TFJ-4runner
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send me a message if you arent able to find a ride.
North Georga chaos ensues any other stories
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Derek
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Thanks for the offer. My neighbor gave me a ride this morning. The 4Runner is safely parked in my garage.
97BlackAckCL
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This is a picture from this morning with about 15 less cars down there that didn't make it wherever they were going.
Shit my driveway's a steeper grade, and I make it up there ice covered all the time and don't even take it out of RWD
RCs4Runner
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What exactly is your point...that you're cool because you can make it up a iced driveway and they can't?
momo.75
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Here is a good little read on this week.
Why the South Fell Apart in the Snow
I think it is funny how people from the north think they are so much more capable than people from the south. I would love to see what happens when an EF5 tornado came through your town. We already saw what happened when a little hurricane hit your area. Inform yourself to the situation and show a little compassion for your fellow man. There were at least 4000 kids that had to sleep in their schools across Birmingham because their parents were cut off from them. Some of them were special needs kids that didn't have their medications or special dietary needs. Because of situations like these, it hit close to home.
Snow in the south is as rare as BCS National Championships in the north.
Why the South Fell Apart in the Snow
I think it is funny how people from the north think they are so much more capable than people from the south. I would love to see what happens when an EF5 tornado came through your town. We already saw what happened when a little hurricane hit your area. Inform yourself to the situation and show a little compassion for your fellow man. There were at least 4000 kids that had to sleep in their schools across Birmingham because their parents were cut off from them. Some of them were special needs kids that didn't have their medications or special dietary needs. Because of situations like these, it hit close to home.
Snow in the south is as rare as BCS National Championships in the north.
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momo.75
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I am sure most people would have loved to been in their house. We were not supposed to get anything but a dusting. Everything was supposed to go south of us so nothing was closed. Everybody was caught at work and school. I live a mile from my kid's school, so as soon as the snow started i received a text that they were letting out early i left. from the time i left and picked them up till we were pulling out of the lot to come home, the roads were backed up and the streets were already icing. It was not snow on the roads, it was ice. It took 1:45 minutes to get home. It just got worse from there. I wouldn't put this in the "Dangerous Snow" category as there wasn't very much, but it was all the circumstances that came together. But if it makes you guys feel better that the southern people had issues, then rock on.....:thumb:
Not sure what you were driving before, but the first Tacoma and 3rd gen 4runners were head and shoulders better than the 4th gen 4 runners in the snow. The VSC and TRAC make driving in snow treacherous. I hate driving my 4 runner in the snow. Still it is better than a 2wd, which probably 95% of the people in the south drive so you were probably feeling better than the rest of the population.
As for your center diff lock, it wouldn't have made a difference. It is not the same as a rear locker. Again, features on the Tacoma and the 3rd gen 4 runner that made them better for that purpose. Although running a locked rear in snow creates its own set of challenges.
wnelax04sr5
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I'm only gonna speak for myself here, but when i commented initially about how I'm baffled by the situation, my astonishment is directed towards the unpreparedness by the public works and highway departments. The necessary de-icing preparations that needed to take place either happened too late or not at all, as I'm sure you know. I've been through hurricanes, tornadoes, and a snow storm that ended with me sleeping in a school bus for 18 hours. I hold nothing against southerners, different area of the country, different challenges. If what I said offended you or any southerner, especially someone affected by this, then i apologize, i didn't mean for it to come across that way. good news, its gonna be 60 this weekend down there. :surfer:
eddiebx
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Truth is, there's really no skill need to drive in the snow besides slowing down and leave plenty of extra stopping distance...all the "techniques" in the world won't be able to defy the laws of physics, lol.
4x4 or not, I still drive like grandpa when it's snowing out...slow and steady wins the race!
littlehandegan
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Yeah we cant handle the snow.
Just like y'all cant handle a Cat 1 hurricane.....
Just like y'all cant handle a Cat 1 hurricane.....
