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It's just a couple of bros, a lot of snow and a Subaru with an Audi. Drifting happens. Warning: some NSFW language More »
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A little snow (and probably some ice) in Bountiful, Utah created a bountiful mess for tow truck drivers over the weekend. If you thought Seattle drivers were bad, skip to about 3:08 and watch what happens when overconfident drivers hit the snow. More »
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This sure looks like a snow-covered road in a small British oceanside town, right? Yeah, it's not. More »
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When Elizabeth LeFevre went into labor around midnight last Tuesday morning, the drive to the hospital was complicated by one serious problem: Interstate 25, which runs between the family's home near Cañoncito and Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe, was shut down by a snowstorm. More »
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The passing of Thanksgiving is a sure sign to most drivers in the colder parts of the country soon we will be driving in the snow (if you aren't already). More »
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New Hampshire-based Bavarian Turbo Tecnics of New Hampshire found a novel way to employ an Audi 90's Quattro drive in its anti-snow efforts. They call it "The Plaudi," and it's surprisingly effective. Now back to your regularly scheduled hammock nap. More »
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Spotted at the Rally Sigdal in Norway, this Subaru rally car demonstrates one of the few automotive joys the cold winter months have to offer: Opposite Lock in the snow. (Photo Credit:Arild Andersen) More »
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This poor Corvette driver's doing his best to drive his RWD sports car — almost certainly on summer tires — home in the snow. It's not working, and the comments from the Fox 4 Dallas helicopter above probably aren't helping. More »
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Call it the Snowpocalypse, Snowmageddon, Snostradmus, or just SnOMG, it's snowy outside and people are abandoning their vehicles. Why? We have no idea. Here's proof from the Sno*Drift 2011 Rally showing just how easy it is for any vehicle — whether they be FWD, RWD, or AWD — to conquer the snow. More »
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Up to 100 million people could be impacted by the arctic storm taking aim at the eastern United States. Sounds like it's time to turn your vehicle into a rally car, though maybe not a white one. [Photo: Stefan Sager] More »
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Driving on four wheels through the worst of winter seems daring enough, but what's it like with half as many contact patches? Nick Goddard took the plunge over at his motorcycle haunt Hell For Leather. — Ed. More »
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Who are we to giggle at the misfortune of a Porsche test driver who not only managed to stick a prototype 2012 911 in a Scandinavian snow drift, but do so in full view of a spy photographer? Tee hee. More »
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An Audi R8. A snow-covered parking lot. A disregard for property financial well-being approaching Charlie Sheen levels. It's a delight to watch. More »
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One might think that residents of Colorado Springs, Colo., might be among the most experienced in the country when it comes to winter weather driving. This video of a 20-car pileup Thursday afternoon as it happened suggests otherwise. More »
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It's not even January, and already millions of Americans have had weeks of snow driving. Every winter, astute owners raise the question of whether it's time to buy snow tires. BMWBlog's Shawn Molnar offers his take. — Ed. More »
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This week's East Coast blizzard that shuttered airports and trapped subway riders was just the latest in a long technological battle by modern cities against snow, as the National Snow and Ice Data Center reminds us. — Ed. More »
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These folks probably thought they were one of the lucky few to get a flight into New York City...until they landed. Here's the story of how one British Airways flight sat overnight on JFK's runway for eight hours. More »
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This young woman's plan to push her snow-encumbered car while in drive fails predictably when it crashes into the house. If only there'd been someone around to help her... (H/T everyone) More »
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I'm all for driving your expensive 599 GTO instead of letting it languish and rot under a cover, but there are probably times you should park it in a garage. More at SWNS. (Photo: Peter Watt) More »
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A winter storm has trapped more than 300 vehicles on a highway outside Sarnia, Ontario, over the past 24 hours, with 150 people rescued so far, including several airlifted to safety. One trucker caught the scene from his chilly cab. More »
