Went to the store to buy milk

[Corey Bit Spank]

And I saw an open, unplowed parking lot.





Who said a Honda couldn't be fun in the snow?

[Scottwax]

did you remember the milk?

[BlackElantraGT]

This is always something I've wanted to do... too bad it doesn't snow here

[Hondaph00l]

Lol, looks like fun.

Alex

[PhaRO]

I did that one time in my life. It was 19 years ago. I had a rental car (believe a Horizon hatchback). Zipped around in a parking lot with a friend, which was fun. We spotted a pile of snow that looked closely like a ramp but jumping it wasn't our plan. We were going to plow through it. Little did we know the bulk of this mound/ramp was ice. When the car went up the pile instead of through it we were shocked. When it stopped on top of the mound we just laughed and laughed. Laughter stopped once the realization that we were stuck set in. Took us about an hour to chip the ice away with a tire iron so that the front wheels could touch. My friend was in the hatch area rocking the car up and down. The wheel finally caught enough and the car was set free. He feel out the back but was unharmed. Luckily no damage to the car.

[velobard]

Originally Posted by PhaRO

I did that one time in my life. It was 19 years ago. I had a rental car (believe a Horizon hatchback). Zipped around in a parking lot with a friend, which was fun. We spotted a pile of snow that looked closely like a ramp but jumping it wasn't our plan. We were going to plow through it. Little did we know the bulk of this mound/ramp was ice. When the car went up the pile instead of through it we were shocked. When it stopped on top of the mound we just laughed and laughed. Laughter stopped once the realization that we were stuck set in. Took us about an hour to chip the ice away with a tire iron so that the front wheels could touch. My friend was in the hatch area rocking the car up and down. The wheel finally caught enough and the car was set free. He feel out the back but was unharmed. Luckily no damage to the car.

That must've been a challenge in a FWD car. I remember getting stuck once similar to the way you mention, probably better not to go into details exactly how it happened. I was alone and tried digging, then finally got behind the car with the bumper jack (remember those?) and used it as a lever under the rear bumper while the car was idling in gear. I finally managed to pry the car loose, then had to race after it as it took off driverless across the parking lot. Ya know, it's really not that easy to get a '64 Olds out of a snowbank all by yourself, but I did finally manage. Fortunately I made it out before anyone noticed I was at the end of a pair of tracks across the high school baseball field. Can you say, "young and stupid"?

[Corey Bit Spank]

I influenced my friend to take out her mom's Tracker for some fun. If this had the V6 it would have been more eventful, but it's the 4 cylinder and it doesn't have enough grunt to do much more than putter along.

me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol5iV7XqL1w

my friend:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaR6CvwaJA4


That's an accomplished stance.

[Ceezer]

Originally Posted by PhaRO

We spotted a pile of snow that looked closely like a ramp but jumping it wasn't our plan. We were going to plow through it.

My cousin and I had a similar "brainstorming" in my 82 Subaru GL 15 years ago. We actually did plow into it, but the car got stuck halfway through (the pile was probably 15 feet across). One of the folks that lived nearby brought out his Bobcat but the only thing that we could access to hook a chain up to was my trunk. He finally got it yanked out but it pulled the lower half of the trunk out to a point, and the lid had to be tied down with boot strings...

Then we found a parking lot at the old skating rink that had been plowed into piles but there was fresh snow on the ground. You could build up some speed to 15-20 miles an hour and try to nick one of those snow mounds with the corner of my front bumper and it would send you into a spinning frenzy. Talk about fun!

[yakky]

Finding an unplowed lot around here is pretty easy, finding one without lamposts or curbs in the middle of the lot is a bit harder.

[BigJimZ28]

Originally Posted by Corey Bit Spank

I influenced my friend to take out her mom's Tracker for some fun. If this had the V6 it would have been more eventful, but it's the 4 cylinder and it doesn't have enough grunt to do much more than putter along.

me:
YouTube - Corey drifts mom mobile

my friend:
YouTube - Beth attempts at drifting the mom mobile

cute, but that is not drifting!

[Corey Bit Spank]

Thus the "attempt" part of the title, and the explanation before the videos.

It's always more eventful in a WRX. Exhibit:


Those are mad skills yo.

[Brandon1]

I tried that on my dads Denali quadrasteer, and let me tell you, the combo of 4wheel steer and awd is amazing for cyclones. the front and rear wheels turned opposite and the front pulled along with the rear so it was like being in a tornado, until I realized the ditch was coming closer.