Nashvillerunner
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Being from Birmingham and knowing how people in Alabama freak out about the snow here is my take on this situation.
I think the government officials should take most of the blame. They knew 2-3 days in advance that some precipitation/snowfall was coming and they should have been prepared. I live in Nashville and anytime there is a watch or warning EMA is on standby and you actively see the TDOT department out salting the interstates and heavily traveled roads. We don't get much snow here but the officials here take a proactive approach. Maybe this will be a warning to government officials in Alabama and Georgia to take snow watches/warnings seriously. I think they both played it off and didn't take it serious.
I think in Birmingham and Atlanta everybody was at work and kids were in school. There were tons of companies letting their employees go plus kids in schools getting out. I had a friend that works about 15 miles from his house and he left worked and was stranded in Birmingham and it took him over 24 hours to get home.
I think the government officials should take most of the blame. They knew 2-3 days in advance that some precipitation/snowfall was coming and they should have been prepared. I live in Nashville and anytime there is a watch or warning EMA is on standby and you actively see the TDOT department out salting the interstates and heavily traveled roads. We don't get much snow here but the officials here take a proactive approach. Maybe this will be a warning to government officials in Alabama and Georgia to take snow watches/warnings seriously. I think they both played it off and didn't take it serious.
I think in Birmingham and Atlanta everybody was at work and kids were in school. There were tons of companies letting their employees go plus kids in schools getting out. I had a friend that works about 15 miles from his house and he left worked and was stranded in Birmingham and it took him over 24 hours to get home.
johnathanng
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i live in the metro atlanta area and traffic was insane. in 30 minutes i havent even moved 200 feet. When we finally pulled into my friends subdivision to drop him off at home, my 4runner couldnt make it up the hill-y parts of the neighborhood (rwd) ended up stuck for 2 days at his house. Whereas jeeps and gators and atvs are out there having fun, my 4runner couldnt make it halfway up the road without sliding back
H20skier70
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Well, lets be honest for a minute. I live in Southern Michigan, we have had over 3 feet of snow this winter, and there are still people here that dont know how to drive in the snow.
TFJ-4runner
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Like all pictures of slopes this does it no justice. It a pretty good angle and that's they gate stays open so no one takes it out when it freezes. It is easy to get up with some momentum though. I don't see how people cant do it. My girlfriend made it in here 03 Honda Accord for crying out loud haha. I was born in Colorado and raised in Oklahoma so Ive seen my share of true snow. Making motorized vehicles get sideways in the snow was fun that just turned into useful technique once I grew up...Not that I didn't do some snow drifting Yesterday to make sure I still got it.:driving:
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97BlackAckCL
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whoa, down boy, I never said I was cool, just surprised
This was my point, I don't see how dozens of people were abandoning their cars because they couldn't get up it. I drive up worse every day in the winter. My dad's car slid out of my driveway in park, with the parking brake on, that's how bad my driveway is, yet I make it up and down my driveway every day in the winter no problem. I'm just shocked that that many people couldn't get up it and left their cars. All you need is momentum, it's simple physics. I should post pics of the driveway I used to get up every day in my fwd before I bought my house
used assassin
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snowmaggedon
Its not the snow thats the problem, its everyone escaping work or wherever and packing that in ICE. Then we have the issue.....I just drove in unpacked snow areas and if it was icy drove slow and picked a different line....
Its not the snow thats the problem, its everyone escaping work or wherever and packing that in ICE. Then we have the issue.....I just drove in unpacked snow areas and if it was icy drove slow and picked a different line....
Atlanta_man
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Yes, problem was ice that happened very fast, within an hour, not snow.
Lots of 18 wheelers cratered as well and I'm sure they know snow.
Lots of 18 wheelers cratered as well and I'm sure they know snow.
Combine that with a State DOT department that doesn't have equipment to treat roads for ice makes for a dangerous combination.
At the end of the day lets just be happy more people didn't get hurt and hope GA DOT adds a few more pieces of equipment incase this happens again.
