Mazda5 Snow Day Pics

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So we here in Beaverton,OR got a good amount of snow today so i took a pic of the car and a good hit to my son with a snowball. Also got to test out how good the car runs in the snow and tell you i'm very pleased on the performance on going up hwy 26 out by us it's a steep hill and got around most of the (screwy) people that don't know how to drive in the snow, then i got to play(wrc) in the parking lot next to our apt. anyway here are the pics take more when i can.

[Captain KRM P5]

i get shivers just looking at that

[dima_rus]

you got him good LOL

[blacktalon13]

some father you are!! LOL

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Well he started it(naughty)

[blacktalon13]

u're not suppose to encourage it.. lol

[perfecto]

Do you have snow tires or all-seasons on? I have a question about your ABS - does it almost feel like a metallic grinding when you step on the pedal and start to slide? I've kinda written that off as "how it is" but I've never had a car with ABS before.

[stillageek]

This is why I live in Texas. I vow to never live somewhere where I have to dig out my car to go to work.

[AIMWO4]

Texas is great! Everyone should move there.


This is why I live in Texas. I vow to never live somewhere where I have to dig out my car to go to work.

[coolmazda5]

This is why I live in Texas. I vow to never live somewhere where I have to dig out my car to go to work.

My colleagues disagree. They sent me this earlier in the year :D:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/030608dnweather.292e9143.html

Friday's new problems developed after a capricious snowstorm Thursday that arrived sooner than anyone expected – and disappeared just as quickly – dumped up to 9 inches of snow in some corners of North Texas, hitting Cooke and Denton counties the hardest.

Dallas, Fort Worth and Arlington were largely spared. But before the storm spun off to the east, it forced airlines to cancel hundreds of departures from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport; shut down schools, businesses and government buildings; and caused nightmarish conditions on some area highways, particularly in Denton County.

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Do you have snow tires or all-seasons on? I have a question about your ABS - does it almost feel like a metallic grinding when you step on the pedal and start to slide? I've kinda written that off as "how it is" but I've never had a car with ABS before.

I have all season on but I also got them siped from Les Schwab and I would say yes when I step on the pedal it kinda feels that way

[skyhawk]

where we are we train them on snow clearing at a younger age..

http://users.accesscomm.ca/reygamar/CIMG1186.JPG

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So it looks like we will get about 6-10 inches on Saturday the some freezing rain also so hope i will get some new pics god I'm starting to hate this because we don't get that much snow here in Oregon and the wife is pregnant and about ready to POP(hand) ,so hope she doesn't have him this weekend because iI have to go up a bad hill to get to the hospital but will see what happens.

[Timotee]

Oh man.....wish I bought my camera today. When I went home this afternoon, my GS was totally covered and I had to scrape at least a foot of snow off the roof. From a far, it looked like I had a Ford Van parked in my spot.

[BLACKOUT]

(wow)(cool) god thats funny i hope i don't get that much

[blacktalon13]

hey timotee.. get prepare.. we're suppose to get more tonite and another 10-15cm on tuesday... we're gonna be snowed in bad

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yeah just overnight we got another 2-3 of snow so our total is about 8 inches then we got 1 inch of ice and got more ice on the way

[Zoom5Zoom]

hey timotee.. get prepare.. we're suppose to get more tonite and another 10-15cm on tuesday... we're gonna be snowed in bad

Call in the Army LOL LOL

[coolmazda5]

;)


This is why I live in Texas. I vow to never live somewhere where I have to dig out my car to go to work.


I live east of Houston near the bay. These were taken early in the evening. By 10 pm the street was beginning to get covered.

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s85/deweydw/PICT0073.jpg
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s85/deweydw/PICT0076.jpg
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s85/deweydw/PICT0077.jpg
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s85/deweydw/PICT0078.jpg

[coolmazda5]

Changed the thread title a little to make it more suitable.

I found this yesterday and thought it was worth posting (or reposting). Is that the saddest day for a Mazda5 on snow so far or what? :)

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http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=127467

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http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showpost.php?p=3756428&postcount=45

[GWDavis281]

OMG!!!! That's brutal.

Glenn |B)

[DoubleT]

This is why I live in Texas.
....my favourite cyclist, Lance Armstrong!

[bilzfan]

Yeah, Texas is just the best place in the World to live. Just ask any Texan.

I especially love the weeks of triple digit (F) killer heat in the summer.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26010409

Ever notice how many cars in Texas have cracked windshields from the difference in temperature between the outside and inside, or the hail damage?

I'll scrape my windshield a few times a winter, Thank You (poke)

[VenomDesign]

Here's mine in winter mode.
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh288/V3n0IVI/Mazda5wintermode001.jpg
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh288/V3n0IVI/Mazda5wintermode003.jpg

[Shaun K]

Late to the thread, but oh well..the 5 is pretty useless in snow/ice, so we just parked it for the week that we had snow here:

http://kasperowicz.com/misc/snow/PC220060a.JPG
http://kasperowicz.com/misc/snow/PC220086a.JPG
http://kasperowicz.com/misc/snow/PC220084a.JPG

We did end up with an amusing "antenna skeleton" as the snow melted off the roof of the 5:
http://kasperowicz.com/misc/snow/PC230113a.JPG

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Late to the thread, but oh well..the 5 is pretty useless in snow/ice, so we just parked it for the week that we had snow here:

http://kasperowicz.com/misc/snow/PC220060a.JPG
http://kasperowicz.com/misc/snow/PC220086a.JPG
http://kasperowicz.com/misc/snow/PC220084a.JPG

We did end up with an amusing "antenna skeleton" as the snow melted off the roof of the 5:
http://kasperowicz.com/misc/snow/PC230113a.JPG
Shaun K, yeah I just loved that snow and ice we had here. nice to see someone else from Oregon you might see me around sometime.(hi)

[Shaun K]

Shaun K, yeah I just loved that snow and ice we had here. nice to see someone else from Oregon you might see me around sometime.(hi)
Hah..probably have seen you around sometime, but there are too many 5's so I wouldn't know who you were =).

[rweatherford]

I never thought of leaving the wipers off the window.....

You people have garages. How come the cars aren't inside? I haven't scraped a window in years due to my garage. Even frosty days are just a get in and drive event. ;)

[remarquian]

How come the cars aren't inside?

Yeah, I do have a garage, it's a detached garage built in 1910, when the house was built. It's more built for a 134" x 66" Model T, than a 181"x69" Mazda5 with modern swing out doors.

[Shaun K]

I never thought of leaving the wipers off the window.....

You people have garages. How come the cars aren't inside? I haven't scraped a window in years due to my garage. Even frosty days are just a get in and drive event. ;)

Because my good cars are in the garage, and it doesn't snow here often enough for it to be an issue.

[coolmazda5]

http://www.msprotege.com/members/coolmazda5/mazda5_snow_pics_feb_4_2009_001.jpg

Did I mention already that the OEM Toyo Crap-xes suck in snow? :D

[antlind]

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Did I mention already that the OEM Toyo Crap-xes suck in snow? :D

They also suck on dry pavement ......