4WD or AWD means nothing if the driver is ignorant and cannot even handle his/her automobile properly.
Remember this: summer tires don't do squat when it comes to winter driving and gripping on slick ice or slurpee slushie. Saw a lot of ML3xx and X5s driving <40kph today while I ran over them with my lowly FWD + real sno tires.
My ABS never kick in throughout the rest of the day. Mind you though: I went through gentle slopes with my car today, where buses jack-knifed on the side of the road already and X5 were sliding sideways with their summer tires.
My colleague didn't even bother to come to work this morning even though he has a quattro. I guess he chickened out.
Q.作者: reyes 時間: 2012-12-19 21:37
would like to have huskies and a sled作者: AAC 時間: 2012-12-19 22:32
話時話，今朝我架CRV (四季呔)落大斜雪路時，city未及剷雪， 我想輕踏break，想踩慢架車，ABS kick in, 但只聽到格格聲，雖然都係十咪車左右，慢但架車繼續跣到去，好在前面無車，放下踏下，最後可以係燈位前停下，如果前面有車就好險，請指教，技術上，有乜可以改善，可以在下雪地斜坡時，容易停低？作者: satil 時間: 2012-12-20 01:10
i used FWD on real snow+ice tire in Prince George's winter...it was perfectly fine
in PG, the police's crown victoria (RWD) uses winter tire without chain(not sure is it studded though)...no need for AWD/4WD, unless driving through somewhere that's never been plowed before.作者: ACC-HE 時間: 2012-12-21 17:19
at times like this...
I don't know if I should drive a car with bright HID and all-season tires, or a car with legit winter tires and dim halogen lights. What a dilemma. 作者: reyes 時間: 2012-12-21 19:36
i hate HID somehow though it brights up alot
u should choose the car with proper winter tires when snow again作者: BiscottiGelato 時間: 2012-12-23 08:50
I have RWD with winter tires. *Touch wood* never got stuck once. Never slid down a black iced slope either. Almost nothing climbs a perfectly flat and black iced slope tho. Accl and brakes faster than most 4WD trucks.
4WD is the biggest false sense of security that put a lot of people in harms way. Keep on hearing people how they have 4WD and still got stuck/slide/crash... well, cuz 4WD doesn't help sh_t. Winter tires is the biggest difference maker! Of course, and also to drive reasonably for the condition.
