Winter is here, and here is your soundtrack to it.

submitted by Gale Wallis (bareboards2)
1 decade 2 years 2 weeks ago
Quite proud that Seattle is featured prominently in this vid. Nothing like a steep hill, ice, and folks who don't know any better.

16 Comments

Xaielaosays...

I live in upstate NY. We get tuns of ice and snow most winters. I normally drive a Subaru, but I keep an oldish jeep specifically for winter. Moral of the story: If you live in the north.. either buy a car just for winter or a good all-year car and avoid Minis, Fiats, what have you! At the very least put like 6 bags of salt in your trunk for extra weight.

It's almost as bad as people in states that get a lot of ice but little snow in the winter. Drive down an interstate and see someone every three miles fly into the ditch because they were driving 90 miles an hour in sleet.

xxovercastxxsays...

I'm also from upstate NY and I thought I should point out that you forgot the most important winter driving trick: Learn to drive in the snow.

My father taught me to pretend there's an egg on the pedals when driving in the snow. Applying gas or break needs to be gradual and smooth. Any sudden change means loss of traction. The ditches are filled with people who thought AWD made them invincible.

Adding weight hurts as much as it helps. It may make it easier to get out of your driveway but it's not your friend in a skid.

My final tip is that snow is manageable if you are patient and drive smart but ice is always a gamble. In either case, no matter how safe you drive, you're at the mercy of the idiots you share the road with.

Xaielaosaid:

I live in upstate NY. We get tuns of ice and snow most winters. I normally drive a Subaru, but I keep an oldish jeep specifically for winter. Moral of the story: If you live in the north.. either buy a car just for winter or a good all-year car and avoid Minis, Fiats, what have you! At the very least put like 6 bags of salt in your trunk for extra weight.

It's almost as bad as people in states that get a lot of ice but little snow in the winter. Drive down an interstate and see someone every three miles fly into the ditch because they were driving 90 miles an hour in sleet.

zeoverlordsays...

Indeed, we have snow and ice on the ground for alt least 40% of the year and i have only had this problem once for the entire 15 years i have been driving.
And that was on a steep hill with the worst conditions ever imaginable (solid fresh ice with about 3 inches of loose snow on top).

Shepppardsaid:

A good set of snow tires does wonders.

Paybacksays...

My winter driving tip is buy a set of these:

http://www.americantracktruck.com/

xxovercastxxsaid:

I'm also from upstate NY and I thought I should point out that you forgot the most important winter driving trick: Learn to drive in the snow.

My father taught me to pretend there's an egg on the pedals when driving in the snow. Applying gas or break needs to be gradual and smooth. Any sudden change means loss of traction. The ditches are filled with people who thought AWD made them invincible.

Adding weight hurts as much as it helps. It may make it easier to get out of your driveway but it's not your friend in a skid.

My final tip is that snow is manageable if you are patient and drive smart but ice is always a gamble. In either case, no matter how safe you drive, you're at the mercy of the idiots you share the road with.

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