{"id":4402,"date":"2015-01-04T19:18:39","date_gmt":"2015-01-04T19:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=4402"},"modified":"2015-08-11T12:59:27","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T12:59:27","slug":"the-2013-volkswagen-golf-r-after-an-ice-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/01\/04\/the-2013-volkswagen-golf-r-after-an-ice-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2013 Volkswagen Golf R after an Ice Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"

I drove from Nashua NH to Hanover NH last night (just over 80 miles) which usually takes about 90 minutes but las night took 3 hours due to the weather. We received about 5 inches of snow and another 2 inches of ice falling over the course of 5 hours. I started my trip south of the snow-line (all ice) and the last 40 miles were in the snow. I stopped a couple of times to clear clumps of ice off my wipers and headlights which were thick with an inch and a half of ice. The All Wheel Drive Golf R w\/ Blizzak LMs handled the snow beautifully. I\u2019ve pushed this hard in previous storms and ice-lakes sometimes doing 70MPH on a frozen lake with full control. Last night, with a few inches of snow and ice on the Interstate, i was able to comfortable go 55MPH most of the time and the car just performed so well. The only delays were being stuck behind snow plows going 25MPH.<\/p>\n

Enough about how awesome this car is, the way the ice stuck to the car was too good to not photography<\/p>\n

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