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2010 Subaru CVT Winter Driving Questions and Concerns

25 messages,  Last post on Oct 25, 2012 at 5:09 AM

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#16 of 25 Re: 2010 Outback CVT Elicits Sheer Terror on Snow/Ice [fibber2] by wwest

Jan 18, 2010 (8:02 pm)

Replying to: fibber2 (Jan 18, 2010 7:54 pm)
"..The horse is dead.."
 
Must have missed that...
 
Having rear-wheel-only braking for light to moderate braking would be very much like my judicious use of the e-brake back in my days in MT, no harm, no foul.
 
The idea is much like the current BA (Brake Assist) technique wherein EXTREME braking effort ASSIST is made if the queing "signals" are detected. In the case of rear-wheel-only braking the same BA "signal" technique could also be used.

#17 of 25 Re: 2010 Outback CVT Elicits Sheer Terror on Snow/Ice [fibber2] by xwesx

Jan 19, 2010 (1:11 pm)

Replying to: fibber2 (Jan 18, 2010 7:54 pm)
I did not realize it at the time, but looks like I saved the best to the last today!
 
Personally, I seek out slippery and adverse weather conditions simply for the joy or the experience. It is the one thing I truly relish about living in Fairbanks, Alaska.... I get up to six months of it! Drivetrains aside, the two most important factors when operating on ice are tires and competence (driver, not vehicle), and the OEM tires on a Subaru are simply awful on ice which automatically puts the driver in a tough place.

#18 of 25 Re: 2010 Outback CVT Elicits Sheer Terror on Snow/Ice [xwesx] by fibber2

Jan 19, 2010 (4:06 pm)

Replying to: xwesx (Jan 19, 2010 1:11 pm)
I did not realize it at the time, but looks like I saved the best to the last today!
 
Are you picking on me, Wes??
 
Last week we got a note from management 'politely' asking us to not mess with the virgin sections of the parking lot. They plow roads and dedicated sections of the lot, and leave the rest alone. I got caught doing skid and spin testing. All in the name of science, I pleaded, but they have little sense of humor around here.

#19 of 25 Re: 2010 Outback CVT Elicits Sheer Terror on Snow/Ice [fibber2] by xwesx

Jan 19, 2010 (7:14 pm)

Replying to: fibber2 (Jan 19, 2010 4:06 pm)
Are you picking on me, Wes?
 
Hahah, no, not really. The title to this thread offers exactly zero insight as to the liveliness of the conversation within.
 
I should take a trip down to the northeast to visit. I would be happy to take your management for a spin around their parking lot. I bet that by the time I dropped them off at the door, they would all be ready to be out there too!

#20 of 25 Re: 2010 Outback CVT Elicits Sheer Terror on Snow/Ice [xwesx] by fibber2

Jan 19, 2010 (7:54 pm)

Replying to: xwesx (Jan 19, 2010 7:14 pm)
.... or maybe vomiting out the open passenger window?

#21 of 25 Re: 2010 Outback CVT Elicits Sheer Terror on Snow/Ice [xwesx] by wwest

Jan 19, 2010 (7:59 pm)

Replying to: xwesx (Jan 19, 2010 1:11 pm)
"..I seek out.."
 
It's been a goodly number years since my wintertime days in Anchorage or Fairbanks, or even Dead Horse and Barrow, but "seek out" was never an operative term with respect to slippery.....

#22 of 25 Re: 2010 Outback CVT Elicits Sheer Terror on Snow/Ice [wwest] by xwesx

Jan 20, 2010 (12:37 pm)

Replying to: wwest (Jan 19, 2010 7:59 pm)
Sure, it can be. After a couple months of routine "slick" around here, I have been known to take the occasional run to Palmer to visit family during a warm spell just to have a bit of fun on the Parks (Hwy).
 
It's all relative. We used to get freezing rain in eastern Oregon that would make the road so slick you could literally push a car sideways while standing off on the graveled shoulder with the car stopped on the asphalt. I have never seen it get that slick here - not once in fifteen years. Of course, down there, the stuff would be melted off by mid-morning the next day. So very few drivers were equipped to deal with it that, for the most part, the roads were abandoned... the holy grail of inclement-weather driving!

#23 of 25 Re: 2010 Outback CVT Elicits Sheer Terror on Snow/Ice [xwesx] by wwest

Jan 20, 2010 (6:16 pm)

Replying to: xwesx (Jan 20, 2010 12:37 pm)
Eastern Oregon...NYSSA..??

#24 of 25 Re: 2010 Outback CVT Elicits Sheer Terror on Snow/Ice [wwest] by xwesx

Jan 21, 2010 (10:25 am)

Replying to: wwest (Jan 20, 2010 6:16 pm)
Nyssa.... the town? Haha; not THAT far eastern! Helix.

#25 of 25 Re: 2010 Outback CVT Elicits Sheer Terror on Snow/Ice [fibber2] by canoetripper

Oct 25, 2012 (5:09 am)

Replying to: fibber2 (Jan 17, 2010 2:17 pm)
Hi fibber2 - Staying home is a problem for us skiers. In our quest for snow, we live for the "adverse driving condition" days.

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