Is there a science to getting your 86 to work at 6am in 2" of snow?

[FR-Sky]

1st gear,,7000rpm

[FRSBRZGT86FAN]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

THIS^
I know that this is a highly debated subject but we are not talking about 70/30 front to rear balanced pick up trucks here that really do need weight in the back. The car is already well balanced and I will sacrifice some marginal traction improvement for the ability to recover from a spin any day.

I feel like I would only use sandbags, and then resort to cutting them open to use the sand for more grip if I were to get bogged down or stuck

[kev60625]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

No real answer for that. It depends on the road conditions and can vary a pile. I leave the traction on unless in deep snow and then turn it off.
The real trick is controlling your acceleration and keeping everything smooth. It is the sudden movements be that accelerating, braking or turning in ice and snow that get you into trouble. Do everything in a smooth and fluid manner and the nannies really shouldn't matter if on or off.

Good to know. I thought it was an easy answer, that I did not know. Thanks

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by FR-Sky

1st gear,,7000rpm

LOL You would not get far.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by FRSBRZGT86FAN

I feel like I would only use sandbags, and then resort to cutting them open to use the sand for more grip if I were to get bogged down or stuck

I do carry a small bag of kitty litter for that very purpose. Also a set of traction mats and a small folding shovel. Also since I spend so much time on the highway I made a kit with some cereal, energy bars, tea candles, battery flashlight with a radio in it, a blanket and battery pack charger for my phone. Never needed it but just in case.

[bluer]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

energy bars, tea candles, battery flashlight with a radio in it, a blanket

Sounds like the ingredients for a road date. Nothing more romantic than tea candles in a car that's stuck off the side of the road in a ditch pointing down.

No one else said it, so I will: Snow tires OP, snow tires.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by bluer

Sounds like the ingredients for a road date. Nothing more romantic than tea candles in a car that's stuck off the side of the road in a ditch pointing down.

No one else said it, so I will: Snow tires OP, snow tires.

I will take the candles in my down pointing car over freezing to death in it any day.
Couple of years ago 800 people got stuck on a highway for 2 days due to a storm. Nobody died but those that were prepared had a much better time of it than those that were not.


http://americanpreppersnetwork.com/2...ituations.html

[Hotrodheart]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

This is a great time to buy winter tires. Find a place that guessed wrong on stock (not someplace that order in as required) and you can bargain with them. The rest is pretty much as MDM attached.


This is probably the best driving in the snow advice I have ever read right here:


"Which brings me to the first thing you need to know in order to drive the hell home in the snow: You are not actually required to lose your goddamn mind just because snow is falling. It is not the apocalypse. Neither physics nor society have been cancelled by it. It is not sulfuric ash. There are no abominable snowpeople stalking through it. It will not dissolve your body if it touches you. It is frozen water. You can drive in it, you can walk in it, you can stand in it long enough to help a fellow motorist get the fuck out of your way, you can ball it up and throw it at people who treat it like it's the end of the goddamn world. It is snow."

Take it from @Tcoat he's from Canada, and the place is MADE of snow.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Hotrodheart

Take it from @Tcoat he's from Canada, and the place is MADE of snow.

Well not so much this year. At least around here. I can still see grass and it is supposed to be above freezing for the next few days so may soon have nothing on the ground again. Bet we have had a total of 6 inches all year. Normally by now we have a total of about 6 feet.

[daiheadjai]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Well not so much this year. At least around here. I can still see grass and it is supposed to be above freezing for the next few days so may soon have nothing on the ground again. Bet we have had a total of 6 inches all year. Normally by now we have a total of about 6 feet.

I know! I was expecting to be drifting everywhere and having endless snowy parking lots to play in. Somewhat disappointed...

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[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by daiheadjai

I know! I was expecting to be drifting everywhere and having endless snowy parking lots to play in. Somewhat disappointed...

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I wanted to get video of me snowplowing 14" of untouched powder but so far it hasn't even come up to my bumper in one fall.
Supposed to rain today and tomorrow. Rain. In freakin' January

[Hotrodheart]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Well not so much this year. At least around here. I can still see grass and it is supposed to be above freezing for the next few days so may soon have nothing on the ground again. Bet we have had a total of 6 inches all year. Normally by now we have a total of about 6 feet.

"Join the Canadian Army Reserve, eh?"

[chaoskaze]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Well not so much this year. At least around here. I can still see grass and it is supposed to be above freezing for the next few days so may soon have nothing on the ground again. Bet we have had a total of 6 inches all year. Normally by now we have a total of about 6 feet.

Dang only 6 inch in Toronto? global warming is real.... in asia the cold front is so far south now. it's snowing on the damn "Tropic of Cancer" for you ppl in NA that's the latitude by around bahamas......

[ZionsWrath]

My work doesn't pay you if you don't show up during a weather emergency. Plus they never deny overtime if I volunteer to come in my day off during a snow storm.

So my cheap snow tires on cheap wheels, about $800 is quite worth it.