Don’t worry, I’ll Stop the Snow

You know how people say that you can make it rain by washing your car?  If that’s true, I’m going to make it stop snowing.

We moved into our place in Dec of 08 and subsequently got snowed in a lot.  3 of those times, we had to pay someone to come out and plow the drive for us.  That sucks.

Several times I thought for sure my Scion xB could clear itself a path…  That’s not even a funny joke.  I’d get a running start, throw my arm out the window and give a healthy Dukes of Hazzard Yeehaw, then get slowed to a tragic stop and have to start digging my poor little car out.  Pathetic…

We didn’t have any kind of lawnmower, so under the advice of my family we bought a 1974 Wheel Horse yard tractor to plan for summer and to help clear the snow.  It came with a wagon, a mowing deck, a bulldozer blade and a bunch of other stuff.  The kid in me was psyched.  Then…  I couldn’t keep it running.  At the end of the season, I bought a snowblower to attach to it, and then it never snowed again.  FML.

This winter’s been sucky so far.  Last Saturday I got my car stuck in the middle of a county road on the way to a party and I depended on neighbors to tow my little city car back to the house.  I should have taken pictures.  (note: take more pictures)  I got stuck in the driveway a couple of days later and then again last night.

In short, I’m over it.  We’re going to trade the Mrs car in and get a GMC Yukon.  That’s right baby!  Now I can pull myself out of the snow.  We’ll be picking it up next week, and it’s supposed to be a beast in bad weather…

Which means it probably won’t snow again.

I’ve never talked about cars on here, mostly because once I start I go for days and most people I know couldn’t care less.  I figure I’ll bore you to death, so let’s just say I like cars a lot.  Because of that I am completely infatuated with the new truck.  I want to buy a trailer for it, and maybe get a boat since I can pull it now, and maybe get a snow plow for it, so I can clear friends and families driveways and a brush guard so I can evade the police and break through barriers without scratching it up.

The sad bit is…  I’ll be stuck driving my tiny car because it gets better fuel economy.  37MPG vs 16MPG…  Well shit.