Dear All,

Chicagoland has been struck by a major snow storm today. I'm currently driving a POS Suzuki Forenza (not a genuine Suzuki) and this car wanted to move all over the place due to its light weight. In this type of weather, I keep the automatic transmission in "3" or "2", rather than in "D". This way, you have better slow-down capability without braking. Had some fun pulling the P-brake atturnsbut I wouldn't recommendothers doing it, unless you have confidence or your car has not much worth.

In the rear-view mirror, I saw a Bimmer SUV fishtailing (what happened to the all-weather traction that SUV's boast about?). Also, RWD cars looked having tougher time getting traction. A Lexus IS whatever was stuck at a turn, and its rear wheels were plowing snow, rather than moving the car forward.

I don't consider myself a good driver, I'm probably an average, or 5 out of 10 scale. However, there are always smaller fish, and I'm talking about those drivers who don't take the snow/ice off their cars before driving. I saw many cars with the rear window absolutely covered with snow, or the headlights/blinkers (winkers) invisible due to snow coverage as well. Well, luckily I did not see any car getting into an accident.

I didn't feel safe in the POS Suzuki, would've been much better driving a Volvo.


JPN

 

good AWD > all in snowy driving

Nick