Honda reliability is not as good as Toyota, but the parts are dirt cheap and readily available if you have an inkling of handiness in you.

Tag me next time so I can at least defend my forecast; part of the reason why people like me is I'll tell you why it didn't pan out as expected. The southern end of the 12-16" band in Dover & Rochester is the only notable bust in the forecast grids for the entire state; that's a win any day, especially given the level of detail provided in my last forecast here!

The reason behind the shortfall is thermal profiles (which I discussed at length in previous posts) were abysmal both at the start and remained that way over your neck of the woods for the majority of the event. Your storm average dry & wet-bulb temperatures hovered between 32-33 degrees, a clear signal that snow ratios were not great. Also consider that totals eclipsed 14" a mere ~15 miles to your north, it was that fine of a line. As for WMUR's forecast, they had you in the 8-14" blob so they a) weren't more accurate and b) technically busted by fewer inches than I did.

Lock them up for life. We don’t need this rot in our state.

Like most things the answer lies relatively in the middle, there's definitely a need for better testing, more consequential Enforcment, and safer road design.

I as most people that work in planning and design are more than aware of the limitations at societal, geographical, and political levels. I was focusing here on safety in road design and not by any means focusing on land-use and ped/bike improvements. There's a lot that can be done in just the vehicular right of way to improve safety of just vehicular users especially on route 4 which is a mayor commuting corridor with descent amount of commercial and suburban development.

I really wouldn't describe myself as somebody that prescribe to what Chuck and his beef with engineering has built-up into a bit of an engineering witch hunt, but I don't believe them to be completely absolved from blame either and was pretty clear about that in my last post when I describe the multiple systematic issues outside of engineering.

At the end we need to always try better and not be conforming to bad behavior as an inevitability, you have your thought on addressing it and I have mine and I'm sure we intersect on a few points.

I'm not sure where in NH you are, but I've had good luck with Toyota's from Irwin Motors in Laconia. They have used vehicles that are certified pre-owned and come with a good guarantee. Their service department is really good, too.

I need a car to get my mail so i won’t be of much help

Ice is fine, that's what I do with my snowblower. Leave an inch or two of compacted snow and let it freeze. It doesn't make it any more difficult to drive in and I either use shoe spikes or there's enough snow left on the surface that it isn't slippery.

I put cat litter down around the area leading to my door if it gets really slippery so delivery drivers don't slip.

I'd recommended talking with local credit unions for a car loan. They usually have better rates and are able to work with you.

I bought a house in Keene and I pretty much just ride my scooter if i don’t want to walk. I can walk to bars, restaurants, doctors, grocery store, etc. I don’t need a car unless I want to go skiing.

Literally nowhere

The area of Meredith I'm in had 9-10 inches. It had enough moisture to make it a bit heavy but my dog had the best time chasing snowballs. Usually it's too light and fluffy for snowball making.

Why not just buy a certified pre owned

Also make sure you add snow tires for the winter , good tires make all the difference

That’s good to know, I don’t go off-roading but roads around here can be rough.

Sounds like a reasonable price, that’s around the range I was expecting with a used car.

I’ve called around a few places (been looking online on edmunds and carmax), so far I’ve been outright declined because they only accept cash/financing isn’t available.

That sounds like a nightmare! But at least they were able to keep taking it back. I had that happen with a Honda Element (still regretting buying one). Battery, electrical glitches making the headlights randomly turn off and kill the heat, they had a short warranty on it but even after the work they put into it..still had issues! Ideally I’ll get a CPO car with one owner and no accidents/minor dings…

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Gonna have to be a city. You’re not getting around otherwise

In the seaport district as we speak

Salem

You have a gravel driveway. That’s what happens when you have a gravel driveway. It’s not a question of ‘doing it carefully’, it’s simple physics. The snow freezes to the material on the top layer and it all gets pushed up by the plow.

You might be able to find a guy who would be willing to put shoes on his plow to lift the blade off the surface, but that would leave behind a layer of compacted ice on the entire driveway that I’m sure you would be equally displeased by and fire him too.

My most recent one I paid I think around $12,000. It was a 2012 but very low mileage.

Can I ask how much they were?

And they helped me with financing. They got me a good rate