 Winter driving advice requested (Ontario, Canada) |
 Feb 9, 2013 - 12:00 AM
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Drove in the storm today. With winter tires, I have great grip on the roads except when the snow reaches my bumper. I felt like I almost burned out a new clutch by riding it in order to keep my momentum going. I heard tire slip may pre-maturely wear out the transmission too. Until I get an suv for the winter, how should I handle driving in this weather? Studded tires? Chains? Thanks!
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Feb 9, 2013 - 12:08 AM
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I have snow tires and it drives fine in the snow. I don't think tire slip will pre-maturely wear out the transmission, it'll just wear out the tires, but since you're on snow they won't wear. I think launching your car on dry pavement is worse than tire slip.
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Feb 9, 2013 - 12:12 AM
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QUOTE (mkernz22 @ Feb 9, 2013 - 12:08 AM)  I have snow tires and it drives fine in the snow. I don't think tire slip will pre-maturely wear out the transmission, it'll just wear out the tires, but since you're on snow they won't wear. I think launching your car on dry pavement is worse than tire slip. It definitely drives fine. My street wasn't plowed until 8pm today. That's where I got stuck. I wanted to know if there was a tire I could use that would let me drive in snow much deeper than normal. |
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gts4 Winter driving advice requested (Ontario, Canada) Feb 9, 2013 - 12:00 AM
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gts4 QUOTE (FrankB2 @ Feb 10, 2013 - 10:1... Feb 10, 2013 - 6:11 PM Box That or fuel. Both are easy to test. Feb 10, 2013 - 6:59 PM gts4 QUOTE (Box @ Feb 10, 2013 - 6:59 PM)... Feb 10, 2013 - 11:04 PM Box Pull off the spark plug wire, put a plug in and la... Feb 11, 2013 - 1:26 AM |
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