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12-30-2016, 07:28 AM
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#5051 | | Pull Out Towing. Women rescued for free.
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Well "Pull Out Towing" rescued their first car last night.
The street was a complete ice rink but i managed to crawl up it in RWD mode so I knew the grip wasn't the greatest. 10 minutes later, going back down I see an older Volvo 240DL stuck with a damsel in distress. Being a road with a center divider, I had to start at the top of the hill and reverse down it to where the lady was stuck.
The only tow rope I had was my 700 lb rated tie down straps for my sport bike.
With 1 strap, my truck in 4wd mode with the center diff locked, and her in gear, I was able to pull her up the hill.
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12-30-2016, 07:37 AM
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#5052 | | Captain Happy Bubble is my Homeboy
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12-30-2016, 07:48 AM
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#5053 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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Ski thread is slow, anyone hitting up a local hill today?
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12-30-2016, 09:39 AM
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#5054 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Originally Posted by thumper welcome to the morning of december 30, 2016.
heavy fog and black ice from all the rain yesterday...
...and no salt.
what could possibly go wrong? | Burnaby managed to get a couple pounds of salt yesterday  I don't even want to ask them how much they paid for it haha
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12-30-2016, 10:17 AM
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#5055 | | Witness protection
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Originally Posted by stewie Burnaby managed to get a couple pounds of salt yesterday I don't even want to ask them how much they paid for it haha | you guys didn't buy it from a nice filipino family with walmart receipts by any chance?
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12-30-2016, 10:24 AM
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#5056 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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It was so sketchy outside this morning.. Almost hit a curb after getting on some black ice that you can't even see from the fog  | |
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12-30-2016, 12:51 PM
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#5057 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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Originally Posted by SpeedStars It was so sketchy outside this morning.. Almost hit a curb after getting on some black ice that you can't even see from the fog | Was walking to my garage this morning, almost slipped on black ice in my backyard. Then when I was pulling up to the stop sign (traveling <20km), abs kicked in and almost slid past the stop sign onto the main road.
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12-30-2016, 01:04 PM
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#5058 | | My AFC gave me an ABS CEL code of LOL while at WOT!
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12-30-2016, 01:39 PM
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#5059 | | I have named my kids VIC and VLS
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Lol so today they had like 3 crews on zoom booms closing the right lane of the surrey east bound lanes of the port man
They were manually unchaining ducking piles of chains at the bottom of each cable, there must have been 30+ chain rings on some of the cables
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12-30-2016, 01:46 PM
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#5060 | | Head of HR....have a seat on that couch
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I hope they have a bunch of barge loads of salt heading up by now.
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12-30-2016, 03:12 PM
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#5061 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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All of this snow on the road for the past month is NOT going to be good for our BC cars!
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12-30-2016, 03:21 PM
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#5062 | | i like gifs
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I can't be the only person with a car that's constantly having his undercarriage being scraped up, right?
How much damage are we realistically doing to it?
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12-30-2016, 03:38 PM
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#5063 | | S12 King
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Originally Posted by Ch28 I can't be the only person with a car that's constantly having his undercarriage being scraped up, right?
How much damage are we realistically doing to it? | me too. those unplowed side streets are killing me.
There have been times I was scared that I'd rip my exhaust off.
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12-30-2016, 03:39 PM
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#5064 | | 2013, 2016, 2017 & 2018 NHL Fantasy RS1 Champion
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Originally Posted by Ch28 I can't be the only person with a car that's constantly having his undercarriage being scraped up, right?
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12-30-2016, 03:53 PM
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#5065 | | Witness protection
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i want to go underneath and with the garden hose and rinse everything out, but i'm afraid of the inevitable freezing the morning after...
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12-30-2016, 04:31 PM
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#5066 | | NEWBIE ACCOUNT!
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Originally Posted by thumper i want to go underneath and with the garden hose and rinse everything out, but i'm afraid of the inevitable freezing the morning after... | Do that and buy a huge bag of cat litter from super store and dump it on top.
Anyone know if it's illegal to run studs in Vancouver?
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12-30-2016, 04:34 PM
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#5067 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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I've noticed my alley and some streets, parts of the roads are lifted up from the cracks. I guess that's because of the temperature fluctuations?
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12-30-2016, 04:36 PM
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#5068 | | MOD
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The search for 43-year-old Roy Lee and 64-year-old Chun Lam has been called off. The pair had gone for a snowshoe hike on Christmas Day in the Strachan Meadows area of Cypress Mountain and had not been seen since. North Shore Rescue and West Vancouver Police made the decision to keep it a missing person's case, but will not resume the search tomorrow. | |
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12-30-2016, 04:41 PM
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#5069 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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Originally Posted by Euro7r I've noticed my alley and some streets, parts of the roads are lifted up from the cracks. I guess that's because of the temperature fluctuations? | Oh ... after all this melts, we have big potholes to look forward to. I hear about some big craters out there already, like on Oak St bridge.
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12-30-2016, 04:42 PM
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#5070 | | Zombie Mod
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Originally Posted by Gh0stRider The search for 43-year-old Roy Lee and 64-year-old Chun Lam has been called off. The pair had gone for a snowshoe hike on Christmas Day in the Strachan Meadows area of Cypress Mountain and had not been seen since. North Shore Rescue and West Vancouver Police made the decision to keep it a missing person's case, but will not resume the search tomorrow. | damnit.
I learned that the lost snowshoers are part of my dad's hiking group. I hope they make it out of it, somehow.
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12-30-2016, 05:05 PM
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#5071 | | 2x Variable Nockenwellen Steuerung
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Braking until ABS kicks in is not effective especially on ice.. since there is no traction to start with. You are just wasting your brake pads (and precious distance).
Directional control works a lot more.. however that takes practice. Quote:
Originally Posted by Euro7r when I was pulling up to the stop sign (traveling <20km), abs kicked in and almost slid past the stop sign onto the main road. | | |
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12-30-2016, 05:09 PM
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#5072 | | 2x Variable Nockenwellen Steuerung
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It is only legal to run it from Oct to April so make sure you have a set of summers. Studded Tires - Regulations Quote:
Originally Posted by messupdude
Anyone know if it's illegal to run studs in Vancouver?
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12-30-2016, 05:10 PM
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#5073 | | 2x Variable Nockenwellen Steuerung
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Depends on how VIP your car is? Also depends on what type of under carriage material is used? Plastic with screws? metal etc?
Honestly for a stock car, I won't worry too much about it.. it is not like it doesn't snow in Japan or Bavaria. Quote:
Originally Posted by Ch28 I can't be the only person with a car that's constantly having his undercarriage being scraped up, right?
How much damage are we realistically doing to it? |
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12-30-2016, 05:12 PM
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#5074 | | NEWBIE ACCOUNT!
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Originally Posted by godwin | Ah okay that's good. I'm only in Vancouver until January. It's back to shit hole -40 Cold Lake after that.
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12-30-2016, 05:12 PM
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#5075 | | 2x Variable Nockenwellen Steuerung
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However taking too much salt can increase your propensity for cardiovascular events. Always consult your doctor if you are considering a diet change Quote:
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