carpathia

I hate my tires and handling? who needs handling, put some fun in life...but being serious im not putting 50 inthe rear and 60 in the front come on I know better than that been doing this for years and had no problems with handling handles quiet well no drifting to different lanes etc

Gee oh Dee

I don't do what you explained. I dont drift unless I want to.

CherokeeChick

Driving in snow is lots of fun! Honestly anything with a descent ate of tires and 4x4 is great. I used to plow though snow banks with my winstar lol anything that has a descent amount of weight behind it is good enough honestly. I almost got stuck in it a couple of times but I knew how to drive out of sticky situations mud and snow land kinda does that to ya. The only time I put my jeep in four wheel drive inthe winter is if there has been a huge dumping and the plows haven't been buy yet other then that it's only when I decide to do things like drive down the entire length of my suburban residential street in the snow bank lol. ( yes I am that *******!)

2KXJJEEP

hell yeah me to!!!!!!!

ivantheigor

Yes... also visit a lake. Ice is even more fun.
Side note campus police dont find it amusing. I suggest travelling off campus if it applies.

I did read it.
The way I read it there are only a couple of inches pf snow on the ground on top of pavement. Not the time to be using the part time 4HI. Unless he has full time or the conditions are different I hold to my statement.

This is everything I wanted to say. Thank you.

You will lose some tire life. And it MAY cause some uneven wear. Just a couple psi can change your contact area.
And I wasnt thinking you were running ungodly PSI's... my damn tone doesnt seem to traverse the interweb too well. My bad.

To all:
Snow is fun. Have some fun, but not at other peoples risk. Play in feilds, play in lots, play on lakes, but please dont play on roads.

Now that safety has been boringly injected into this thread, lets see some powder flying!

bigvig

Been driving in Maine snow for 28 years (yes, actually driving the vehicle). Only state that gets as much as us for as long is probably Alaska. I loath the thought of a day in Maine snow without my XJ. It is the absolute BEST handling vehicle in snow that Ive ever driven or riden in. I use my part time 4 wheel all the time in the winter. Matter of fact, I keep it engaged when Im home because our roads are never clean.

If youre spinning out in snow, ice, rain, etc., its not the vehicle (ESPECIALLY an XJ) its the driver. You were going too fast, hit the gas too hard, etc. My XJ has NEVER caused me to get into a spin, on the contrary, its helped me avoid them many times. I know exactly how she handles and responds, and winter driving for me is like summer driving for most. But when you drive in snow for 5-7 months a year, you get used to it I guess.

There is NO front wheel drive vehicle that can keep up with me in rain, ice or snow when I have my 4 wheel engaged. NONE!

Gee oh Dee

^^

jomps

so you got wheels with the metal points for ice? cause 4wd doesnt do anything for ice unless there is snow on top to grip too...

bigvig

First, ice here is rare. We dont really get much ice. The ice we have is melting snow that freezes up. So most of the roads I drive have a hard pack of snow on top of ice. If you gun it, or hit a rut, etc., youre going to be on ice.

Second, for when we actually get a real ice storm, I dont go out. BUT, I have chains in case of an emergency. Ive NEVER had to put my chains on. However, if youve ever seen American Loggers on Discovery, thats where I live and drive daily. That logging road is solid ice all winter long, and as long as youre driving reasonable there arent many problems. MANY vehicles use that road all winter and sure, there are a few that go off the road, but driving smart will save your rear. Doing 45 around a corner isnt smart.

Sure, you can find black ice on the highway, etc., and nobody is going to be able to avoid an accident in that stuff, especially if youre not planning for it. When that time of year starts to roll around (right now actually) and Im on the highway at night, I pay a LOT more attention when Im crossing bridges or driving in well shaded areas. Ive hit black ice twice in my life: Both times I was going slow and watching for it and I barely wiggled my vehicle.

Again, I have yet to drive a vehicle that handles as well as my Jeep does in inclement weather. Im not saying its the end-all and be-all to poor weather vehicles, but for my money and what Ive driven, including numerous 4x4's and AWD's, nothing beats it. And again, I also know my Jeep well. I know how it handles and I know how to drive it. We have snow here from at LEAST November until April, every year. Most know how to drive in it. That makes a HUGE difference. We dont shut down our state because of 4 inches. Thats just a dusting.

Gee oh Dee

I just find it hard to believe there are no FWD cars that can "keep up with you" in poor weather conditions.

That's a rather bold statement. Sounds like a challenge.

bigvig

Yeah, it is. And its probably not true, but thats how I feel because my XJ handles so well in crap weather. It wasnt so much a statement of fact, but a matter of opinion.

Mihogan

I used to LOVE doing this - able to have fun in a safe environment and learn how to drive in the snow and how your own vehicle handles... until a cop drove by a lot one night and flipped **** on my friend and I. As we explained we were simply practicing snow driving, he told us that was "bull****" and that we needed to "stop being ********". Don't get me wrong, I know there are good cops out there, but it seems for every good one there are 10 bad ones, and I always run into the latter...

andyg

X2. I would pull the ABS fuse in my van during snow as I could stop the thing much better than the abs ever could.

I also drove the gto for a couple weeks last february, that thing was a handful. A few inches of snow, summer only tires, and Pontiac torque with a manual trans were quite a chore to get moving.

xj wheeler

Who knew there was so much to say about snow. Haha

Greenfishinkayak

When we had a 20" snowfall last year they didn't close the schools! I had to ride the bus because all I had was a 95 Chrysler Sebring with mismatched summer tires and the snow was over my hood. That driver had absolutely NO common sense in snow... If it started spinning the tires she hit the gas harder