Snow fun...
 

Got a few inches of slippery snow up here in Boston tonight and had the time of my life with my brother doing donuts in the parking lot of the supermarket down the street. Amazing how empty it is at 1AM.... :D I highly reccomend it.

The SVX, bringing people together since 1992....

I also highly recommend it. Last time I tried that, I got away with it for several hours until an officer finally showed up and asked me to find another playground. :( So far, I haven't found any place quite as nice.

I also highly recommend putting in a 4WD switch. (A switch that basically just disconnects the wire which controls solenoid C.) The difference this makes is amazing. My driveway is a sheet of wet and smooth ice right now. With the AWD functioning normally, the transfer clutch makes a fair bit of noise as it tries to get the car moving. With the switch put to use (manual 4WD) the car moves much more readily, with no extra noise from the driveline, and if I romp on it, the rear end will come out nicely. :) Also, with generous application of the parking brake, this effectively disables the antilock brakes, which frankly, suck.

As I was driving home the other day, during an accent up a steep hill the car was losing speed and slowly drifting sideways off the road. By engaging the switch, it walked right up unless I let my foot rest too heavily on the throttle. (Four-wheel burnouts at 60 just aren't the same on ice as they are on asphalt.)

is that illegal?......
 

.......to do donuts at any empty parking lot? :)

Last time, I had donuts with one of my friends at the parking lot. We had two cars. After 5 mins fun, the cops came and caught us. I wasn't driving my SVX. :) I got a warning and my friend got a ticket. :rolleyes:

Tonite, we have snow/ice in town. It is so fun to drive around. But it's also quite dangerous because there're quite some accidents happened. :( My rear wheels was pushing me alot while going up a few very steep hills that patched with ice and snow. Fun! Fun! It's fun when I can do it......when others got stuck. :D

Sliding down an SVX thru an icy hills is scary fun....:eek: :D

I did as well. :D :D :D :D Fun, fun...

I have not driven it for about a week due to gear three divorcing me... so when it started snowing, it was obvious what need to take place. I'm just plain punishing the tranny now. :p

There are a few industrial parks that cops don't dare enter in this kind of weather, but the suby can do it without assistance from a plow :D

Ofcourse now I also need new shoes... good thing they are cheap

Got a light powerdering last night here in central VA. Just enough to cover the ground with a beautiful white blanket. My ride to work will be very interesting this morning... :)

-Chike

Re: is that illegal?......
 

What was the ticket for?

I'm not sure on the legality. I think the only legal standpoint is that the property owners can charge you with trespassing. If it's public property, like a schoolyard or a park, then the charges could be any number of other things such as reckless driving. Many places such as shopping malls have a standing policy with the local police to enforce certain things.

As long as the property owners are okay with it, (most are not,) you can play without breaking any laws.

In the BigSky(MT) area there is snow on the road for a good part of the year so you learn to drive with much confidence.
I work at the Bozeman(BZN) airport for fueling all the airlines and privet airplanes.
(Yellowstone Jetcanter) anyway my place of work gets a new outback from hertz every 3 months when they get there new cars
It is allot of fun to take it out on the line(Ramp) and give it hell, So far we have gone threw one thanks to me in 1 1/2 months

Nothing more fun then playing with a subaru in the snow. And when it has less then 100. miles it make it allot more fun.

...and now one for the record books
 

Hey mike, we got more play time. I have already been out in it, great stuff if you can find some that hasn't been disturbed. We are supposed to get up to 10 ft drifts!!! Over on 133 it gets ridiculous when you hit the farms, you can't tell where the fields end and the road is. :eek:

Last year I got a pic of my car on one road cut out of an 11 ft drift over there! It is usually a 2 lane road, but it became one... I was almost afraid of driving through it, I kept picturing it falling in on me :) ..I'm gonna try to find it tonight just to put up.

Re: Re: is that illegal?......
 

I got a warning. I told the cops that my friend called me out to have some donuts........I got a warning because my car(not svx) has everything(plate, insurance &etc) was okay....

My friend was caught and got a ticket because his plate was expired. :D

We were caught at a huge school parking lot by the university police. I am still not sure on the legality as well.....your analysis was really making sense to me. Maybe I shld check out with the police next time when I see them...:p

For the last month here everyday driving is crazy. Streets are all ice and the snow kept falling. We have mountains of snow from all the removal.

Fun in snow:D

Thats a great shot.

I think so to. There are a bunch more at the web site listed on the bottom of the pic, there are some more of my wagon under the stafford heading.:)

I love drifting through the snow in the SVX...... probably the most fun i've ever had in it