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Correct ways to drive in the snow and ice
- Thread starter billski
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bigbog
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Agree with the your OP Billski. When it's broken pp and it's not deep enough to insulate & melt the black ice..on those high, country roads...like I once experienced with Dad's
car..mid-sized mediocre car(wimpy 70s, A/T tires)... rather long lefthand curve AND TELEPHONE POLE(@mid-turn) in sight...~15-20mph. Could feel it start to glide and the cheap tires wouldn't grip. Bro...it was a long(~40') ~10mph slide...just got by & cleared the telephone pole by ~6":wink:..:-o.
Sure glad we're on better tires nowadays.....and I know what to look for...but I hear ya' hammer, teens need to practice on how to handle the auto...on every surface/condition.
Agree on that beer!...LOL.
car..mid-sized mediocre car(wimpy 70s, A/T tires)... rather long lefthand curve AND TELEPHONE POLE(@mid-turn) in sight...~15-20mph. Could feel it start to glide and the cheap tires wouldn't grip. Bro...it was a long(~40') ~10mph slide...just got by & cleared the telephone pole by ~6":wink:..:-o. Sure glad we're on better tires nowadays.....and I know what to look for...but I hear ya' hammer, teens need to practice on how to handle the auto...on every surface/condition.
Agree on that beer!...LOL.
Billski said it would be expensive. I was making an apparently bad joke on that because we know that Bill is tight with money.
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Yes, but 4-wheel drifting the Subaru around corners is awesome too.
o3jeff
New member
AWD drifting is were it's at, doughnuts get boring after a while.
No doubt it's fun, but I had way more fun in my part-time 4WD truck than I did in my AWD truck. I'd love to pop that thing into 2WD and letting her rip, then put it back into 4WD when I was done. Sometimes, though, there wouldn't be enough traction to even get going in 2WD (pickup with no weight in the back), so I'd have to resort to 4 wheel drifts. The best of both worlds...
A double of the AZ experience? That may be more than any mere mortal can handle!
o3jeff
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I still don't understand the coin thing, should I be concerned?
yes
o3jeff
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When did you have that done?
:lol::smash:
When I was in high school in Manchester, CT I actually got a reckless driving ticket (I was 17) for doing donuts (well, e-brake slides) in a parking lot after a snow storm at 10PM.
No, there were no other cars in the parking lot, or at least not in the section we were in.
Cost me over $300 in court plus points on a license. Jerk. I tried to tell the cop I was learning how to drive in the snow
when I was 9, my brother would take me on rides with him and he'd actually pull the e-brake slide on roads when being chased by police officers. Called them statey slides. Amazing he never got caught.
snowmonster
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I thought they were called the Tokyo Drift.
This one time at band camp it was snowing and...............................
That back isn't nearly hairy enough to be mine...
o3jeff
New member
What do you think it does if you put a coin in there?
I doubt it works as an e-brake...
vdk03
New member
This is not 100% accurate, it just requires a different technique.... a little practice and the right rental car and you'll have it down.:grin:
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