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« Reply #20 on: December 03, 2004, 02:38:47 am »
risky for a rollover?


i swear it's getting hotter here.  it was like higher than 12 degrees today.  the thermostat has never dropped below 0 yet.  :-( :-( :-(
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« Reply #21 on: December 03, 2004, 02:43:52 am »
That's right.  If you're slipping and sliding around an empty parking lot in an SUV with just a skiff of snow...imagine drifting around and you hit a patch of dry pavement.  I would not chance it.
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« Reply #22 on: December 03, 2004, 12:32:21 pm »
It is actually easier to spin an AWD car than a FWD car.  I don't ever recall unintentionally spinning a FWD car.  A AWD/FWD car, however, will readily slide/spin if you give it too much juice from a stop or turning a corner.
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« Reply #23 on: December 03, 2004, 12:38:35 pm »
What you said defies the laws of physics Asdf. And needless to say, it is plain incorrect.

(Message edited by Shnak on December 03, 2004)
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« Reply #24 on: December 03, 2004, 12:53:32 pm »
In reverse the FWD car will spin nicely.  :-)
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« Reply #25 on: December 03, 2004, 01:02:00 pm »
Re: Smainville's comment

Very true.  Cocky or over confident?  Many of us have been passed by an SUV during poor weather only to find that same SUV in the ditch a few kms down the road.  People forget to slow down and allow extra time for braking, etc.  

Have you put snow tires on your X-Trail?  Just curious.

A few cms of snow through the night here in the County of Northumberland.  It will all melt away by tomorrow.

Edit:  I can remember riding shotgun while my buddy and I did 'reverse donuts' in the grocery store parking lot at night with his parent's Ford Tempo.  Good times, good times.

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« Reply #26 on: December 03, 2004, 01:20:10 pm »
Let the good times roll Mr.T..bling..bling..sure better than riding a donut and reversing a shotgun..Those Northumbrians sure know how to show ya a good time....
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« Reply #27 on: December 03, 2004, 06:47:27 pm »
Yes MrThompson I do have snows on, when things get a bit stupid on the 417 I exit and come into the city by the back roads. Slow but sure, I was watching this morning an Envoy and you get the impression the  guy is saying "get out of my f$$king way loser I'm invincible!" pass, pass,tailgate, pass again.
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« Reply #28 on: December 03, 2004, 07:32:17 pm »
Fack…..first day out in the snow and I punch though a snow bank. I was having fun the long way home from the video store on some back roads. I lost it around a series of twisties. No damage….good thing it was not a big snow fall last night. Backed up and went home with no witnesses around.
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« Reply #29 on: December 03, 2004, 08:17:21 pm »
Your lucky.
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« Reply #30 on: December 03, 2004, 08:41:17 pm »
Ya, those witnesses can be an embarrasement for sure. Glad you didn't hit any foreign objects, like mail boxes, trees, utility poles, etc. James is right, you lucky.
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« Reply #31 on: December 03, 2004, 09:28:01 pm »
yeah that was lucky.    


can you explain how you lost it?  oversteer, understeer?
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« Reply #32 on: December 03, 2004, 09:44:09 pm »
Now we know why RutRo doesn't get to play in the winter....master doesn't have a grip on the leash.  :-)

Glad nothing major except a plugged up intercooler.
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« Reply #33 on: December 04, 2004, 01:48:41 am »
Lucky Snowy!

We're happy to hear there was no damage at all.  I blame those RE92s for what happened.  

Once you have those V-rated Dunlop M3s installed, RutRo will be running on rails!
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« Reply #34 on: December 04, 2004, 08:08:23 am »
Yes…yes…that’s it. Stupid RE92’s. I was understeering around the last corner and used too much parking brake to try and get Rut Ro to slide and correct. I went around too far and lost it.
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« Reply #35 on: December 04, 2004, 11:59:21 am »
Ya shoulda tried opposite LOCK....lock Rut-ro's keys in my LOCK-BOX and take out the Tercel's keys till May...slip sliding awaaaayyy....
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« Reply #36 on: December 06, 2004, 05:45:10 pm »
Just curious if anyone tried or has an opinion on those SnoClaws sold by Canadian Tire. I was thinkin whether I should get winter tires and go through this twice a year tire changing thing, when I ran into the SnoClaws... I live in Edmonton and we got snow last weekend, plus it got friggin cold here too.. Any opinions?  
Thank you.
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« Reply #37 on: December 06, 2004, 06:32:44 pm »
Snow has finally come to the valley bottoms here in the Okanagan. It's about zero and snowing now. Melting on roads but sticking on grass and roofs. Good thing I "exercised" the pony yesterday!!
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« Reply #38 on: December 06, 2004, 06:35:46 pm »
You may have exercised the pony, but you haven't exorcised the demons.
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« Reply #39 on: December 06, 2004, 06:44:31 pm »
I hope not; they're what keeps a person going. Right?
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