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* How to stop your car in the snow....
wm.gannett.speedera.net/wm.gannett/kare/jan2005/slide-high.wm
Yep, hop out and use your feet!
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Holy crap!
That chick almost got creamed...what an idiot!
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I saw that clip on the news a couple of weeks ago.
Moronic! These people actually think that by hanging out the car dragging their feet on the ground is more effective than ABS brakes. |
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Which reminds me!
I used to live in NYC. It snows there every year, yet most people drive big-ass RWD Monte Carlo's or other awful snow cars. I drove a FWD Acura Integra there and never had a problem. You would think they would have the sense to drive 4WD Subaru's or something.
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 I live in the Metro-NY area. I drive a Subaru AWD Legacy. Not all folks from the NYC area drive RWD Monte-Carlos. Now they drive Cadillac Escalades!  Besides, the last time they made a RWD Monte was like back in the 80's... -Z-man.
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Biggest single factor in getting stopped: Proper snow tires. In deep snow, it also helps to have an ABS defeat switch, to allow the snow to form a wedge in front of the tires.
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oldE, Is that true? Better to have no ABS if you are trying to stop in the snow? I suppose it wouldn't be if you were actually trying to turn while stopping.
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She's been watching too many Flinstones episodes......
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01-26-2005, 05:44 AM
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Right, they did some tests over here and in some condition locking the breaks build a pile of snow in front of the tires and you will stop faster. But this is an exception.
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