About RWD cars durin ND winters
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My first three years of driving was with 3 different rwd cars. Then upgraded to fwd for two years. Now I have a 97 awd conversion van. I wouldnt drive anything less.
Barry the front wheels on fwd car your screwed. Barry the rear wheels on a rwd car your screwed. I been stuck in my drive way with rwd in the winter. Having a fwd car you can plow through snow but you can easily get stuck.
I have never had a accident in the winter with my cars. You can be the greatest driver in the world but its all about luck.
Cars/Trucks etc are cheap. You should always have a backup. Your never know when some newbie driver/old fart is going to hit you. Go buy a fwd or awd car for the winter. If you want to drive you rwd car around in the winter more power to you. Some people can drive and alot cant.
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PSiedTSi wrote:
I have V8 4 wheel lock meaty tires and i think something close to 3.73s...in what?
I'm anxious to see what the hoe will do in snow. Got a feeling it'll be way too willing to slide around with the extra torque I'm not used to.
Yeah, I don't think this debate on FWD vs RWD will ever end with me around. Closest I've come to the ditch was the few times I drove a FWD vehicle (I did put the explorer in the ditch, but that was my own fault). Thing I hate about FWD is once the front tires break loose you aren't going to be steering it at all whereas with RWD (and some skill) you can get things slid in the right direction.
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Every single one of you is my bitch come winter time :icon_jokercolor:
RWD in the winter is just not a good idea up here unless you invest in the BEST (or at least some good) winter tires, keep some extra weight in the back, and/or drive like a grandma. Even then you can still get into trouble. It can be done, but it's just not that cool. Oh yeah, if you do decide to do it, keep a small shovel, pair of gloves, tow rope, and some floor dry/kitty litter in your car.
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its not only that, but i am assuming he lives om base, and seeing as how i am from the Minot area, you guys have NO idea what that 8 mile streach of road looks like in the winter. It is actually quite funny. It looks like a damn yard sale of cars in the ditch, and 4x4's included. I am willing to bet that even if he gets a winter beater, that will end up in the ditch too. Not trying to be a dick, that is just how it is up there. So my vote is a cheap ass winter car that wont piss you off if you stick it in the ditch, cuz you are gonna.
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Yep Bader is correct. Some factors are traction, vehicle height, driver ability, and every other (its my first winter in nd driver). that road is bad, and i have lived in nd and montana for the better part of my life. i drive a 04 chevy truck with lift,tires and the works...doesnt mean shit on ice. with a nice average of below zero air temp, it does some funny stuff to radial tires, snow tires a answer, well sorta, my bud runs Blizzaks, they are great tires, the answer to the usual snow drifts that the city leaves when they decide to plow the roads, no. And you are definitely gonna want a winter vehicle beside that S2000. oh and not knowing where you are from but two words for you that you are gonna hear and gonna want on your winter car if you decide to go that route Block Heater.
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aight, dam this sucks.....lol. i think ill just hide on base during the winter.... >< ill try and drive around a parkin lot too during winter and play around for a bit just to get a hang of the black ice. it sucks that i dont have any interest in gettin a AWD or FWD car or truck.... i cant drive a car i dont like, thats why im chosing a bad car for winter from what you guys are saying. i know this winter will pwn my car... haha. and im scared of the salt too....
and yeah, im gettin a block heater.
thanks for the info/tips
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2FNLOUD wrote:
Block Heater.
HAHA, there is alot of truth in that, that made me laughrendition wrote:
aight, dam this sucks.....lol. i think ill just hide on base during the winter.... >< ill try and drive around a parkin lot too during winter and play around for a bit just to get a hang of the black ice. it sucks that i dont have any interest in gettin a AWD or FWD car or truck.... i cant drive a car i dont like, thats why im chosing a bad car for winter from what you guys are saying. i know this winter will pwn my car... haha. and im scared of the salt too....Well, handling at low speeds is easy, it is the time that you are running even 40, when all the sudden the back end decides it wants to pass the front for no reason. You see people with Trucks and 4x4's who think they will not go in the ditch, but they do. I used to drive a RWD Ford Turbo-Coupe, and had 75 lbs of sand bags in the trunk with good snow tires. I got around pretty decent, but you have to plan your routes much more carfully, and drive like your grandpa. Slow for a stoplight 10X sooner than you usually do in the summer, accelerate much slower and smoothly as well as have very fine and precise steering input. Now these are all things you have to do to keep the car normal. There IS alot of FUN that can come from slick roads too. On a nice day when you know the raod, hang that fucker sideways and power all the way around a long sweeper corner.
Side Note: ND does not typically use SALT unless the ice becomes aboslutely unbearable. They often just use sand.
Interesting Side Note: They used Beat Juice in Fargo to melt ice last winter, looked like someone Pooped on the road.
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I would go out and get a dodge omni. I drove one delivering pizza a couple of winters ago and they get around great. You shouldn't have to pay more than $100 for one, and no one will care if something happens and there's one less omni in the world.
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