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I'm making plans to drive to DC so I can abandon my car on the Wilson Bridge.
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New SUV this year. I haven't had a chance to try it out in deep snow.
From living in the northern New England I will tell you this directly. Your SUV does not make you any more prepared for snow and blizzard conditions, and I have seen more of them spin out and flip over because of arrogant drivers. Do you know what people in Northern New England drove...what was reliable in winter weather. Suburus and Volvos (and not the SUVs). Do you know why? Lower center of gravity. Big SUVs are for arrogant suburbanites who have no clue how to drive in a blizzard and in snow. So whenever I hear "I have an SUV" in response to winter weather I cannot help but laugh. Because they bought marketing rather than reality.
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From living in the northern New England I will tell you this directly. Your SUV does not make you any more prepared for snow and blizzard conditions, and I have seen more of them spin out and flip over because of arrogant drivers. Do you know what people in Northern New England drove...what was reliable in winter weather. Suburus and Volvos (and not the SUVs). Do you know why? Lower center of gravity. Big SUVs are for arrogant suburbanites who have no clue how to drive in a blizzard and in snow. So whenever I hear "I have an SUV" in response to winter weather I cannot help but laugh. Because they bought marketing rather than reality.
In the Midwest along the lake-effect snowbelt, we drove trucks and SUVs. Spare me, please, your Subaru/Volvo condescension. We also drove slow and gave ourselves plenty of braking room, which is key. And had snow tires.
To DCForever, 4-wheel or AWD will not let you stop for sh*t, and you can still cheerfully spin out if you don't have adequate tire-tread.
In the Midwest along the lake-effect snowbelt, we drove trucks and SUVs. Spare me, please, your Subaru/Volvo condescension. We also drove slow and gave ourselves plenty of braking room, which is key. And had snow tires.
To DCForever, 4-wheel or AWD will not let you stop for sh*t, and you can still cheerfully spin out if you don't have adequate tire-tread.
That is a widely held, but inaccurate belief.
4 wheel drive or full time AWD actually will make a difference in braking, since it helps to prevent front or rear wheel lock up and accompanying loss of control, compared to ordinary two wheel drive vehicles under identical conditions. It works because all the wheels are forced to turn by the connected drive train, making it virtually impossible to lock the brakes of just one or two wheels. Of course it won't help anyone driving like an idiot, but it does provide a useful safety advantage for a careful driver on a slick roadway.
Automatic all wheel drive does not provide the same benefits.
I stopped getting excited about snow when I bought a home and had to start shoveling my driveway
Give this guy the Home Improvement show award. I laughed.
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