VDC a disadvantage in the snow?
#16
02-11-2008, 02:31 PM
Originally Posted by RADIOGUY21
+1 nothing more fun then steering with the gas pedal with RWD 
.... saw a chick in MB last week got stock twice on the same light (we obviously were not moving that fast ) , the dummy was lighting up rear tires and holding it there for a minute or saw turning the snow into ice ... then getting out and using here window scraper to get rid of it
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02-11-2008, 05:16 PM
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02-11-2008, 05:41 PM
Originally Posted by jimmyc13
Please tell me you are kidding!? 
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02-12-2008, 03:06 PM
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I've got snows on my x. I've always thought myself as an unbeatable driver in the snow, what do i have to worry about? I have snows, awd...
That is until i spun out up in vermont, right before a bridge over a small creek. I ran over patch of glassy ice.
Well i wound up on top a bank of snow and ice and was stuck.
I tried vdc on and off, snow switch on and off. One wheel from the front and back was spinning in place in the snow, regardless of the setting.
I sat there in my awd snow tire equipped with "advanced" electronic traction control, just spinning away. Until a kind gentlemen came by in a suburban to nudge me along.
Dont let all the doodads fool you, without 4 wheel lock or some other more "advanced" form of traction control, these cars will still get stuck in the snow.
My wife never lets me forget that incident and lets me know technology is no excuse for driving like an idiot.
That is until i spun out up in vermont, right before a bridge over a small creek. I ran over patch of glassy ice.
Well i wound up on top a bank of snow and ice and was stuck.
I tried vdc on and off, snow switch on and off. One wheel from the front and back was spinning in place in the snow, regardless of the setting.
I sat there in my awd snow tire equipped with "advanced" electronic traction control, just spinning away. Until a kind gentlemen came by in a suburban to nudge me along.
Dont let all the doodads fool you, without 4 wheel lock or some other more "advanced" form of traction control, these cars will still get stuck in the snow.
My wife never lets me forget that incident and lets me know technology is no excuse for driving like an idiot.
#20
02-12-2008, 04:03 PM
Originally Posted by kki000
I've got snows on my x. I've always thought myself as an unbeatable driver in the snow, what do i have to worry about? I have snows, awd...
That is until i spun out up in vermont, right before a bridge over a small creek. I ran over patch of glassy ice.
Well i wound up on top a bank of snow and ice and was stuck.
I tried vdc on and off, snow switch on and off. One wheel from the front and back was spinning in place in the snow, regardless of the setting.
I sat there in my awd snow tire equipped with "advanced" electronic traction control, just spinning away. Until a kind gentlemen came by in a suburban to nudge me along.
Dont let all the doodads fool you, without 4 wheel lock or some other more "advanced" form of traction control, these cars will still get stuck in the snow.
My wife never lets me forget that incident and lets me know technology is no excuse for driving like an idiot.
That is until i spun out up in vermont, right before a bridge over a small creek. I ran over patch of glassy ice.
Well i wound up on top a bank of snow and ice and was stuck.
I tried vdc on and off, snow switch on and off. One wheel from the front and back was spinning in place in the snow, regardless of the setting.
I sat there in my awd snow tire equipped with "advanced" electronic traction control, just spinning away. Until a kind gentlemen came by in a suburban to nudge me along.
Dont let all the doodads fool you, without 4 wheel lock or some other more "advanced" form of traction control, these cars will still get stuck in the snow.
My wife never lets me forget that incident and lets me know technology is no excuse for driving like an idiot.
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02-13-2008, 02:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Slavik
... unless you can't even get moving .... saw a chick in MB last week got stock twice on the same light (we obviously were not moving that fast ) , the dummy was lighting up rear tires and holding it there for a minute or saw turning the snow into ice ... then getting out and using here window scraper to get rid of it
.... saw a chick in MB last week got stock twice on the same light (we obviously were not moving that fast ) , the dummy was lighting up rear tires and holding it there for a minute or saw turning the snow into ice ... then getting out and using here window scraper to get rid of itFunny how we don't have to explain a joke with male drivers.
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