Winter (for some of us) is coming upon us and that means we’ll be driving in all sorts of horrible weather from slush to ice to freezing rain. Car companies have done wonders in just the last decade to make cars safer and easier to drive with traction control/stability control, abs, many standard ai…

First, if I lived up north, I would have a second set of steel rims with quality winter tires mounted on them. If I was merely visiting in bad weather, I would have tire cables in the vehicle. These cables are a modern replacement for chains. Second, I would only drive in bad weather when absolut…

1st, put on the winter tires and that is on all 4 wheels. As far as driving is concerned, there is a lot more night driving in the winter so make sure the inside of the windshield is clean and keep the headlight lenses clean. New wiper blades and/or put on the winter wiper blades (encased in rubbe…

Good responses; no amount of technology is a substitute for KNOWING HOW TO DRIVE. These gadgets will not do the thinking for you. If you rely on them you will end up in the ditch or in an accident, as testified by the many $50,000 hi tech SUVs in the ditch after a snow storm. Take a winter driving…

The same way grandpa did, and his son survived, who did it the same way his father did as did your father. All this things are great, but while I want them on my car and would avoid cars that lack most of them, The real safety device in a car is the nut behind the wheel.

Even with all these safety devices, good winter driving should always include an enhanced “cushion”. Not only front and back, but to the sides as well. Keeping additional space between you and your “environment” on slippery roads is essential for safe vehicle operation.

It’s all about technique. Last winter my Bronco in the shop having a new hub installed when the snow came. I was left with my summer-tire shod Mustang GT w/supercharger and 4.10 gears to get around in. Once I had shoveled my driveway sufficiently I got out on the road (some plowed, some not) I didn’…

I dealt with a fairly simple car for the last 8 years. automatic, FWD, good rated all seasons for a couple years, disc/drum brakes. I got by OK, but not that great when it came to the slushy stuff and I can remember almost spinning out a time or three. I haven’t had my new car long enough to test i…

I think it is a really bad idea when the “go/no go” decision is made in the affirmative based on the vehicle you are driving. We are not talking about extremes like one car has bald tires and one car has a set of Blizzacks on it. What I mean is stay home when it is so bad that you are tossing the id…

PRACTICE. A few years back my wife asks " How do you guys just seem to know how to drive in that crap ? " So it got me to thinking the difference between her and me even though we live and drive in the same conditions. PRACTICE “You guys” ?? It’s not a guy thing but the stereotype comes from …

Winter Driving Techniques

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DfromSD November 23, 2010, 10:19pm 12

The most important component in the car is the “nut behind the steering wheel”, and the most important tool is common sense. Easy on the gas and light on the brakes, slow & steady wins the race!

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