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Maintenance & Repair Winter Driving - are you prepared?
149 messages, Last post on Aug 19, 2009 at 8:38 AM
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Replying to: godot1066 (Dec 14, 2005 4:59 pm) Make sure the car doesn't have a salvage title. |
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| Thigs to carry in your trunk: flares, a container with a mix of sand and salt, a shovel. | |
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Replying to: godot1066 (Dec 14, 2005 4:59 pm) http://www.bridgestonetire.com/tireselector/index_bs.asp?pagesource=searchbyprod- - uct |
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i have noticed within the last few weeks that on the edmunds page they have a top 10 tip list one of which is for SUMMER DRIVING? interesting i thought...
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Replying to: explorer05 (Dec 15, 2005 1:38 am) Edmunds works to be everything for everyone. Those tips are for the users in the Southern Hemisphere!
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Dec 15, 2005 5:29 am) When driving in snow or ice, I would add that "defensive" driving steps and concentration need to be ratchetted up to highest level. Leave sufficient space in front of you and watch mirror in case you have to give some extra space to someone following/braking too closely behind. On 2-lane roads, I view every oncoming vehicle. Avoid conversations with your passenger(s) and cell phone usage is verbotten. |
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we received around 12 inches of snow last night and today. this am i took the explorer out at around 5 am..it was just me and the snow plows..i hit a few roads that had not been traversed yet and the drifts were up to 2 feet high i have the blizzak DMZ3's and they performed very well. it was a great opportunity to practice emergency manuevers and stopping. however at lunchtime i was fiinshing off the walk and right in front of me my neighbor with his grand cherokee pulled out in front of an escape...he skiided into the intersection and just missed hitting the escape....just goes to show...PAY ATTENTION....
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Replying to: explorer05 (Dec 15, 2005 9:09 am) Just further reinforces how much you are at the mercy of someone else. A few years ago was heading home from work. A major snowstorm started mid-afternoon. By 5pm it was very bad. On the highway there was a tremendously bad traffic jam going up a hill. When I finally got to the top I saw the issue...a Lexus 430 who was going nowhere fast and whose tires couldn't handle the snow. I felt bad for this poor unprepared person. With my 4 heavy duty R/T tires and AWD I had no issue whatsoever. One needs to be at least slightly prepared.
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Replying to: kdshapiro (Dec 17, 2005 12:46 pm) |
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Also carry some cat litter and a gallon of bleach.
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