Wild Ride - now w/pics

[Syonyk]

The first few snows of the winter, I always go out & drift the **** out of my cars in safe areas. By getting used to (and relearning) how it handles in the slick, sideways, I'm able to handle unexpected slick conditions a lot better.

 

With 4WD, at least, if it starts coming around, power is the usual answer. It just pulls straight. I drove my 2WD DL for a winter, which was interesting, especially on the highway during an ice storm with bald tires (5th gear, 35mph, spinning the tires), and it was pretty solid, but nothing like 4WD + snow tires.

 

Once nice thing about the lack of a center differential is that you can't lock up one end of the car - it forces the front & rear to keep spinning at more or less the same rate (yes, the open differentials can let things shift a bit, but it's close).

 

-=Russ=-