M6 in the Snow
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M6 Coupe in the Snow - In March 2015, we had a snow storm and Olga decided to stay home for the day...  So I took the opportunity to drive the M6 in the snow, just to see if it would handle it okay, and headed for work.

Even though I could have simply changed my shift and worked from home.
As you can see it was definitely a slippery ride in, but I drove slowly (for me) and had few issues on the way in.
Until the sun same out and started to melt the snow and ice...at that point I couldn't even get through this parking lot.  Fortunately a good Samaritan gave me a hand (tow) to the main road and I was back on my way.  I decided I'd never make it up the hill to work and elected to turn around and head for home.
Too bad I didn't make that decision about 30 minutes earlier, when I hit the highway the road condition was terrible...I was on the side of the highway, unable to go forward, or backwards, until the snow melted enough to get some traction...  I have to give credit to the Arkansas State Police...had a patrolman check on me twice, but I had to decline his offer to use his vehicle's push-bar to get me started as I realized I wouldn't make it far.  But since I wasn't posing a hazard to anyone, I was just going to wait it out some...I was there over 2.5 hours!
As the other pictures showed, once freed from the snow trap, I was still able to get decent traction and made it home in one piece, where others did not.
Lesson learned?  Yep, do NOT drive the M6 in the snow!