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GS8 01-12-2024 11:20 AM
Driving to work this morning and saw a late 70s / early 80s Pontiac Trans Am on eastbound Lougheed around Underhill that was abandoned and backwards! Owner must have drove it yesterday morning which didn't age well.

roastpuff 01-12-2024 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by radeonboy (Post 9122006)
^Curious to know what it's like when we get slushy snow. I have the older 40V version and it struggles with anything slushy or fluffy snow that's over a couple inches thick.
Me too, and that's why I went for the 80v version as it should have more power than the 40v ones.

is350 01-12-2024 11:37 AM
I was stuck on hwy 91 eastbound last night, took 4 and half hours to get home :facepalm: after seeing that reddit post someone posted earlier, I don't feel so bad for getting stuck for so long, just thankful I wasn't involved in an accident.

Once the traffic was cleared, the section from no.6 road til the s curve (westminster hwy exit) on hwy 91 was still icy af, I tried braking because no1 was close behind and beside me and I was sliding

So many idiots tailgated last night after the accidents were cleared and also this morning.

whitev70r 01-12-2024 12:56 PM
^ 4.5 hrs ... yikes. Last year, remember the accident on Alex Fraser south end and people were stuck for like 8-10 hrs! Yours was cut to half the time !!

CivicBlues 01-12-2024 01:04 PM
Note to self: stay off any and all highways during snow events as they provide little to no escape from backups or pileups. Even flat and straight as fuck ones like Hwy 91.

snowball 01-12-2024 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Gumby (Post 9122027)
It would help if the weather forecasters did their job accurately though…
I look at the weather multiple times a day, every day. The forecast did call for snow at 2PM, which they revised since it was clear, then the storm still came so they were technically wrong since it did show up, but it wasn't a complete out-of-nowhere storm.

Badhobz 01-12-2024 02:19 PM
With a username like snowball you better have a good grasp of the icy situations

Get it ?!? Grasp ?!?! Snow ?!?! …… I’ll see myself out now

GLOW 01-12-2024 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by CivicBlues (Post 9122041)
Note to self: stay off any and all highways during snow events as they provide little to no escape from backups or pileups. Even flat and straight as fuck ones like Hwy 91.
that's why i cancelled my richmond thursday trip, i knew the bridge was gonna be f'd, and if it wasn't, the highway would be, which by default mean the bridge would be.

pastarocket 01-12-2024 02:53 PM
As I expected, the cold winter weather is affecting parts of the airport.

A pipe burst at YVR. One section of a domestic terminal was flooded after a pipe burst.

Other than that, I have not heard any news about flight delays because of the weather. Business as usual.

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/0...te-flood-pipe/

Vancouver International Airport confirms to CityNews that a pipe leaking near one of its gates sent water flooding into a section of the domestic terminal.


“Our operations and maintenance teams have secured the area and are working to repair the leak. Work is also underway to remediate. Operations are not affected,” the Vancouver Airport Authority said in an email just after 2 p.m.

punkwax 01-12-2024 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Mikoyan (Post 9122000)
Got it at CT in the fall for $800+tax on sale. Reg $900. Also stacked some CT point bonuses, so got another 70-80 in CT bucks.

Went battery powered as I'm in Vancouver after all, plus there's a gas lawn equipment ban coming up I've heard?

I need a leaf blower as well, so looking for a deal as they use the same battery system. This one came with 2x 4ah batteries, I did the equivalent of a 2 car driveway and used 1/5 of the battery capacity. Guessing that for our typical wetter snow the run time would get reduced for the power need.

I loved having the led headlights on it, having extra light was great. Unit size weight was no different from a typical lawn mower., maybe a touch heavier.

I went with this model with the soft paddle. For you guys in the valley, there's a steel auger model, some folks on Rfd have mentioned that they bought the auger separately and installed it themselves as it's a common drive unit.
I have the Ego leaf blower, hedge trimmer and chainsaw. Might have to add the SB to the mix :considered:

Badhobz 01-12-2024 04:27 PM
whats SB? son of a bitch? Does ego sell a son of a bitch?

thank you goodnight!

BIC_BAWS 01-12-2024 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by whitev70r (Post 9122040)
^ 4.5 hrs ... yikes. Last year, remember the accident on Alex Fraser south end and people were stuck for like 8-10 hrs! Yours was cut to half the time !!
I left at 2PM yesterday. Got home in 40 mins. Not bad. Beats last year - being on the Westminster on ramp from 4:00PM to 3:15AM lol

Badhobz 01-12-2024 05:17 PM
Bring pee bottles just in case

Mikoyan 01-12-2024 06:31 PM
Was on marine way and everyone was passing a Jaguar SUV going 35. Dry bare road. Some side streets are pure ice, but come on.

whitev70r 01-13-2024 07:41 AM
Anybody making an ice rink in their back yard? In the past, when cities had money, Richmond Fire Dept would flood an area of Garry Point Park for an outdoor rink. Good old Canadian experience. Now Richmond just have ice rinks on the East West Connector/Hwy 91! :lol

Badhobz 01-13-2024 07:54 AM
Public service announcement

Don’t let your doggies out in this weather. Their paws will get frost bite and quite painful.
If you absolutely have to let them out use vasoline on their paws before and ideally socks.

PeanutButter 01-13-2024 08:14 AM
How long before trout lake freezes. That was a cool experience

winson604 01-13-2024 09:00 AM
Mmm I don't know I think we need at least minimum a few more days of this weather but no expert here I'm not going to test it lol

tofu1413 01-13-2024 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Mikoyan (Post 9122078)
Was on marine way and everyone was passing a Jaguar SUV going 35. Dry bare road. Some side streets are pure ice, but come on.
yep. quite a few people doing this today. "braving it" on the main roads doing 10 under, then there are the full send full on tail gating people zipping around too.

:drunk::drunk::drunk:

N.V.M. 01-13-2024 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Badhobz (Post 9122101)
Public service announcement

Don’t let your doggies out in this weather. Their paws will get frost bite and quite painful.
If you absolutely have to let them out use vasoline on their paws before and ideally socks.
no such thing when I was a kid? dogs were men.

westopher 01-13-2024 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Badhobz (Post 9122101)
Public service announcement

Don’t let your doggies out in this weather. Their paws will get frost bite and quite painful.
If you absolutely have to let them out use vasoline on their paws before and ideally socks.
The salt is the problem for my dog. Specifically the blue stuff. I want to throw a brick through the window of the place beside me that uses it. Carrying a 50# dog and a 30# kid if she's not in the mood to walk at the time is not sweet on my old man spine.

Hondaracer 01-13-2024 12:14 PM
Tonnes of dogs always walk in front of our place so I always try to buy the pet friendly ice melter.. not sure how pet friendly it actually is though

Badhobz 01-13-2024 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by westopher (Post 9122124)
The salt is the problem for my dog. Specifically the blue stuff. I want to throw a brick through the window of the place beside me that uses it. Carrying a 50# dog and a 30# kid if she's not in the mood to walk at the time is not sweet on my old man spine.
Absolutely. That stuff will kill your dog if they lick it. It’s so concentrated and full of chemicals.

EvoFire 01-13-2024 12:53 PM
I didn't the blue stuff kills dogs. I've been using it......

westopher 01-13-2024 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Hondaracer (Post 9122125)
Tonnes of dogs always walk in front of our place so I always try to buy the pet friendly ice melter.. not sure how pet friendly it actually is though
It makes a difference for sure. My current and previous dog never care about the cold or salt when it's that stuff but when it's the blue stuff, my old dog would avoid it and current dog literally squeals when it touches her paws.


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