In this weather, it's very important to understand that four wheel drive only helps you accelerate faster on ice and snow. It does not help skidding or braking. In fact, it sometimes makes it worse. It gives you the false impression that there is more traction than there really is, and you tend to skid even more.
Going golfing this afternoon, should be 50 and cloudy.
That’s interesting. I only used the 4 wheel drive once before, about 8 years ago.
You’re right, though. Once you put it into 4 wheel it does accelerate with more strength but yeah, big Jeep sliding all over the road. It was only on a little back road but I must keep this in mind.
The only reason I was even out and about was because my friend, Diane Feinstein (if you know me you know the connection) was completely stuck in her house. They never plow communities in this part of the woods and we shall deal with this next week.
Anyway, Feinstein’s dog is dying and they can’t hardly move it. It’s a Husky and it prefers being outside but he won’t eat and they know he’s going. But the local Vet was not open, not that they could get out at any rate.
She called and asked me to drive her to the Walmart, and I did. She tells me her neighbor’s driveway is plowed, that I can pull in there and she will walk over from her house.
Well the neighbor’s driveway was not quite plowed and the Jeep slipped and slided....we both thought we’d have push the Jeep to get it out.
All she got at Walmart was stuff she could have gotten before the storm. Band-aids, even eggs and coffee. Wouldn’t you have made sure to have needles for insulin injection before the storm? THIS is why she is always late.......
But I didn’t mind and somehow I got around. Jeep tire not flat this morning but low light came on after I filled the thing up....just two days it went from 33 PSI to 25.
I hate messing with cars but having a Jeep this past weekend has been a bit of a godsend.+
“In this weather, it’s very important to understand that four wheel drive only helps you accelerate faster on ice and snow. It does not help skidding or braking. In fact, it sometimes makes it worse. It gives you the false impression that there is more traction than there really is, and you tend to skid even more. “
As a crash reconstructionist, all I say is amen. I have tried for years to convince my wife that there is a difference in braking and acceleration. One is roadway specific and the other vehicle specific. Will she listen? Do I need to even answer that question?
So true on 4 wheel d. Lived in Texas for awhile and one day there was a rare snow. Couple of people said you are lucky you have 4 we’d. Took them out to a safe area and showed how you can skid with it on...