It’s a beautiful, sunny 80 levels in Los Angeles as I’m sitting on my balcony whereas penning this story, and sure I’ve been rubbing that within the faces of my coworkers who dwell in New York City and have been hit with an enormous blizzard this week. I’m allowed to try this — I grew up exterior Boston for my first eighteen years of life and subsequently lived in Michigan for eight years, so I’m no stronger to horrible winters, and on Saturday mornings it was 46 levels out in LA! That’s the equal of, like, twenty beneath freezing wherever else.
I had an exquisite time driving my automobile alongside the shoreline with the home windows down over the weekend, whereas my colleague Andy was headed to Jersey in treacherous situations that have been decidedly not enjoyable, even in his Maserati Grecale press automobile. That obtained me serious about essentially the most enjoyable I’ve ever had behind the wheel within the snow, and now I wish to pose that thought as a query to our readers. What’s essentially the most enjoyable you have ever had driving within the snow?
My most enjoyable reminiscence was in Sweden
Whether it was all due to the automobile, the situations or a mix of each, I wish to hear your most memorable tales of getting enjoyable within the snow on 4 wheels. I’ve been fortunate sufficient to have quite a lot of wonderful wintertime automotive recollections. Of course I might discuss every day driving my previous Mercedes-Benz 300TD wagon, rallycross-prepped NA Mazda Miata, and straight-piped Volvo 940 Turbo wagon by Michigan winters. Then there are the work journeys I’ve been on, like once I obtained to drive AMGs up a closed Austrian mountain go, or when I took a Bentley Flying Spur on snow tires up to Big Bear for a weekend.
But I feel essentially the most enjoyable I’ve ever had within the snow was on the primary drive for the Volvo V60 Cross Country, all the best way in Luleå, Sweden, close to the Arctic Circle. In addition to a number of common on-road driving and an off-road course, Volvo arrange an enormous race monitor on a frozen lake for the specific goal of us getting the studded-tire-wearing wagons as sideways as doable. The monitor was formed like a very huge oval, however as an alternative of straightaways on either side there have been snaking S-curves. When we arrived on the lake the solar was simply showing over the horizon, the place it will keep for only some hours. It felt like I used to be on one other planet solely. I placed on some “Initial D” Eurobeat and drifted round for over an hour — to not brag, however I did one of the best job out of anybody, getting huge thumbs up from the Volvo group each time I handed by the pit lane.
Now, what about you? What’s essentially the most enjoyable you have ever had when driving within the snow? I wish to hear all about it. I’ll spherical up my favourite solutions later this week.