Refresher: Part I, Part II, and Part III.
So it’s snowing in Edmonton on May 19. Just phenomenal. And I still don’t have the Toyos on, so I’m driving very gingerly on the bald, disintegrating excuses for tires that currently reside under my Zed.
With the temperature around zero Celsius, grip is an issue, even with the traction control on. I dare not turn it off, for fear of doing a one-eighty and unexpectedly facing on-coming traffic.
Surprisingly though, the Zed handles the cold with aplomb. The windshield wipers have a neat little variable-speed adjuster and the ventilation from the HVAC handles the window fog easily.
The heated leather seats warm quickly and let me forget that on the other side of the glass are billions of sparkling, white, golf course-killers. Continue reading