Hi Bill,
Living up here in Ny in the land of salt and snow the best tip I can
suggest is to either wait for the snow and get her to go play in an open
parking lot with you to get a feel for it or if you have an old car that can
get some red mud on it a greasy,red mud field(I don't know if there are any
near you....) seems to be about the same "slickness" to play on.
Mike
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From: "BillR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 8:14 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Good feelings
Jim - and others familiar with snow driving: I have kids moving into a
mild
snow area [Atlanta] from S. Florida, and as I recall driving in sand is
not
the same ... I am trying to offer some advice to my daughter. IIRC, one of
the things I used to do that helped a good deal with stopping on icy roads
was to shift into neutral so the rear wheels were not pushing the car and
causing the front wheels to lock up over coming that force. It has been a
lot of years for me since driving in the frozen wastelands of Western
Indiana, and it is something I have never done with ABS. Is shifting into
neutral still a good tip with ABS? A bag of cat litter in the trunk is
one
I do remember ...
Thanks - BillR
Jacksonville FL
1981 300SD 282k miles
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Cathey
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 10:59 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Good feelings
Stopping distance with modern antilock brakes is the same as without
these days, as I said, this isn't 1977, when Chrysler anti-lock brakes
WOULD increase stopping distance.
Unless you're on packed snow, where it still increases the stopping
distance. In that one particular instance plowing into the snow
actually helps a lot.
That, sadly, describes the common winter condition of the hill to
our house... Makes me wish I had an ABS-defeat switch wired in,
but when you need it would you have time to hit it? Hate to turn
it off and forget, since the next piece of road is usually icy,
not snowy, and is curvy.
-- Jim
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