NEW CAR BABY!!!!

[The Pirate]

If I even said the "v" word around my traditional Indian parents... I wouldn't be here in this world anymore.

My parents are not traditional Indians, and if I had called them that, I wouldn't be around anymore either.

[MrH]

Wow.  This thread really is amazing.  If you think you have to pull your e-brake to successfully drive a FWD car in bad weather, you're a moron.  Plain and simple.  You guys are acting like you're doing some impossible feat of getting your car around in the snow.  It's not that incredibly hard.

And I'd always take a FWD car over RWD car in the winter.  Driving wheels isn't as important as weight distribution in my mind.  I prefer having as much weight over the drive wheels to start, and as much over the front wheels once I'm going.  Understeer is definitively easier to correct and control in bad weather.  Stop thinking you're Michael Schumacher by saying you prefer RWD in the winter.  You're not impressing anyone.

[SJ_GTI]

Stop thinking you're Michael Schumacher by saying you prefer RWD in the winter.? You're not impressing anyone.

I was pretty impressed...

[Raza]

Wow.  This thread really is amazing.  If you think you have to pull your e-brake to successfully drive a FWD car in bad weather, you're a moron.  Plain and simple.  You guys are acting like you're doing some impossible feat of getting your car around in the snow.  It's not that incredibly hard.

And I'd always take a FWD car over RWD car in the winter.  Driving wheels isn't as important as weight distribution in my mind.  I prefer having as much weight over the drive wheels to start, and as much over the front wheels once I'm going.  Understeer is definitively easier to correct and control in bad weather.  Stop thinking you're Michael Schumacher by saying you prefer RWD in the winter.  You're not impressing anyone.

Wow, a voice of reason.

[The Pirate]

Wow.  This thread really is amazing.  If you think you have to pull your e-brake to successfully drive a FWD car in bad weather, you're a moron.  Plain and simple.  You guys are acting like you're doing some impossible feat of getting your car around in the snow.  It's not that incredibly hard.

And I'd always take a FWD car over RWD car in the winter.  Driving wheels isn't as important as weight distribution in my mind.  I prefer having as much weight over the drive wheels to start, and as much over the front wheels once I'm going.  Understeer is definitively easier to correct and control in bad weather.  Stop thinking you're Michael Schumacher by saying you prefer RWD in the winter.  You're not impressing anyone.

Does it snow where you live?

[MrH]

Does it snow where you live?

Yes, quite a bit.

[850CSi]

Wow.? This thread really is amazing.? If you think you have to pull your e-brake to successfully drive a FWD car in bad weather, you're a moron.? Plain and simple.? You guys are acting like you're doing some impossible feat of getting your car around in the snow.? It's not that incredibly hard.

And I'd always take a FWD car over RWD car in the winter.? Driving wheels isn't as important as weight distribution in my mind.? I prefer having as much weight over the drive wheels to start, and as much over the front wheels once I'm going.? Understeer is definitively easier to correct and control in bad weather.? Stop thinking you're Michael Schumacher by saying you prefer RWD in the winter.? You're not impressing anyone.

I think they meant that they felt better using an E-Brake because it helped simulate the dynamics of an RWD car. I could believe it if someone said they prefered RWD in the snow especially, if, like Raza, their first car was RWD.

Personally, I've never had much experience with FWD so I can't say. Although the problem with weight over drive wheels can be solved pretty easily with a few sandbags (that's that they used to do before Traction Control came along).

[The Pirate]

? If you think you have to pull your e-brake to successfully drive a FWD car in bad weather, you're a moron.? Plain and simple.? You guys are acting like you're doing some impossible feat of getting your car around in the snow.? It's not that incredibly hard.

What I meant is that there are certain situations where the front of the car will plow straight ahead, when you intend to turn.? This will happen more often with a FWD car.? In that specific scenario, steering and throttle, in conjuction with e-brake use to manipulate the rear of the car, can be beneficial in getting the car to avoid whatever it was plowing towards, be it a curb, mailbox, etc.



And, it's just plain fun in snowy parking lots.


Nowhere in my post did I state that e-brake use was the only way I could successfully navigate in winter, nor did I use it all the time.? But, in certain scenarios, it is one way of getting the vehicle to respond.