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When I lived in Chicago, a lot of our neighbors were recent immigrants from Mexico. For one family, this was their first winter in the North (they'd been in Texas for three or four years and moved to Chicago for better jobs). On the first snowfall, the 16 year old daughter had to go to work. The little hatchback wasn't up to the task. Her brothers and dad were doing all they could to get her the three blocks she needed to get to to have clear roads. I, being a livelong northerner and having recently lived for five years in Minnesota, could diagnose the problem. I said she needed weight in the back. "Once you get to Roscoe, stop at the hardware store and buy like 6 bags if kitty litter" (they had a cat). Meantime, I, the father, and the oldest son climbed up on the back bumper and grabbed the otherwise useless luggage rack to give her the weight she needed. She was able to go straight, stop, turn on the plowed street, and park in a space that was right there. Mission accomplished.

And when I got back, friends of mine who saw me riding on the bumper of a teenager's car with her dad and brother were getting an explanation from my wife as to why we were doing that. Traction!

And to stay on topic... good luck getting any kind of purchase like that on a cybertruck. . .

 

I keep an avalanche shovel and extra carpet mats in the back of the car in winter, just in case. Haven’t had to use them myself in a long,, long time, but I’ve gotten a couple of cars off the shoulder.

 

A few months ago I saw this at Costco. Just about everybody was gawking at it and the reception wasn't what I'd call positive.

 

Surprised he's not one of those guys who park across multiple spaces just because.

 

If he did it at this particular Costco somebody would've keyed it.

 

Duh. I forgot. Detroit.

I mean that as a compliment.

 

Nah, not Detroit. Warren and the east side. The kind of place Clarence Boddicker from Robocop would've moved to.

 

My first new car, a Hyundai Excel was surprisingly good in the snow. When I bought a Ford Ranger I had to put sand bags in the back.

 

Y'see, that's one of the many benefits of being a fat bastard, (not the poster, to be clear), like me. With me onboard I don't NEED any extra traction

 

But you'd need extra long arms to drive from the back if you have a rear wheel drive car.

 

What would a South African know about building trucks that can drive in the snow?

 

This car was, IIRC, an old Honda Civic, back when they were hatchbacks.

 

But I haven't got a rear wheel drive car. To quote @Belgian guy of these environs...

 

In Quebec, including Montreal, registered vehicles are required to have winter tires from Dec 1st to March 15th. I’m not a fan of the cybertruck but would be surprised if it couldn’t get out of that amount of snow with snow tires on.

 

I've had my snow tires get packed with snow&ice and become essentially useless in similar conditions before. But I'd think that this cybertruck problem was largely due to driver error, although the design of the truck isn't helping.

 

I once had to give a lesson on driving in snow to a New York taxi driver who had never driven in snow before.

 

Not to mention how many pies fat bastards have around them at all times

 

Even the Hummer back in its day was decent off road.

 

Hey!!!



I do appreciate the exemption from your remarks Naughtius Maximus


I had an Isuzu I-Mark (same exact car as the Chevy Spectrum) way back in the day that was just fantastic in the snow, much to my surprise (and delight). My (now) wife had use of the Chevy version back in the day and has mentioned the same about how good it was in the snow, the car dealership she worked for at the time let her use it so she could get back to work safely.

No amount of weight (I used bags of lime) in the back of my '82 Camaro would give me traction, the fancy suspension would account for the extra weight and ruin my attempt to "fix" with weight.

 

I suppose I should refer to you as 'the original and best', from now on.

 

It just looks so out of place to see in real life.

 

Well, we're not living in the Road Warrior hellscape it was envisioned for.








Yet.

 

Maybe my favorite song of 2024

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