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Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] Driving in snow...
From: siddiq <iddibhai@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 12:02:23 -0800
2/7/2003 8:46:22 AM, chris@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

>On 7 Feb 2003 at 8:38, Winsor Crosby wrote:
>
>> ...while Americans driving Jeeps with 4WD engaged and chains
>> spun out and hit the snowbanks on the side.
>
>The trick is to drive with a very light foot and KEEP GOING!  If you 
>punch it, you'll spin the tires and either dig a hole or spin out.  If you 
>stop, you're stuck.  A manual tranny gives better control, but the 
>same principles apply with automatics.
>

same for desert driving (soft sand) in the middle of the boonies, when dad was 
posted to medical centres WAY out.


/S





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