Given a standard transmission and about 150 pounds of sand bags in the back of the car, you're more stable and have great traction.
Hey I learned to drive in Western Canada and the interior of BC. There is very few places elsewhere in the world that gets that kind of snow - when I was living in the interior over a 2 week period we got almost 20 feet of snow. We'd get a couple of feet overnight, then all but a few inches would melt. Then that night it would snow a couple of feet again. As long as you didn't get hung up on the snow and you had snow tires etc., a regular car works great under those conditions. larry On 12/9/05, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whoa, wait a minute. LIke Nick said, 4WD isn't the end-all-be-all for > snow, but it is certainly better than 2WD, and not all 4 tires spin on > snow. That why you have differentials and limited-slip, power transfer, > etc. The whole reason for 4WD or AWD is just that, have 4 wheels that > can provide grip, then give the power to those wheels that can use it > the most. It's a hell of a lot easier to control a 4WD vehicle than any > 2WD one. > > Sorry, Larry, but this statement sounds like one made from a guy who > drives a Geo Metro. > > That being said, I don't advocate jackasses driving like they have a > sno-cat under them. That's unacceptable. However, 4WD is much safer > than 2WD in the snow. > > Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > on black ice or even normal ice or snow, all 4WD means is that all > > four tires spin instead of two. > > > > larry > > > > On 12/9/05, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Yeah, I have a 4x4 SUV and still don't drive like that. I've always had a > >>4x4 and learned very quickly that just because it has 4 wheel drive, at > >>least on of the wheens still has to have traction for it to do much good. > >> > >> > >> > >>The 4x4 does help in most situations, however there is still a line that > >>when you cross it you forfeit the benefits. > >> > >> > >> > >> _____ > >> > >>From: Dawson, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 11:16 AM > >>To: CF-Community > >>Subject: Winter Pet Peeves > >> > >>2. SUVs that are exempt from the laws of physics. > >> > >>I left work at noon yesterday to get the kids from school. Since I have > >>a rear-wheel-drive car, I took it pretty slow (35-50mpg). All these > >>assholes (male and female) in their SUVs and 4x4s just had to pass me > >>because I was *not* driving a similar vehicle. (I was slowing them down > >>from their important lives and who am I to keep their SUV in a > >>slow-moving line?) > >> > >>I wonder, when they end up in a ditch around a curve, if they actually > >>thought that their vehicle is immune to physics? Sure a 4x4 can get > >>started faster, but when on ice, it definitely takes longer to stop than > >>my lightweight car. Also, a 4x4 won't help much when cornering on ice > >>at highway speeds. > >> > >>Assholes. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:186984 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
