What are your tricks for driving in the snow with a manual?
^ Actually something I'd prefer to see answered, by you or anyone else, since this is my first winter as a driver. Because of my job, I had to do a great deal of driving even during the middle of the snowstorms, and it scared me half to death. My car doesn't have great tires and was wobbling all over the road even when everyone else was fine!
1. Use good tyres.
2. Keep the speed slow enough to stay in control.
3. Use proper tyres.
4. Try going onto an empty road and get to know your car. One thing to try is to brake hard (no pumping). If you feel the brake pumping (or just the wheels not locking up), you have a car with anti-lock brakes and will not need to pump when trying to stop quickly, just press down the pedal to the bottom.
5. If you lose traction, don't brake but steer out of it with just a little gas applied so that the wheels spin.
6. Did I mention you should make sure to have good tires? There really is a world of difference between ones that are reasonably new and those which are 10 years old.
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A Survey about snow and cars.
04/01/2010 08:04:47 PM
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Manual transmission is a relic.
04/01/2010 09:39:50 PM
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Or people who like to actually be in control of their cars. Automatics are sloppy.
04/01/2010 11:13:17 PM
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Re: Or people who like to actually be in control of their cars. Automatics are sloppy.
05/01/2010 05:52:10 AM
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Acceleration is useless in automatics. I don't know why people even try to argue this.
05/01/2010 06:11:00 AM
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I don't understand why its useless in automatics. I accelerate just fine.
05/01/2010 06:31:33 AM
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As I said before, its a question of preferring control, not of "needing" it.
05/01/2010 08:10:15 AM
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i'll race you up the side of a mountain. me in my corolla w/manual you in your automatic of choice
06/01/2010 02:28:39 AM
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Re: A Survey about snow and cars.
05/01/2010 02:44:46 AM
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More control is better because, as you say, you know what's coming up on the road.
05/01/2010 03:08:14 AM
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Re: A Survey about snow and cars.
05/01/2010 05:56:06 AM
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I think I'm a lot like you. Still learning, though.
05/01/2010 05:05:58 AM
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Tricks for driving in the snow
05/01/2010 09:05:02 AM
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Swedish tires are awesome
05/01/2010 11:58:22 AM
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AWD is my friend.
05/01/2010 06:29:06 PM
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Re: A Survey about snow and cars.
06/01/2010 02:31:49 AM
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