slippin' and slidin'

[mckitterick]

Wow, but does my little Crossfire not like the ice and snow. At all. Took me more time to drive to the grocery store than if I'd walked, and I ended up sideways across the streets a couple of times.

Okay, so maybe no driving until things get nice again. I actually don't feel like taking the scooter out in this, either. Funny how such a thin layer of sleet (less than an inch) can make one immobile, but in a city where they don't sand or salt the roads, it might as well be a foot of ice.

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[pointoforigin.livejournal.com]

Maybe not studded, but something sturdier, with a better grip? I'm afraid the word "stud" in conjunction with the red Crossfire is just too attractive, law or no law.

I remember when we lived on Orchard Lane, not far from the Gunn house, and there was an ice storm. I thought, oh, fun--we can't drive, so I'll go outside and talk a walk in the sparkling fairyland of ice. Heh. I laughed at all the cars spinning sloooowly and helplessly until they drifted into a curb, and at their drivers' bug-eyed dismay. Then I tried to walk. . . . I, too, slid slowly, helplessly, down the hill until I fetched up against a tree and stopped myself. I ended up skittering home on hands and knees. Gives real meaning to the phrase, "hog on ice."

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Heh, there's an image *g* I think the big problem with the Crossfire is that its wheels are SO WIDE and the tire compound is made for stickiness (hard when cold). That and it's a light car with rear-wheel drive. Oh, and it's frickin' ICY out there *g*

[chronovore.livejournal.com]

So... you bought the wrong car for where you live? Or just have the wrong tires? FR is notorious for oversteering issues, particular in non-dry conditions. On the other hand, you can practice drifting with all the import-culture kids.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

I grew up driving rear-drivers in the winter in Minnesota, but the stock wheels & tires are SO wide that they don't get any grip. Time for a spare set of winter wheels. Perhaps those tall Blizzard-tread tires. On the Crossfire. Heh heh.