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…

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!

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 …

The colder it is the better traction is

Trust me. Haul Road trucker. (Ice Road Truckers) TV gave it that name. Around here its The Haul Road.

Now that I’m retired, winter driving means rolling over and going back to sleep.I did spend 37 years commuting in terrain that looked like the Alps, with interesting variations of weather, black ice, snow, slush,freezing rain, and most importantly, nitwit drivers who leared to drive at the clown car…

Winter Driving Techniques

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_Deleted_User1111116 November 24, 2010, 7:24pm 17

Agreed. Good tires and driving skills ie traction points. Accelerate slow and easy. Brake slow and easy. Turn the steering wheel slow and easy. ABS is BS…

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Winter Driving Techniques

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