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itsbob
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This is a Lexus??LexiGirl75 said:
If you roll it over does it have "Made in China" satmped on the bottom??
Even more of a reason to do what APS suggested.. you are in no way familiar with your car, you don't even know what safety features it has or doesn't have. Hit some snow at 30 MPH and hit the brakes, (IN a parking lot NOT on 235) and see what happens.
Run it into a brick wall at 10MPH check to see if you have airbags.
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tikipirate
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Lexi, APS and itsbob are correct. Getting a feel for your car in the snow in a completely safe situation is important.
Next time it snows, find a big empty parking lot such as Wildewood. (Make sure there aren't any of those big concrete parking blocks hidden under the snow.)
Lesson 1: Get up to about 20mph and floor the brakes. If you hear grrr and feel vibration through the pedal you have ABS and should stop quickly with little sliding. If you just slide, well you have regular old brakes like I grew up with and have to learn how to use them gently to slow down. So practice going between 25 and 40mph and massaging the brakes so you stop without sliding.
Lesson 2: Get up to about 20mph, spin the wheel to the right and give the accelerator a good whack. You should go spinning to the right, maybe all the way around. Do this a few times to get used to the feeling, letting the car just glide to a stop. Then try to correct the slide by steering into it, in this case to the left. (Don't use the brakes.) After about half an hour of this, you should be able to increase your speed to 40mph and slide your car almost sideways and straighten it out again on your merry way. Practice this until you can go almost sideways and recover without going off an imaginary road. If you have front-wheel-drive, a judicious amount of gas pedal will snap you straight even quicker. The front wheels will pull you to where you want to go instead of depending upon the front tires getting enough bite to overcome the inertia of the car.
Extra Credit: Roll all the windows down, blast 'Let it Snow' on the stereo, get up to 60mph, spin the wheel and floor the gas, laughing like a fiend.
A really good snow driver will keep the speed low enough, and the distance between cars big enough, that he/she will almost never have to use the brakes. (Brakes=slide in a non-ABS car.) They will also use the throttle to steer in a front- or four-wheel-drive car, even though that sounds scary.
BTW, your parking lot antics might get the attention of the law. If you tell them what you are doing, they will probably congratulate you on your foresight. Just don't have a half-drained bottle of Yukon Jack sitting on the passenger seat. Trust me on that one.
Next time it snows, find a big empty parking lot such as Wildewood. (Make sure there aren't any of those big concrete parking blocks hidden under the snow.)
Lesson 1: Get up to about 20mph and floor the brakes. If you hear grrr and feel vibration through the pedal you have ABS and should stop quickly with little sliding. If you just slide, well you have regular old brakes like I grew up with and have to learn how to use them gently to slow down. So practice going between 25 and 40mph and massaging the brakes so you stop without sliding.
Lesson 2: Get up to about 20mph, spin the wheel to the right and give the accelerator a good whack. You should go spinning to the right, maybe all the way around. Do this a few times to get used to the feeling, letting the car just glide to a stop. Then try to correct the slide by steering into it, in this case to the left. (Don't use the brakes.) After about half an hour of this, you should be able to increase your speed to 40mph and slide your car almost sideways and straighten it out again on your merry way. Practice this until you can go almost sideways and recover without going off an imaginary road. If you have front-wheel-drive, a judicious amount of gas pedal will snap you straight even quicker. The front wheels will pull you to where you want to go instead of depending upon the front tires getting enough bite to overcome the inertia of the car.
Extra Credit: Roll all the windows down, blast 'Let it Snow' on the stereo, get up to 60mph, spin the wheel and floor the gas, laughing like a fiend.
A really good snow driver will keep the speed low enough, and the distance between cars big enough, that he/she will almost never have to use the brakes. (Brakes=slide in a non-ABS car.) They will also use the throttle to steer in a front- or four-wheel-drive car, even though that sounds scary.
BTW, your parking lot antics might get the attention of the law. If you tell them what you are doing, they will probably congratulate you on your foresight. Just don't have a half-drained bottle of Yukon Jack sitting on the passenger seat. Trust me on that one.
LexiGirl75
100% Goapele Head!
itsbob said:
Sad thing is I don't know if he is being funny or not :shrug:
I will not run it into a wall on purpose and I do have airbags you bobblehead, four to be exact. You are right, I could care to learn a lot more about the car but 30mph is a little fast to be driving in the snow and then brake hard (on purpose)
Nope, not a Lexus, that's cute though.
LexiGirl75
100% Goapele Head!
tikipirate said:
You know you all are telling these things to someone who has long since stopped riding roller coasters and you guys want me to just spin and slide in a car. I am scared already and I don't have plans on doing that. However, I will let any of you try this in my car for me as long as you are about helping and not looking for a dumbarse who will let you go joy sliding in her car. TIA
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