- Mar 31, 2003
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Well we finally got snow in Virginia (Barely any) however it froze and the roads are all ice. So naturally being a guy i walked out of the house with a big stupid smirk on my face knowing that i would FINALLY get to use the 4WD in my Pickup (Just got my license in July 04). SO i had fun and slammed on the brakes and turned into the skid and everything.
In this one subdivision there is a slight hill and im shifting (manual transmission) trying to get off of the cell phone with my mom and trying to stop the car on this hill all at once. Well this doesn't have ABS so im pumping the brake but it aint stoping. Im just sitting there thinking "oh sh!t, oh sh!t" when the car makes for a ditch. Very slight ditch, so the front two tires went into the grass. My sister and her friend are freaking out in the back of the car saying that were stuck. My mom hears and tells me that i better get home right now. SO i hung up.
Well shifted into reverse and started trying to back up as normal. Well tires spinned. I was like oh boy 4wd time! Well i shifted to 4wd, and tried to move nothing happened all the engine did was rev. I was like "You are KIDDING me!!!" So i looked down grinned again and put it into Low Range (4wd Low) and tried to back out. All the engine did was rev. I was like "NO WAY!!" I get out of the car and look and it shows no sign of the tires trying to move. So i get back into the car roll the window down and watch as i hit the gas. THe tires didn't move, i looked down at the 4wd stick shift. Push it up just a little bit and it clicks into place.
"OMG!!" i was sitting in the neutral drive gear so if i had a wench it would have been winding it up. Stuck it into 4wd High backed right up. NO PROBLEM at all. You can imagine how idiotic i felt. So i made my way back home.
After that i am really curious. What exactly is Low Range for? When would i use it? The only thing i know about it is that it has like triple the torque of 4WD High. So when use this?
-Kevin
In this one subdivision there is a slight hill and im shifting (manual transmission) trying to get off of the cell phone with my mom and trying to stop the car on this hill all at once. Well this doesn't have ABS so im pumping the brake but it aint stoping. Im just sitting there thinking "oh sh!t, oh sh!t" when the car makes for a ditch. Very slight ditch, so the front two tires went into the grass. My sister and her friend are freaking out in the back of the car saying that were stuck. My mom hears and tells me that i better get home right now. SO i hung up.
Well shifted into reverse and started trying to back up as normal. Well tires spinned. I was like oh boy 4wd time! Well i shifted to 4wd, and tried to move nothing happened all the engine did was rev. I was like "You are KIDDING me!!!" So i looked down grinned again and put it into Low Range (4wd Low) and tried to back out. All the engine did was rev. I was like "NO WAY!!" I get out of the car and look and it shows no sign of the tires trying to move. So i get back into the car roll the window down and watch as i hit the gas. THe tires didn't move, i looked down at the 4wd stick shift. Push it up just a little bit and it clicks into place.
"OMG!!" i was sitting in the neutral drive gear so if i had a wench it would have been winding it up. Stuck it into 4wd High backed right up. NO PROBLEM at all. You can imagine how idiotic i felt. So i made my way back home.
After that i am really curious. What exactly is Low Range for? When would i use it? The only thing i know about it is that it has like triple the torque of 4WD High. So when use this?
-Kevin
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