Driving in snow.

[oil pan 4]

With all this global warming we have been having you better get used to it.

[jamesqf]

Originally Posted by ksa8907

Snow isn't really a problem, hard packed snow and ice is what makes it difficult.

Well, that kind of depends on just how much snow you have :-)

[Xist]

No, not unless the snow is packed.

[redpoint5]

Pushing snow uphill with chains. When you can barely open your door due to the depth of snow, it's too deep.

[Gasoline Fumes]

Originally Posted by Xist

Most of the snow has melted, even in the yard, but it will be back!

Also, what kind of kitty litter is best?

Something natural if you're dumping it on the ground. I'd use sand if I was going to carry some type of traction aid. I've never carried anything like that, but I have used floor mats for traction. It works, but they'll never be the same again!

[Xist]

I tried my floor mats when I got my Subaru stuck, but I think that I was too cold to work effectively. I sure hope that I had a coat with me, but probably not gloves, and I might have been there until the snow melted had someone not stopped to help me.

I was proud of how well I cleaned my floormats before I sold the car. I am not sure what my ex had done to them, but they were dark!

They weren't supposed to be!

[RedDevil]

I don't think winter tires make much of a difference in deep snow. You simply need chains then.

They do make an enormous difference when the road is covered with a thin layer of snow, just below freezing. Fresh winter tires have almost as much grip on that as on dry tarmac, summer or all season tires behave like they are on ice.

[Xist]

This is only the before picture, but with the exception of one spot, all four floormats looked brand-new afterward. I do not know if I still have a picture of the result of hours of cleaning, just the what you can see of them when I took pictures of the car before I sold it.

[jamesqf]

Originally Posted by Xist

No, not unless the snow is packed.

But there you've got a plowed road on a sunny day without much wind. Try the same place when it's snowing and the wind is blowing... well, I've never measured it right where that picture was taken, but at the weather station on a peak about a mile away, it usually tops 100 mph during a storm. Interesting driving, as you often can't even see the road, you have to look out the passenger window at the snow bank.

[Xist]

Actually, I shared that because, with thirty feet of snow, it was entirely possible that normal vehicles would have high-centered on snow at some point.