My point was in referring to the freezing rain/ice.... snow is simple to
drive on, it's like mud
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Jon Smith-------Raleigh,NC-------ICQ: 9720504
'95 318 auto CC 4x4 3.90 31" A/T's
JBA headers, dual glasspack, 14x3 FABM
F&B Stage I TB, MSD 8.5's, self-moded intake
MP SBEC, 180 degree thermo, ASP crank pulley,
16" Hayden elec. fan 0-60mph in 6.3
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----- Original Message -----
From: <Killerdak@aol.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 12:11 PM
Subject: DML: Re: Worst drivers now Northern drivers in the south (raleigh)
>
> In a message dated 8/20/99 12:47:40 AM, fast4x4@bellsouth.net writes:
>
> << Yeah, we drive better than yankees in the snow... well, back home in
the
> hills of NC... all the yankee transplants can't drive regaurdless of the
> weather here, and when we get some ice or freezing rain.... I stay home
and
> hit the DML, so they don't rearrange my truck >>
> _______________________________________
> Jon Smith-------Raleigh,NC-------ICQ: 9720504
>
>
>
> Dude, I'm a transplant from Buffalo...SNOW COUNTRY....where 3+ feet of
> snowfall was not an uncommon occurance...and I gotta laugh at your
statement
> that its the northern transplants that can't drive in the snow?!?! I'm not
> gonna get into the native vs. transplant on you or anything, but here in a
> city where the threat of ONE INCH of snow causes mass hysteria and natives
> rush to the supermarkets to stock up on bread and milk, and schools
cancelled
> county-wide before anything hits the ground....then when that one inch
> finally hits the ditches are lined with SUVS from people thinking that 4WD
> means "invincible"...I beg to differ on you about who's driving better in
the
> snow!
>
> Sorry man, just bustin' on ya!
>
> Dak content: My Daks have performed marvelously in some big-ass snowstorms
in
> Buffalo
> ____________________
> Dave Kilian
> Clayton, NC
> '96 Dakota CC Sport 4x4 3.9L 5-spd
> Mods: 2" Rear spring lift, front T-bar crank, 30x9.50 BFG AT's, Brush
guard
> w/ Hellas, Tow hooks, Tool Box, Sunroof, Cobra 18 CB, 4' Firestik II,
Alpine
> 6-disc CD Changer/Head Unit/amp, JBL speakers, Rhode Gear bike mount, and
a
> white dog named Jake in the passenger seat. 75,000+ miles.
> In progress: custom-welded rock rails!!! (waiting on powder-coat)
>
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