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Lamborghini Gallardos — the car in front is with the Italian police — near St. Moritz, Switzerland. Wow. (Hat tip to Qutaiba!) Photo Credit: David Kaiser. More »
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Paul Shippey drove a Smart ForTwo across Canada's Dempster Highway, one of the roads featured in Ice Road Truckers and the only all-weather road into the Arctic Circle. This is his crazy story, which originally appeared on Wired.com. —Ed. More »
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This is a Subaru STI. This is an ice-covered dirt track in the middle of Utah. And this is a man driving a car with a dab of oppo. This post? This is our guide to hooning a Subaru. More »
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Forget flying down a ski run, this Lamborghini Gallardo goes up an intermediate blue run, then back down — passing cross country skiers as it goes. More »
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A world apart from bestickered American rally professionals with comic-book names, we join the the snow drifters of Hungary, who like it cold, fast, and loud. More »
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Record-setting warm temperatures in Vancouver have prompted Olympic officials to airlift in snow for the upcoming Winter Games. The enormous helicopter they're using is known as an Erickson S64 Air-Crane. It is ten pounds of excellence in a five-pound bag. More »
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Need to get around during the Snowpocalypse but can't afford to shell out for a Honda S2000? This ski-sporting, track-equipped Nash Metropolitan could be just the thing for thrifty winter motoring. More »
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A Washington, D.C. man hit the remains of this weekend's blizzard in an unlikely chariot. The photos are strangely mesmerizing. Winter, meet the 8000-rpm, rear-wheel-drive wonder. Snow tires make the world go 'round. [Tomolesnevich.com] More »
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A 150-pound piece of a Boeing 747 fell into Miami on Friday, landing in the parking lot of a local mall. This picture was taken the same day in Washington, D.C. Which is worse — blinding snow or falling parts? More »
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What's more fun: watching a Rolls Royce Phantom getting built, getting blown to crap, or getting sideways on a snowy course? It's America, let's have one of each. More »
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When there's a foot of snow blanketing your car, it's normally removed with the brush attached to your scraper and takes about three minutes. This guy uses a dustpan and a broom. It takes over 90 minutes. Obsessive compulsive much? More »
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Think you're safe driving in snow just because you've got AWD? Guess again. The low-speed donuts this Nissan GT-R's pulling, yet again prove summer performance tires don't belong in the white stuff, even with all four wheels providing the power. More »
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When I wrote about my gambling journey over Donner Summit last week, many of our readers from colder climes expressed puzzlement over the CHP's tire chain requirements on I-80 under not-very-snowy conditions. What's the deal here? More »
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The Snowpocalypse brought a foot of snow to Brooklyn. Combine the snow with high winds channeled by the city's grid-like streets creates the perfect recipe for Mother Nature custom-built white aerodynamic-enhancing body kits. More »
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Since the first BumperCam, last summer, I've been experimenting with timelapse cameras. We've seen timelapses of LeMons BS Inspections at Nelson Ledges, MSR Houston, and Thunderhill, not to mention the Alameda to Los Angeles In 90 Seconds video. More »
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Watch this video of an Audi A8 weaving in and out of snowpocalypse carnage outside of Greenbelt, MD during this month's storm and you'll think one of two things: More »
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If you haven't heard, Old Man Winter smacked the East Coast this weekend. Washington, D.C. was hit hard, with authorities declaring a state of emergency and urging people not to drive. What was it like 90 years ago? More »
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This week's storm tracked far enough north to give Canada over six feet of snow this weekend, still, the friendly nation suffers enough petty crime for this E90 3-series' window to get broken before it was buried. More snow-denfreude below. More »
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The first major winter storm of the season hit the Midwest last night, dropping ten inches of snow on Iowa, causing freezing rain and sleet in Kansas City and flight cancellations at Chicago's O'Hare. Be careful commuting this morning! More »
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The RTX SE is to Yamaha what the F-150 SVT Raptor is to Ford: a civilian version of its top-of-the-line off-road racer. Although in this case that racing is Snocross. More »
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