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lynnie · Chanel

stupid question about freezing temperatures

relrel · Marc Jacobs

picking something up from craigslist? does that mean something for your new apartment??? i think you would be cool as long as the sun is shining. if it's cloudy/overcast then drive slowly! and perhaps by then nyc will have salted? maybe?

NCshopper · Hermes

I'm thinking you should be okay. If you're really concerned, then try to get done before like 7ish because then the temperatures will drop again.

Just drive slowly and carefully and don't slam on the brakes if you start to spin.

Grace · Dooney & Bourke

You should be ok. Put some weight in your trunk if possible....a couple cheap bags of cat litter work well.

Metric · Gucci

If you start to sliden (in an automatic) shift the car into neutral, that should stop you from continuing to go forward and gently brake. Then when you're ready to continue, go back into gear and go really slowly over the ice.

Weight in the trunk also will help.

lynnie · Chanel

thanks girls- unfortunately the guy did not get back to me again so i fear its sold. i just got home from work (its 7:30) so its pretty cold, the ice hasnt melted on my street, my trunk has a ton of stuff in it (a suitcase of clothes and a very heavy box of magazines), and i have a stick shift so i can't do brazen's trick- though i do have neutral- wonder if its all the same. sigh, i guess nothing worked in my favor !

JoceyBaby23 · Gucci

lynnie wrote:

thanks girls- unfortunately the guy did not get back to me again so i fear its sold. i just got home from work (its 7:30) so its pretty cold, the ice hasnt melted on my street, my trunk has a ton of stuff in it (a suitcase of clothes and a very heavy box of magazines), and i have a stick shift so i can't do brazen's trick- though i do have neutral- wonder if its all the same. sigh, i guess nothing worked in my favor !

What were you going to pick up? Was it something for your new place?!