Saw an Explorer on my drive home today with studded snow tires. How
much does your "truck" (I use the term lightly, remember it IS an
Explorer) have to suck to need studs on top of your 4WD, in an urban
area which usually keeps the roads pretty clean (since they're used to
tons of snow here).
Kyle Kozubal wrote:
>
> This story just goes to prove that some people really shouldnt own/drive
> 4x4's and really how SUVs/trucks get a bad reputation. I was coming home
> from school last night on the highway and I began to merge onto another
> interstate highway when I saw headlights up head poining at me. I slowed
> down and saw an SUV in a grassy/muddy area about 30-40 yards off of the
> ramp. It was kind of wet out and also kind of foggy; but I really did not
> think it was slippery at all. Being the kind soul I am, I pull far off the
> ramp grad the Maglite, and get out to see what's up. An older female is in
> her 98-99 4WD Explorer just gassing the hell out of her Explorer trying to
> get out. I just had to look to see what tires she had, and they were
> Firestone ATX's. A trooper pulls up and the lady doesnt want to get out of
> her Explorer, it was muddy and she was wearing very functional heels(I love
> my Rocky's!!). I talk with him and he says goes ahead a see if you can pull
> her out cause he was just going to call a wrecker. I get out my tow straps
> and clevis hooks timidly backed up into(about 20yards) the grassy area. I
> have always had great luck with 4HI so that it what I stayed in. One pretty
> good tug and she came right out. The trooper thanked me and she did as well.
> She ended up getting a ticket for unsafe driving in the current weather
> conditions(just shy of a speeding ticket is what the trooper told me). Ended
> up she was obviously going too fast on the ramp and spun out, landing
> herself in the mud and also landing herself a ticket. Funny thing she said
> was, "I had a V8 in here, I should be able to get out, shouldn't I?" I didnt
> not answer that one!
> Kyle
> 93 Dakota 4x4 V6
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