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#10 of 15 Re: FWD hazards.... [wwest] by stevedebi Sep 29, 2006 (3:12 pm)
Replying to: wwest (Sep 29, 2006 2:19 pm) "Quickly now, I just drove onto a long bridge with a slight sweeping curve outside of St. Regis MT that is totally iced over, tell me how to quickly recover from plowing, understearing, in a non-clutch FWD vehicle..."   If you are totally iced over, you will spin out in any car that does not have studded tires. Go out on a frozen lake sometime and try it.   When you let off the gas in a FWD, the car slows, putting more traction in the front drive wheels. So you just steer where you want to go. When you let off of the accelerator in a RWD, you are still shifting weight to the front of the car - away from the drive wheels.   As I said before, I recommend some weight over the rear axle for severe winter driving. This equates to having the same weight over the rear tires as RWD, while still having the traction advantages of FWD. Replies to this message: wwest (Sep 29, 2006 5:49 pm)
#11 of 15 Re: FWD hazards.... [stevedebi] by wwest Sep 29, 2006 (5:49 pm)
Replying to: stevedebi (Sep 29, 2006 3:12 pm) "...Go out on a frozen lake sometime and try it..."   That is sort of how the USAF taught me to drive safely and under control in wintertime conditions. They flooded a section of the ramp and then let it freeze so we had a place to practice throwing our equipment trucks into a skid and then recover.   I put quite a few miles in on VERY slippery aircraft parking ramps in NH and Goose Bay and never hit a B47 or KC97, or anything else for that matter.   That should let you know that this was in the era before FWD.
#12 of 15 My Mariner Hybrid exploded last night by mumsies Dec 20, 2007 (4:33 pm)
It is the same hybrid battery as the Escape. It had been sitting 9 hours since I had driven it last. My son woke at 1:30 a.m. to the explosion. Thank God he was visiting us as we did not hear it. By the time we got downstairs after he called for the other vehicle keys to move them away from the Mariner, it was engulfed in flames. A total burned out loss and the first flames were in the cargo area and flames shooting out of the battery vent. BEWARE! If looking wait on the hybrid option!
#13 of 15 PS by mumsies Dec 20, 2007 (4:35 pm)
It was a 2006 with 29000 well maintained miles on it.
#14 of 15 2008 3 star rating for driver safety by abuck Mar 09, 2008 (9:21 am)
Anyone have any more information on why the Escape hybrid has a 3 star rating for driver, but 5 star for passenger? Replies to this message: abuck (Mar 13, 2008 7:21 am)
#15 of 15 Re: 2008 3 star rating for driver safety [abuck] by abuck Mar 13, 2008 (7:21 am)
Replying to: abuck (Mar 09, 2008 9:21 am) Just found out the answer to my own question...thought I would share. Apparently the Escape that was safety tested had the side curtain airbag as optional, which why it was given three stars and now it is standard...so presumably it would be re-tested with current features and get a five star rating.

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