We owned a pair of Yamaha snowmobiles during our Minnesota years. When we got a really big snow, everyone in our Prior Lake neighborhood made a beeline to the grocery store or bar on their sleds. The sheriff never objected to snowmobiles on the road during these big snow events.
My dad was an early adapter to the new snowmobile technology. Got his first Skidoo in 62 I think.
Now people parade machines 10 years older in antique machine rides.