Not exact matches
Doherty was part of a team of UW atmospheric scientists who
spent the winter of 2013
driving across northwestern U.S. states and some Canadian provinces to get a firsthand look at the continent's
snow.
My winters growing up in Grand Rapids, Michigan were
spent in
snow - covered parking lots, pulling the handbrake on rear - wheel -
drive cars and power oversteering them while simultaneously avoiding curbs and light poles.
In fact, during my week of
driving the SUV, it
spend 90 percent of the time dealing with several inches of
snow, ice and, at times, challenging weather conditions with wind gusts of more than 30 MPH.
Yes, rear - wheel -
drive is standard, but all - wheel
drive, especially if you live where
snow has a consistent pattern of accumulating, is $ 2,000 well
spent.
The first two laps were to be sighting laps, but I chose Sport mode right from the word go though, not really wanting to
spend time in the other three
driving modes, namely Race, Normal and
Snow / Wet.
The time
spent in updating your resume,
driving in the
snow to meet recruiters or
spending hours online sifting through job applications can be used having fun.