My jeep an snow
 

So today i went to burger king that was up the road for breakfast, and i took a corner and got side ways because of the snow, so some one tell me why the **** would jeep make a rwd jeep cherokee?

If it was snowing why didn't you have it in 4wd or part time.

The rear wheel drive is best for torque.

You are getting "pushed" not "pulled"

thats why I put 10 psi more in the front than the rear on highway use save a heck amount on gas

I only use 4x4 in the snow if I am stuck or in traffic. Otherwise I just feather the throttle to avoid slipping, or hit it for the hell of it and do snow drifts or donuts :devil:

Well its doesnt have any full time or part time awd and ill try the psi diffences but up Here in alaska the snow never gets plowed so it turns to ice but it might help for a bit. Oh and on top of it all the damn retards who owned it before me pulled the fuses for the anti locking brakes that was fun last winter... Bastards.

get dem chains out

Is it even 4x4? LOL otherwise yea get them chains out.

I only bought my Jeep for the snow in the first place so it needed to be 4x4.

snow drifts...man I do miss Michigan here in new mexico they close the roads with a paper thin amount of snow on the roads and people that drive out here is fun to watch when during the "snow" fall

Put more weight in the back.. a tote full of sand is good. Plus it will also be great if you get stuck in snow. Also drive slower.

The 4wd setting is not made for on pavement use...

And youre wearing your tires quicker.... and your sacrificing handling. Dont do this.

If youre referring to ABS brakes the previous owner did you a favor. I refuse to drive a car in the snow equipped with ABS.

Good time to get a Jeep with a 242...

x2 on that one.

And the Part-Time 4WD CAN be used on pavement - it's not meant for DRY pavement use. If the pavement is wet - snowing, raining, aka allowing slippage - then it's alright.

Front wheel drives pull the car through the snow which is the safest way. ever seen sled dogs pulling the sled, same concept.

RWD pushes and the rear of the truck gets going faster than the front, thus spin out. either use the 4x4 to get a "bite" on the road, or slow down in RWD, or buy a Prius.

drifting is the best part about winter, going sideways will make a man out of you.

- 10 years dirt track experience.

Time to make hardware store run. Remember BIGGER is BETTER!

This thread is full of awesomeness.

I just bought a 4wd Jeep for the winter. Should I use 4hi for the heavy snow? Our biggest snow storm usually gets us 3-4 feet. What about the slushy/nasty stuff?

4hi

Use four low for going slow and getting Un stuck! And for just driving around use four high.. When I got my jeep I hadn't driven a 4x4 in a couple years forgot about what rear wheel drive did! I was turning left at a busy intersection in the core I had lots of time to make the turn but you know when you slide around a corner and you have that sort of hang time till your rear end catches up to you? Crap that almost gave me a heart attack!!! And I was like oh yeah I used to think this stuff was fun!! Ha ha still do nothing like driving side ways down your street!

Its been a while since Ive been in 4wd too. I watched videos of XJ's in the snow and they seemed to do well. Are they a capable snow storm vehicle with the 4wd/bigger all terrain tires?

if you don't drive in the snow often go to a parking lot (empty) and do some donuts. lean how your rig is going to handle/spin out/slip at what speed and what range of turning. plus it's fun as H E double hockey sticks

Yes.

Your right... U should have bought a front wheel drive jeep?!?!

Specialy if your going 130+ miles per hour!

Lol

:lol:

Before you even comment on other peoples comments you should read the post first, he was in snow not dry pavement.

How well do these cherokees do in snow? I've driven fwd and rwd in the snow belt of ohio. How often are you guys putting it in 4hi?

HA!

They do great, esp with good tires.

Situation dictates use of 4wd in my eyes.

they are good but it also depends on knowing what you are doing and how but who am I to say nothing really goes on out here so im going to shut up now

Snow is a blast. I look forward to it every year.

Last winter we had two snowstorms in a week, back to back, and they couldn't keep up with plowing the roads so I just left mine in 4wd the whole week, that was some s**ty milage (below 10mpg, and my rig was stock then).

Jeeze. That's really bad. I would think that points to other problems...

Aaagh still a couple months till we start getting serious snow here :( always my favorite time to drive :) I only use 4hi if I start sliding all over otherwise I leave it in 2hi and tool around :)

I only put it on 4hi once I cant move anymore :boxing:

You guys are lucky. Its been two years since we got any snow and that was really not worth mentioning. I love snow!

Take a road trip.

Last year we had 22" storm and a few 8-10, maybe a 15-18 iirc :)

Where should i go, i got about $15 in my pocket. You think that will get me to Colo?

Wait, hold on. It might be snowing out... Let me check...





Never mind, its the soot from the refineries. I had hope.:cry:

I was in PR getting married the one time we got a massive storm. It wasn't cool.

No.

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