putting weight in trunk of ford focus...

[bignateyk]

I have a front-wheel drive ford focus, and it is absolutely TERRIBLE in the snow/slush.

Trying to take a turn on a slushy road surface even while going less than 10mph usually results in some sliding.

Anyone know about how much weight I would need to put into the trunk to make it handle better in the snow?


edit: for stupidity

 

[vi edit]

Ford doesn't make a RWD Focus.

 

[radioouman]

LMAO... a rear wheel drive Focus?

Yes, please put lots of weight in the rear to make it handle better.
I think that you should buy 25 of the 80 lbs bags of Quikrete.

 

[bignateyk]

and by rear wheel i meant front wheel. But will adding weight in the trunk make it handle better?

 

[krunchykrome]

lol, a ford focus is not RWD.

 

[mundane]

Originally posted by: bignateyk
and by rear wheel i meant front wheel. But will adding weight in the trunk make it handle better?

The whole point of adding weight is to put it more-or-less over the axle responsible for power.

 

[50cent1228]

200lbs

 

[KLin]

In case it hasn't been mentioned, Ford doesn't make a RWD Ford Focus.

/rock salt

 

[bignateyk]

Originally posted by: mundane

Originally posted by: bignateyk
and by rear wheel i meant front wheel. But will adding weight in the trunk make it handle better?

The whole point of adding weight is to put it more-or-less over the axle responsible for power.

So basically the car is just terrible in the snow.

 

[Syrch]

just do this, http://users.mtrx.net/funnypics/content...1-/2005/2005-08-23-0002/5loadedcar.jpg

 

[mugs]

Get new tires?

 

[DougK62]

You need new tires. The Focus is good in the snow.

 

[imported_weadjust]

Put a couple of fat chicks on the back seat.

 

[j00fek]

fwd is fine in the snow, you cant drive stay at home

 

[mcvickj]

How old are the tires? Are they all terrain?

 

[James Bond]

I thought FWD was supposed to handle pretty good in snow?

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: Tizyler
I thought FWD was supposed to handle pretty good in snow?

ANY Wheel drive will be horrible in the snow if your tires suck.

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: Tizyler
I thought FWD was supposed to handle pretty good in snow?

ANY Wheel drive will be horrible in the snow if your tires suck.

...or the driver sucks.

 

[nweaver]

yeah, most FWD are great...my Geo Metro was out with the big trucks after a few storms...turns a few yeads

(as a disclaimer, it was my wife driving, she is a great driver, and it was her car, before we were married)

 

[teckmaster]

its just your tires because I have a ZX3 focus and no problems in the snow. Right now I'm running Hankooks on it.

 

[eLiTeGoodGuy]

Welll.. If the Focus was RWD I would do what I did every winter. I had a Ford Tbird it always slid around no matter what tires I had. I put ~250lbs of Sand in the trunk, it made the car more stable when driving around. And when I did get stuck, I just tore open a bag of sand and put it on the ground for traction

 

[thirdeye]

Hahaha, no amount of weight will help you, in all likely-hood it would probably make things worse. Get good tires.

 

[buck]

I skidded off the interstate with only a couple of inches of snow on the road in my focus. That car handled like ass in bad weather, it was a 2k3 though.

 

[idiotekniQues]

join the mob.

free dead bodies for weight redistribution in cars

 

[JulesMaximus]

What kind of tires do you have on it? If you have performance tires on it then there's the majority of your problem right there. Get a set of snow tires and it should handle great in the snow.