scenario). Then you deal with icy roads, maintaining a low speed and a sharp, nervous grip on the wheel just incase you hit a patch of ice, and there is the chance that there will be unplowed roads and/or parking spots on the way/at your destination. If you do make it to the shops, you then have to peel off all your layers as the temp inside is comparatively boiling. Once you checkout, it's back on with the layers, hoping your car will start then slowly struggling home to avoid skidding on the invisible ice patches.
lets say you wake up in the morning and want to take a quick drive down to the shops to buy a few things and some beer.
In 90F, this would be a very simple task, simply slap on a shirt and shorts (takes all of 1 minute), grab ya keys and start ya car up.
In 0F, you will have to find appropriate clothing and then layer them on. Then you try to start your car, but the bloody thing won't turn over. After 5 tries, you get her started, but have to wait 5 minutes for the engine to warm up. You might then have to shovel a crapload of snow out of the way. If you have steep icy driveway, then good luck with that ****, it's another several minutes to apply the snow chains (or winter tires, which is another chore that is unnecessary in the 90F scenario). Then you deal with icy roads, maintaining a low speed and a sharp, nervous grip on the wheel just incase you hit a patch of ice, and there is the chance that there will be unplowed roads and/or parking spots on the way/at your destination. If you do make it to the shops, you then have to peel off all your layers as the temp inside is comparatively boiling. Once you checkout, it's back on with the layers, hoping your car will start then slowly struggling home to avoid skidding on the invisible ice patches.
If you really think this is what life in the winter is like, you must not live in a cold weather state.
lets say you wake up in the morning and want to take a quick drive down to the shops to buy a few things and some beer.
In 90F, this would be a very simple task, simply slap on a shirt and shorts (takes all of 1 minute), grab ya keys and start ya car up.
In 0F, you will have to find appropriate clothing and then layer them on. Then you try to start your car, but the bloody thing won't turn over. After 5 tries, you get her started, but have to wait 5 minutes for the engine to warm up. You might then have to shovel a crapload of snow out of the way. If you have steep icy driveway, then good luck with that ****, it's another several minutes to apply the snow chains (or winter tires, which is another chore that is unnecessary in the 90F scenario). Then you deal with icy roads, maintaining a low speed and a sharp, nervous grip on the wheel just incase you hit a patch of ice, and there is the chance that there will be unplowed roads and/or parking spots on the way/at your destination. If you do make it to the shops, you then have to peel off all your layers as the temp inside is comparatively boiling. Once you checkout, it's back on with the layers, hoping your car will start then slowly struggling home to avoid skidding on the invisible ice patches.
It got below 0F here last night and I had to go to work early. Car started fine, but it didn't sound like it was happy about it, lol. I didn't really have to layer up and you wouldn't in this scenario since the amount of layering up you should do is proportional to how long you'll be outside. Main roads here are fine, for the most part, but side roads are a problem. I had to drive about a quarter mile on mostly ice and snow covered roads to get to the main road. Still, it's no big deal, really, if you're careful. I do not have snow tires or 4WD. In the 90 degree scenario, you didn't mention that if it's sunny (or even if it isn't), you will be stepping into an oven when you go into your car. The ice box this morning was more tolerable, although I needed to keep my gloves on for the time I spent idling the car to warm it up. You can drive when the engine's still cold, though. It'll warm up faster that way anyway.
Not saying winter driving isn't worse than summer driving, but it's not as bad as you make it out to be. You actually didn't mention the worst part of it: the windows fogging up, especially the side ones, and having to keep fiddling with the heat/AC, defroster, and when that fails, roll down the windows as needed. I rolled them down a few times to see clearly to make turns.
If you really think this is what life in the winter is like, you must not live in a cold weather state.
I experienced all these things today why do you dispute it?
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