jon38iowa Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 I had a rather humbling moment tonight: We had a largely state wide blizzard here (inter-states closed,etc), and on the way home tonight I was pretty much the only one on the road. I was doing great, a little puffed up with pride perhaps with my Forester. Anyhow as neared the road to my home the drifts (due to 30 mph winds ) were substanstialy getting deaper. I could have followed the two tracks already made on the desolate on coming lane, but no, I decide I am indomitable in my red brick, morevover, all starts going fine at speed but then I make the irreverasable mistake of slowing down, and the car sinks then womp. I could scarcely open the door to get out. I was not dressed to dig out the 20' or so feet ahead of me, nor the undercarriage of the brick. After trying unsuccessfullly to dig out the tire areas, a couple guys came along with a chain and pulled me out the drift area. It was kinda embarrassing when one of the guys said, " I thought those cars don't get stuck." But then as I told him I shouldn't have been over confident, and the car doesn't have winter tires on it. I did one concern though: When I when I was trying to rock it out, the ABS light came on(never happened before). Is that typical? I was using caution and not spinning the tires too fast, nor was I shifting gears without stopping for a pause. I turned the car and at restart the went back out. John Central Iowa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj3stripes Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 greetings from omaha, what part of iowa were you in durring the storm? pretty big drifts here too but i stayed in. only thing i had to do was move the subie out of the garage, dig my girlfriends plymouth laser out and get it in the garage. that sucked, the laser could barely make it out of it's parking spot but the legacy just charged through, such an awesome feeling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron917 Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 jon38iowa said: I did one concern though: When I when I was trying to rock it out, the ABS light came on(never happened before). Is that typical? I was using caution and not spinning the tires too fast, nor was I shifting gears without stopping for a pause. I turned the car and at restart the went back out. Snow got packed in around the tone ring and/or ABS sensor. It happens often when playing in the snow. No big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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