We haven't had any snow or ice problems yet, but if it does the old
3.90SG is going in the garage and out comes the sacrificial 5 speed
Mazda pickup. I love to drive on snow with this thing. Its ice that
scares the @#%& out of me.
GS -
fawcett@uism.bu.edu wrote:
>
> Snow is the only time I appreciate my 3.55 gears! Don't know how you guys with
> 3.92 and lower gears get moving in snow (uh, if ya' got any that is :-).
>
> I stopped and helped a lady out last winter... I could barely see her car for
> all the smoke she was making and I couldn't believe she didn't blow the tire.
> If rubber could get red hot this would have been the time.
> Tom
>
> ____________________Reply Separator____________________
> Subject: Re:DML: Re: LSD
> Author: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Date: 1/11/00 9:11 AM
>
> Yup, that made it easy!! Slow is definitly good on snow and ice.
>
> When I said less throttle is good in snow and Ice I was trying to say, if
> you get stuck very little throttle tends to get you out of a hole easier
> than a whole bunch of throttle. I've seen a lot of people get stuck and
> just sit there and spin the holy bejezuz out of their tires and go
> absolutly nowhere! If they'd just take it really easy and barely give it
> any gas (just enough to move) they'd find that they'd have better luck.
> I've also found that "riding/feathering the clutch" a little when trying
> to dig out of a hole seems to help too. Transfers less torque to the
> tires I guess, therefore keeping down on the spinning.
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