chains

wylieflyote · Tue Dec 23, 08 4:27 pm

Funny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cCXPjS14i8

Mark · Tue Dec 23, 08 5:27 pm

Counted 68 broken chains laying in the road on my cross town trip.
Makes you wonder what those do to your car when they fly off at speed Shocked

Ps snow/road update....
Westside still bad. ruts in the roads, LOTS of snow.
eastside looks alot better. Roads are mostly clear (only talking freeways) My side roads look like Nanook of the norths driveway...

forrest · Tue Dec 23, 08 6:00 pm

Drove into Portland today to drop off at the airport. Drive wasn't bad at all.

pdxmonkeyboy · Tue Dec 23, 08 7:13 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maWaLXCAteM&feature=related

How sweet would it be to drive like this though...

Link

Moto · Since 03 Sep 2006 2698 Posts Still a gojo pimp! Moto Mouth

Monkey boy that is solid gold!! Thanks for the find!! I would love to be able to slam people like that when they piss me off!!

broadbandito · Since 26 Apr 2005 342 Posts CSO headwaters WheatHead

I'm considering a Forrester, but do these cars attract hot-looking young lesbians who are maybe on the fence (f ya know what I mean), or do the cars attract the butch ones?

pdxmonkeyboy · Tue Dec 23, 08 8:20 pm

Just like a guy who thinks buying a Camero (or Land Rover with vanity plates) is going to result in hot young sluts flocking to them, purchasing a Subaru in hopes of landing some fresh faced 19 yo college student who has dabbled at the Y will likely result in you being accosted by the "real" Portland lesbians.

yes, those lesbians. The ones you see at starbucks in NE, sporting the Carharts and brush cut, the ones who are trying to make a statement by not bleaching their mustaches or plucking the big black hairs on their chin.

That is the kind of lesbian you'll land in your Subaru wagon.

stringer · Since 31 Jul 2007 694 Posts Chucktown Flying Tomato

Hein · Since 08 Mar 2005 1314 Posts Possessed

Made the last of our 2866 mile drive from Texas yesterday. Took 6 hours from
Corvallis to HR. Bailed off the I-5 in north Salem. Traffic was backing up there.
Lots of chains littering the highway, crazy truckers and too many knuckle head
drivers.

99E was badly rutted but much less traffic so it was an easy pace. Got onto the
205 for a short jaunt to exit 19 where we took 26/35 over the mountain. Nicely
maintained all the way. Stopped at the Huckleberry Inn for a burger before
dropping into HR. Got passed by some idiot in a blue Toyota who thought he
needed to haul ass down 35 after skiing all day with the family. Kids in the back.
What's up with the wanna-be rally drivers racing up and down 35? Slow the fuck
down ASS HOLE. We got a whole winter to enjoy and don't need it spoiled by
you and your race up and down the mountain power trip.

Other Daughter made the drive later (had lunch with her BF in Salem) and spun
on the 99 but got it together and kept going. She was a little late for the mountain
so did 84 after dark. She said there was some blowing snow but mostly dry
pavement. You got to teach those youngens how to drive in the weather.
Very proud of both my girls for their driving skills.

Kim was glad we all made it home safely.

My AWD Saturn Vue was great with my existing M+S tires but I went ahead and
ordered some Blizzaks for it. Plus I got a Buddha on the dash and rub his tummy
from time to time. The little dude can make the wind blow and the swell kick up
too.

Happy Holidays,
Hein

pdxmonkeyboy · Wed Dec 24, 08 10:13 am

about ten years ago we were coming down from timberline via 26. It was snowing like a bitch and this station wagon flew past us. They were kind of screwing around and the driver feigned like he was going to use that first runaway truck ramp. When he tried to correct the car slid sideways towards the cliff (there was not a guard rail there at the time) and then Whooosh..... no more car lights.

My buddy and I were like "HOLY SHIT" as we were the only other people on the road. We pulled over and I swear to god, the car was about 50 feet down the cliff, t-boned on one of the only trees on the entire slope. If it wasn't for that tree it was going to be a 200 foot slide into the forest below. Turned out to be 4 teenagers, three of which were drunk.

Craziest driving thing I have ever seen. So yeah, slow the fuck down on the mountain roads. If you want to save 5 minutes on the mountain then buy a pair of flow bindings. Smile

DROCK999 · Since 31 May 2007 852 Posts Left Coast Opinionated

pdxmonkeyboy · Wed Dec 24, 08 10:33 am

Kataku2k3 · Since 14 Aug 2005 3753 Posts Los Angeles, CA Videographer

Blue radiator hoses, vac lines, and IC piping couplers are gay though... Wink

pkh · Since 27 Feb 2005 6549 Posts Couve / Hood Honored Founder

gotta go spray painted black steel rims baby! I took my hubcaps off two years ago and there is no going back! Very Happy

pdxmonkeyboy · Wed Dec 24, 08 11:09 am

Gman · Since 11 Feb 2006 4911 Posts Portland Unstrapped

stringer · Since 31 Jul 2007 694 Posts Chucktown Flying Tomato