It wasn't until moving to the Great Lakes that we realized how horrible parking in the winter can be. Sure, there's the benefit of being able to parallel park in the ice by driving next to a spot and pushing it in manually. But those are the rare fun occasions. Snow is okay to deal with because you can sweep it away or flatten it. Ice is the real culprit. It's so hard to tell what's the curb and what's an ice mound, if you park on top of it you have to worry about sliding into someone else, and it gets black and disgusting. Oh, and as you'll see in the video, it conceals things.(h/t to Ω βгåғғ™) [Snotr]

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