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I was in a situation on a mountainous road here in Pa, wet snow
on top of some ice, people were stopped at the bottom of the hill
taking turns at gunning it to get to the top. There were numerous
cars off on the burm who got stuck. Some were able to make it over the
top. I was in the company PT Crusier(Ok in snow, not great). I pulsed
the gas pedal the whole way up, each pulse had a momentary "bite", both in traction and steering. Made it with flying colors, with people watching in amazement. Watching the 20 car pileup in CO(post below), no one there seemed to know anything about maintaining traction in that stuff. Now, I wasn't there, and can't honestly compare the conditions, but....


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• Winter Driving Skills(or the lack thereof), Mitch , Wed, 5 Jan 2011 07:51:48 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Re: Winter Driving Skills(or the lack thereof), EGD , Thu, 6 Jan 2011 11:05:52
    • In the Colorado pileup a big issue was, Noel, Fri, 7 Jan 2011 08:41:44
  • PT Cruiser not shabby on ice & snow, JohnA , Wed, 5 Jan 2011 21:47:32
  • Re: Winter Driving Skills(or the lack thereof), BobS, Wed, 5 Jan 2011 09:13:08
    • Re: Winter Driving Skills(or the lack thereof), Mitch , Wed, 5 Jan 2011 11:15:19
      • Re: Winter Driving Skills(or the lack thereof), TML , Wed, 5 Jan 2011 14:40:22
        • Re: Winter Driving Skills(or the lack thereof), James, Thu, 6 Jan 2011 09:50:25
      • Re: Winter Driving Skills(or the lack thereof), LesH, Wed, 5 Jan 2011 11:24:42
        • Basically what he did., Noel, Wed, 5 Jan 2011 13:05:01

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