Studs are illegal in Wisconsin.Never heard of studded tires? Made just for ice
what? first time hearing that studs can be illegal in such a big area.Studs are illegal in Wisconsin.
I had a 40-mile commute into Milwaukee for many years. My favorite snow car was a '95 Taurus with Hakka Qs. I could pass semis with confidence -- if the buffeting from the truck unsettled the car on a snowy road, I'd step down the throttle. FWD and the tires would pull me through.
There are a few exceptions, like for emergency vehicles. But verboten for the general public.what? first time hearing that studs can be illegal in such a big area.
Not exactly, but that’s why the MSP calls pickups and SUV’s “ditchfinders.”Yup, AWD just puts you further into the ditch.
Siri: Do you want the Tacoma typical accident or the Subaru typical accident?Siri, describe to me a typical accident on I70 going downhill during a snowstorm.
Based on my experience:Siri: Do you want the Tacoma typical accident or the Subaru typical accident?
Studs are illegal in Wisconsin.
I had a 40-mile commute into Milwaukee for many years. My favorite snow car was a '95 Taurus with Hakka Qs. I could pass semis with confidence -- if the buffeting from the truck unsettled the car on a snowy road, I'd step down the throttle. FWD and the tires would pull me through.
I miss the 90s-- my Cutlass Ciera rocked through snowstorms as well. Skinny tires and probably 65% of the weight in the front. All iron V6.Studs are illegal in Wisconsin.
I had a 40-mile commute into Milwaukee for many years. My favorite snow car was a '95 Taurus with Hakka Qs. I could pass semis with confidence -- if the buffeting from the truck unsettled the car on a snowy road, I'd step down the throttle. FWD and the tires would pull me through.
The Tacoma leads the truck category by a long shot. I swear Fred's towing on Ute Pass should have a Tacoma Towing division. Extra points for roof top tents and recovery boards.Based on my experience:
1. Subaru
2. JEEP Wrangler's
3. Trucks (put the name).
4. Full size SUV's.
Yep, we had a 1992 Sentra and then a 1995 Neon with the iron block on 155/80R13's. I guess I was younger and dumber, but both could go 55mph in tracked up snow on a deserted highway pretty much until the bottom of the car would drag, with lots of course corrections, but it seemed easy to feel through the steering, what was going on. The tires didn't work that well on ice developed in the normal tracks, so I would just drive in the snow beside it.I miss the 90s-- my Cutlass Ciera rocked through snowstorms as well. Skinny tires and probably 65% of the weight in the front. All iron V6.
Lol. True. I can’t pin point trucks, but considering the amount of “Taco Bros” around, not surprising.The Tacoma leads the truck category by a long shot. I swear Fred's towing on Ute Pass should have a Tacoma Towing division. Extra points for roof top tents and recovery boards.
Colorado has the second largest number of Subarus on the road of any state. When my daughter moved out of Colorado Springs, six of the ten cars in the parking lot were Subarus. 4Runners were also extremely popular as well as RAV4’s and Tacomas.The Tacoma leads the truck category by a long shot. I swear Fred's towing on Ute Pass should have a Tacoma Towing division. Extra points for roof top tents and recovery boards.
Good point, I recall telling them that I did this, and encouraged them to do so--actually made them do it on our first forays into snow--but didn't think to tell them to do this routinely.^ I get the little blinky yellow "I'm skidding" pictogram.
I teach my kids to hammer the brake before the first stop sign, to get a feel for the ABS, and how much traction there is, every time they head out in the snow.
When I was younger I used to participate regularly in ice autocross on a nearby frozen lake. Some of the guys used dedicated ice-racing tires, but most of us drove on studless winter tires. With the studless tires, FWD was more responsive to turns than AWD. The key was left-foot braking, which would cause the rear wheels to skid while the front wheels maintained power. That and ABS improved turning response in low traction.I miss the 90s-- my Cutlass Ciera rocked through snowstorms as well. Skinny tires and probably 65% of the weight in the front. All iron V6.