its super sketch because other drivers act stupid in it so you cant see them until you are right on top of them. so everyone slows down to a crawl. its really like The Mist from that Stephen King story. i rather take my chances from that Mist than running into some fagtard who stopped their car in the middle of the highway.
Especially on big ass bridges. Going to and from the Ocean Parkway (South Shore barrier island) with all that ocean ice melting around the big bridges is always exciting.
Most fun is the melt/freeze/melt where you get standing water on top of ice. I was on the highway and sparse traffic was doing maybe 30 in a 65. Explorer behind me lost it and went back and forth across the 3 lane several times backwards and still managed to save it.
If its below freezing outside and you see something that looks like water on the ground, odds are high its ice.
yea i distinctly remember picking out, outside rated ceramic tile that wouldn't ice over when i tiled the front patio in ks, never slipped there.
And if you do fuck up and spin out with no one else around, you've gotta blitz as hard as possible to get your car out of the snow berm before anyone shows up to help so you can carry that shame secretly with you to the grave.
i have spun out several times, gotten stuck in snow several times too, all with rear wheel drive vehicles. others were around to see it too, much shame. i solved it by not driving RWDs anymore. FWD or 4WD is the only way to go. though a rear engine rear wheel drive vehicle would probably work too
I have to admit this because i generally make fun of my wife's jeep wrangler. We needed to run out when the snow and roads were at their worst last week and I opted for her jeep instead of my AWD Tesla. Dropped that over-priced, under-powered, gas-guzzling Jeep into 4 wheel drive and it took it like a boss. AWD is good. 4 wheel drive is better in conditions like that. Its still an over-priced, under-powered, gas-guzzler but at least it has one pro feature.
Watching people use jeep wranglers as daily drivers with mostly on highway miles is painful, but you know when you've got some nasty roads to conquer that jeep is ready.
It's always on. The diff is the 4WD is sending equal to each wheel while the AWD is having the computer make adjustments as needed. One would think the AWD would be better, but for off-road or shitty conditions the 4WD is the top dog.
