[elky] Re: Snow
- From: STILLFRANKSFAULT@xxxxxxx
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 13:55:37 -0500 (EST)
It doesn't matter what you have http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au-RkJdwXsA
slippery is slippery.
In a message dated 2/13/2014 12:49:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
printces@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Just know that 4wd slides on ice just as good as anything else.
Want the list of what's in the emergency box in the trucks? The ones I
find online are stupid - water for example - nothing like having it
freeze and burst in the car overnight.
I used 4wd in NJ to drive across a muddy median to get out of a traffic
jam. Has it's uses.
> The event we had a few weeks ago was a learning experience. Leaving
> at 11AM I went to the post office, next I picked up my sons at school
> and then my wife at her work (didn't think the RWD Cadillac would do
> well in the snow), then traffic was stopped. The roads were iced.
> I'm glad the Dodge has four wheel drive, I seriously considered two
> wheel drive but the guys on the Dodge forums said it would be bad idea
> with the weight of the diesel. It is true, in two wheel drive you
> drift sideways relatively easily, but turning the knob to 4WD is like
> the traction switch. We drove around in circles getting stopped and
> having to double back several times, in the end we took a road home a
> sheriff told us was closed (?).
>
> We got home at 5PM, which seemed like a long time until I read some of
> my friends had to abandon their cars and walk after 10 hours in
> traffic. Definitely has me thinking about what to pack in an
> emergency kit for the truck.
>
> This time the snow & sleet started Tuesday morning, we'll probably be
> snowed in until Friday.
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