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Roads... are... daaangerous.

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Phuz

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We just got a couple inches of snow, and its still going strong.

Just driving a few clicks down the road on my Lunch break down to Tim Hortons.. (mmmm chilli deal...).. and yikes, scary stuff. I saw 2 people slid through an intersection, and one guy slid sideways into the parallel lane. I can only imagine what its going to be like driving home (45km) down a rollercoaster highway that won't be sanded/plowed.

I wish my car weighed a bit more.. evil 87' tercel... boooo...

Be careful out there!
 
dude, they are SO bad here!
my dad has Z rated summer tires on his car still, (GOTTA BE CHANGED TOMORROW) and they are absolutely ATROCIOUS in the snow!
I was out earlier (London, ONtario) and I had to drive 20-30 km/h on backroads that were not plowed, and i had to brake a hundred feet before the stop sign... it is sooooo slippery out there, it really is brutally bad conditions.
 
An '87 Tercel should be very good in snow, FWD with the engine directly over the drive wheels, & not a lot of weight to worry about.

Viper GTS
 
I remember living in Nevada City, Up near Tahoe.

And we used to see flipped over cars, cars in ditches, and just accidents all over the place in the winter time. So yeah....
Dont drive where there is ice!

The ice got so bad that sometimes we couldnt get out of our house. We lived on a hill and getting out of the driveway (allthough it was flat, jsut entering the road) was danm near impossible. Once my dad got into a four wheel slide and ran the car into a tree. That was attempting to come out the driveway so he wasn't going very fast, and there was only slight damage to the car.
 
It's dry here, and the temps aren't forecast to drop below 40 degrees for the next 5 days at least. It's 54 degrees out right now.
 
Originally posted by: Viper GTS
An '87 Tercel should be very good in snow, FWD with the engine directly over the drive wheels, & not a lot of weight to worry about.

Viper GTS
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skinny tires cut through the snow too
 
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Originally posted by: Viper GTS
An '87 Tercel should be very good in snow, FWD with the engine directly over the drive wheels, & not a lot of weight to worry about.

Viper GTS
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skinny tires cut through the snow
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And skinny they are... !

I thought it would be preferable to have a heavy car in these conditions, vs a light tercel.
I'm a pretty good driver.. but... even gaining momentum as subtly as possible (good clutch work) still makes the little thing spin away.. easily controllable, but shifting sideways isn't good at stop lights. I have good tires on the front, but man.. if I have to lock it up for any reason, it speeds up.. i'd be better off trying to roll out of a situation....

I saw a guy rip out of our parking lot in a 300zx, completely oblivious to the new found conditions out there.. yikes.
 
Originally posted by: Phuz
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Originally posted by: Viper GTS
An '87 Tercel should be very good in snow, FWD with the engine directly over the drive wheels, & not a lot of weight to worry about.

Viper GTS
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skinny tires cut through the snow
Click to expand...


And skinny they are... !

I thought it would be preferable to have a heavy car in these conditions, vs a light tercel.
I'm a pretty good driver.. but... even gaining momentum as subtly as possible (good clutch work) still makes the little thing spin away.. easily controllable, but shifting sideways isn't good at stop lights. I have good tires on the front, but man.. if I have to lock it up for any reason, it speeds up.. i'd be better off trying to roll out of a situation....

I saw a guy rip out of our parking lot in a 300zx, completely oblivious to the new found conditions out there.. yikes.
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heavier car = longer stopping distance, which is really more important in the snow. things like all wheel drive and snow tires are great for getting you started, but stopping is a whole 'nother ball game.
 
%!#!% Why can't it snow here! I want to make $ pulling loosers out of ditches!

After all, there cars are FWD, they can go anywhere!
 
i live here in vermont, and my jetta just got done from the garage today.. we have a couple inches of slippy wet snow on the ground now and i just had to take my friend home... i was sleeping and heard the door close and realized oh crap hes gonna try to walk all the way home without a jacket... i had to bush off my car and go get him... the roads were horrible and i did do some sliding 🙁 ... i had to drive all the way back to college sometime tomorrow though... wish me luck 🙁

-Bubbadu
 
heavier car = longer stopping distance, which is really more important in the snow. things like all wheel drive and snow tires are great for getting you started, but stopping is a whole 'nother ball game.
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Just curious.. but what about, more weight for traction and wider tires for more surface area on the tires...

Evadman.. thats funny. Do you drive a big tow truck?
 
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