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you've never lived somewhere that snows enough that they don't plow until there's at least 5" on the road, have you?
AWD is great for not getting yourself stuck. Much, much easier to throttle steer with AWD. Plus, traction.
No just MI, CO and MA.
This. When you live somewhere that winter tires are pretty much required (or should be at least), AWD is noticable.
I was amazed at how terrible the people out here in CO are. Never in my decade of driving in MA have I seen as many abandoned cars as I have in my two winters here.
You should open up ///SDS (///Stoney's ///Dorifuto ///School) and tell 'em what's up.
ground clearance helps, sure. but sometimes it's less about getting stuck than it is maintaining appropriate control over your vehicle so you don't hit someone else's vehicle in the first place. part of that is certainly knowing how to snow drive in the first place. 4wd makes things a little more predictable in varying winter road conditions.
Nah. They can enjoy their snow banks while I push up my glasses and do a burnout.
What may surprise you is that almost all those cars belong to Texans and Californians.
What may surprise you is that almost all those cars belong to Texans and Californians.
I'm just saying... There is a trend here.
I don't trust people. Lady across the street seems nice enough. However, I think her baby's daddy rotates through the legal system. I don't trust him. However I think he is currently on a penal (rectal?) vacation.
i don't live in "that kind" of neighborhood.
i never had a problem with all seasons in the winter in colorado.....but then again once i got going i rarely hit the brakes until i reached my destination.
Radio said 150+ cars off the road between here at Castle Rock this morning. Freeway was closed for a while, don't know if it still is. I spent the last 4 hours plowing the ramp because the baggage carts kept getting stuck. When I got back to the hangar I noticed our wind sock seems to have decide to migrate south for the winter.
Thats all we've ever used on all of our cars. The only time I've ever gotten stuck was here at the airport in the 12 passenger van, had what ever cheap shit was on sale for tires on it.
Up until we got the van that's all we'd ever had as well. I mean, we have so little snow down here and the stuff we get is so short-lived... it's a tough value proposition. But they are so much more safe and sure-footed for those long, icy drives to Steamboat in the middle of winter.
Hell, I've never had anything but all seasons on any car I've had and I've never had any problem during any snowstorm. Maybe the day will come when my number is called but so far I've never been in a situation where I needed them.
Given the Passat has 18k on it, I'm assuming that it is OEM tires. I can tell the difference in Wifey's car though, but they are OEM tires.
I don't think they are needed but they sure make things easier. And when you're going up regularly, a whole lot safer. Maybe I just have low optimism at Wifey's ability to drive in the snow... Then again, I loved having snows on the Lesbaru. It made the drive up Berthoud uh... fun.
snow is nothing....this is when shit gets fun...
I thought that was being used interchangeably here? Snow is not a problem. Deep snow and deep slush are different. Icy? Yeah... Scary on snows. I got a bit sideways coming out of the tunnel doing about 50. It was everything I could do to get it going straight again without tank-slapping.
You CO people surrounded by people from Texas and California make me
This... I have a rwd expedition, and a 4x4 Dakota... Knowing how to drive properly makes the groundwork, but instead if waiting to get stuck, then self rescue.... How about use the four wheel drive and just not get stuck...
Wait... driving in MA... no assholes... is this actually possibru??Snow tires are only really required if you have assholes to contend with.
I commute 25miles each way over hilly backroads in MA and NH, and have only ever had a FWD car with all seasons. No assholes in front or behind me = keeping momentum up (or down) as required is all that's needed.
You CO people make me
