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The_Cream_Man t1_j43usa4 wrote

I was supposed to drive from Bangor to Belfast tonight in my civic with "all season tires", drove to the end of my street and immediately turned around cause it was so bad lol

(I work from home so I don't have to drive in the snow normally)

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Rurudo66 t1_j451vf9 wrote

I did a little bit of DoorDashing in Bangor earlier thinking it would be busy (which it was), but I gave up on it pretty quickly. Even with an AWD SUV, conditions were awful. Made the mistake of taking Stillwater back to Orono and hoo boy, wasn't that harrowing?

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WalkerBRiley t1_j46ae7j wrote

all seasons are fine for snow for the most part. I've never had anything but and I've only gone off the road in snow once or twice, both times because I was young, going too fast and learnt my lesson after the second time.

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curtludwig t1_j48kyb4 wrote

You'll never understand the value of proper snow tires until you've actually had them. Sure you can drive with all season tires but the ability of snow tires, even cheap ones, in bad conditions is totally worth it.

I used to drive a rear wheel drive diesel Mercedes, perfect snow car, skinny tires, heavy car, low power, manual transmission. I went places in the snow that 4wd trucks couldn't follow. As long as I didn't high center we could get there.

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