(Fyi, 200hp fwd accord, all season tires)
(ozzy saw this happen to a lesser extent when I was trying to drive him home earlier. happened again in a futile attempt to reach my own driveay. ended up parking at a nearby health club and walked home) diadem fucked around with this message on 12-20-2004 at 02:19 AM.
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JooJooFlop had this to say about Reading Rainbow:
Got chains?
no. don't think they are legal here either. the snowplow will eventually come. sometimes, like now, situations arise when that isn't an option. i was wondering if there was a "proper" way to sneak a car up a hill in bad conditions.
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JooJooFlop thought this was the Ricky Martin Fan Club Forum and wrote:
If you can't improve the traction on your tires you're probably SOL.
figured as much. thanks.
Most vehicles I've driven in the snow have been rwd, if it's my dads truck we throw these 5 huge tree rounds in the back, and that helps a lot.
My moms mini-van, we've got a double sized milk crate full of free weights we toss in the back.
The key thing to note is that if you're like me and you live in a snowy place in winters, then having a good set of snowtires can make all the difference in the world. There are many, many, many times I cruise past 4-wheel SUV's and trucks that are hopelessly stuck because my tires pwn 
EDIT: Whoops, re-read; see you tried that.
Better tires, then? Mightion Defensor fucked around with this message on 12-20-2004 at 04:13 AM.
Perhaps you can make it up if the ice isnt to the point where it cant be broken. I know a lot of places just use sand, and that only turns into muddy ice. Large grain salt works best.
For bad areas it's not a bad idea to have a ice cream pail filled with sand and salt and a shovel.
As for better winter tires, I highly recommend Blizzak tires but make sure that you take them off as soon as the worst of the winter weather is gone. They are very soft spongy material that have incredible grip but that wears off quickly in the heat of summer.
quote:They damage the road surface.
When they turned on the Infinite Improbability Drive, Nae stammered,
Why wouldn't chains be legal? I don't understand.
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`Doc's account was hax0red to write:
They damage the road surface.
I see.
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Kaglaaz How'ler wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
As for better winter tires, I highly recommend Blizzak tires but make sure that you take them off as soon as the worst of the winter weather is gone. They are very soft spongy material that have incredible grip but that wears off quickly in the heat of summer.
That's what I used to use, for like 6 years
I got 'em taken off every spring, and put 'em on every fall, and they lasted years for me. And you're damn right about the incredible grip - I live on a mountain, and I had NEVER slipped once when I had those.
There were only three options that I read that were useful to me -
Drive backwards, I never thought of that.
Don't go in first gear up hill in the snow. high torque bad. (not that I have much control w/ an automatic)
And the "you're shit out of luck for now, get blizzarks." This seems like the best solution.
edit: when I meant heavy snow I meant you can't tell the road from the not-road. diadem fucked around with this message on 12-20-2004 at 12:54 PM.
quote:Even in an automatic, you can put the car manually into 1st or second gear. Reverse doesn't have the same option, however.
diadem really knows where their towel is...
There were only three options that I read that were useful to me -
Drive backwards, I never thought of that.
Don't go in first gear up hill in the snow. high torque bad. (not that I have much control w/ an automatic)
And the "you're shit out of luck for now, get blizzarks." This seems like the best solution.
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Check out the big brain on `Doc!
Even in an automatic, you can put the car manually into 1st or second gear. Reverse doesn't have the same option, however.
i belive the point was i DON'T want the lower gears at that point. I can shift down, but not up. in other words, I can put it in first gear and be garneteed first. If it put it in second, i still could be using first and there's nothing i'd be able to do to stop it. diadem fucked around with this message on 12-20-2004 at 01:35 PM.
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Agent A had this to say about Optimus Prime:
My dad use to make me put big bags of sand in my trunk, or something heavy. That tends to help alittle.
Only if you have rear wheel drive or all wheel drive vehical. Otherwise it's pretty much just dead weight.
Get snow tires you fruit cake, the place you buy them from should be happy to switch them out for your regular all seasons once the weather turns.
My tire place is more than happy to help me out with damn near any problem that I have on any vehical my family has. The own like that, and they're a chain type place too. I'll probably end up going to them to get my A/C recharged instead of trying to find someplace else to do it too, just becuase they have such awesome service. Shouldn't be to hard to find something like that near where you live.
In this case, however, you really only have two options:
1. Rockets. A few directable turbines should get you up a hill no problem. These are fuel-hungry little bastards, though. Not good on a budget.
2. Legs:
2a. Walker legs. They worked for the Empire, they'll work for you. You want big wide feet to destribute the weight of your car more evenly. Just beware of snowspeeders and little whiny Jedi gits with grappling lines.
2b. Yabba Dabba Doo. Cut the floor out, rearrange the undercarriage items, and make your passenger help you Flintstone it up the hill. Ja'Deth Issar Ka'bael fucked around with this message on 12-20-2004 at 03:46 PM.
sigpic courtesy of This Guy, original modified by me
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And I was all like 'Oh yeah?' and Caid '5 Fists' Berrit was all like:
Get a couple large buddies to stand over the front tires?
you mean like.. run over a couple tall people for traction? diadem fucked around with this message on 12-20-2004 at 04:37 PM.
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Ja'Deth Issar Ka'bael obviously shouldn't have said:
1. Rockets. A few directable turbines should get you up a hill no problem. These are fuel-hungry little bastards, though. Not good on a budget.
Rockets, eh? Hmm... Interesting...
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diadem had this to say about Reading Rainbow:
you mean like.. run over a couple tall people for traction?
Front wheel drive with auto, best thing to do is get a couple 2"x8"x12' planks of wood, and place them down and the wood can help for traction, then get snow tires for the rest of the time. Driving in snow can be like driving on sand at times.
